I have music files that already have artist name and title in the file name. However the files are currently not well organised in folders.
I don't require audio-fingerprinting.
Is there a program that can reorganise the files based on the contents of the file name (e.g. "Artist - Title.mp3" or "Artist - Album - Title.mp3")?
I could write a Perl script but would rather see what tools might be available already.
I would like them organised in folders as follows
Alphabetically by Artist first initial letter
Artist name
- Album/EP Title
- track.mp3
- track.mp3
etc
- Album/EP Title
My research so far on SuperUser (not quite found what I'm looking for):
Windows 7, any way to sort folders and files all mixed together? - this is just adjusting the view of the files in Explorer, not actually where they reside
Is there software that will organize files and folders? - talks more about categories - not quite the same as what I need
Best way to organize lots and lots of media files? - Solution is to just search. Not what I would prefer. I don't plan to add to what I have - it will be an archive so the need to keep re-organising won't be there, it will be a one-off, so to reorganize is worthwhile.
Possible tools that might do the job (please advise):
- Total Commander ( from ghisler.com )
- DriveSort - ( from anerty.net ) - looks a bit old though
- Belvedere - But looks more like a clean-up tool than a general purpose re-organiser
- Peter's Flexible Renaming Kit (PFrank) - The most flexible Windows-based batch file renamer available. I may be able to use just the folder creation part.
