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Subject: Re: MP3 tag empty field problem

Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:08:49 +0200

Hi,

I think this is what you are looking for:

Open the settings and go to the advanced tab. Here, find the items "only rename if all used...".

// Dan



Mat wrote:
> Dear Dan,
> Firstly thankyou so much for Flash Renamer which has been an invaluable tool over the years.
> Now I have just encountered a problem when trying to rename some MP3s. I generally structure music MP3s with filenames like: - - - . I was doing a group of six, and pre-edited the tags in a media player to have the right information to read, but then one didn't show up in the Preview column as having something to change to even tho it currently said just <Artist> - <Title>. Experimenting I found that it had no track number (because I didn't know it), while all the others did, but if I entered a false track number it would show up in the Preview as being changeable. I therefore conclude that <a style='color:darkblue' href='http://www.rlvision.com/flashren/about.asp'>Flash Renamer</a> currently refuses to change MP3 filenames where a field is required that has no entry in the tag. <br>> The thing is, I am sure this used not to be so. I have memories of renaming many MP3s with empty track numbers and often album titles. In this case there is an album title entered, but it won't change the filename to include that either - just because there is no track number entered. <br>> Can you change <a style='color:darkblue' href='http://www.rlvision.com/flashren/about.asp'>Flash Renamer</a> to allow MP3 renaming when not all identified tag fields have an entry? It would be really handy. 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