mp3 - Automatically sort music files into folders by album/artist names

I have a large collection of music files (let's say MP3), with metadata (ID3 tags), but all are located in the same folder. I wish to automatically organize all of them according to this metadata.

Answer

I suggest using Mp3tag; it has a rich feature set and allows this quite simply. To do this with Mp3tag, simply:

1. Open it.


2. Select all the files you want to rename (Ctrl+D to change to a certain directory).


3. Select them all in the list (Ctrl+A).


4. Go to the Convert menu at the top and select the first option, Tag - Filename.


5. For the format string, use my (in)famous one: %artist%\%album%\%title%


6. Click OK and watch the magic happen! It's truly a great program.

I hope this guide helped you and anyone else who is puzzled when it comes to organizing their music themselves without the aid of mainstream software like iTunes. Sometimes, I've found, you have to take things into your own hands!

Additional Info

Sometimes Mp3tag can become confused when working across multiple drives. To avoid this, include a path before the aforementioned format string (e.g., D:\Users\Me\Desktop\%artist%\%album%\%title%).