iTunes - how to rename files correctly?

[Ancandis]

Which method / script / program will rename your song's file names so iTunes will still know where they are?

Normally when renaming files you will have to re-locate the files to remove the exclamation marks.

Thanks.

 

[gnasher729]

Which method / script / program will rename your song's file names so iTunes will still know where they are?

Normally when renaming files you will have to re-locate the files to remove the exclamation marks.

Why do you want to rename them?

 

[Consultant]

You should not be renaming files manually.

Make your changes through iTunes and the setting will be saved for most files.

 

[dXTC]

I think the OP wants to have more descriptive file names for use with other programs/players or for archiving purposes, where the metadata (tag info) is often not readily apparent to the user.

Nevertheless, I'm not handy with scripting, so I'm afraid I'm not much help.

My two cents... Descriptive filenames are getting less and less important nowadays; even cheap iPod knockoffs can read and display metadata. It took me a while to get used to it, but I no longer care what names the OS uses to store my music files.

 

[Ancandis]

I think the OP wants to have more descriptive file names for use with other programs/players or for archiving purposes (...).

Right.
The program I want to use the music files with _is_ able to read the ID3 tags. Nevertheless I need the uniform naming scheme for the correct sorting.

It's (also) all about perfectionism.

 

[aristobrat]

Check out dougscripts.com. There are two 'popular' ones that appear to rename stuff in iTunes based on ID3 tags, but I don't know if they're compatible with iTunes 9.

 

[Ancandis]

Thanks, I'll have a look.