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MrsCoolBreeze

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How to change the file folder names
« on: May 28, 2008, 06:59:38 pm »

I have just installed and can't seem to find a way to label the files the way I want. For example: Anytime I rip a CD of a band like AC/DC or Sixx: A.M. it ends up showing up in the playlist correctly, but when you go to my computer, the folder AC/DC shows AC_DC. I want it to just say AC DC since you can't use the / in windows file names. I don't want the underscore.
Please help!!
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Matt

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Re: How to change the file folder names
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2008, 07:29:32 pm »

Pick files

Library Tools > Rename, Move, & Copy Files > Find & Replace

Replace "_" with " "
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Re: How to change the file folder names
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2008, 07:58:21 pm »

I really appriciate your help. Can you also tell me how to have this not happen before it happens? Next time I rip a CD I'd like to avoid having to do that and just have it give the file name I want.
Thanks again.  :)
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Re: How to change the file folder names
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2008, 08:11:10 pm »

Unsupported filename characters get replaced by underscores on ripping.  It's just what we do.

Underscore isn't perfect, but neither is any other character except the illegal one.
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Re: How to change the file folder names
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2008, 05:11:06 am »

If this really bothers you, you can do it by editing your file naming expression (Tools, Options, File Location)
Put replace(...,//,/ ) around your expression. That's "take ..., and replace / with a space" (/ is used to escape characters hence extras)

So if your expression is [track #] - [Name] change it to replace([track #] - [Name],//,/ )

You'll have to add this once (each one nested in the previous) for every different character / \ ? : " * that you want to replace.
You can do it for both the filename and the folder rule.

Hope that helps :)
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