I really really really miss being able to output to paths generated by the file's tags. Such that when I output a file by Artist A, from Album B, it should land two folders deep, like 'Artist A/Album B/01-Track One.m4a'

I have searched and Googled and rooted around in 0.9 and I just can't find a single clue. No one on the forums seems to be talking about this either. What gives? Was I the only one that used this? Is it still available somehow? There used to be a little checkbox for 'output folders' and that was all it took.

I'm bookmarking my thread and I will be back here every eleven minutes until someone can answer!

Thanks a lot, mysterious faceless internet friends of superior knowledge and experience.

For tonight I've just regressed to 0.8.3. I look forward to upgrading again, but the stuff that was available in 0.8.3, to me, was more powerful, available, and obvious. Probably just a learning curve issue, but I feel immobilized by 0.9, and this issue was of key importance to me.

It just works now. The checkbox has been removed, but any "\" will be used as a folder boundary. It's as if the checkbox is permanently on.

Why not just try these things?

Also note that the converter will ask for a filename when you convert a single track and will use only the filename part of the specified format in that case. When you convert multiple tracks, it will use the full script and ask for a root directory.

Oh wow. Thanks guys. I just reinstalled 0.9 and I'm going to try it again. I appreciate the info.

EDIT: I'm still having no luck with this. I've entered the path I'd like like this:

%artist%\%album%\%title%

In the single file export field.

I haven't found a place where I can modify the way batch encodes are done. They all just land as single files in whatever directory I send them to. I'm obviously missing something.

Okay. I got it working, and no matter how stupid this is to anyone, I'm going to write down how I got it working, because I hate when I have a problem, and I go to the forum for help, and when someone's problem is solved, they just go away and don't say anything insted of writing the solution:

[%artist%]\[%album%]\[%tracknumber%] - %title%

I was missing the brackets. I don't recall using them before, but somehow this didn't work until I added them.

I am highly aware that this is totally idiotic, but like I said, for the next idiot who follows in my footsteps, there's what I needed.

Are you testing with a single file?

Try selecting two or more files and converting - then the formatting string will kick in. Your string looks fine.

Edit: OK, I've just seen your last post. I would still like to know whether you originally tested with one file but are now testing with more than one. Your string should have worked as it stood; I don't think this edit has changed anything.