Yet Another RenameRecordings Batch files

[mvallevand]

There's a potential error in the batch files earlier in this thread, there is no guarantee that the short name to the Program Files folder is C:\Progra~2. I am sure the batch file will accept the full name if it is written correctly.

As for not locating NUtilty.dll NScriptHelper.exe must be the NPVR Program Files folder, if you update from the patch for x86 mode remember that installing patches requires admin right.

Also if you are trying to call a batch file from a batch file and want to return to the calling batch file remember the syntax is

CALL ANOTHER.BAT %*

Martin

[JimF]

There's a potential error in the batch files earlier in this thread, there is no guarantee that the short name to the Program Files folder is C:\Progra~2. I am sure the batch file will accept the full name if it is written correctly.

The first part of your statement is undoubtedly correct, but I have tried both

set NSHelper=C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\NScriptHelper.exe
set NSHelper="C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\NScriptHelper.exe"

with the new NScriptHelper.exe, and neither works.

[mvallevand]

I just wrote this simple batch file

Code:

@echo off
echo %1
set NSHelper="C:\Program Files\NPVR\NScriptHelper.exe"
FOR /F "delims==" %i IN ('%NShelper -title %1') DO set title=%i
FOR /F "delims==" %i IN ('%NShelper -subtitle %1') DO set subtitle=%i
echo ren %1 "%~dp1%title - %subtitle%%~x1"

and NScriptHelper seems to works the way it should when I pass a filename

Martin

[JimF]

Yes, but you are probably on a 32-bit OS. I am running Win7 64-bit.

[mvallevand]

I tried on my 64 bit client and while NScriptHelper works my simple batch file doesn't but it looks like a syntax problem with the batch file running in Win7 more than a problem with the utility.

Martin

[nobody]

What i did was find and replace all the %NSHelper% with "C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\NScriptHelper.exe"

[ouradu]

Jim, I got it to work using this at the beginning of the rename bat:

@echo off

REM make sure the file passed actually exists
if not exist "%~f1" goto error

set DBPath=C:\Users\Public\NPVR\npvr.db3
set NSHelper="G:\'Program Files <x86>'\NPVR\NScriptHelper.exe"
set subtitle=
set title=

echo Getting recording title
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%i in ('G:\"Program Files (x86)"\NPVR\NScriptHelper.exe -title "%~f1"') do SET title=%%i

echo Getting recording subtitle
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%i in ('G:\"Program Files (x86)"\NPVR\NScriptHelper.exe -subtitle "%~f1"') do SET subtitle=%%i

REM Make sure the variables aren't empty
if "%title%" == "" goto error
if "%subtitle%" == "" goto nosubtitle



The " and ' had to be the way they are and <x86> in the first reference and (x86) the second andthird times. Had to replace %NSHelper%.

Hope that helps.

[JimF]

ouradu,

That works fine. Thanks for the tip.

[b00sfuk]

Just started playing with this. I follow the logic and everything works up to updating the database. I got an error with NScriptHelper saying "Unable to file existing recording with filename...." . What I found was that these 2 settings were needed to be set to false in the config.xml file. (can't remember what defaults were so it might not affect everybody). Otherwise recordings can be removed after the renaming of the file but before the renaming in the database.

<AutoRemoveMissingRecordings>false</AutoRemoveMissingRecordings>
<CheckForRenamedRecordings>false</CheckForRenamedRecordings>

Was using the batch file posted earlier in the thread. To avoid this I guess it might be cleaner to have it copy the file first, then rename in database then delete the old copy of the file.

[b00sfuk]

Just wanted to say thanks to SANGER_A2 for the batch file. With just a few minor tweaks (e.g. needed to rename the file after, not before, the database rename) it works great on my setup.