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Podcast Filename Mask - Need Help
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:06 pm
by sugardaddy
This is my current mask
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C:\MMPodcasts\<Album>\<Artist> - <Title>
Some of the podcast titles are the same. This causes weird names.
Could I put the podcast date in there somehow to act as a more unique identifier? That would also help me sort them in my player.
For instance:
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C:\MMPodcasts\<Album>\<Date> - <Artist> - <Title>
But that doesn't work
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:27 pm
by sugardaddy
Or would this work?
What if there was a script that went through the entire library, and prepended the podcast date to the front of the file name?
For example....
Alton Brown - Cookies.mp3
would become
20080109 - Alton Brown - Cookies.mp3
Of course it would also have to rename the file as well as make the database change.
I've never written a MM script. But I am a ColdFusion and PHP programmer. Would this be simple?
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:33 pm
by sugardaddy
*** bump ***
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:30 pm
by Peke
Have you tried using:
C:\MMPodcasts\<Album>\<Date:4> - <Artist> - <Title>
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:43 am
by sugardaddy
Good Idea. But That doesn't seem to work.
<date> doesn't seem to be a valid tag, because it just returns a "4-". I applied that mask to re-download several podcasts, and they were all the same for that field.
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:13 pm
by Peke
Interesting
Will Check That.
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:11 pm
by sugardaddy
Peke wrote:Interesting
Will Check That.
Is that tag case sensitive? I used all lowercase.
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:25 am
by Peke
You are right.
I have Confirmed Behavior
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:55 am
by Ludek
Yes, <date> needs to be added to masks
Added to our to-do list.
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:59 am
by spacefish
Can we also have Original Date added? I'd particularly like to use it skinning.