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Rename audio files from metadata tags.

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audiorename

Rename audio files from metadata tags.

Installation

From Github

git clone git@github.com:Josef-Friedrich/audiorename.git
cd audiorename
python setup.py install

From PyPI

pip install audiorename
easy_install audiorename

Usage

usage: audiorenamer [-h] [-D] [-s SKIP_IF_EMPTY] [-v]
                    [-C | -d | -M | --mb-track-listing | -w] [-F]
                    [-m ALBUM_MIN] [-e EXTENSION] [-k] [-S] [-c FORMAT_STRING]
                    [-f FORMAT_STRING] [--soundtrack FORMAT_STRING] [-K] [-j]
                    [-o] [-V] [-a] [-t TARGET]
                    source

    Rename audio files from metadata tags.

    How to specify the target directory?

    1. By the default the audio files are moved or renamed to the parent
       working directory.
    2. Use the option ``-t <folder>`` or ``--target <folder>`` to specifiy
       a target directory.
    3. Use the option ``-a`` or ``--source-as-target`` to copy or rename
       your audio files within the source directory.

Metadata fields
===============

    $acoustid_fingerprint:    Acoustic ID fingerprint

    $acoustid_id:          Acoustic ID

    $album:                album

    $album_classical:      album_classical

    $album_clean:          “album” without ” (Disc
                           X)”.

    $album_initial:        First character in lowercase of
                           “album_clean”.

    $albumartist:          The artist for the entire album,
                           which may be different from the
                           artists for the individual tracks

    $albumartist_credit:    albumartist_credit

    $albumartist_sort:     albumartist_sort

    $albumdisambig:        albumdisambig

    $albumstatus:          The status describes how
                           "official" a release is. Possible
                           values are: official,
                           promotional, bootleg, pseudo-
                           release

    $albumtype:            The MusicBrainz album type; the
                           MusicBrainz wiki has a list of
                           type names

    $arranger:             arranger

    $art:                  art

    $artist:               artist

    $artist_credit:        The track-specific artist credit
                           name, which may be a variation of
                           the artist’s “canonical”
                           name

    $artist_initial:       First character in lowercase of
                           “artistsafe_sort”

    $artist_sort:          The “sort name” of the track
                           artist (e.g., “Beatles, The”
                           or “White, Jack”)

    $artistsafe:           The first available value of this
                           metatag order: “albumartist”
                           -> “artist” ->
                           “albumartist_credit” ->
                           “artist_credit”

    $artistsafe_sort:      The first available value of this
                           metatag order:
                           “albumartist_sort” ->
                           “artist_sort” ->
                           “artistsafe”

    $asin:                 Amazon Standard Identification
                           Number

    $bitdepth:             only available for some formats

    $bitrate:              in kilobits per second, with
                           units: e.g., “192kbps”

    $bpm:                  bpm

    $catalognum:           This is a number assigned to the
                           release by the label which can
                           often be found on the spine or
                           near the barcode. There may be
                           more than one, especially when
                           multiple labels are involved.
                           This is not the ASIN — there is
                           a relationship for that — nor
                           the label code.

    $channels:             channels

    $comments:             comments

    $comp:                 Compilation flag

    $composer:             composer

    $composer_initial:     composer_initial

    $composer_safe:        composer_safe

    $composer_sort:        Composer name for sorting.

    $country:              The country the release was
                           issued in.

    $date:                 date

    $day:                  The release day of the specific
                           release

    $disc:                 disc

    $disctitle:            disctitle

    $disctotal:            disctotal

    $disctrack:            Combination of disc and track in
                           the format: disk-track, e.g.
                           1-01, 3-099

    $encoder:              encoder

    $format:               e.g., “MP3” or “FLAC”

    $genre:                genre

    $genres:               genres

    $grouping:             grouping

    $images:               images

    $initial_key:          initial_key

    $label:                The label which issued the
                           release. There may be more than
                           one.

    $language:             The language a release’s track
                           list is written in. The possible
                           values are taken from the ISO
                           639-3 standard.

    $length:               in seconds

    $lyricist:             lyricist

    $lyrics:               lyrics

    $mb_albumartistid:     MusicBrainz album artist ID

    $mb_albumid:           MusicBrainz album ID

    $mb_artistid:          MusicBrainz artist ID

    $mb_releasegroupid:    MusicBrainz releasegroup ID

    $mb_trackid:           MusicBrainz track ID

    $mb_workid:            MusicBrainz work ID

    $media:                media

    $month:                The release month of the specific
                           release

    $original_date:        original_date

    $original_day:         The release day of the original
                           version of the album

    $original_month:       The release month of the original
                           version of the album

    $original_year:        The release year of the original
                           version of the album

    $performer_classical:    performer_classical

    $r128_album_gain:      An optional gain for album
                           normalization

    $r128_track_gain:      An optional gain for track
                           normalization

    $rg_album_gain:        rg_album_gain

    $rg_album_peak:        rg_album_peak

    $rg_track_gain:        rg_track_gain

    $rg_track_peak:        rg_track_peak

    $samplerate:           in kilohertz, with units: e.g.,
                           “48kHz”

    $script:               The script used to write the
                           release’s track list. The
                           possible values are taken from
                           the ISO 15924 standard.

    $soundtrack:           Boolean flag which indicates if
                           the audio file is a soundtrack

    $title:                The title of a audio file.

    $title_classical:      title_classical

    $track:                track

    $track_classical:      track_classical

    $tracktotal:           tracktotal

    $work:                 The Musicbrainzs’ work entity.

    $year:                 The release year of the specific
                           release

    $year_safe:            First “original_year” then
                           “year”.

Functions
=========

    asciify
    -------

    %asciify{text}
        Translate non-ASCII characters to their ASCII
        equivalents. For example, “café” becomes “cafe”. Uses
        the mapping             provided by the unidecode module.

    delchars
    --------

    %delchars{text,chars}
        Delete every single character of “chars“ in “text”.

    deldupchars
    -----------

    %deldupchars{text,chars}
        Search for duplicate characters and replace with only
        one occurrance of this characters.

    first
    -----

    %first{text}
        Returns the first item, separated by ; . You can use
        %first{text,count,skip}, where count is the number of items
        (default 1) and skip is number to skip (default 0). You can also
        use %first{text,count,skip,sep,join} where sep is the separator,
        like ; or / and join is the text to concatenate the items.

    if
    --

    %if{condition,truetext} or             %if{condition,truetext,falsetext}
        If condition is nonempty (or nonzero, if it’s a
        number), then returns the second argument. Otherwise, returns
        the             third argument if specified (or nothing if
        falsetext is left off).

    ifdef
    -----

    %ifdef{field}, %ifdef{field,text} or
    %ifdef{field,text,falsetext}
        If field exists, then return truetext or field
        (default). Otherwise, returns falsetext. The field should be
        entered without $.

    left
    ----

    %left{text,n}
        Return the first “n” characters of “text”.

    lower
    -----

    %lower{text}
        Convert “text” to lowercase.

    num
    ---

    %num{number, count}
        Pad decimal number with leading zeros.
        %num{$track, 3}

    replchars
    ---------

    %replchars{text,chars,replace}

    right
    -----

    %right{text,n}
        Return the last “n” characters of “text”.

    sanitize
    --------

    %sanitize{text}
         Delete in most file systems not allowed characters.

    shorten
    -------

    %shorten{text} or %shorten{text, max_size}
        Shorten “text” on word boundarys.
        %shorten{$title, 32}

    time
    ----

    %time{date_time,format,curformat}
        Return the date and time in any format accepted by
        strftime. For example, to get the year some music was added to
        your library, use %time{$added,%Y}.

    title
    -----

    %title{text}
        Convert “text” to Title Case.

    upper
    -----

        Convert “text” to UPPERCASE.

positional arguments:
  source                A folder containing audio files or a audio file

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -D, --delete-existing
                        Delete source file if the target file already exists.
  -s SKIP_IF_EMPTY, --skip-if-empty SKIP_IF_EMPTY
                        Skip renaming of field is empty.
  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit

actions:
  -C, --copy            Copy files instead of rename / move.
  -d, --dry-run         Don’t rename or copy the audio files.
  -M, --move            Move / rename a file. This is the default action. The
                        option can be omitted.
  --mb-track-listing    Print track listing for Musicbrainz website: Format:
                        track. title (duration), e. g.: 1. He, Zigeuner (1:31)
                        2. Hochgetürmte Rimaflut (1:21)
  -w, --work            Fetch the tag fields “work” and “mb_workid”
                        from Musicbrainz and save this fields into the audio
                        file. The audio file must have the tag field
                        “mb_trackid”. The give audio file is not renamed.

filters:
  -F, --album-complete  Rename only complete albums
  -m ALBUM_MIN, --album-min ALBUM_MIN
                        Rename only albums containing at least X files.
  -e EXTENSION, --extension EXTENSION
                        Extensions to rename

formats:
  -k, --classical       Use the default format for classical music. If you use
                        this option, both parameters (--format and
                        --compilation) have no effect. Classical music is
                        sorted by the lastname of the composer.
  -S, --shell-friendly  Rename audio files “shell friendly”, this means
                        without whitespaces, parentheses etc.

format strings:
  -c FORMAT_STRING, --compilation FORMAT_STRING
                        Format string for compilations. Use metadata fields
                        and functions to build the format string.
  -f FORMAT_STRING, --format FORMAT_STRING
                        The default format string for audio files that are not
                        compilations or compilations. Use metadata fields and
                        functions to build the format string.
  --soundtrack FORMAT_STRING
                        Format string for a soundtrack audio file. Use
                        metadata fields and functions to build the format
                        string.

output:
  -K, --color           Colorize the standard output of the program with ANSI
                        colors.
  -j, --job-info        Display informations about the current job. This
                        informations are printted out before any actions on
                        the audio files are executed.
  -o, --one-line        Display the rename / copy action status on one line
                        instead of two.
  -V, --verbose         Make the command line output more verbose.

target:
  -a, --source-as-target
                        Use specified source folder as target directory
  -t TARGET, --target TARGET
                        Target directory

Development

Test

tox

Publish a new version

git tag 1.1.1
git push --tags
python setup.py sdist upload

Package documentation

The package documentation is hosted on readthedocs.

Generate the package documentation:

python setup.py build_sphinx

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