Title Formating problem for empty ID3 tags

dman777 · 9th July 2007, 21:28

Grrr... I am having a problem with the title formating. I have "Advanced Title Formating" enabled in the 'playlist' options to show the format of what I want with my music files and that works great. But some of my mp3's don't have ID3 tags and so I would like the filename the title to show instead. But I can't get winamp to do this. Instead they will just show up as blank. How do I make Winamp use the file name when there is no ID3 tag info? Here are the things I tried so far:

Metadata Reading Settings--> Use the following media detection method when ANY info is Missing--> "No guessing. Title is Filename"

I also tried clearing the database info and rescanning my files to try and make the change take place but to no success. What can I do?

J_Darnley · 9th July 2007, 22:24

$if(%title%,%title%,$filepart(%filename%))

This will show the track title if it is valid otherwise it will show the file name. You can replace the second %title% with any other string you want if you want to show more than just the title.

See the link below for detailed description of ATF.
http://www.myplugins.info/winamp-wik...tle_formatting

dman777 · 9th July 2007, 22:58

Cool, thanks. I didn't realize there was an IF command I could use. ATF is very powerful!

dman777 · 9th July 2007, 23:21

sorry, had a problem but fixed it.

9th July 2007, 21:28	#1
dman777 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 121	Title Formating problem for empty ID3 tags Grrr... I am having a problem with the title formating. I have "Advanced Title Formating" enabled in the 'playlist' options to show the format of what I want with my music files and that works great. But some of my mp3's don't have ID3 tags and so I would like the filename the title to show instead. But I can't get winamp to do this. Instead they will just show up as blank. How do I make Winamp use the file name when there is no ID3 tag info? Here are the things I tried so far: Metadata Reading Settings--> Use the following media detection method when ANY info is Missing--> "No guessing. Title is Filename" I also tried clearing the database info and rescanning my files to try and make the change take place but to no success. What can I do?

9th July 2007, 22:24	#2
J_Darnley Forum King Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Belgium, Europe Posts: 3,625	$if(%title%,%title%,$filepart(%filename%)) This will show the track title if it is valid otherwise it will show the file name. You can replace the second %title% with any other string you want if you want to show more than just the title. See the link below for detailed description of ATF. http://www.myplugins.info/winamp-wik...tle_formatting Winamp ATF Reference — My cPro timer widget — My port of AVS Do NOT email me with general tech support questions.

9th July 2007, 23:21	#4
dman777 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 121	sorry, had a problem but fixed it. Last edited by dman777; 9th July 2007 at 23:38.

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9th July 2007, 22:58	#3
dman777 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 121	Cool, thanks. I didn't realize there was an IF command I could use. ATF is very powerful!