Musort

A Python3 program that renames all selected music/audio files in a folder with a specified naming convention

Features

Rename many audio files at once
Choose the naming convention (ex. track.title.flac or artist.track.year.mp3)
Give a separator for the naming of the file (ex. track.title.flac or track_title.flac)
Works on all systems that can run Python

Demo

Installation and Usage

Clone the repository and run the Python program

git clone https://github.com/tdeerenberg/Musort.git
cd Musort
python3 musort.py

Alternatively, you could move musort.py into a directory in your $PATH and rename musort.py to musort. After that, the program can run like this:

musort -d music_directory -f track.title.year -s _

Manual (options and arguments)

Musort © 2023 tdeerenberg (github.com/tdeerenberg)

DESCRIPTION:
A Python3 program that renames all selected music/audio files in a folder with a specified naming convention 

USAGE:
musort [OPTION] [ARGUMENT]...

OPTIONS:
-h, --help           Show the help menu
-d, --dir            Set the directory with the music files in it
-f, --format         Set the naming convention (ex. track.artist.year) Full list of option below.
-s, --separator      Set the separator for the filename (ex. '-s .' -> 01.track.flac and '-s -' -> 01-track.mp3)

FORMAT OPTIONS:
album         album as string
albumartist   album artist as string
artist        artist name as string
audio_offset  number of bytes before audio data begins
bitdepth      bit depth for lossless audio
bitrate       bitrate in kBits/s
comment       file comment as string
composer      composer as string 
disc          disc number
disc_total    the total number of discs
duration      duration of the song in seconds
filesize      file size in bytes
genre         genre as string
samplerate    samples per second
title         title of the song
track         track number as string
track_total   total number of tracks as string
year          year or date as string

Authors

@tdeerenberg

License

GNU GPLv3 Permissions of this strong copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights.

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