it ought to have written the files using the naming string you provided (or the default) to the location you specified
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plzstopit
How can I resume my MusicBrainz-ing
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plzstopit
I just clicked Save
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BrianFreud
you identified some files (on the right side) to releases (on the left side), highlighted the releases you wanted to save (on the left side), then hit save?
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plzstopit
Yes
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plzstopit
Well, I just hit save.
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plzstopit
I don't know about the highlighting. <_<
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BrianFreud
ok
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BrianFreud
let's do a quick walkthrough, ok?
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BrianFreud
first, in PicardQT, go to Options > Options up top
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plzstopit
I was doing my stuff.
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plzstopit
Oh
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BrianFreud
lol
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plzstopit
Done
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BrianFreud
ok
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BrianFreud
now go to file naming in that menu
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plzstopit
I'm in the options now. <_<
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BrianFreud
k
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BrianFreud
to check, do you want Picard to do any/all of these? 1) Retag your files 2) Rename your files 3) Move your files ?
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plzstopit
Alright
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plzstopit
Yes
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plzstopit
Wait.
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plzstopit
I hit save
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plzstopit
-_-
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BrianFreud
you hit save, then closed picardqt?
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plzstopit
Yes
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BrianFreud
ok
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plzstopit
Did I...did I mess up? :(
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BrianFreud
nah
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BrianFreud
let's reopen picardqt
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stochasticism has quit
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plzstopit
Okay
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BrianFreud
then go up to the options > options menu before you do anything else
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plzstopit
Okay
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BrianFreud
four questions, so you get configured correctly: Do you want to retag your files?
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plzstopit
Yes
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BrianFreud
pl
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BrianFreud
ok
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plzstopit
I was retagging.
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plzstopit
And now all of my information is gone.
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BrianFreud
we'll fix it :)
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BrianFreud
in the options menu, choose the "tags" submenu
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plzstopit
Okay
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BrianFreud
you most likely want to check "clear existing...", uncheck "don't write tags...", then check all 4 of the other boxes (perhaps not the ID3 2.4 one, if you use foorbar2000 to play)
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plzstopit
Sorry to sound like a jerk, but..
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plzstopit
How will this get my files back? :(
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BrianFreud
well, it'll make sure you're configured so you can't lose files/tags - but we can come back to it
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BrianFreud
when you say you lost your data, what do you mean? the files themselves are missing?
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plzstopit
No, sorry.
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plzstopit
I meant my tagging data.
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plzstopit
I've been doing it for hours.
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BrianFreud
ah
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plzstopit
I hit Save and closed it out totally
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plzstopit
And now it's gone. :(
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BrianFreud
that part can't be recovered - but there are easy ways to do most of it quickly
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plzstopit
Okay
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BrianFreud spends probably WAY too much time pushing and prodding picard to get it to do what I want... lol
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BrianFreud
did you get the tags settings all done?
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plzstopit
lol
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plzstopit
Yes
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BrianFreud
ok
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BrianFreud
next question: Do you want picard to move your files?
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plzstopit
Yup
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BrianFreud
ok, how do you want the dir structure and file naming to be done?
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BrianFreud
let's just do non-VA albums for the moment
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BrianFreud
artist name / release title / ##. Track name.ext ?
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plzstopit
<Band name> -> <Album (Year)> -> <Track number. Song title>
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plzstopit
Actually, that's it.
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plzstopit
XD
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BrianFreud
So, example, "Music/Nirvana --> Nevermind --> 12. Something in the Way.mp3" ?
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plzstopit
Yup
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BrianFreud
or , "Music/Nirvana/Nevermind/12. Something in the Way.mp3" ?
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plzstopit
What's the difference?
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BrianFreud
all in the file name, vs directory structured
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plzstopit
Okay.
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plzstopit
Artist
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plzstopit
Album title
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BrianFreud
ok
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BrianFreud
that's the default, so it's easy
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plzstopit
Track number track title
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BrianFreud
in options, choose the file naming menu
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plzstopit
Oops
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plzstopit
Album title (Year)
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BrianFreud
ok
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BrianFreud
that's a little more complex, but easy
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plzstopit
OR.
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plzstopit
Wait.
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plzstopit
<_<
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plzstopit
Year - Album Title
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BrianFreud
where the database doesn't have a year, do you want "Nevermind ()" or "Nevermind" ?
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plzstopit
I can't have the year?
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BrianFreud
not every release has a date (ie, a "release event") associated with it
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BrianFreud
some can't - bootlegs and such - and some just the data's not yet in the database
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BrianFreud
I personally have tried both ways, and would suggest "Album (year)" - it degrades much more cleanly for those with no date info
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TFF1
Sorry, I got disconnected
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TFF1
I'm plzstopit
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BrianFreud
np
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BrianFreud
some can't - bootlegs and such - and some just the data's not yet in the database
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BrianFreud
I personally have tried both ways, and would suggest "Album (year)" - it degrades much more cleanly for those with no date info
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TFF1
Okay.
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TFF1
So, Album (Year) then.
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BrianFreud
now, in the actual files, do you prefer period space, space, or space hyphen space after the track #?
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TFF1
Period space
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BrianFreud
ok
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Tykling
period space for the win
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BrianFreud
do you have any releases (or expect to have any) with over a hundred tracks?
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TFF1
100 tracks in on album?
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TFF1
No.
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BrianFreud
(there's only a handful of those in the database, if it helps... :) )
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BrianFreud
k
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BrianFreud
you on the "file naming" menu?
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TFF1
Yes
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BrianFreud
copy this into the top text box - erase what's in there now:
well, for the moment, you can copy that text into the other box too, then
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TFF1
alright.
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BrianFreud
just keep in mind, if you do find a VA album, it'll split the album, putting each track by artist then album - most people like it the other way around on those
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TFF1
Oh.
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TFF1
Okay.
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TFF1
I'll remember that.
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BrianFreud
(which would be:) VA/%album%$if(%date%, [$left(%date%,4)] )/$if2(%albumartist%,%artist%)/$num(%tracknumber%,2). %title%
