-Brading Software Message Board
+--Forum: Mp3/Tag Studio Support and Bug Reports
+---Topic: Rename file from list started by calberga
Posted by: calberga on Mar. 27 2008,21:27
Two whines, one simple, the other not.
The simple whine: Would it be difficult to make "Rename Files From List" work on non-.mp3 file?
The complex whine: Soppose I have files named:
a.foo
b.foo
c.foo
And I want to rename them as:
alpha.foo
beta.foo
gamma.foo
but I only have a text file contianing
a - alpha
b - beta
c - gamma
Is there any way to specify the file-extension in the old-name and new-name patterns in "rename from list"?
<old-filename>.foo - <new-filename>.foo
Yes, I know that won't work, but perhaps it gives the idea. How about
<old-filename[|.foo]> - <new-filename[|.foo]>
More generally, is there a way to construct filenames from list items concatanated with constant values?
Posted by: Magnus Brading on Mar. 29 2008,15:41
I'm not completely sure what you mean, where would the file containing "a - alpha", "b - beta" etc come into the picture?
Posted by: calberga on Mar. 29 2008,20:19
I'm referring to "Rename from list", and the file is the list.
PS, this really should be in "suggestions", as I don't expect anything that will help me right now, just (possibly? maybe? if you/I/the lamp post can figure out a non-ambiguous syntax?) some time in the future. Don't worry about it too much -- that's why I labeled these "whines".
Posted by: Magnus Brading on Mar. 31 2008,13:02
As you (almost) say, doesn't the following work?
<Old name-1[|.foo]> - <New name-1[|.foo]>
Posted by: calberga on Mar. 31 2008,13:49
I am in trouble - old age I guess. I was spinning cobwebs when I wrote that, I had no idea that it would work in this context. So -- the multi-part tags are valid for constructing arguments feeding into processes, not just for setting tags? I wouldn't (and didn't) guess that.
I better go back and re-read the help documents.
Thank you.
Posted by: Magnus Brading on Mar. 31 2008,13:58
Multi-part fields work for all parsing templates, and all fields in them, yes.
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