"/" is removed from performers and albumartists

[david-hill]

"Morton Feldman - Sabat / Clarke" becomes:
"Morton Feldman - Sabat Clarke"

$taglib = "d:\tools\taglib-sharp.dll"
[system.reflection.assembly]::loadfile($taglib)

function find_artist {
$=$args[0]
$media = [taglib.file]::create($.FullName)
$tags = $media.GetTag('Id3v2')
$fileperformers = $tags.performers
$filealbumartists = $tags.albumartists
if (-not ( $fileperformers -eq $null) -and [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($fileperformers) -eq $False ) {
return $fileperformers
} elseif ( -not ( $filealbumartists -eq $null ) -and [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($filealbumartists) -eq $False ) {
return $filealbumartists
} else {
return $False
}
}

$basepath="D:\files"
$a = Get-ChildItem $basepath -recurse | Where-Object {$_.PSIsContainer -eq $True}

$a | Where-Object {$.GetFiles().Count -ne 0 -and $.GetDirectories().count -eq 0} | get-childitem | ForEach-Object {
if ( $.FullName -like '*mp3' -or $.FullName -like '*flac' -or $.FullName -like '*m4a' -or $.FullName -like '*wav') {
if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $.FullName) {
$artist=find_artist $
if (-not ( $artist -eq $False) ) {
if ( ( -not ( $artist -match "&") ) -and ( -not ( $artist -match "/" ) ) ) {
$dir=Split-Path -Path $_.FullName -Parent
if ( -not ( "$dir" -like "$basepath$artist*" ) -and -not ("$dir" -like "$basepath$artist") ) {
write-host "dir" $dir
write-host "$basepath$artist"
write-host $artist
if (-not(Test-Path -LiteralPath "$basepath$artist") ) {
New-Item -Path "$basepath" -Name "$artist" -ItemType "directory"
}
move-item -literalpath "$dir" -destination "$basepath$artist" -Force
}
} else {
write-host "$artist"
}
}
}
}
}

[tmilker]

/ is the separator in ID3 for frames that can have multiple values. TPE1 (Performers) explicitly defines its use. TPE2 (Album Artist) doesn't but it appears to be treated the same by taglib-sharp. Unfortunately, ID3 doesn't define a way to escape /.

I am guessing that Powershell is automatically concatenating the arrays you're getting into strings which is hiding the real behavior from you.