renaming music files automatically that are already ripped

[Milam]

I've already ripped an album and the files are named automagically by album
and track name (concatenated with a space between). Is there a way to change
the naming convention to track number and track name without manually
renaming the files? Or do I have to either manually change the file name or
re-rip with changed naming convention? Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]]

On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:04:02 -0700, Milam
<Milam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I've already ripped an album and the files are named automagically by album
>and track name (concatenated with a space between). Is there a way to change
>the naming convention to track number and track name without manually
>renaming the files? Or do I have to either manually change the file name or
>re-rip with changed naming convention? Thank you in advance for your help.

Yes. First head to the Rip Music option settings. Make sure your file
naming is as required in that section (track number <space> sing
title)

Then head to the Library tab.

Check the box labelled "Rename music files using rip music settings"

Apply that and head to the pub for a few beers, as it's painfully slow
but should eventually get a consistent rename on all the file info.

HTH
Cheers - Neil
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