Rename Recording

[gEd]

IIRC: This feature was previously added to the now defunct renamerecording.
I think that it will require a code change to addepisode to export to new file name to one of the placeholders (%2).

[theredbaron]

I've had the latest version for a while and even checked through every page here again. If it has that feature, I have found no indication of how to use it. I still use access so renamerecording still works for me. Any ideas?

[David]

IIRC: This feature was previously added to the now defunct renamerecording.

That feature was added to the code, but it never actually worked.

[KingArgyle]

Actually, it works, but just the way it was intended to work. The environment variable is set, but as soon as the program finishes it gets erased by Windows.

Anyways, the source is available so anybody can update it if they want. I think Ton has a new compiled version that works with .97 or greater, but it is posted in the Community Forum.

Edit: Updated version can be found here: http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=19446

[David]

Actually, it works, but just the way it was intended to work. The environment variable is set, but as soon as the program finishes it gets erased by Windows.

Do you have a snippet of working batch code?

[KingArgyle]

Actually, no because It only gets set while RenameRecording is running, as soon as it finishes the environment variable is gone, so it works, but not as intended and it can't be used for what it was originally put in for.

[David]

Actually, no because It only gets set while RenameRecording is running, as soon as it finishes the environment variable is gone, so it works, but not as intended and it can't be used for what it was originally put in for.

OK, thanks. I got a bit confused with your last reply in this thread and wasn't sure if I had missed something.

[theredbaron]

Oh so the "new" variable (renamed version of %1) can't be used after RenameRecording has run? Is there anyway at all to keep it?

[theredbaron]

I was looking around and came across this thing on variable subsitution.
%~I expands %I which removes any surrounding quotes (")
%~fI expands %I to a fully qualified path name
%~dI expands %I to a drive letter only
%~pI expands %I to a path only
%~nI expands %I to a file name only
%~xI expands %I to a file extension only
%~sI expands path to contain short names only
%~aI expands %I to the file attributes of file
%~tI expands %I to the date/time of file
%~zI expands %I to the size of file

let's say I use %-xI (or 1 since i will be using %1 to start with), can i use that in combination with %~p to refer to just the file location and extension? What I mean is, if there is only one .mpg in the folder, will that variable allow me to take that and use it even if the name has changed?

[David]

I was looking around and came across this thing on variable subsitution.
%~I expands %I which removes any surrounding quotes (")
%~fI expands %I to a fully qualified path name
%~dI expands %I to a drive letter only
%~pI expands %I to a path only
%~nI expands %I to a file name only
%~xI expands %I to a file extension only
%~sI expands path to contain short names only
%~aI expands %I to the file attributes of file
%~tI expands %I to the date/time of file
%~zI expands %I to the size of file

let's say I use %-xI (or 1 since i will be using %1 to start with), can i use that in combination with %~p to refer to just the file location and extension? What I mean is, if there is only one .mpg in the folder, will that variable allow me to take that and use it even if the name has changed?

You can use wildcards, or more typically an explicit expression like "%~n1.mpg" to refer to an mpg version of the file name. If you want to use a wild card to pickup any (or the only file in a folder) then just use *.mpg.