Re: First time using Easy-Tag questions

[Chris <cpollock embarqmail com>]

On Fri, 2014-08-08 at 22:59 +0100, David King wrote:
> Hi Chris
>
> On 2014-08-08 16:19, Chris <cpollock embarqmail com> wrote:
> > I've got some old CDs that I'm ripping to put on a thumbdrive for the
> > car. When ripped the tracks come up as 01 Track 01.mp3 and so forth.
> > EasyTag shows the correct song name and album name but I can't seem to
> > figure out how to get it to save and rename the songs. I'm sure it's
> > simply something I'm doing incorrectly but maybe my old brain just
> > doesn't grasp it.
>
> If the tags are correct, and you just want to rename the files according 
> to the information in the tags, you should use the scan dialog. Open the 
> dialog by going to the View menu and activating "Show Scanner". Then, 
> select "Rename File and Directory" from the Scanner combo box. You 
> should then select a mask (a description of how to use the tag data to 
> build up the filename). If you enable the legend, you will be able to 
> see what the format specifiers in the mask correspond to (for example, 
> %t is replaced with the track title). A preview of the filename is shown 
> underneath the mask entry field, so you can test the mask until it looks 
> correct. Once you have chosen a suitable mask, make sure that the files 
> which you want to rename are selected in the main window, and click 
> "Scan Files". The filename entry field should update for each file.
>
> Once you have made the modifications that you want, you will need to 
> save the changes, as EasyTAG does not modify files without explicit user 
> action. You can do this by making sure that the files you want to save 
> are selected in the main window, going to the File menu and activating 
> "Save Files".
>
> Good luck!
Got it, thanks. One other question, if a file name is in red what does
it mean?

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