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+--Forum: Mp3/Tag Studio Support and Bug Reports
+---Topic: Directory path in Create List/Rename from List started by calberga
Posted by: calberga on Dec. 12 2007,17:21
I seem to have forgotten or missed something.
I'm trying to rename some files and want to go from:
old-filename
to:
<album> - <artist>\old-filename.
I couldn't figure out how to do this from Rename from Tags, as there was no way to specify the old-filename that I could see.
I then tried to use Create Custom List. When I realized the "Rename from List" didn't allow anything but "old filename" and "new filename", no real templates, I redid the list with an (advanced mode) template of:
<filename> | <album> - <artist>\<filename>
but the \ seemed to be illegal, at least the template turned red. I then tried quoting the \, as "\", and then '\', but in either case the \ vanished, and only the quotation marks were placed in the list.
At that point I gave up and edited the list, changing "" to \, and the result worked.
But, shouldn't I have been able to do this renaming without hand massaging the list? Or, even better, without a list at all?
Enlighten me, oh master!
Posted by: Magnus Brading on Dec. 17 2007,20:18
When a template field is set to advanced mode, you can always right-click it to bring up a selection menu of all available template tags for it.
Oh, and backslashes in templates are expressed with the "<\>" tag, not with a raw backslash.
Use the following template in the auto rename tool, for what you want:
<album> - <artist><\><OldFileName>
Posted by: calberga on Dec. 18 2007,00:59
Ah! Thank you. I did know about <\>, but the neurons are getting old and worn, thanks for the reminder. I DIDN'T know that <Oldfilename> as available.
Posted by: calberga on Dec. 18 2007,01:06
PS Welcome back to the playpen. I was worried that you had become lost in Windows Vista or some such horrid fate.
Posted by: Magnus Brading on Dec. 19 2007,16:27
Hehe, don't worry, wouldn't touch it with a stick.
Btw, congrats on being the first user on the board to reach "Ancient Board Spirit" status.
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