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# Picard
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[MusicBrainz Picard](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/) is a free cross-platform
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tagging software for music.
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## File naming
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To enable the file renaming on saving check `Rename files when saving` in the preferences
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Under `Options` you can `Open file naming script editor` to change the script.
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The following is a basic script for renaming files to the scheme
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`[<discnumber>.]<tracknumber>._<artist>_-_<title>`
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all in lower case.
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discnumber is only added, when the total disc count is greater than 1.
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Both discnumber and tracknumber are padded according to the number of total
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discs and tracks.
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The tracknumber is padded to at least 2 places.
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```
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$replace($lower(
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$if($gt(%totaldiscs%,1),$num(%discnumber%,$len(%totaldiscs%)).,)
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$num(%tracknumber%,$if($gt($len(%totaltracks%),2),$len(%totaltracks%),2))._
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%artist%_-_
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%title%), ,_)
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```
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## Tagging
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The following explains the most general tags in short.
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These are the recommended tags, that are in part used by the script for
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renaming the files.
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- `title` is the name of the music piece.
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- `artist` is the artist of the song - for classical music it is the composer.
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- `album` is the name of the album.
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- `tracknumber` is the number of the music piece in the album
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- `date` is the year of publication
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- `albumartist` is the artist that made the album
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- `discnumber` is the disc number of the music piece in the album
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- `genre` is the genre of the music piece
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- `totaldiscs` is the amount of discs of the album
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- `totaltracks` is the amount of tracks in the disc of the music piece
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- `front` is an image of the front cover
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- `performer` is only used in classical music and defines the artist that
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played the piece.
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