Rename Recording

[turkey]

I have just written a new utility that does the same thing that renamerecording did. This will work only if you have switched to the sqlite database. It is used the same way renamerecordings was used:

In postprocessing.bat:
addepisode.exe %1

The utility will add an episode name to the show name if there is one, otherwise it will just be the show name. It will then update the database with the new filename.

The file "sqlite3" must be in the same directory as the utility. Although I have tested it on my own computer, it is not guaranteed to work on your computer.

EDIT: I have updated it to not hardcode the directory, but these files MUST be in the same directory as the gbpvr database.

[_gl]

I have just written a new utility that does the same thing that renamerecording did. This will work only if you have switched to the sqlite database. It is used the same way renamerecordings was used:

In postprocessing.bat:
addepisode.exe %1

The utility will add an episode name to the show name if there is one, otherwise it will just be the show name. It will then update the database with the new filename.

The file "sqlite3" must be in the same directory as the utility. The gbpvr directory is hard coded to be "program files\devnz\gbpvr\", but if anyone wants me to write a unique version for your specific directory structure, i would be happy to do so. Also, although i have tested it on my own computer, it is not guaranteed to work on your computer.

Hey, nice work. Except harcoding the path is a bad idea (it won't work for me for example). What language are you working in? In C/C++ you can get the path the .exe is located in via:

const TCHAR currdir [MAX_PATH];
GetModuleFileName(NULL, currdir, MAX_PATH);

Also do you strip characters that shouldn't be in filenames (see my earlier msg in this thread)?

[b00sfuk]

I'm also interested in this and would like confirmation on whether it does strip bad characters and also if it handles duplicate filenames if there is no episode name. Both of these were handled by Renamerecordings and I'm waiting on this being upgraded before I change to SQLite.
Thanks for working on this.

[turkey]

I have updated the script to not have a hardcoded directory and have uploaded it to the above post.

As for stripping invalid charachters, as well as handling double names, I will add that stuff in over the next couple of days.

This is my first published script, so be kind!

[b00sfuk]

Thanks, I don't know what you've written this in but have you seen that KingArgyle included the source (C#) with RenameRecordings. This includes code for these extra functions and I think I saw him post somewhere that provided he got some credit you can use it (but please doublecheck).

[turkey]

edit: THIS POST HAS THE LATEST VERSION OF THIS UTILITY

This will only work if you have switched over to sqlite for the database.

Useage: add the following line to postprocessing.bat (the -log and -eponly are optional)

addepisode.exe %1 -log -eponly

-log: appends a line to "addepisode.log" for each file renamed, as well as some sqlite errors
-eponly: will rename the file to the episode only (ie. Episode Name.mpg) if it exists. If not, it will rename the file to only the shaow name.

Installation:

Place both files in the gbpvr directory, and add the previously mentioned line to postprocessing.bat.

As before, this has only been tested on my setup, so there is no guarantee that it will work for you. If anyone has any problems with it, please let me know.

addepisode.zip v0.41

[b00sfuk]

Hi, Turkey, I converted over to SQLite and tried this out on 3 programmes. For each (all with episode names) though I got this AutoIt error.

Line 0 (File "C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\addepisode.exe")

$programme_oid = $temp[2]
$programme_oid = ^ERROR

Error: Array variable has incorrent number of subscripts or subscript dimension range exceeded.

Any thoughts?

[turkey]

Sorry about that, I think I uploaded the wrong version. I have fixed the problem, you can download it again from the above link.

Sorry!

[b00sfuk]

Sorry about that, I think I uploaded the wrong version. I have fixed the problem, you can download it again from the above link.

Sorry!

Link is not working for me (or is it that I have to have registered at the AutoIT forums?). Cheers

[_gl]

I had the same problem. Trying the new version now. BTW the link works for me.