Artist, title & filenames
The first step of the new song wizard
When you open the new song wizard you should see a popup in which you need to specify the artist and the title of the song:
Artist and title will be used to automatically generate the expected names for the other files. Please read about song format first if you don't know what kind of files Ultrastar recognizes.
Disabling video/background
By default tags for all possible files are generated, you can disable video or background tag if you wish by deselecting the appropriate checkbox:
In such case even if you later add a video or background file to the song's directory it won't be found by the game. Unless you of course add the appropriate tag later. Adding filename related tags can be done via the rename mechanism which is explained here.
Although you may disable both video and background, it is recommended to always add at least one of the two.
Simplifying cover filename
There are two naming conventions for files which contain the image of the song's cover. You can either add a [CO] suffix or not.
The suffix is necessary when you also add the background - in such case you have two image files with similar names - the suffixes [CO] and [BG] differentiate them. However if there is no background - you could theoretically skip the [CO] suffix.
You can disable it by deselecting the [CO] checkbox:
It is recommended to just leave it though. It's more clear what this file is and it makes adding a background later easier.
Custom filenames
Usually you should have no reason to change the filenames. Just stick to the defaults
By default the filenames are created based on the song's title & artist:
You will be able to freely edit it then:
If you have to disable automatic filename at all, then try to change the "Filename" field first - in such case all files will have consistent names, simply not following the standard "Artist - Title" convention.
However you may also manually adjust name of any file separately (like the cover's filename in the picture above).
To re-enable auto generation just click on the icon again.
Click OK to move to the next step.
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