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briancc23
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Hi, I'm trying to use Godfather to rename music files currently formatted as: Artist - Title. mp3
The preset format option for Artist - Title from filename seems to identify the Artist and Title correctly for most cases; however, when there is a period in the filename, for example: Artist1 - Title feat. Artist2
It will instead list the results as
Artist: Artist 1 - Title feat
Title: Artist2

I just found this program so I am far from an expert on using variables and custom formatting options, but is there a way to deal with this scenario? Thanks

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Re: Period in file name

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Go to File/options / formatting/variables %..%, there you can set your 'token' parameters,
in your case select 'Use separator(s) and make sure only - is active in the list

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Awesome, thanks a lot!

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Another question, sorry not sure if I'm supposed to make another thread or not. Anyway, is there a way to preserve the capitalization I have in my original filenames when renaming?

For example, if I have:
ARTIST - TITLE

Currently it renames them to just:
Artist
Title

I'd like to keep the all caps instead

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Yes you can do that, go to file/options/Work flow,
there locate the "case" task and in the 'apply to..' section check only the fields you would like to set to proper case.

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Thank you!

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