Use only the first track artist when using the "track artist" tag to rename files
When using the "track artist" tag to store featuring artists, bliss' file rename feature should have an option to only use the first track artist (main artist) to populate the filename.
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Jean commented
That a feature that i miss, maybe also the ability to chose the separator between each track artist if we choose to not use the index=1
That way when we use a file manager to copy some track to the cell phone it still possible to know witch artist on that track without opening the file.
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Rick commented
Dan,
Yes that's what I see, except no commas or spaces between the multiple track artists. More like:
album name/track artist 1track artist 2track artist 3 - track 2.mp3
My collection uses the ID3 standard "/" for track artist separation, which works well with Windows Media Player/Center and XBMC.You nailed album artist. I don't use it because my compilation naming would have "Soundtrack" or "Various" in it.
An index=1 in the <track artist> would be exactly what I'm looking for and would solve my issue.
Right now my naming looks like this:
<album artist> - <album name>/<discnumber>?|CD<discnumber>/|<tracknumber:nn> - <track artist> - <track name>This would be great:
<album artist> - <album name>/<discnumber>?|CD<discnumber>/|<tracknumber:nn> - <track artist:index=1> - <track name> -
Can I confirm what you are seeing? Something like:
album name/track artist 1 - track 1.flac
album name/track artist 1, track artist 2 - track 2.flac
album name/track artist 1, different track artist 2 - track 3.flacAnd so on? You really just want:
album name/track artist 1 - track 1.flac
album name/track artist 1 - track 2.flac
album name/track artist 1 - track 3.flacCan you explain why <album artist> cannot be used? You might get "Various" for many compilation albums. Is that why you don't want that?
Maybe this could be solved with a new parameter to the <track artist> token, configurable in custom file organisation patterns:
<track artist:index=1>
Meaning: the first track artist.
Or something like that...