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Add a history for Base Path in Rename,Move, and Copy Files?

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gappie:
interesting post marco.. i like expressions. one small problem i have is that i also use the tool for copying. what makes it impossible to use an expression like that, since there is no history. but i did find something that seems to work for me.
since i nearly ever stay on the same disk i just putted [volume name] in the base path. easy to type in again when i use a different path.
now under the rule i putted
Muziek\[Artist]\[Album]
Fotoos\Oude Fotoos\[album]
etc

 :)
gab

--- Quote from: marko on January 09, 2010, 07:06:37 am ---How irritating is that btw? Seriously bugs me to the point I don't drag it out every time, falling back on the tool tip instead, which leaves me wondering, why make it resizeable in the first place? seems a tad pointless when the columns won't go with the window ?

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i agree100% its one of the bugs that is bugging me, although there are some bugs that bug me more. 8)

wig:

--- Quote from: marko on January 09, 2010, 07:06:37 am ---I appreciate that they're kind of polarising, but the base path will accept expressions.
It took a couple of years of campaigning, but it's in there now and it allows us to tackle the problem from a different angle while we wait to see if we may or may not get a history.

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I'm working entirely with audio files; both copying and renaming files in multiple locations, so expressions wouldn't be very useful. Like others have posted,  Rename/Move/Copy is by far my most used tool in Media Center, and it seems like the history feature would benefit a large percentage of MC users. With the advent of netbooks and other 'portable but not attached' devices, copying files between different drives has to be on the upswing.

MusicHawk:
As Marko says, expressions are useful, though if used as a workaround for "Rename, Move, Copy Files..." that's further evidence this important tool needs remodeling.

I use expressions both for naming patterns, and to steer different types of content into different paths. I have a couple of custom fields that let me precisely tag files (beyond MC's standard tags), then I use a these field values to control complex expressions.

To deal with the too-small dialog fields vs. very-long content, I build and revise my path and file expressions in a separate editor, then paste the result back into MC. This technique originally arose when I needed to use different expressions for different purposes, so I created a text file to hold my "Rename, Move, Copy Files..." variations. This gives me a library of expressions (plus my comments on purpose and design), and a much nicer environment to to edit them externally, especially when they are long and crazy. To make this step convenient, my Windows has a QuickLaunch link to Notepad (or equivalent).

But, this is just a workaround. It would be a huge improvement to have an integrated way to do this in MC.

park:
Actually, though I use it less these days because my library has become so well organized, this tool was one of the main selling points of Media Center for me. Anything that can be done to make it even better gets my vote.

raldo:

--- Quote from: joh on January 07, 2010, 02:53:47 pm ---yes, the ability to create 'destination profiles' being combinations of base path, folder rules & file name rules would be excellent!

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+1

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