Is there anyway to rename several files at once?

[fumbduck]

I have a whole bunch of songs with the name format:

Smashing Pumpkins - ## - Song name.mp3

(yes i own the CDs, everyone should, however zwan blows)

I want to rename them all to:

The Smashing Pumpkins - ## - Song name.mp3

So I basically want to add a "The" to the front of every title. Its way too many songs to rip again or to do it 1 by 1.

Normally I wouldn't care, but i ripped half as THE and half without it, so it looks retarded in winamp.

 

[iamme]

Tag&Rename is a good mp3 ID3/filename editor.

 

[The Sauce]

I have a little proggie called PowerRenamer that works quite well. Do a search.

 

[wfbberzerker]

id3-TagIt will do what you're asking.

 

[fumbduck]

also, i have another problem:

I have these files that are like this:

01 - Tool - Lateralus - The Grudge.mp3

in that format.

I want them to be

Tool - Lateralus - 01 - The Grudge.mp3

I have Tag and rename and it works well, gonna try these other two.

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: fumbduck
also, i have another problem:

I have these files that are like this:

01 - Tool - Lateralus - The Grudge.mp3

in that format.

I want them to be

Tool - Lateralus - 01 - The Grudge.mp3

I have Tag and rename and it works well, gonna try these other two.

Can you program at all? A quick little C, C++, or Java program using regular expressions would accomplish that nicely.

 

[fumbduck]

yeah I can now that I think about it, but why bother when someone already has.

Also, I no longer have a compiler, my liscense for MSVC++ 6.0 ran out. And i hate boreland.

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: fumbduck
yeah I can now that I think about it, but why bother when someone already has.

Also, I no longer have a compiler, my liscense for MSVC++ 6.0 ran out. And i hate boreland.

Download Cygwin, it comes with gcc and g++. The Sun Java 1.4 SDK is free, as is the JCreator. Eclipse is also a great free IDE. "Why bother", he says...must not be a programmer at heart 😉

 

[fumbduck]

i almost major in Computer Science before my dad, friends, anyone smart, slapped me. It just doesnt pay good enough.

 

[Alphazero]

rename Smashing* "The Smashing"*

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: fumbduck
also, i have another problem: I have these files that are like this: 01 - Tool - Lateralus - The Grudge.mp3 in that format. I want them to be Tool - Lateralus - 01 - The Grudge.mp3 I have Tag and rename and it works well, gonna try these other two.

Tag & Rename has that function.