Re: [Banshee-List] Importing CD's whose metadata cannot be found



On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 14:08 -0400, Darin Ohashi wrote:
> I've been importing a bunch of my cd's.  For some of them the cd metadata
> cannot not be found.  I've found it pretty annoying to get these tracks into
> the library and media folder directory structure in a way that is consistent
> with tracks whose metadata had been found.
> 
> Is there a good way to do this that I have not figured out?
> 
> The basic issue is that when you rip a cd without metadata, the files (for my
> configuration) end up in Unknown Artist/Unknown Album with generic track
> titles.  After I manually enter the metadata, there does not seem to be an
> easy way to get these tracks moved to the same directory structure that
> I would have had if the metadata had been found.
> 
> This actually caused me a bit of trouble because the next cd you import
> (without metadata) will overwrite these generic file names without any
> warning.  I did not notice this until I'd ripped and updated the metadata on a 
> couple of cds.
> 
> I've tried moving the files out of the media folder, removing them from the
> library and then importing them from the new location.  That worked once,
> but now it does not seem to work.  I do have the copy files to media folders
> option enabled, so I'm not sure what is going wrong.

There's also an "Update file & folder names" option in SVN, which
renames files/folders to keep them in sync with the metadata.  I think
this addresses your problem, yes?

> 
> I have a few suggestions on how this could be fixed, first would be a context
> menu item that would move selected files according to their metadata info and
> your preferences.  Another fix might be the ability to configure where the cd
> ripper puts its output files when meta data cannot be found.  This would allow
> you to rip the cd to a location outside of the media folder, then import them
> into the library (assuming importing copied the files correctly).  Finally, it
> is not clear if it is a bug or not that importing files that exist within the
> media folder does not move them according to their metadata (even if those
> files are not part of the library).

Or allow the CD's metadata to be edited before importing.  I remember
this being possible in 0.13.

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