Batch change name?

[meganmcshea]

I posted this before I had version 2. Now that I have it, I can't figure this out. Anyone willing to help a non-programmer?

Here's my question: Is there a way to remove characters from the name of the source files automatically using the "Change Name To" command in the batch processor?

I'm converting a large amount of wav files to mp3s, and we using a naming convention that means we'd remove the last two characters in the wav file name to prodcue the mp3 file name.

in other words, testcoll_157_S.wav
would become testcoll_157.mp3

thank you.

[Martin Hairer]

Here we go:



Regards,

Martin

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[meganmcshea]

thanks for the reply, only, I think you forgot to paste something in there?

Megan

[Martin Hairer]

Sorry, it looks like the picture didn't make it through the filter that turns emails into forum posts... Let's try this:



Best,

Martin

[meganmcshea]

Fantastic. Thanks so much!

[Vikingham]

[Martin Hairer]

[Vikingham]

Cool, thank you! Will give it a try.

[sam sam]

Sorry, it looks like I trashed the source file for that screenshot by mistake..................
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[devospice]

I'm trying to rename the files I'm converting with the batch so I don't have to go back and rename them later. I can't figure out if what I want to do is possible or not. It seems like it should be but I can't figure it out.

I have files in this format:
TrackNum Title .aif

And I want them in this format:
ReleaseNum-Trackum.mp3

So for example:
01 Waiting to Wait in Line.aif

would become:
FIDIM167-01.mp3

I'll input the ReleaseNum manually, but I'd like to extract the track number from the first two digits of the file name and insert it after the dash after the ReleaseNum.

I'm not very good with regular expressions. ^.{2} appears to match the first two characters. I just can't figure out how to get that to work in the Change Name field.

I tried:
FIDIM167-^.{2}.mp3

and several variations on that but nothing seems to work. Is this possible?
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[Martin Hairer]

This is possible for example by checking the "Filter Files" checkbox,
entering the pattern

(.{2}).*

there and entering FIDIM167-\1.mp3 into the "Change Name To" field.

If you want to make sure that only aif files get converted and the track
number could have a number of digits different from two, the pattern

([0-9]*).*\.aif

would do the job. Regards,

Martin

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[devospice]

Awesome, thanks!
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[Tere Codina]

Hi all,

I have two tracks everyone in one window of Amadeus. I want to copy a poem
on the other track which contains music.

Is there any notes to learn how to perform this job?

I have tried but without luck.

Thank you.