So sometime very soon I'm going to go through a whole revamp on my music library and needed some advice. I currently have about 3000 tracks on my laptop and have all my older tracks that from my CD collections or just old MP3's on an external HD, and those are probably like 8000 (not sure about the exact number right now).
Basically I'm really picky with the way my files are organized and it can get annoying at times, for the current laptop tracks they are purely EDM so just the file names themselves I like them to be "Artist - Track Name (Mix) [Label] Release Date" the release date is optional, but that's just how I want them as file names, no lower case letters, underscores and all that and that can be pretty time consuming with samples and or stuff downloaded on the internet, I even don't like the "Purchased at Beatport.com" in the comments
So I want to literally go through all my tracks and do this, I know it will take ages, so I wanted to know if there are any simpler ways of doing this? Also, when I make changes or rename files directly from the original file properties themselves the changes either don't show up when opened in iTunes or another media player i.e. if I add a comment or remove a comment or rename something it won't show and it will still have all the original file information/properties, or I can't seem to make any changes to the file properties under file "Details" (I'm on a PC). So are there any ways to fix that?
I prefer changing/updating all the original file properties then organzing/making playlists etc. on iTunes so that I can use the files anywhere and have the correct information and not have annoying or confusing file names or information even though I understand it would be easier to just import my whole collection to iTunes and manually edit through that but I feel it wouldn't be worthwhile if I use the track on another source and it's back to the original properties.
I know that was a long read but really wanted to clarify the info since this is a HUGE task that hopefully some of you have completed or are going through. Basically how should I organize/rename my tracks like that in the most efficient way and make sure they are permanent.
Oh and I'd also like to add/remove the artwork/covers for the tracks too into the original file properties.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks a lot!
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