Rip, Convert, Listen: The Sequel
If you listen to Ogg Vorbis files, KRename and EasyTAG makes organizing those files a snap.
Wednesday, December 15th, 2004
Last month’s column showed how to create Ogg Vorbis (OGG) music files. Raw WAV files were “ripped” from compact discs with Grip, and were then converted to OGGs with the command line tool oggenc.
The end of the column mentions two additional programs:
KRename (
http://www.krename.net), a batch-mode file renamer, and
EasyTAG (
http://easytag.sourceforge.net/), which adds and edits the hidden metadata your music players use to display song information. This month, let’s take a further look at those two tools.
Rename En Masse
KRename is an incredibly powerful program, as it can rename just about anything This article focuses on a single task, but it should be enough to get you going. Much more extensive documentation is available on the project web site.
After you’ve downloaded and installed KRename (it’s available via APT), launch the application. On the first screen, choose “Add Files,” navigate to your OGGs, select them, and press Open.. When we left our music last time, the files were named like this:
The_White_Stripes_-_Elephant_-_09_-_The_Hardest_Button_To_Button.ogg
The_White_Stripes_-_Elephant_-_10_-_Little_Acorns.ogg
Once you’ve loaded all the OGGs in KRename, press Next. The “Destination” screen controls where new files go. To change the files you’re renaming, select both Rename input files and Overwrite existing files. Since this can be dangerous, you should also check Create an undo script. Specify a location and name for the script, and now you can recover if things don’t work. Again, press Next.
