Well, since you were so helpful in pointing me towards MP3Gain to solve my
volume problem - I thought I'd drop another on you:

Is there a program that will automatically sort thousands of MP3's into
folders based on the "genre" tag in the file? That would be super-cool! I
got so much music, I can't get it all sorted!

Thanks
J

"Jay B" <jbredice@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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While the folders are only within the program Media Monkey will do this.
The program has a lot of other useful features. The free version only lacks
some minor improvements. The ability to export to an Excel file is useful.
http://www.mediamonkey.com/ Windows will sort by genre and you can then
select and move the files to folders as you choose. Music Braniz is another
helpful program when you have a lot of files to deal with.
http://www.musicbrainz.org It will help you find and deal with mislabeled
files. I think MP3 Shield was also mentioned here recently, it's another
must have program when you're dealing with a lot of files. I've found that I
get about 50% false positives, but it's very useful for getting rid of
corrupt files.

Dennis

Jay B wrote:
Tag&Rename for one. Alternatively, use an MP3 database program - then it
won't matter where the files are physically.

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Jay B said...
ID3TagIT will make folders and sort based on most any field, genre
included.

http://www.id3-tagit.de/english/index.htm

I think almost any tagging program will do it. Any that is worth a damn,
anyway.
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Advanced MP3 Catalog
http://www.wizetech.com/amc/

"Jay B" <jbredice@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Well, looks like there's no lack of great programs for this... I took the
tip from one of the replies and used windows to sort by genre (I didn't know
you could set that up as a bar). Then I realized all the genre tags a
basically wrong anyway - looks like it's back to the old way of doing
things.

Thanks,
J

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Jay B wrote:
I didn't (don't) either. How does one induce windows to read tags? I see
no reply explaining this marvel. And what's a "bar"?

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dadiOH wrote:
Nevermind, I see that he was talking about a making a spreadsheet and
sorting that, not Windows per se.

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dadiOH wrote:

bitrate/genre, etc. If I go to a folder with MP3s then right-click on
the columns in Explorer (when in detail mode) I have options to show
bitrate, genre, etc. and can sort by those fields. I have MP3-ext
installed - not sure if that's what gave me these features or if XP has
it by default.

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Free and cross-platform!

XP does all the work by itself

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dadiOH said...

Harrumph. Stone-ager. Two words, "ex pee".

A gathering spot where people meet to consume "adult beverages" and
arrange sexual liaisons, watch sporting events or talk about one of the
above.

Ya really do have to get out more, dads.

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Sig file format shamelessly stolen from LocoJones

CQ wrote:
I was confused because where I live it is called a pickup truck.

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Around here it's called a pickup joint.
The latter gets you the former.

- Loco -
(Now Playing: One Toke Over The Line - Brewer & Shipley)