Discard MTU in Programs

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by mindonstrike

The only options I can see would be to run your mp3g's through a file renamer that has a find and replace feature and re-import (this won't work if your files use _-_ as a field delimiter), or use MS Access to find and replace in the titles and artist field, in Songs.mdb, all the underscores with a space and then run those files through Hoster's edit screen. If you are comfortable with it option 2 is the easiest and quickest.

Sam

True Sam that the second would be the easiest but next time he rebuilds it will replace those titles and artists with the original underscored name and he is back to square one. Best bet is to rename them as you said with a file renamer and re-import.

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

True Sam that the second would be the easiest but next time he rebuilds it will replace those titles and artists with the original underscored name and he is back to square one. Best bet is to rename them as you said with a file renamer and re-import.

Not if he runs it through the "edit song" screen.
Use multiple songs mode, highlight/select the songs and hit "apply". The headers will be changed at this point. I've done this a number of times to change different fields. You have to be careful when doing other fields but title and artist are pretty straight forward.

Sam

[santojmezzaroba]

Do I have to change every file seperately?
Santo

[laddie]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

True Sam that the second would be the easiest but next time he rebuilds it will replace those titles and artists with the original underscored name and he is back to square one. Best bet is to rename them as you said with a file renamer and re-import.

An excellent program for renaming files is an app called Flash Renamer. It cost about 20 bucks, but worth every penny.

[Ernie]

But once again, when you rebuild it, will it replace the underscore??? I have been doing mine for the last two weeks, one at a time in Edit songs. There has to be an easier way. I use to do it in access in about five minuetes, but it always comes back when you rebuild.

Thanks,
Ernie

[ddouglass]

Ernie, when you change them in the edit as you have been doing the change is saved to the file header as well as to the songs database, so it is a permanent change and rebuilding will not change it back.

[santojmezzaroba]

I would still like to find out exactly what mindonstrike is refering to in post #17. I have been eliminating the underscores Individually via the Edit Songs screen and I don't see that they are reappearing.
Santo

[laddie]

Originally Posted by santojmezzaroba

I would still like to find out exactly what mindonstrike is refering to in post #17. I have been eliminating the underscores Individually via the Edit Songs screen and I don't see that they are reappearing.
Santo

It took me a few, but I know what he is talking about. He is changing the songs database and then opens the MTU editor, selects the files he changed and hits apply. The editor is reading the info in the database and when you hit apply, it writes the database info to the file header. Sounds like a good idea.

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by laddie

It took me a few, but I know what he is talking about. He is changing the songs database and then opens the MTU editor, selects the files he changed and hits apply. The editor is reading the info in the database and when you hit apply, it writes the database info to the file header. Sounds like a good idea.

That's exactly what I'm talking about about.

Sam

[Ernie]

Dale,
Am I missing something? Isn't that what I want, to make it permanent, so everytime I rebuild the underscores are gone?

Thanks,
Ernie

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by laddie

opens the MTU editor,

He does it using "Edit Songs" in the Tools menu.

If you rebuild your database before doing this, the charactures will come back because the information in the header hasn't been changed.

Jim

[santojmezzaroba]

From What I Read each file must be done individually. Looks like time for some File remaiming software.
Santo