Get album & artist from directory

botte · 4th May 2006, 09:37

Hello !

I have been searching all night for a way to get album and artist info from the directory of the file.

My MP3 are sorted like this :

.../artist/album/title.mp3

I've searched in the ATF commands, in lot of plugins ... No way I can't find it and I can't believe there's no way of doing it :/

Thanks in advance for help !

PS : I don't want to bother with tags.
Sorry for my average english.

siebe83 · 4th May 2006, 11:22

Winamp does have an option to guess metadata from the filename/folder, however it doesn't allow for much configuration:
Prefs (Ctrl+P) > Media Library > tab Watch Folders > click 'Configure' button

Basically you can only choose between Smart and Simple, you'll have to see what works best...

More options has been asked for before and is in the Wishlist:

Quote:

Media Library: General

Customizable metadata detection mode!

botte · 4th May 2006, 15:27

I saw this option, but didn't work well :/

No plugin can allow to do that ?
It's weird that after that much time winamp exists, this option is not yet implemented

siebe83 · 4th May 2006, 15:56

Not that I know of...

But I don't understand why you wouldn't use tags. Especially seeing that all your files are already organized in folders. It's really easy to tag files based on the folder/filename, any good tag editor has an option to do this. Some good ones are listed here:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....62#recommended

But it's up to you, of course...

botte · 4th May 2006, 17:13

Yeah, it's true that tagging isn't too hard, but have to do that each time I have a new album, and it has no more advantage that the way I use to sort mp3.

But I think i'll have to do that for now

Thanks for help siebe83

4th May 2006, 09:37	#1
botte Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3	Get album & artist from directory Hello ! I have been searching all night for a way to get album and artist info from the directory of the file. My MP3 are sorted like this : .../artist/album/title.mp3 I've searched in the ATF commands, in lot of plugins ... No way I can't find it and I can't believe there's no way of doing it :/ Thanks in advance for help ! PS : I don't want to bother with tags. Sorry for my average english.

4th May 2006, 15:56	#4
siebe83 Forum King Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,229	Not that I know of... But I don't understand why you wouldn't use tags. Especially seeing that all your files are already organized in folders. It's really easy to tag files based on the folder/filename, any good tag editor has an option to do this. Some good ones are listed here: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....62#recommended But it's up to you, of course... If you're bored go here or, if the boredom is more serious, here.

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4th May 2006, 15:27	#3
botte Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3	I saw this option, but didn't work well :/ No plugin can allow to do that ? It's weird that after that much time winamp exists, this option is not yet implemented

4th May 2006, 17:13	#5
botte Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3	Yeah, it's true that tagging isn't too hard, but have to do that each time I have a new album, and it has no more advantage that the way I use to sort mp3. But I think i'll have to do that for now Thanks for help siebe83