Is the original / source filename available somehow when saving? It's kind of a challenging choice to search for in the forums.
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tdiaz
What I'm trying to do is put the original filename into the beginning of whatever is in the comment tag.
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tdiaz
$set(comment,%_filename%[]%comment%) The file 'MyMusicFile.mp3', so the comment would now be whatever is there but begin with 'MyMusicFile []'
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tdiaz
Don't care about the extension. I want to be able to grab the original filename during the saving script, to parse data from it as part of the newly named / saved file - and on stuff that is not in the database.
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tdiaz
Hm.. looks like it kinda does part of that already actually. The original filename is present, so getting it to merge to comments..
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SothoTalKer
there is _filename, but i don't know if that is the old or the new one :)
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tdiaz
It appears to be the one before it's saved, so - the old/source one. Which is what I want.
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tdiaz
What I'm trying to do is get that added to the comment tag when it's saved. I want to run a bunch of stuff through and attempt to standardized some names. A whole mess of radio show episodes. But I'm sure there's not going to be tag data in all of them, which is the point, to fix.
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tdiaz
But if I lose the original filename and it doesn't have something I need, I can get it back from the original filename if I had it stashed someplace.
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tdiaz
Which I'd only want to run that through a saving or tagger script once with that happening. ;-)
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tdiaz
I'm trying to merge a csv of tags with a bunch of files with the eventual intent of submitting it all to the DB.
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SothoTalKer
outsidecontext: maybe you know more? ^ :)
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tdiaz
The csv has to be done elsewhere, which I have to figure out what to do that with, but if I can make some consistency of filenames first .. :)
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tdiaz
Combined with I just realized I probably should do soundtracks and compilations with alphabetical sub directories.
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outsidecontext
The %_filename% exists, problem is that currently the tagger script has no access to file specific variables. Those are only available in the file naming script
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outsidecontext
That's a long standing issue, we even had this initially marked as fixed in the 2.0 release, but it caused side effects and got reverted
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tdiaz
I can do it in the file naming too, I'll just make it another option to enable / disable.
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outsidecontext
I'm not sure making the old filename part of the new filename makes much sense
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tdiaz
Basically, I have no idea what's going to happen when I save this stuff from the left side, so I want to retain the original filename somewhere, and comments seems like the best place.
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outsidecontext
It would be doable with a plugin that triggers in the file save hook
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tdiaz
Yeah, I don't want to make it part of the new name. I just want to keep it for purposes of reference while I get the rest of the handing figure out.
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tdiaz
FWIW, I did discover that I can put the original filename onto the new filename when saving. But yeah. why. ;-)
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leeijaw
Is there any script to automatically create a release from naxos website?
Tagger script would be ideal in that it can just be un-ticked and not have to be part of the file naming bit. But if it can't get at the file specific variables.. that leaves doing it while saving for now. Either way I have to tick something before doing whatever files, so I don't keep appending filenames to the comment when I run it through again.
[11:50] <tdiaz> Basically, I have no idea what's going to happen when I save this stuff from the left side, so I want to retain the original filename somewhere, and comments seems like the best place.
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CatQuest
it's quite possible to, if you want, not rename the file at all. there are 3 options under the options menu: save tags, move files and change names, and you cna enable or disable any of these
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CatQuest
further. it might be possible to ask for a plugin that does exactly what yoy want. kepstin is our resident tagger-script wizard however, maybe he knows anything that can hlep you
