On Windows, I recommend the excellent Bulk Rename Utility, which is available as a free download. There are alternatives for both Mac OS and Windows that are well worth exploring. If you’re seeking greater control over your file-name edits-perhaps they only need a tweak, rather than wholesale reinvention-don’t waste time editing tracks manually. Say goodbye to anonymous, abandoned music folders and rediscover your music collection! MusicBrainz Picard is most definitely the tool to use for that. MusicBrainz Picard is free to use and makes short work of identifying and organizing unknown tracks.Īn important step in cleaning up your music library is eradicating all of those “Unknown Track” by “Unnamed Artist” files. Picard is a must-have tool for any music collector. Picard is also equipped to automatically rename those files, based on a structure you define, and it will even move those files to an appropriate location in your music library. In a previous guide, How to master your music metadata ( Parts 1 & 2), I discuss how you can use a free application such as MusicBrainz Picard (available for Mac OS, Windows and Linux) to identify tracks using an “audio fingerprint” and retrieve metadata for those files from a comprehensive online database. But before you go crazy with our old friends CTRL + X and CTRL + V, there are smarter ways to move your files than simple copy and paste. Once you have clarity on your folder structure, you can begin the work to reorganize your library. So take a backup before you use any app that promises to magically scan your PC and collate your music library on your behalf.Ī classic example of an automated music library app exploding a single compilation album folder into multiple folders with individual tracks under each artist. This kind of issue can be time-consuming to resolve if you own many compilations. With a misplaced click, you end up with a host of identically named compilation sub-folders appearing in multiple artist folders, each with just one or two tracks. That explodes your compilations across your media library. Some Artist > Compilation Album Name > Individual Track).
Various Artists > Compilation Album Name) and relocate them individually to Artist folders (i.e.
It might well decide to move individual tracks out of the compilation album folder (i.e. Be very careful, however, if you try an automated library management application. Nowadays, I hold these albums in a Various Artists folder in my media library, with sub-folders for each release. One area of music management that’s caused me considerable pain is cataloging compilation albums of tracks featuring various artists.
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