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Tag&RenameTag&Rename 3.53.5 UserUser ManualManual © Softpointer Inc, 2009 Tag&Rename 3.5 User Manual – March 1, 2009 2 Tag&Rename 3.5 User Manual – March 1, 2009 3 Overview Have you joined in the fun and excitement of downloading music files from the Internet? Have you collected hundreds of music files? If so, the big question is... How much of your precious time will you spend organizing those music files? The answer is "very little time" with the award-winning file management tool, Tag&Rename. Tag&Rename is a handy management utility designed for mp3, wma, ogg, mp4 (m4a, m4p) and many other music files. With Tag&Rename you can quickly and easily rename your music collection using the embedded tag data within music files, write new or edit existing tag information, create tags based on file names, get song information from the freedb server, or import it from the amazon.com. Tag&Rename supports all popular tag standards used by software and hardware players. This program is a very useful playlist editor with recursive subfolder support and a unique file list which show all your files in a real folder structure. Tag&Rename is the only music organizer and tag editor which supports all popular file formats: • .mp3 - ID3v1, ID3v1.1, ID3v2.2, ID3v2.3 and ID3v2.4 tags • .wma, .asf and .wmv (Windows Media) - Windows Media tags • .m4a, .m4b (Apple iTunes aac and lossless audio files), .m4p (protected files from Apple Music Store), .mp4 - iTunes tags • .ogg, .flac and .spx - Vorbis Comments • .mpc (MusePack), .ape (Monkey's Audio), .ofr (Optim Frog), .wv (Wav Pack) and .tta (True Audio) - APEv1 and APEv2 tags • .wav – ID3v2 tag in 'id3 ' RIFF chank • Tag&Rename provides full support for the following tag frames in all supported music formats: Artist, Album, Title, Year, Genre, Comment, Composer, Original Artist, Copyright, URL, Encoded by, Track #, Disc #, Rating, Mood, BPM, Part of a compilation, Cover art, Lyrics, Album Artist, Conductor, Lyricist, Original Lyricist, Label, Remixed by, Radio station name, Audio file information web page, Artist web page, Audio source web page, Radio station web page, Buy CD web page, ISRC #, Catalog #. Key features: • Rename music files according to tag information: Easily rename files using templates individually or whole directories at a time, preview changes before renaming or undo the last renaming process, rename the folder (including subfolders) containing your music files, and manually edit files and folders names. • Multi-file or manual tag editors: Edit tags for multiple or single files, add cover art to all album files with a few clicks, and fill in tag fields using the file name. • Freedb support: Get tag information for full music albums automatically in seconds using the freedb Internet server. • Amazon/tracktype.org support: Search and import album information and cover art from the amazon.com or tracktype.org server to file tags (all Amazon servers supported: amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.de, amazon.fr, amazon.ca and amazon.jp). • Text case conversion functions: Convert case or capitalize the first letter of each word within file names or tags. • Tags synchronization wizard: Synchronize between ID3v1 and ID3v2 tag data. • Export wizard: Export your music information into any format - csv, xml, html and tab delimited text. • Full Unicode support: Supported on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista. • Rename music files folder: Rename according to tag information. • Full support for file drag and drop: Drag and drop file just like in Windows Explorer. • M3u play lists: Create m3u playlists (or m3u8 UT8 encoded Unicode playlists) using the unique Quick Save Playlist feature. • Play music files: Listen to your music files using your favorite music player. • Windows Explorer shell extensions: Add Tag&Rename to the context menu of MS Explorer so that you can access it faster (right-click mouse) from the MS File Manager. Tag&Rename is very easy to use and highly configurable. In addition, it has helpful notes and descriptions of menu commands built into the interface to help speed up your understanding and use of the program. Tag&Rename 3.5 User Manual – March 1, 2009 4 What's new in this version? Tag&Rename v3.5 (25/02/2009): • minor bugs fixed Tag&Rename v3.5 rc 3 (18/02/2009): • fixed bug in mp4 parser • minor bugs fixed Tag&Rename v3.5 rc 2 (13/02/2009): • added "Use check boxes to select files" option (improved check box files selection function) • added "Don't show splash screen on program startup" in advanced options • added "Use Vista style files selection in files list" in advanced options • added support of big sized cover art in wma/asf files • improved Album Artist tag frame support in ogg, flac and ape files • improved writing speed of wma/asf files • "Part of a compilation" data can be exported to cvs/xml now • minor interface improvements • fixed minor bug in shell extension • fixed bug in wav tags writing • minor bugs fixed Tag&Rename v3.5 rc 1 (21/10/2008): • added "Replace spaces with underscores" option in rename actions • "Lyricist" and "File Extension" columns added to main files list • in Amazon import added support for song titles in "Title - Orig. Artist" format • speedup reading files information • improved drag&drop support • improved mp4 files parser • minor bugs fixed Tag&Rename v3.5 beta 5 (30/08/2008): • added option: "Set "Album Artist" to "Various Artists" when "Part of a compilation" checked" • "Add "folder.jpg" to Files Tag" and "Extract "folder.jpg" from Files Tag" can be moved to toolbars now • minor improvements • minor bugs fixed Tag&Rename v3.5 beta 4 (20/08/2008): • folders in file list now also sorted according to sort column • new columns add to main files list: Grouping, Subtitle, Release Time • minor bugs fixed Tag&Rename v3.5 beta 3 (18/08/2008): • added new tags frames support: Grouping, Subtitle, Release Time, Podcast, Podcast Category, Podcast Description, Podcast ID, Podcast URL, Music/Video Kind, Show Title, Episode ID, Season Number, Episode Number • added Lyricist, Mood, Label and Remixed by variables in rename/file name to tag functions • minor bugs fixed • fixed bug in 32 bit shell extension Tag&Rename 3.5 User Manual – March 1, 2009 5 Tag&Rename v3.5 beta 2 (08/08/2008): • minor bugs fixed Tag&Rename v3.5 beta 1 (06/08/2008): • music files reading speed improved in many times • many speed improvements • main window toolbars redesigned • tolbars and shortcuts can be customized now • full Windows Vista support including program dialogs, messages, etc. • groups of files/titles in Amazon "Album Information" window can be moved/dragged now • improved drag and drop operations in main files list • shell extion now work in 64 bit OS • cover art can be drag and droped from Firefox 3 window • a lot of changes and fixes For full program history see the Whatsnew.txt file in the Tag&Rename folder. Tag&Rename 3.5 User Manual – March 1, 2009 6 Renaming files With Tag&Rename you can quickly and easily rename your music files according to their tag information. It’s as simple as 1-2-3! Just open the folder containing files to rename, configure the rename options and click the Rename button. To open a folder containing your music files, select it in the Tag&Rename folders tree. Now you are ready to begin renaming your favorite music files! Note: The following functions are driven by pre-existing tag information. If files do not contain tag data, you cannot rename them with the Rename file option. Instead, you may use the Filename to tag option to generate tag data based on the file name. (See How to get tags from file name for more information.) Otherwise, you may manually enter the ID3 tag information using the multi-file or manual ID3 tag editor, using freedb, or Get album title from amazon.com, if you have the full album. Rename files options: Tag&Rename Rename Files tab. File name mask - This is the main rename option where you may fully configure filenames using variables and/or any text. For example, if you key in the %1 - %3 - %2 variables (in that order) in the "File rename mask" box, it will produce filenames with "Artist - Album - Title.mp3". You will find the following Rename variables listed on the user interface for your convenience: Rename variables %1 Artist %2 Title %3 Album %4 Year %5 Genre %6 Track # %7 File name %8 File number %9 Comment %0 Bitrate %t Play time %b BPM %cp Composer %aa Album Artist %co Conductor Tag&Rename 3.5 User Manual – March 1, 2009 7 %# Disc # %rt Release Time %md Mood %lb Label %rb Remixed by Note: For easy typing your rename mask (variables), you may use the Mask Editor. Click the button next to the file name mask list to open it. With the Mask Editor you can easily create, preview and save your masks for future use. Result preview – Here you can see real time preview results of the rename mask you defined. Replace spaces by underscores – Check this box to generate file names like "Artist_-_Title.mp3". Case – Checking this box enables the UPPERCASE, lowercase, Capitalize First Letter (of each word) or Capitalize first word functions. Note: Keep in mind that you may substitute variables for any text you choose. If you want to create a folder structure, you may use "\" in the rename mask as in the example below: Rename mask: %1 - %2\%8 %2 Result: c:\mp3\Artist - Album\01 Title.mp3 c:\mp3\Artist - Album\02 Title.mp3 Rename files buttons: Test – Allows you to preview file name changes in a "before & after" split window before committing to the rename process.