Macro to change mp3 file names

[Guest RonG]

I'm running Windows XP Home. On one of my hard drives I have accumulated

10,000+ mps files which I have named (numbered) 0001 to 9999. I want to

change all the files by adding a 0 before the existing name (i.e. 00001 to

09999). Can a macro be written to simplify this task, or do I have to

tediously alter each file individually? Any help or tips gladly appreciated.

--

Ron

Perth

Western Australia

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: Macro to change mp3 file names

 

RonG wrote:

> I'm running Windows XP Home. On one of my hard drives I have accumulated

> 10,000+ mps files which I have named (numbered) 0001 to 9999. I want to

> change all the files by adding a 0 before the existing name (i.e. 00001 to

> 09999). Can a macro be written to simplify this task, or do I have to

> tediously alter each file individually? Any help or tips gladly appreciated.

 

Get Bulk Rename Utility.

You can find it with google very easy.

It will do all sorts of renaming tasks.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Macro to change mp3 file names

 

 

"RonG" <RonG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> I'm running Windows XP Home. On one of my hard drives I have accumulated

> 10,000+ mps files which I have named (numbered) 0001 to 9999. I want to

> change all the files by adding a 0 before the existing name (i.e. 00001 to

> 09999). Can a macro be written to simplify this task, or do I have to

> tediously alter each file individually? Any help or tips gladly

> appreciated.

> --

> Ron

> Perth

> Western Australia

 

Renaming them might be counter-productive: Having substantially

more than 10,000 files in the one folder tends to slow down

access to that folder. Why not create a folder called "00" and

move all of your files into it? Later on you create "01" and "02",

which would extend the naming scope to 1 Million files without

speed penalty.

[Guest Doum]

Re: Macro to change mp3 file names

 

=?Utf-8?B?Um9uRw==?= <RonG@discussions.microsoft.com> écrivait

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> I'm running Windows XP Home. On one of my hard drives I have

> accumulated 10,000+ mps files which I have named (numbered) 0001 to

> 9999. I want to change all the files by adding a 0 before the existing

> name (i.e. 00001 to 09999). Can a macro be written to simplify this

> task, or do I have to tediously alter each file individually? Any help

> or tips gladly appreciated.

 

Just curious

 

Why do you name MP3 files that way, how do you know which file is which

song?

 

The usual way I saw MP3 naming is "Artist - Title.mp3", but it's not a

law.

 

Again, just curious,

 

Doum

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Macro to change mp3 file names

 

Doum wrote:

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>> I'm running Windows XP Home. On one of my hard drives I have

>> accumulated 10,000+ mps files which I have named (numbered) 0001 to

>> 9999. I want to change all the files by adding a 0 before the existing

>> name (i.e. 00001 to 09999). Can a macro be written to simplify this

>> task, or do I have to tediously alter each file individually? Any help

>> or tips gladly appreciated.

>

> Just curious

>

> Why do you name MP3 files that way, how do you know which file is which

> song?

>

> The usual way I saw MP3 naming is "Artist - Title.mp3", but it's not a

> law.

>

> Again, just curious,

>

> Doum

 

I'm assuming it was autonamed that by the software. (No person in their

right mind would name files that way).

[Guest AlmostBob]

Re: Macro to change mp3 file names

 

_ represent spaces for clarity

 

In a cmd window

for _ %f _ in _ (*.*) _ do _ ren _ %f _ 0%f

 

in a batch file

for _ %%f _ in _ (*.*) _ do _ ren _ %%f _ 0%%f

 

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"RonG" <RonG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> I'm running Windows XP Home. On one of my hard drives I have accumulated

> 10,000+ mps files which I have named (numbered) 0001 to 9999. I want to

> change all the files by adding a 0 before the existing name (i.e. 00001 to

> 09999). Can a macro be written to simplify this task, or do I have to

> tediously alter each file individually? Any help or tips gladly

> appreciated.

> --

> Ron

> Perth

> Western Australia

[Guest Doum]

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"AlmostBob" <anonymous1@microsoft.com> écrivait news:OT3U9ZQ7IHA.1428

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> _ represent spaces for clarity

>

> In a cmd window

> for _ %f _ in _ (*.*) _ do _ ren _ %f _ 0%f

>

> in a batch file

> for _ %%f _ in _ (*.*) _ do _ ren _ %%f _ 0%%f

>

 

 

Ee...

 

Why do you have to double "%" in a batch file???

 

TIA

Doum

[Guest AlmostBob]

Re: Macro to change mp3 file names

 

batch files strip the first % sign in an parsing commands to process

replaceable parameters, batch files can be called by

batchfilename parameter1 parameter2 parameter3 parameter4 parameter5 .......

p1 etc are referenced inside the file as %1 %2 %3 by the position in the

parameter list, the batch file processing attempts to locate parameters for

% signs, strips them if not found and passes the stripped characters on %%f

leaves %f after initial processing.

 

 

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>

>> _ represent spaces for clarity

>>

>> In a cmd window

>> for _ %f _ in _ (*.*) _ do _ ren _ %f _ 0%f

>>

>> in a batch file

>> for _ %%f _ in _ (*.*) _ do _ ren _ %%f _ 0%%f

>>

>

>

> Ee...

>

> Why do you have to double "%" in a batch file???

>

> TIA

> Doum

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"AlmostBob" <anonymous1@microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> batch files strip the first % sign in an parsing commands to process

> replaceable parameters, batch files can be called by

> batchfilename parameter1 parameter2 parameter3 parameter4 parameter5

> .......

> p1 etc are referenced inside the file as %1 %2 %3 by the position in the

> parameter list, the batch file processing attempts to locate parameters

> for % signs, strips them if not found and passes the stripped characters

> on %%f leaves %f after initial processing.

 

.. . . or, in simple words:

- Index variables start with a single % at the Command Prompt.

Example: for /L %a in (1,1,10) do @echo %a

- Index variables start with a double % inside a batch file.

Example:

@echo off

for /L %%a in (1,1,10) do echo %%a

[Guest HeyBub]

Re: Macro to change mp3 file names

 

Doum wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?Um9uRw==?= <RonG@discussions.microsoft.com> écrivait

> news:F37B6C77-B672-4A4E-9BFC-F83074FD6FD0@microsoft.com:

>

>> I'm running Windows XP Home. On one of my hard drives I have

>> accumulated 10,000+ mps files which I have named (numbered) 0001 to

>> 9999. I want to change all the files by adding a 0 before the

>> existing name (i.e. 00001 to 09999). Can a macro be written to

>> simplify this task, or do I have to tediously alter each file

>> individually? Any help or tips gladly appreciated.

>

> Just curious

>

> Why do you name MP3 files that way, how do you know which file is

> which song?

>

> The usual way I saw MP3 naming is "Artist - Title.mp3", but it's not a

> law.

>

> Again, just curious,

 

He may have the essential information in an Excel spreadsheet referencing

back to a serialized file:

 

FileNum = Artist - Title - Venue - Date - Tattoo

[Guest Gerald Ross]

Re: Macro to change mp3 file names

 

RonG wrote:

> I'm running Windows XP Home. On one of my hard drives I have accumulated

> 10,000+ mps files which I have named (numbered) 0001 to 9999. I want to

> change all the files by adding a 0 before the existing name (i.e. 00001 to

> 09999). Can a macro be written to simplify this task, or do I have to

> tediously alter each file individually? Any help or tips gladly appreciated.

 

I use CK Rename for this. It works great.

 

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[Guest Doum]

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> Doum wrote:

>> =?Utf-8?B?Um9uRw==?= <RonG@discussions.microsoft.com> écrivait

>> news:F37B6C77-B672-4A4E-9BFC-F83074FD6FD0@microsoft.com:

>>

>>> I'm running Windows XP Home. On one of my hard drives I have

>>> accumulated 10,000+ mps files which I have named (numbered) 0001 to

>>> 9999. I want to change all the files by adding a 0 before the

>>> existing name (i.e. 00001 to 09999). Can a macro be written to

>>> simplify this task, or do I have to tediously alter each file

>>> individually? Any help or tips gladly appreciated.

>>

>> Just curious

>>

>> Why do you name MP3 files that way, how do you know which file is

>> which song?

>>

>> The usual way I saw MP3 naming is "Artist - Title.mp3", but it's not

>> a law.

>>

>> Again, just curious,

>

> He may have the essential information in an Excel spreadsheet

> referencing back to a serialized file:

>

> FileNum = Artist - Title - Venue - Date - Tattoo

>

>

>

 

That's what I thought but IMO it's a more complicated approach to always

have to refer to a database.

 

When they are named "Artist - Title", you can search a song directly in

Windows Explorer.

 

Thanks

Doum

[Guest Doum]

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>

> "AlmostBob" <anonymous1@microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:upBjUMX7IHA.4652@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> batch files strip the first % sign in an parsing commands to process

>> replaceable parameters, batch files can be called by

>> batchfilename parameter1 parameter2 parameter3 parameter4 parameter5

>> .......

>> p1 etc are referenced inside the file as %1 %2 %3 by the position in

>> the parameter list, the batch file processing attempts to locate

>> parameters for % signs, strips them if not found and passes the

>> stripped characters on %%f leaves %f after initial processing.

>

> . . . or, in simple words:

> - Index variables start with a single % at the Command Prompt.

> Example: for /L %a in (1,1,10) do @echo %a

> - Index variables start with a double % inside a batch file.

> Example:

> @echo off

> for /L %%a in (1,1,10) do echo %%a

>

>

>

 

I see, thanks.

 

Doum