Max Help

# Max Help: File naming

- Ripping |
- Tagging |
- Encoding |
- File naming

To assist in organizing your music on your hard drive, Max utilizes tags to name folders and files and organize them accordingly. Thus, it is important to make sure you've properly tagged your CD before ripping it.

The default file naming scheme used by Max matches the one used by iTunes™, and will create a folder hierarchy based on the artist name and album title, with compilations placed in their own folder. The folders will be placed in the Location specified in the Output section in Max's preferences.

If the default file naming scheme does not suit your needs, Max allows you to customize how files are named. To use the custom file naming feature, check the Specify file names for output checkbox under Output in Max's preferences.

Browse for the Location of where you would like Max to store your music, then select the File naming format text box. Next, using the buttons, define how you would like the hierarchy of your folders and files to be organized. Use a forward slash (/) to signify a folder. If you would like Max to number pad single-digit track numbers with a zero then select the Use two-digit track numbers checkbox.

## Example

- Location: /Users/username/Music
- File naming format: {discArtist}/{discTitle}/{trackNumber} - {trackTitle}
- Output: /Users/username/Music/Nirvana/MTV Unplugged in New York/04 - The Man Who Sold The World.extension

The Save encoder settings in comment will put the options used to encoder your music into the comment tag of your file. This could be useful if you're giving the file to someone and they want to know what settings it was encoded with.