I was having a problem getting Picard to name my files correctly where there are tracks by multiple artists on a record…
The default naming syntax is:
$if2(%albumartist%,%artist%)/$if($ne(%albumartist%,),%album%/)$if($gt(%totaldiscs%,1),%discnumber%-,)$if($ne(%albumartist%,),$num(%tracknumber%,2) ,)$if(%_multiartist%,%artist% - ,)%title%
I have a release that has 4 tracks, each by a different artist. They end up being named as, for example:
\Various Artists\Liquid V\01 Hung Up.mp3
Whereas I think it should name as:
\Various Artists\Liquid V\01 Commix - Hung Up.mp3
I’ve read through a few forum threads about the %_multiartist% variable, so thought that this would likely be the problem, so instead tried the following syntax:
$if2(%albumartist%,%artist%)/$if($ne(%albumartist%,),%album%/)$if($gt(%totaldiscs%,1),%discnumber%-,)$if($ne(%albumartist%,),$num(%tracknumber%,2) ,)$if($in(%albumartist%,arious),%artist% - ,)%title%
The idea being that if %albumartist% was “Various Artists” then %artist% gets included in the file name, but if %albumartist% is not “Various Artists” (or “Various”, “various”, etc.) then %artist% only gets included in the folder structure not the file name.
This works!
So I wonder why the %_multiartist% variable in the default syntax isn’t working. Any suggestions?
Just give us the link, we can than hopefully reproduce and explain things.