Hi, I'm using EAC V0.95 beta 3, I need some help to set up the naming scheme on "various artist" cds, normally I have the following string for file naming:

\%A - %C (%Y)\%N - %T

So I can get for example:

folder name:

"Kosma - Universal (1996)"

and inside it filenames like:

"01 - Die Sylphen"

Now, what I want to do is to have the following naming scheme for "various artist" or compilation cds:

\%C (%Y)\%N - %A - %T

Which would let me have for example:

folder name:

"Asian Massive (2002)"

and inside it filenames like:

"01 - MIDIval PunditZ - Chandini Chowk"

The thing is that when I try to use the checkbox "use variuos artist naming scheme" on "EAC -> filename options" and use the string I want to "\%C (%Y)\%N - %A - %T" EAC displays a message that says "invalid filename" and wont let me use it, actually it doesn't let me use any "\" options, the only way it works is without those but I can't create a folder to put the files inside it, any suggestions???

Thanks!

Try "%C (%Y)\%N - %A - %T" instead of "\%C (%Y)\%N - %A - %T"

Wow!, exactly, you're right!, the extra "\" at the begining was the problem, now it's perfect

Thanks!

Is there any way to make the various artists checkbox tag the file as Various in the artist field, and then the artist and track title in the track title field? I don't like soundtracks creating 20 artists with one song each on my ipod and in winamp.

I so wish "Album Artist" tags would be used by more media players. Setting all the track's Artist to "Various" and moving the Artists into the Track Title is a poor hack to keep the tracks grouped together. Anyway...

Modern iPods & iTunes has support for "compilation" flags on tracks. That's Apple's half-baked way to fix various artist discs... It lists the albums under "Compilations" and retains the individual artists. Of course, Winamp doesn't support this, either.

I use %D\%C\%T, which equates to:

Disc Artist\Album\Title

For CDs by a single artist, "Disc Artist" is equivalent to "Artist". When I have a Various Artists CD, the "Disc Artist" is Various Artists, and each track will have the actual track artist in the Artist tag. This allows you to have all of the tracks grouped in one folder, even though the artists are different.

Perhaps that will help you.