2009-03-05, 05:40 PM
I whipped up this little program a few days ago, and thought I would post it online for anyone else that may find it useful.
It simply renames the default GBPVR filenames from something like:
Beyond Tomorrow_20090305_04000500.mpg
to a format like this:
Beyond Tomorrow - 60 min - 090305.4000.mpg
I find the new format to be a bit more readable on my Tvix media player, and it makes it easier to see how long a show is before you watch it. For example, if we only have a half hour available, we can easily scan down through our recordings to find the ones that are 30 minutes long. That's much faster and easier than looking at the start and end times and trying to calculate the durations in my head.
You can simply drag and drop a file on the showname.exe file to rename it, but I use a line like this in my script file:
showname.exe "%~dpn1.ts" "D:\Shows"
The first item in quotes is the source file, the second item in quotes is the destination folder. I save new shows in a recording folder for later processing with comskip and VideoRedo, then use my showname utility to rename the output and save it to my viewing folder.
There's not much else to this program, no gui, and minimal error checking, but feel free to use it if you find it helpful. If your original show name doesn't match the GBPVR format, it'll simply abort without doing anything. It should work with any file extension, but I've only tested it with .ts and .mpg files.
Anthony
It simply renames the default GBPVR filenames from something like:
Beyond Tomorrow_20090305_04000500.mpg
to a format like this:
Beyond Tomorrow - 60 min - 090305.4000.mpg
I find the new format to be a bit more readable on my Tvix media player, and it makes it easier to see how long a show is before you watch it. For example, if we only have a half hour available, we can easily scan down through our recordings to find the ones that are 30 minutes long. That's much faster and easier than looking at the start and end times and trying to calculate the durations in my head.
You can simply drag and drop a file on the showname.exe file to rename it, but I use a line like this in my script file:
showname.exe "%~dpn1.ts" "D:\Shows"
The first item in quotes is the source file, the second item in quotes is the destination folder. I save new shows in a recording folder for later processing with comskip and VideoRedo, then use my showname utility to rename the output and save it to my viewing folder.
There's not much else to this program, no gui, and minimal error checking, but feel free to use it if you find it helpful. If your original show name doesn't match the GBPVR format, it'll simply abort without doing anything. It should work with any file extension, but I've only tested it with .ts and .mpg files.
Anthony