[Solved]Naming Template issues (new user)

[whismerhill]

hello
I'm very new to musicbee and trying to tailor it to my wants & needs
currently trying to replace cdex & get a specific folder structure
 I'm trying to put something that will put all soundtracks in a specific folder without artist folder
and all others in their folder with artist

 file naming when ripping each track as a separate file :
$If(<Genre>=Soundtrack,Soundtrack\<Album>" - "<Year(yyyy)>,<Album Artist>\<Album>" - "<Year(YYYY)>)\<Disc-Track#>"-"<Title>

however it doesn't work at all, it will create folder named : $If(<Genre>=Soundtrack,Soundtrack ... and so on
instead of say :
Soundtrack\Terminator - 1984\01-The Terminator Theme.FLAC

so I must be doing something wrong, I tried to read the naming conventions & all, but so far couldn't really figure it out.

[psychoadept]

I'm not sure at a glance what the problem is, but it looks like you could simplify the formula:

$If(<Genre>=Soundtrack,Soundtrack,<Album Artist>)\<Album>" - "<Year(yyyy)>\<Disc-Track#>"-"<Title>

That might help.

[whismerhill]

thanks for the simplification.
does the same thing however

even the filename is named : Disc-Track# - Title.flac

though the file has the correct tags (artist, track title & the like ...) just the filename & path are "wrong"

[psychoadept]

Hmm.  Try this:

$If(<Genre>="Soundtrack","Soundtrack",<Album Artist>)\<Album> - <Year(YYYY)>\<Disc-Track#> - <Title>

[whismerhill]

still the same issue.   
in the meantime, I settled for
<Album Artist>)\<Album> - <Year(yyyy)>\<Disc-Track#>-<Title>

and this works even if it's not what I wanted to do

[Pingaware]

$If(<Genre>=Soundtrack,Soundtrack,<Album Artist>)\<Album> - <Year (YYYY)>\<Disc-Track#> - <Title>

That formula exactly did what you want to happen for me. Try copying it from my post into the field in MB. Interestingly, copying psychoadept's produced the same thing you were experiencing. I'm wondering if there's a dodgy character somewhere that MB's misreading.

[psychoadept]

Maybe it's the space in <Year (YYYY)>?

[whismerhill]

working
thanks

makes me wish there was some sort of immediate verification - validation from music bee  (like showing you the result with preset example tags )

[Pingaware]

There is a display of the results in most panels involving templates - you could put a wishlist request in for one to be displayed in the Rip CD dialogue.

@Steven - any ideas why the template failed (for my own future reference)?

[whismerhill]

where should I head to see a field which shows immediate results ?
I'm a bit unfamiliar with musicbee yet, as you can probably tell xD

thanks.

[Pingaware]

If you right click on a file and go to "Send To>Organised Folder", there should be a box in there to copy your formula and the new filename is displayed by default in the panel.