Tagagotchi 2000 v1.1

Tagagotchi is a tool for setting ID3 tags to mp3-files. ID3 tag is a short (128 bytes) field where you can save some info of the song (title, artist, album, year, genre, comment and track number).

Most mp3-players can edit the tag fields but when you encode hundreds of songs and then set the tags to them by typing... aaargh...

Or, when you get mp3s from your friends or from the internet, the filenames or tags aren't always the way you want them to be...

...this is were Tagagotchi proudly steps on the catwalk.

To function, the mp3 files have to be named like one of the following alternatives:

• xx. Song.mp3 or xx - Song.mp3
  

  Where "xx" is the number of the song. Notice the space-characters. This naming method is probably the best for a whole album of one single artist.

  Examples: 02. Ordinary Story.mp3 or 02 - Ordinary Story.mp3
  
  
• xx. Artist - Song.mp3 or xx - Artist - Song.mp3
  

  Same as above plus the artist. This naming method suits e.g. for compilation and tribute albums with many different artists when you still want to maintain the song order. When this naming method is used, you don't have to fill the artist field, it's fetched from the filename.

  Examples: 01. Gloomy Grim - Say Just Words.mp3 or 02 - Gloomy Grim - Say Just Words.mp3
  
  
• Artist - Song.mp3
  

  Same as above without the song number. Good naming method for various single songs. When this naming method is used, you don't have to fill the artist field, it's fetched from the filename.

  Examples: Children Of Bodom - Deadnight Warrior.mp3
  
  
• Song.mp3
  

  Plain song name as filename. Usable if you have various songs from an artist in one directory, for example.

  Examples: In The Shadow Of The Horns.mp3
  

Check out the dirname format dropdown-list. If you name your mp3-directories like one of those alternatives, Tagagotchi can fetch the artist / album from the dirname.

• Artist - Album
  
  Example: C:\ MP3 \ Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky \
  
  
• Artist \ Album
  
  Example: C:\ MP3 \ Darkthrone \ A Blaze In The Northern Sky \
  
  
• Artist \ Album \ Disc
  
  Example: C:\ MP3 \ Metallica \ S&M \ Disc 1 \
  
  
• Artist
  
  Example: C:\ MP3 \ Emperor \
  
  
• Album
  
  Example: C:\ MP3 \ Wrath Of The Tyrant \
  

Choose the drive and folder where the files exist, then select the files from the filelistbox. Choose a filename format that matches your filenames. Fill in the appropriate tag fields. If you use filename naming method 2 or 3, no artist can't be entered.

Press TAG button and you're done. You can now double-click any of the files in the filelistbox to check the result.

Tagagotchi warns if there's a conflict between a filename and the selected filename format.

If there are files that result over 30 character long song / artist names and you have ask title if over 30 chars option enabled, a window will pop out and you can edit the song or artist name / continue it to the comment field.

• Refresh
  Refreshes the directory- and fileboxes. Also "refetches" artist / album name.
  
  
• Rename dir
  Renames a selected directory.
  
  
• Rename files
  Simply lets you rename selected files.
  
  
• Trim filenames
  Trims selected filenames. Check out trimming options from the settings-menu. You can either capitalize or sentence the filename. This function also converts "badly" numbered files to correct format (either xx. title.mp3 or xx - title.mp3). Also, choose the filename format you'd like the files to trimmed to.
  
  
• Replace text
  With this you can do search & replace operations for the selected filenames. The search is case-sensitive. The replace field can be left blank if you just want delete pieces of text.
  
  
• Edit tags
  Pop-outs a window for editing one or multiple files. Same as double-clicking files.
  
  
• Copy tag
  Simpy copies the tag data of the selected file to the tag fields on screen.
  
  
• Play file
  Plays a selected file using the default player for mp3-files.
  
  
• Rename from tags
  Renames files based on their track # / artist / title tag fields. Again, choose the format you want with filename format.
  

• Explore directory
  Opens the current directory with Windows explorer.
  
  
• Clear ID3 fields
  Clears the text fields.
  
  
• Set ID3 fields
  From this submenu you can select which fields you want to set.
  
  
• Ask filename if over 64 chars
  When you rename files, trim filenames or rename from tags and the filename exceeds 64 characters, you will be asked for new one. Useful if you burn CDs with the Joliet-filesystem.
  
  
• Show tag in statusbar
  If you want tag data of a selected file to be shown in statusbar, check this.
  
  
• Save settings
  Saves the state of filename format and dirname format plus the settings-menu switches.
  

• Default directory
  You can set Tagagotchi's default directory by making a shortcut to it and editing it's properties (work folder).