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> 
> > PAUL WILLIAMSON Wrote: 
> > 
> > Yeah, not on Windows.  I use easytag on linux.  I'll check out
easytag
> > to see if it does what I need. Good suggestion.
> > 
> 
> For Linux command line, use 'eyeD3' -- it reads/writes most of the id3
> tags and can rename files as well.
> 
> --rename=NAME       Rename file (the extension is not affected)
> based on data in the tag using substitution variables: %A (artist), %a
> (album), %t (title), %n (track number), and %N (total number of
> tracks)
> 
> There's also mp3rename, but as I recall, it doesn't do id3v2.
> 
> If you want a gui, kid3 can rename based on tags, too.
> 

I don't want just the filename to be changed.  I want the entire 
location of the file to change.  I have about 5,000 songs 
at the root of a usb drive, and another 2,000 in the 
"lost+found" directory on the music drive.  I need something 
to read the ID3 tags and move them from wherever they are 
to something like /mnt/music/%artist/%album/%artist - %track.*.
In the case of compilations (like soundtracks, etc.) I have 
them tagged specifically enough that I can allow for that 
in something programmatically.

I'm faced right now with two options:

1.  Writing a script to read the tags and move the files 
based on the criteria above or

2.  Moving all the files manually.

I'd rather jump off a bridge rather than doing this 
manually.

Paul

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