Question/Feature Request - Regex Tagging/Metadata & Directory Tagging
  • Hello,

    First, I want to say I really like this application. I use it very frequently.

    I'm not sure if these are feature requests or questions at this point. I may not know all of the features of the program and if there is away to achieve what I want, that would be great.

    1. Is there a way to tag based on the directory? -- Let's say I have a sample cd that I downloaded from loopmasters and I know that it is a minimal techno sample cd. If I view the folder in AudioFinder, I would like to tag all sub files from that directory as minimal. I can add the new tag definition, but from that point I'm selecting each file. It would be much more convenient to say right click and select a tag. Then all files would be labeled as minimal for that directory. Working my way down a CD would give me much better information about what files I already have available.


    2. Is there a way to use regular expressions to tag/add metadata to files? -- I have a lot of old AKAI CDs that I have been collecting for years. I have them all organized by the disc name. Since these are older files, the metadata is not picked up or is completely wrong. This also happens for a lot of stuff I purchase from Zero G. It would be very helpful if I could write a regular expression to tag/add metadata to all the files in a directory. Since these are from a CD, 9 times out of 10 I could write a simple expression to tag all of the files with the missing information. If this is used with directory tagging, I would be able to go through a CD in minutes.

    I think these two features (if not already implemented in some way) would really add to the overall usefulness of this application. At least for me, the tagging/metadata process is just way too daunting to undertake in any reasonable amount of time. If I had started using this application when I was building my library it may not be an issue.


    Thanks for checking out my long first post.

    Take it ez,
    kb
  • I suggest using the Import "Hollywood" Tab files feature. See: http://www.icedaudio.com/main/?p=291

    Basically create your own Tab files and you can use your favorite Text editor with RegEx to do the heavy lifting.

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