Automatically sort music files into folders by album/artist names

Question

I have a large collection of music files (let's say mp3), with metadata, but all are located on the same folder.

I wish to automatically organize all of them according to their meta data inside folders.

Any software that can (freely) do that ?

Answer 1

You can use Picard. It can be configured to move files into a hierarchy based on their metadata. It can also use the MusicBrainz database to correct your metadata...if you want it to.

Of course, you could also do this with a single command on a unix system. I doubt that's what you want though.

Answer 2

Give iTunes a try.

iTunes sorts its media library in

artist
 album
   track 1
     .
     .
   track n

Answer 3

I personally use MediaMonkey It allows you to specify a pattern based on the metadata you have, and use it for moving the files to the corresponding directories (creating each directory if needed). It can also use Amazon to find any missing metadata