Music files recorded from CDs or downloaded from the Internet may have names that do not represent their contents. Renaming files is a fairly simple task, it can be solved using the native tools of the operating system. If you need to rename a sufficiently large number of objects or change the mp3-tags registered in them, you will have to use some specialized application.
Necessary
Flash Renamer app
Instructions
Step 1
You can rename one or more music files in the usual way. Right-click the desired object and select the line "Rename" from the pop-up menu, or select it in the list of files and press the F2 button. The file manager will turn on the title editing mode - type the desired text and press the Enter key.
Step 2
The described method uses the capabilities of the operating system file manager, but many programs for playing music also have a built-in editing function. For example, in The KMPlayer, to call it, you need to right-click the playlist line, open the "Manage list items" section in the menu and select the "Rename" command. The renaming dialog can also be invoked by the Alt + R keyboard shortcut. After changing the name of the file in this dialog, click the OK button.
Step 3
Specialized applications can change filenames in batches, i.e. apply this operation not to one, but to the entire contents of a folder or any selected group of objects. In this case, the names of the songs are read from the file itself - it contains tags with the name, artist, album name and track number. The program can set a template according to which from all this data it will compose a new file name.
Step 4
For example, if you install the Flash Renamer application, then the Open with Flash Renamer item will be added to the context menu of the folders - select it by right-clicking the icon of the directory containing the files being edited. Then click the Music button and select one of the preset templates in the Style list, or check the Custom box and compose the desired one yourself.
Step 5
In the right pane of the application window, select all files or the desired group and click the Rename button. The program will do everything necessary and display a report on the results of the operation.
Step 6
You can also edit tags inside music files - the player displays the title, artist and album during playback, reading them from these tags. There are also special programs for such operations. The Flash Renamer described above is a universal application, it has a lot of functions for a variety of batch file operations, including tag editing. To open the form for changing them, select the Mp3 Tagger tab in the menu.
Step 7
Select the desired file in the right pane and fill in the form fields in the left pane - here you can specify the track number, title, artist, album name, release year, genre and your own comments. If the original tags are empty, then everything that you want to fill in must be typed on your own, and if not, these fields will already contain values, you can correct them. When you're done, click Write Tags.
