I have some mp3 files which have Artist last name first and first name last, and there's a ~ symbol between the last and first names. I want to rename them so I end up with the Artist first name first, followed by the last name and no ~ symbol.
Here are examples of the filenames I am working with:
Blige~Mary J - Stay Down.mp3
Cribs~The - I'm A Realist.mp3
Rolling Stones~The - Angie.mp3
As you can see, the number of words either before or after the ~ symbol varies, so I have to reference the ~ symbol in the expression.
After processing these files, I hope to end up with the following:
Mary J Blige - Stay Down.mp3
The Cribs - I'm A Realist.mp3
The Rolling Stones - Angie.mp3
So, I need to move the text between the ~ and the hyphen - to the front of the filename, and the text from the beginning of the filename to the ~ needs to end up between after that and before the hyphen -.
I could probably temporarily remove the song titles from the filenames using mp3 Tag and Rename (my mp3 editor of choice). I would then store the titles in a ID3 tag Title Field and put them back into the filename after processing is done. That might make the expression I need simpler. I would be willing to do that if need be.Then the filenames (before processing) would be:
Blige~Mary J.mp3
Cribs~The.mp3
Rolling Stones~The.mp3
And after:
Mary J Blige.mp3
The Cribs.mp3
The Rolling Stones.mp3
This might be an easier expression, because it would just involve swapping the filename text before and after the ~ symbol. Or if someone has done this before, a link to an explanation in the Help would be adequate, I'm sure.
Thank you.