ITunes put my music in folders

[teckmaster]

I didn't realized thats what it did, but I turned off the organizing function and want to know if there is an easy way to get it out of the folders or do I have to go into each one and cut/paste all my songs?

 

[MrChad]

Disable the "Manage my music" function in iTunes and download a program like MP3Tag to refile your files. I'm not sure why you WOULDN'T want your MP3s organized in folders though.

EDIT: You could just write a simple batch script to move all your MP3s from their subfolders into the root folder.

 

[OCedHrt]

for /F "delims=" %I in ('dir/s/b') do move "%I" "Destionation Directory Here"

You'll want to be in the folder where your music is. Or put that in a .bat file and put it in your music folder, then run it.

Use at your own risk, I did not run it, it may wreak havoc on your system. You probably want to test with a small set of files first

Oh yeah, I think iTunes names your files "Track. Title" so if you have titles that happen to be the same track in a different cd, they'd have the same name. You might want to rename your files with iTunes into something like "Album - Track - Artist - Title" if you want them all in the same folder. Or you can wait until Vista comes out and never have to worry about it ^^

 

[0roo0roo]

hm when itunes installs it asks you if you want it to organize your music or something. i guess you clicked yes

 

[teckmaster]

yeah, I'm pretty sure I clicked yes. I didn't realize that it actually put everything in folders.

Its kinda nice but I rather have all my music in one folder in alphabetical order

 

[Ramma2]

Easier way:

Right click on iTunes folder, do Search

Search for *.mp3

Select all in the search window, then cut

Go to destination folder of choice and hit paste.

 

[teckmaster]

Originally posted by: Ramma2
Easier way:

Right click on iTunes folder, do Search

Search for *.mp3

Select all in the search window, then cut

Go to destination folder of choice and hit paste.

Theres the answer I've been looking for. I have so much going on right now it would've taken me forever to remember doing things that way

Thank you very much