Rename Recording

[LilY0da]

I just downloaded the file in the post above yours, works fine for me

[KingArgyle]

I just reverified the Zip file that was uploaded by re-downloading it, and works fine with Winzip 9.0.

[nightwalker]

I just reverified the Zip file that was uploaded by re-downloading it, and works fine with Winzip 9.0.

Just a curiousity question did you use IE to download with?

[spaceghost]

Yes - but I will not anymore

[tpgbpvr]

Any way to get renamerecordings to rename with show and episode?

I am not a programmer but it looks like the xml file could be modified easily to rename the recording with the show and episode.

example: "Seinfeld - The Door.mpg"

instead of just "The Door.mpg"

Thanks.

[turkey]

Any way to get renamerecordings to rename with show and episode?

Yes, this is possible. I have it set up to do so on my configuration. PM me or post to this thread to let me know if you still need to figure out how, and ill dig it up for you.

[dshoup]

Is there a way to get the rename recording utility to insert the date between the title and the episode to make the shows appear chronologically when sorted by name. I see the beginnings of this in post 121, but can not figure out how to implement it. I am using latest version downloaded from the renameRecording utility page (files are dated 12/23/05). Thanks!

Yep, it scans all recordings it finds in the database with subtitles and renames them, checking to see if it was already renamed of course. It does not just look for the last one. You can tell this by looking at the output.

For the config for the renamed file, I can provide a ton of options. I think this is what I'll do. Here's a sample config file that will use all of the options:

Code:

<RenameRecordings>
  <SkipIfNoSubtitle>False</SkipIfNoSubtitle>
  <NameFormat><ProgramName/><Subtitle before=" - "/> on <StartTime format="{0:yyyy-MM-dd}"/> from <StartTime format="{0:hh-mm tt}"/> to <EndTime format="{0:hh-mm tt}"/> on channel <Channel format="{0:d3}"/></NameFormat>
</RenameRecordings>

This would result in something like:
Stargate SG-1 - Heros on 2005-05-05 from 8-00 PM to 9-00 PM on channel 073

It will get all of the data out of the database. I thought I'd add the SkipIfNoSubtitle option in case you want all files renamed with nicer times, and would like to include the channel in the file name as well. The before attribute on any parameter will be put before that value, if it is found, otherwise, the entire value will be skipped. I can only imagine that this will matter for subtitle, but who knows... I'll also allow generic nodes with field names from GBPVR.mdb in them as well.

If you change the format specification, running RenameRecordings would rename all of the files found in the database.

Glad to hear no glitches yet. I don't expect them any more as I'm deleting and adding records

[turkey]

@dsoup: you should use recordingsmanager instead of renamerecordings. It has an xml file that you can customize how you want the file name to be. Have a look at this post.

the utility can also control comskip and maxrecordings, but i have those elements set to "false" in the xml file because i dont use them. The important part of this file is at the end, where it should look like this:

<RenameRecordings>
<Enabled>True</Enabled>
<Format><Title/> - <StartTime/> - <EpisodeName SkipIfNotFound="True" Format=" - {0}"/></Format>
<NoEpisodeNameFormat><Title/> - <StartTime/></NoEpisodeNameFormat>
</RenameRecordings>

in order to have your filenames look like this:

Stargate SG-1 - 2005-05-05 8-00 - Heros

I'm not sure if you can only retrieve only the date (not the time), but maybe ZaDDaZ can help with that.

[dshoup]

Thanks Turkey! It sounds like exactly what I'm looking for. Unfortionately, when I try to open the zip file on the page you pointed me to, it says "folder is invalid or corupt" (Windows XP Pro). I have tried downloading it several times on 2 different PC's. Could someone either repost a working copy of this archive or send me a private message with an unzipped version? Thanks!

[turkey]

Thats a problem with Internet Explorer. You should use another browser to download the file. Actually, you should use another browser anyway -