{"id":648508,"date":"2013-03-23T12:06:06","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T16:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betanews.com\/?p=138623"},"modified":"2013-03-23T12:06:06","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T16:06:06","slug":"let-musiczen-organize-your-mp3s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/648508","title":{"rendered":"Let MusicZen organize your MP3s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/betanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/music-headphones-laptop-300x294.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"music headphones laptop\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-87030\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In theory, every time you import MP3 files to a PC you should rename them to follow consistent rules, then save them in an appropriate folder where they\u2019ll be easy to find, later. In practice, of course, life\u2019s too short &#8212; so it\u2019s just as well that\u00a0<a title=\"MusicZen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.downloadcrew.com\/article\/29891-musiczen\" >MusicZen<\/a>\u00a0can handle all this for you.<\/p>\n<p>The program is available as a tiny (627KB) executable, and it really couldn\u2019t be much easier to use. At a minimum all you have to do is download and run it, choose the folder where your MP3s are right now, and a destination folder where the finished results will be stored. Then click \u201cOrganize\u201d, and watch as the program goes to work.<\/p>\n<p>As with similar tools, MusicZen uses MP3 tags to figure out what it should do. And this starts by creating the new folders where your music will be stored. By default it organises these by artist, then album, but there are several other options available (Artists\\Years, Artists\\Years\\Albums, Artists, Albums, Years\\Albums, Years).<\/p>\n<p>Each file will be renamed along the way, which may help if you\u2019ve no consistent naming structure right now (mixed upper case, dashes or underscores as separators, and so on). By default they\u2019ll be named using the track number and title, but this changes according to your folder structure. If you\u2019re organising files according to their year, for instance, they\u2019ll given the album name first, then the track number, and finally the song title.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re also able to decide whether files will be copied or moved, but otherwise that\u2019s about it: MusicZen will handle everything else itself. This includes sorting out duplicates (if a file it\u2019s moving already exists, then the original will be left in the source folder). And if some MP3s have no tags then they\u2019ll be saved in an \u201cUnknown\u201d folder for manual reorganization later.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re thinking this sounds very much the same as other MP3 renaming or organising tools, then you\u2019re right. The core functionality is identical, and if anything you have less options than with some other programs. You can\u2019t define exactly how your MP3\u2032s should be renamed, for instance, only choose from the options provided by the program.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"MusicZen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.downloadcrew.com\/article\/29891-musiczen\" >MusicZen<\/a>\u00a0does have one major plus, though: it\u2019s extremely easy to use. There\u2019s no installation required, no complex settings to consider, and the interface has an app-like simplicity. Even the Preferences tab contains only three controls; a \u201cChange\u201d button which you click repeatedly until you\u2019ve selected the folder structure you need, and a couple of radio buttons to decide whether files should be copied or moved. It\u2019s all very well designed, and a great choice for anyone who wants a hassle-free way to reorganise their MP3s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo Credit:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/gallery-102804p1.html\" >CREATISTA<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/\" >Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.betanews.com\/~ff\/bn?a=faXnM_ZLlPg:C0di5_91s8M:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/bn?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.betanews.com\/~ff\/bn?a=faXnM_ZLlPg:C0di5_91s8M:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/bn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/bn\/~4\/faXnM_ZLlPg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In theory, every time you import MP3 files to a PC you should rename them to follow consistent rules, then save them in an appropriate folder where they\u2019ll be easy to find, later. In practice, of course, life\u2019s too short &#8212; so it\u2019s just as well that\u00a0MusicZen\u00a0can handle all this for you. 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