Lyric file organisation/renaming script

JadedBlueEyes · December 16, 2025, 12:27am

I recently renamed my library to includethe truncated release ID - so moving from /Artist/Release/01. Track.flac to /Artist/Release [mbid8]/01 Track.flac. Unfortunately Picard deosn’t pick up and rename my lyrics files (.lrc and .txt files named the same as the tracks they’re for). So save me manually moving thousands of files, I wrote up a relatively short python script to try and match the lyrics in the old folder to the new folders:

github.com/JadedBlueEyes/scripts

migrate-lrc-files.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Migrate .lrc and .txt files from old music folder structure to new structure.

Old structure: Artist/Album/01. Track.mp3
New structure: Artist/Album [identifier]/01. Track.mp3

This script:
1. Finds old folders (without identifiers) containing .lrc or .txt files
2. Looks for corresponding new folders (with identifiers)
3. Moves lyrics files if there's exactly one matching folder
4. Asks for intervention if there are multiple matches
5. Deletes empty old folders after moving files
"""

import os
import sys
import re
import shutil
from pathlib import Path

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The specifc change to the file naming script:

$noop(Release folders)

$if(%_albumForFilename%,%_albumForFilename% ,)$if(%musicbrainz_albumid%,[$left(%musicbrainz_albumid%,8)])

$if(%_albumForFilename%%musicbrainz_albumid%,/)

Hopefully people find this useful!