Support for renaming and moving sidecar lyrics files

[michealespinola]

Metatogger renames as well as moves matching music files and album cover graphics. It would be great if it also recognized and renamed and moved sidecar lyrics files, such as those ending in '.lrc'. More about the LRC file format can be read about here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LRC_(file_format)

I manage a Plex Media Server, and I scrape for lyrics via other processes, but it would be great if Metatogger would rename and move these files along with the other organizational processes that it performs. In fact, it might be helpful if Metatogger could recognize any filetypes that match the same file name as the audio media (just different filename extensions). This could be very helpful and a more future-proofed solution.

Thanks for your consideration!

[CyberSinh]

Great idea!
I've implemented it in version 7.6.4.0, just released.
A new advanced setting ProcessSidecarFiles controls this behavior (enabled by default).
Can you please update and let me know if everything works as you expect?

[michealespinola]

I very much like the idea of removing the folder if there is only a folder.jpg in it. I have sometimes found myself looking at left over folders wondering why they are left and what is in them, only to find the left-over folder.jpg file. To be able to automatically remove it would make confirming media folder cleanup take less steps and time. I currently run a script to do this in my media-processing workflow, so I had forgotten that this was a thing that Metatogger did until I performed the individual ProcessSidecarFiles test.

*** Ohh, I wasn't aware of the 'Move Files (delete empty folders after moving)' option! After all of this time of using your excellent tool, I never noticed that the "Move Files" at the bottom of the "Organize Files From Tags" was a drop-down menu! I feel foolish!

In my personal experience and use case, I think it makes more sense to move the folder.jpg with the audio files, and not to leave a copy behind. I appreciate the option to be more careful with the operations, but I can't think of a situation where I needed that file to be left behind during a media reorganization.

Thanks again for entertaining these thoughts and making me take a closer look at option that was almost staring me in the face. I cant believe I never noticed it after all of these years.

[CyberSinh]

You're right. In the next version of the software, the FileProcess.MoveDeleteEmptyFolder option will be the default when the path of an audio file is changed directly in the workspace without using the dedicated tool to select the desired option.

Don't feel stupid for not having seen this option in the tool earlier. I see it as a sign that the tool's interface needs to be reviewed; I attach particular importance to keeping Metatogger simple and, above all, intuitive. So I'll see what I can do. If you see a change in the graphical interface of the Tidy up tool in a future version, you'll know that you're behind it. Thanks for the feedback!

[CyberSinh]

What do you think of this new presentation of the option?

[michealespinola]

That's a great improvement! It makes it a lot more obvious that there is a selection there. This is really great for GUI clarity.

[CyberSinh]

Version 7.6.5.0, just released, implements these improvements.