Help please maintain folder structure integrity

MusicBrainz Picard
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Hi, I am finding this somewhat challenging as MP3 editing is brand new for me. Basically I would like to keep the exact folder>subfolder>song structure with the new metadata inserted.

Currently I have Music>Artists>Song/s

When I save/re-tag I would like that structure to be the same Re-tag>Artists>Song/s

How can I do this? Thank you for any help.

Andy

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It depends a bit what you want.

If you are already happy with the current folder names and you only want to update the tags, then configure Picard to only update the tags. Disable Options > File Naming > Move Files for this. If you want the file names getting updated, you can leave the “Rename files” option enabled, otherwise disable this as well.

If you want Picard to create / update the folder structure then you have to configure this fully in Options > File Naming:

  • Enable “Move files when saving”
  • Set you “Music” folder as the destination directory
  • Set a proper file naming script, using %artist% as a folder name

As I read it you are not interested in album names, just artist and songs. You haven’t told exactly how you would like the file name to be, but I assume probably just the song title and nothing else. In this case the most simple renaming script for you could be:

%artist%/%title%
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