Batch rename and organize audio files with The GodFather

Posted on May 28, 2008 at 5:02 am

Do you own a lot of audio files? If you do, then I bet you know how hard it is to organize and manage all of them, considering the numbers and formats that they come in - mp3, ogg, ape, flac, wav, mp4 and more.

If you never implemented a proper file naming format for audio file organization, it will be difficult to keep track of them in the future. Example results of this poor music file management process are duplicated mp3 files, files scattered in unexpected locations, strange file names etc. One tool that you can use to keep all your audio files in good shape is The GodFather.

The GodFather is a freeware that provides a powerful interface to help you to manage all of your audio files so they can have nice file names and tags. Therefore, they can easily be located when the need arises. Having audio names with proper formats can help you to find all those files in the future using any of the file attributes or tags. With The GodFather; you can rename, tag and organize all of your audio files easily in single or batch mode.

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The GodFather Features

Powerful, intuitive interface - there are a lot of options on the screen but there is a good manual and tutorial to get you through.
2 modes to work on your audio files:
1. Main mode to manipulate one or many music files at once.
2. Library mode to catalogue your audio files in an enhanced library.
Batch rename audio files using tags, filenames, folder names, audio file information and more. You can even define your own formats with various variables to choose from.

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Powerful case conversion support - change your file name to uppercase or lowercase with ease.
Remove strange and unwanted characters from a file name.
Smart Filter allows you to sort out files between the wrong format and the right one.
Single / Batch tagging support for multiple formats - ID3v1, ID3v2, Ogg Vorbis and more. Easily add a single tag, add tags in batch, remove all tags etc.

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Find and catalog all your music files with The GodFather enhanced music library. You can also add detailed information and album arts to your audio files using this tool.

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Create, manage and merge your audio files play list.
Encode or decode music files with LAME, Ogg or mpcenc.
Restructure your files easily - copy or move your audio files to any desired location based on tags.
Duplicate audio files finder.
Built in music player with 16 band equalizer.
Update you album or music file name with feeddb.org and allmusic.com music database integration.

The GodFather’s interface looks a bit daunting at first but you don’t have to worry about it too much. Once you have read the manual and run it a few times, you will get the hang of it. This freeware can save you a lot of time to batch rename and move your audio files to a proper, much organized location. If you plan to take control of all your audio files today, always remember that The GodFather is the right one for the job!

This is a guest post by Syahid A. from TechMalaya

Tags: audio files, audio file, audio management, organize audio files, manage audio files

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5 Responses to “Batch rename and organize audio files with The GodFather”

Madhur Kapoor said on : May 28th, 2008 at 4:16 pm

One of the best utilities i have ever come across

Gopinath M said on : May 28th, 2008 at 4:33 pm

Now I know how to organise my music files better. Thanks….

Here is another tip for batch renaming any files in Windows Operating system http://www.techdreams.org/2007.....osoft.html.

Hope this is going to be useful to the readers.

Syahid A. said on : May 28th, 2008 at 10:18 pm

It is. How it recognizes wrong file naming convention automatically is just fantastic.

akishore said on : May 28th, 2008 at 10:38 pm

Madhur - Yeah really useful for batch renaming files in Windows. I just don’t get why they chose that name, when you search for it, only the movie comes up!

Gopinath - Good article. Keep up the good work.

Syahid - Thanks for the great post man!