Importing - What pattern do you use?

[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by yamezbond

What pattern do you use to importing songs on the database? I mean when you get your CDG's to your computer and get all information like:
SONG - ARTIST - TRACK - BRAND etc.. or do you use TRACK - ARTIST - SONG - BRAND etc..
which one is the easy to use when you importing songs to the database. I have a bunch of old MP3-CDG songs but needs to organize it or rename it the right way.

When you import a cdg disc it automatically puts it in the right field order.

If you import MP3+G files it all depends how your existing files are named.
Unless they all follow a consistent pattern then I can't tell you a single way that will work.

Sometimes the Disc Id is at the end of the file name other times it's at the beginning. Sometimes they are artist - title other times they are Title - Artist, If you want to import a load of random Disc Ids then may be best to choose ignore for Both Disc Id and track# then it will import upto 99 tracks per Book root ID. This would be the quickest way but then you would have no way of knowing the brand until you play one.
If they are all the same Brand you can enter the brand in that field before importing.