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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