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-Brading Software Message Board +--Forum: Mp3/Tag Studio Support and Bug Reports +---Topic: Shouldn't this work? started by dwmaclean Posted by: dwmaclean on Dec. 11 2007,22:18 I may be missing something, but you tell me... My starting point is this: ...\John Grisham - The Summons\Disk 01\Track01.mp3 ...\John Grisham - The Summons\Disk 01\Track02.mp3 [etc.] ...\John Grisham - The Summons\Disk 02\Track01.mp3 ...\John Grisham - The Summons\Disk 02\Track02.mp3 [etc.] and what I want to end up with is this: ...\John Grisham - The Summons\Disk 01\d01-t01.mp3 ...\John Grisham - The Summons\Disk 01\d01-t02.mp3 [etc.] ...\John Grisham - The Summons\Disk 02\d02-t01.mp3 ...\John Grisham - The Summons\Disk 02\d02-t02.mp3 [etc.] So, I have tried this, using the "Direct rename files" tool: Expected file name format: Disk <Custom1><\>Track<Custom2>.mp3 Output file name format: Disk <Custom1><\>d<Custom1>-t<Custom2>.mp3 Working directory: ...\John Grisham - The Summons Advanced mode (under File name format setup): Checked (for both Expected and Output) Case fix and replace: Unchecked Use filtering: Unchecked Include subdirs: Checked Preview mode: (Doesn't matter) The text color of my "expected" and "output" formats is black, so no parser errors exist. The result of this exercize is the following in the Status box: ---------------------QUOTE------------------- Initializing progress meter statistics File Track01.mp3 did not match expected file name format. File Track02.mp3 did not match expected file name format. [etc.] No files matching expected file name format found! ---------------------QUOTE------------------- I have tried various things, such as leaving off the directory part in the output format, using "<TRASH:5>" instead of "Track" in the expected format, but nothing seems to work. After a thorough review of the help, it seems to me that I am doing everything correctly, but it doesn't work. It obviously finds the source files. Am I just expecting too much? TIA, Doug Posted by: Magnus Brading on Dec. 17 2007,20:14 Hello, the output format should normally not contain directory names in this situation, so it should look like this: d<Custom1>-t<Custom2>.mp3 Also, don't use superfluous restrictions about the directory names in the expected format template, use a trash field like this instead, then it will work: <TRASH> <Custom1><\>Track<Custom2>.mp3 Posted by: dwmaclean on Dec. 17 2007,23:22 Thanks! It works -- I don't understand why, but that's OK. end |