I just figured out that I can use <Folder:-0> or <Folder:-> to signify the Drive Letter of the source file. This is the behavior I want, and it works great.
The problem is that after I use that mask to move files to their desired locations, the next time I use Auto-Organize, the mask has changed to <Folder:-1> which does NOT behave the way I want.
If I make other changes to my mask, including different negative integers in <Folder:xxx> those changes are saved.
Any idea how to make the change stick? Failing that, is there another way to designate only the drive letter portion of the source path so that my files will get moved to a location on the same drive?
Can't save Auto-Organize Mask starting with <Folder:-0>
Moderator: Gurus
Re: Can't save Auto-Organize Mask starting with <Folder:-0>
Hi,
Can you give me exact mask you use as if I got you correctly you want to archive this:
Mask: d:\Music\Backup Drive <Folder:0>\<Album Artist>\<Artist> - <Title>
Example Track: F:\Music\The best of 90's\Rednex\Rednex - Wish You Were Here.mp3
Organize result: F:\Music\The best of 90's\Rednex\Rednex - Wish You Were Here.mp3 -> d:\Music\Backup Drive F\The best of 90's\Rednex\Rednex - Wish You Were Here.mp3
Am I right?
Can you give me exact mask you use as if I got you correctly you want to archive this:
Mask: d:\Music\Backup Drive <Folder:0>\<Album Artist>\<Artist> - <Title>
Example Track: F:\Music\The best of 90's\Rednex\Rednex - Wish You Were Here.mp3
Organize result: F:\Music\The best of 90's\Rednex\Rednex - Wish You Were Here.mp3 -> d:\Music\Backup Drive F\The best of 90's\Rednex\Rednex - Wish You Were Here.mp3
Am I right?
Best regards,
Peke
MediaMonkey Team lead QA/Tech Support guru
Admin of Free MediaMonkey addon Site HappyMonkeying
How to attach PICTURE/SCREENSHOTS to forum posts
Peke
MediaMonkey Team lead QA/Tech Support guru
Admin of Free MediaMonkey addon Site HappyMonkeying
How to attach PICTURE/SCREENSHOTS to forum posts
Re: Can't save Auto-Organize Mask starting with <Folder:-0>
Thanks for the reply...Peke wrote:Hi,
Can you give me exact mask you use as if I got you correctly you want to archive this:
Mask: d:\Music\Backup Drive <Folder:0>\<Album Artist>\<Artist> - <Title>
Example Track: F:\Music\The best of 90's\Rednex\Rednex - Wish You Were Here.mp3
Organize result: F:\Music\The best of 90's\Rednex\Rednex - Wish You Were Here.mp3 -> d:\Music\Backup Drive F\The best of 90's\Rednex\Rednex - Wish You Were Here.mp3
Am I right?
My full mask (that won't stick/save properly):
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<Folder:-0>\MM\$if(,<Path:2>,<Type:5>\<Album Artist:1>\<Album Artist:40>\$if(1,[<Year>] )$Left(<Album>,50)\$if(<Disc#>,<Disc#:2>-,)$if(<Track#>,<Track#:3> )$Left(<Title>,60))
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<Folder:-0>\MM\<Track#:3> <Title>
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E:\TopFolder\Subfolder1\Subfolder2\filename.mp3
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E:\MM\001 TrackTitle.mp3
But when I select my next track or tracks to auto-organize, the mask has been changed to:
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<Folder:-1>\MM\<Track#:3> <Title>
So it seems like two things are going wrong, but only one I really would like a fix or workaround for. The fact that <Folder:0> doesn't seem to do the right thing is weird, but I can get the behavior I want using <Folder:-0> or <Folder-> ... But then I can't properly save that mask for the next album/collection. It's not the end of the world - all I have to do is delete the "1" before I hit OK - but if I ever forget to do that, I'll end up with all selected files in the wrong place.
TL;DR - the mask element <Folder:0> isn't working right. <Folder:-0> does work right but won't save properly.
Re: Can't save Auto-Organize Mask starting with <Folder:-0>
Based on what you wrote mask would do the same without "<folder:-0>"
Anyway I added http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=14647 for further tweaking.
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\MM\$if(,<Path:2>,<Type:5>\<Album Artist:1>\<Album Artist:40>\$if(1,[<Year>] )$Left(<Album>,50)\$if(<Disc#>,<Disc#:2>-,)$if(<Track#>,<Track#:3> )$Left(<Title>,60))
Anyway I added http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=14647 for further tweaking.
Best regards,
Peke
MediaMonkey Team lead QA/Tech Support guru
Admin of Free MediaMonkey addon Site HappyMonkeying
How to attach PICTURE/SCREENSHOTS to forum posts
Peke
MediaMonkey Team lead QA/Tech Support guru
Admin of Free MediaMonkey addon Site HappyMonkeying
How to attach PICTURE/SCREENSHOTS to forum posts
Re: Can't save Auto-Organize Mask starting with <Folder:-0>
ok (A) thank you for the completely-solved-the-problem reply.Peke wrote:Based on what you wrote maskwould do the same without "<folder:-0>"Code: Select all
\MM\$if(,<Path:2>,<Type:5>\<Album Artist:1>\<Album Artist:40>\$if(1,[<Year>] )$Left(<Album>,50)\$if(<Disc#>,<Disc#:2>-,)$if(<Track#>,<Track#:3> )$Left(<Title>,60))
Anyway I added http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=14647 for further tweaking.
also (B) that's both hilarious and pathetic that I spent all this time trying to figure out what I needed to add to my mask to resolve to the source drive letter, when what I needed was to add exactly nothing.