To automatically organize audio files

Audio files can be automatically organized into a folder structure and filename format of your choice. The file and folder names are generated based on information in the database (not the tags!) according to the format you specify. For example, you can organize your audio files following this format: C:\My Music\<Artist>\<Album title>\Track # - Title.

1.	First, make sure either the Album or Track View is active.

2.	Choose Auto-Organize from the Audio menu. You see the 'Auto-Organize Audio Files' window. Please note that there is one setup for compilation albums, and one setup for all other albums.

3.	Select whether you want to auto-organize all albums/tracks, the subset (marked records) or the selected records in the browse list.

4.	If you want to reorganize the folder structure, select the desired folder format from the Folder format drop-down list, or specify your own custom format.

5.	You must also specify "base folder". This is the folder where the folders containing the audio files will be created. If you do not want to reorganize the folder structure, simply select the first empty item from the drop-down list.

6.	Select the desired filename format from the Filename format drop-down list, or specify your own custom format. You can use the following codes (both the folder and the filename format):

	%album_artist%	Album artist.
	%album_artist_sort%	Album artist, sort by value (for example "Cure, The").
	%album_title%	Album title.
	%album_title_sort%	Album title, sort by value (for example "Unforgettable Fire, The").
	%disc_title%	Disc title.
	%disc#%	Disc number. Note that the disc number is only used if an album contains multiple discs.
	%track#%	Track number.
	%position%	The track position (item, side and index). For example: "4" (track #4), "B2" (track 2 on side B), "2-1" (track #1 on item #2) or "2-B1" (track #1 on side B on item #2). Note: If the album has only one side, the side (A or B) is not included. If the album consists of only one item, the item number is not included.
	%artist%	Track artist.
	%title%	Track title.
	%fulltitle%	Full track title (includes Version, Live, etc.).

In addition to the standard codes, you can reference any field using the format %table.field%, for example %album.referenceno% or %track.custom01%.

To only use the first character of the field value, add "_1" after the field name. For example "artist_1%" or "%album_artist_sort_1%".

To only use the year of a date field, add "_year" after the field name. For example "%album.released_year%".

7.	When the program reorganizes folders, old folders may become empty. Check the Remove empty folders box if you want to remove (delete) these folders.

8.	Click OK. The program generates new file and folder names.

You see the 'Auto-Organize Audio Files - Preview' window.

In this window you see the new file and folder names. On the statusbar at the bottom of the window, you see the original (current) path to the selected file.

Note: The program has not yet actually renamed any files or folders.

Please review the new file and folder names carefully before you continue.

10.	If everything looks OK, click the OK button to start the reorganize process. Click Yes to confirm that you want to rename the files. Wait while the program reorganizes your audio files. When completed, the program closes the 'Auto-Organize Audio Files' window.