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==== Organize Collection ====

While organizing your collection in '''Amarok''' is a straight-forward task, you will be manipulating the actual files on your hard drive. Please be sure you have a backup of your files before you begin.

With the '''Organize Files''' dialog of '''Amarok''' you can easily manage the media files on your hard drive. When you change the naming scheme of media files, you will organize them, which is very powerful. To access the '''Organize Files''' dialog, right-click <menuchoice>Local Collection -> Organize Files</menuchoice> in the '''Media Sources''' pane and the menu interface will pop-up.

{{Warning|1=Using this option will move the files to a new location, so you not only need appropriate rights for both the origin and the destination location, but also enough space, usually the double of the total file size to have the action perform smoothly. If you are unsure, do NOT use this option.}}

[[File:Oraganize menu.png|center|thumb|200px|Context menu to Organize Collection dialog]]

If the option <menuchoice>Organize Files</menuchoice> does not appear, you may have  Merged View on (toggled by {{Icon|view-list-tree}}). In order to safely organize your files, you need to see your collections separated, not merged.

===== Organizing Files Interface =====

After selecting the option '''Organize Files''' you will first see an additional option that allows you to move the files to a new location, as well as transcode them at the same time. Depending on the codecs you have installed on the system, some format options might not be available and will be grayed out:

[[File:Amarok_2.8_OrganizeFilesTranscode.png|400px|center|thumb|First screen when choosing the Organize Files option]]

For more information about Transcoding, please see the [[Special:myLanguage/Amarok/Manual/Organization/Transcoding|Transcoding]] section.

After clicking on the <menuchoice>Move</menuchoice> button on top of the screen, the following interface will show:

[[File:Amarok_2.8_OrganizeTracks.png|500 px|center|thumb| Organize Tracks dialog]]
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===== Contents =====

{| border="1" cellpadding="5"
! Interface Item !! Description
|-
| <menuchoice>Collection Folder</menuchoice> || The default collection folder. Set multiple folders in <menuchoice>Settings -> Configure Amarok</menuchoice>.
|-
| '''Token Bar''' || Drag and drop multiple tokens here to change the naming scheme of your media files. Only available in <menuchoice>Basic</menuchoice> view.
|-
| <menuchoice>Format Presets</menuchoice> || When you have created your naming scheme, save it as a preset by clicking <menuchoice>Save Preset</menuchoice>. Remove presets by clicking <menuchoice>Remove Preset</menuchoice>.
|-
| <menuchoice>Replace Spaces With Underscores</menuchoice> || If checked, converts spaces in filenames to underscores.
|-
| <menuchoice>Ignore 'The' in Artist names</menuchoice> || If checked, artists' names starting with 'The' will instead be styled ', The'.
|-
| <menuchoice>VFAT Safe Names</menuchoice> || If checked, replaces characters that are incompatible with ''MS-DOS'' or ''VFAT'' file systems with underscores. Most people can leave this option enabled.
|-
| <menuchoice>Restrict to ASCII</menuchoice> || If checked, all non-ASCII characters will be replaced with underscores. ''Do not check this option if you have non-English characters in your tags''. Most people can leave this option unchecked.
|-
| '''Custom Character Replacement''' || Replace the tag expressions you write under the <menuchoice>Replace</menuchoice> box with character strings you write in the <menuchoice>With</menuchoice> box. Useful if there are mis-spellings in CDDB.
|-
| <menuchoice>Destination Preview</menuchoice> || Shows the original naming scheme of your media files and how they will look after the changes are applied (not available since ver. 2.4.2).
|-
| <menuchoice>Overwrite Destination</menuchoice> || If checked, overwrites files of the same name without asking for further confirmation (not available since ver. 2.4.2).
|}

===== Advanced Contents =====

The code version of the '''Token Bar''', which allows you to code the name format of media files. Activate it by pressing <menuchoice>Advanced...</menuchoice> in the interface menu. To change back click <menuchoice>Basic...</menuchoice>.

Enclose conditional inclusion arguments such as CD number in braces, like this:

{{Input|1=%artist%/%album%{/Disc %discnumber%}/%track% %title%}}

Note: formerly, the coding was <code>%token</code>, as of 2.4 it is <code>%token%</code>.

[[File:Amarok2.4OrganizeFilesAdvancedDialog.png|center|500 px]]

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