PlexTools

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Output Path & Filename Options

Output Path & File Options are user specific, you may find a different output path & file name scheme works better for you. I will give an explanation of the options & also my suggestion. The Output Path can be found at the middle of the main window of Digital Audio Extraction

Plextools output path

You need to set an output path for the audio files Plextools will extract from your CD's, Plextools search create a folder for your rips, I'll place the folder on my desktop, and name it Plextools Rips, then Plextools save save it as the output path.

The Filename Options section is located at the top left of Digital Audio Extraction tab of Preferences.

Plextools filename

1. In Spaces you select if you want spaces in CD TEXT information to be; Included, Removed (no spaces) or replaced with underscores ( _ ) in the output. Plextools include include spaces is suggested. 2. In Filename construction you input how you want your album (folder) & tracks (file) to be named, you can use any combinations of filename codes to create your desired scheme, and If you don’t mind manually inputting the infomation CD types can also be useful for classifying your CD's. Plextools naming syntax is the suggested scheme.

Filename Codes

Input

Output

%N

Track number

%T

Track title

%A

Track artist

%C

Disc title

%I

ISRC code

%Y

Release year


3. In Get CD TEXT from you select where Plextools should get the information from; the CD (the physical Audio CD) or freedb (online database). Although you can always be sure that the CD TEXT in your Audio CD is correct (unlike freedb) very few CD’s contain CD TEXT. Plextools from CD is recommended that way Plextools will search the CD & then if no data is found it will use the freedb database.