[xubuntu-users] [SOLVED] Renaming mp3 files from meta data

[Andy Proctor]

On 11/01/15 15:34, Chris Spackman wrote:
> On 2015/01/11 at 02:56pm, Andy Proctor wrote:
>
>> To save me opening >1200 files one by one, there must be a way to
>> read the meta data and rename the file or as a minimum sort by meta
>> data? A web search has not produced many pearls of wisdom, apart
>> from a program called mp3tag which is unfortunately M$Windows based.
> Have you tried EasyTag? I know it will read file names and add tags
> from them, and I think it does the reverse as well.
>
> Have a look at "Show Scanner" and then choose "Rename Files and
> Directories". It gives options for renaming from tags. That should do
> what you need, I think.
>
Chris, thank you, Easytag was exactly what I needed. It even found some 
duplicates that the Photorec created.

Nice one thank you!

Andy