mp3 file renamer

Hi all, I have been looking around on the internet trying to find a program that will rename my mp3 files to the details that are in their id3 tags. But before I go to pay for one I though I might have a go at making one my self… it sounds easy enough.

Now before I have even started to do any coding I have hit a few brick walls and need some help.

Like how do I read id3 tags? How do I even get the program to open the mp3 files in a folder with out knowing the names of them?

Can someone give me a few pointers to get me started? Or direct me to some online resources?

To learn the names of files, you can use FindFirstFile/FindNextFile on Win32, glob() or readdir() on POSIX, or Boost.Filesystem anywhere.

To read their ID3 info, I strongly recommend using id3lib. The ID3 format is getting more and more insane, so writing your own parser is not a good idea.

This is how you would look through the folder and rename them:

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <direct.h>
using namespace std;

void DoSomethingWithMP3S(string fileName)
{
    // Do something with MP3's
    cout << fileName << endl;
}

int main()
{
    HANDLE hFind;
    WIN32_FIND_DATA FindData;

    hFind = FindFirstFile ("C:\\My Folder\\*.mp3", &FindData); // The *.mp3 tells it search for all files with the extension mp3
    DoSomethingWithMP3S(FindData.cFileName);
    while (FindNextFile(hFind, &FindData))
    {
        DoSomethingWithMP3S(FindData.cFileName);
    }
}

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I agree with CornedBee about id3lib. I had a lot of trouble before getting it to work, so I'll try and help you:

1. Go to downloads, download Windows binaries and id3lib. That's what you want.
2. Next, put the extract the id3lib folder somewhere, and put the .lib and .dll files in the folder with your program.
3. Include the folder \id3lib-3.8.3\include and \id3lib-3.8.3\include\id3 to your project.
4. Add #include <id3/tag.h> to the top of your project.
5. Lastly, link the id3lib.lib to your project, either through the settings or like this: #pragma comment(lib, "id3lib.lib")

I think that's everything I did to make it work, I hope this helps because I spent hours trying to figure out how to do this.

Sweet thanks, That should be enough to get me well on my way... :)

Edit:

Just tried to compile that code, and i get this error

Quote:

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error C2664: 'FindFirstFileW' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const char [19]' to 'LPCWSTR'

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I have come across this before, but i cant remember what it was... :S

http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=231165

Read that FAQ.

You could do that, or just do it this way:

Code:

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string filePath = "C:\\My Folder\\*.mp3";

hFind = FindFirstFile ((filePath).c_str(), &FindData);

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That's what I actually had in my program but I thought that either way would work. I'm not entirely sure why this way works, but it did for me so there you go.

There's also an FAQ . . . http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1044780608