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XLD file naming guide

XLD is a super cool open source audio converter. Unfortunately the documentation is quite spotty around file naming and meta data so I created my own guide for XLD file naming.

A screenshot of XLD showing the artist file naming format in the settings panel

Compilations

%A - %T  -  %n - %a - %t

Examples:

  • Various Artists - Underground Sound of Miami Series 1  - 06 - Maher Daniel & Casa (aka Mike Casa) - Music, Machines & Life.m4a
  • Various Artists - Soul: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack  - 02 - Born to Play Reprise.m4a
  • Various Artists - Judgement Night OST  - 04 - Biohazard & Onyx - Judgment Night.m4a

Albums by the same artist

%A - %T  -  %n - %t

Examples:

  • Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral  -  04 - March of the Pigs.m4a
  • Nujabes - Metaphorical Music  -  09 - A Day by Atmosphere Supreme.m4a
  • G-Pal - Life  -  03 - Aegan Sea.m4a

Meta data index

%n: Track number
%N: Total tracks
%d: Disc number
%D: Total discs
%t: Title
%T: Album title
%a: Artist
%A: Album artist
%g: Genre
%G: Grouping
%c: Composer
%C: Comment
%I: DiscID
%y: Year
%f: Format
%i: ISRC
%m: MSCN
%o: Original file name

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