Unstupidifyingmp3 tagging

or...

Sawyer X ( )@PerlSawyer

The beginning...Single mp3 files

Tagging was easy

But then came...THE FULL ALBUMS

Not a lot at first

Kept manually editing

Sort of worked

"Damn you, internets!" stageToo much music

Too many files

Can't tag them all easily

ProblemsNot GNU/Linux || Mac || Windows || SolarisSelectively editing a single file each timeRequiring GUINot descriptive enoughNot generic enoughNot powerful enough(honorable mention: lltag)

SHIT IS FUCKED UP AND BULLSHIT

MP3 TAGGING IS FUCKED UP AND BULLSHIT

What do you do?Rip yourself?

Download quality releases?

Nothing is really what you want

Thinking like a programmerTags are metadata

Filenames are strings

... in patterns!

RegtagRegular expression tagging

(tagging mp3s using regular expressions)

ExamplePropagandhi - (02) Failed States.mp3

Propagandhi - (02) Failed States.mp3

Artist: Propagandhi(?<artist>[A­Za­z]+)Track number: 02(?<track>\d{2})Track title: Failed States(?<title>.*)

$ regtag tag '/̂(?<artist>[A-Za-z]+) - \((?<track>\d{2})\) (?<title>.*)\.mp3$/'

FeaturesSupports all mp3 v1, most of v2Full regexes (including /x)Static variables (--define artist="Dead Kennedys")Already exists ( )github.com/xsawyerx/regtag

Future featuresReleasing to CPANBuilt-in patternsSaving/retrieving patternsTransformation callbacks (-t '$_{artist}->lc')(using Eval::Closure and AUTOLOAD)

Thank you