09-23-2008, 09:42 AM
You're quick, too. You caught my post before I edited it to be less flame-bait-ey. 
I have a license for MP3 Rage and not Media Rage, so that's what I used for the example. MP3 Rage doesn't have a convenient way to batch-copy comment tags from the name, but Media Rage does... sort of.
The trick is to put the other info in the genre field when you convert names to tags (Media Rage calls it "Convert Filenames to Data") and then to swap the genre field with the comment field using the Data Mover tool.
Use the same search, but substitute this for the Replace Expression:
Then in the data Mover, use the expression for genre (%g) and choose "Comment" as the destination.
I think this leaves you with a duplicate of the data in both the Comment and Genre fields. If so, you can then use the Data Changer tool, check off Genre and give the entire collection any genre you'd like.
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Whoops! took too much time to type my response.
I thought you'd want the catalog number in the comment-field. Whatever. 'Glad you've got a satisfactory solution.
I have a license for MP3 Rage and not Media Rage, so that's what I used for the example. MP3 Rage doesn't have a convenient way to batch-copy comment tags from the name, but Media Rage does... sort of.
The trick is to put the other info in the genre field when you convert names to tags (Media Rage calls it "Convert Filenames to Data") and then to swap the genre field with the comment field using the Data Mover tool.
Use the same search, but substitute this for the Replace Expression:
%t=$1 %a=$2 %g=$3_$4
Then in the data Mover, use the expression for genre (%g) and choose "Comment" as the destination.
I think this leaves you with a duplicate of the data in both the Comment and Genre fields. If so, you can then use the Data Changer tool, check off Genre and give the entire collection any genre you'd like.
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Whoops! took too much time to type my response.
I thought you'd want the catalog number in the comment-field. Whatever. 'Glad you've got a satisfactory solution.