Help with knowing how to name my audio files

[ste]

Hi there everyone.

I want to name my audio files, I have music albums from artists, compilations from various artists and audiobooks. Some of these have multiple discs too.

Is there a naming preset I can use for all of these different types?

If not it's not the end of the world so I can save a preset for each of the 3 main types.

I have tried to understand other posts but I really can't get my head around expressions, etc and find it difficult to piece bits of commands together (for example; when some code is given just to specifically deal with one aspect, like whether an album is single or multi discs, and add it to the rest of what I need).

If I write what (I think I need) down for the 3 types could someone who actually gets this stuff tell me the presets to make, please?

1) Music albums:
Media/Music/Artist/Album (year)/[if a disc is single skip this folder, if its multi then create a two-digit number for the disc]/track number - track title

2) Compilation albums:
Media/Music/Compilation/AlbumArtist/Album (year)/[if a disc is single skip this folder, if its multi then create a two-digit number for the disc]/track number - track title (Artist)

3) Audiobooks
Media/Audiobooks/Genre/Artist/Album (year)/[if a disc is single skip this folder, if its multi then create a two-digit number for the disc]/track number - track title

PS- I know there are elements here that are easy to understand and find but there are also complicated parts that I don't know how to string them together so I don't get errors and filebot understands it correctly.

PPS-I intend on listening to all of my audio through plexamp. Will this affect how i can name files? if so how can i strike a happy medium with what I want and what is needed for plex?

[rednoah]

A single format can account for multiple types of media. Differentiating each type can range from easy via ID3 tags, to impossible if files are indistinguishable from each other.


If you need help with a custom format, then you will have to provide at least 3 sample files, one for each type of media you have described. Prototyping custom formats without sample files would be difficult.


PPS: Please ask the Plex Community / Plexamp developers for Plexamp questions. They know. I can only guess. AFAIK, Plex primarily relies on ID3 tags when it comes to audio files, so the file names matter less in this case.

[g9v4k7z2]

For your naming needs, it sounds like you're on the right track with separating music albums, compilations, and audiobooks. A useful preset could look something like this: "Media/Type/Artist/Album (Year)/[Disc Number]/Track Number - Track Title" where the disc number is only created if it’s a multi-disc album. For compilations, you can add “(Artist)” after the track title. Since you're using Plexamp, just ensure that Plex can read the metadata correctly. Plexamp typically doesn’t require strict naming conventions but relies more on metadata. Have you checked if Plexamp has specific naming guidelines that might affect how it reads multi-disc albums?