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Feature Request: Path Rewrite
MediaMike:
--- Quote from: mattkhan on July 23, 2015, 09:21:30 am ---+1 to this, I raised the point a while ago as https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=94080.0
why isn't it just a question of jriver tokenising the value as it stores it in its database? you have to pick various paths as the root for all this content anyway after all so replacing that as $MOVIES_ROOT$ (or whatever) seems like it would be sufficient
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I have not fully thought it through but I think the token approach would meet my requirements in an easy fashion. I would then define the variable locally on my client and could then easily do some search and replace to fix the database. It also addresses the issue when running imports from different clients. The prefix would be recognized and replaced by the variable before storing into the database. This could not be achieved by path substitution. However a regex like path substitution would still be needed to adjust path separators (forward / back slashes).
I will be looking forward to seeing that feature.
Kind regards
Michael
JohnT:
--- Quote from: MediaMike on July 24, 2015, 04:18:04 pm ---I have not fully thought it through but I think the token approach would meet my requirements in an easy fashion. I would then define the variable locally on my client and could then easily do some search and replace to fix the database. It also addresses the issue when running imports from different clients. The prefix would be recognized and replaced by the variable before storing into the database. This could not be achieved by path substitution. However a regex like path substitution would still be needed to adjust path separators (forward / back slashes).
I will be looking forward to seeing that feature.
Kind regards
Michael
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Michael, could you describe in some detail how you are accessing your library from clients? There are many possible permutations and I want to make sure I understand your use case. Thanks.
georgethesixth:
If you are working on this, could you also think about restructuring a file system based on metadata ?
A way to make sure the path name length stays within the limits of the file-system would also be handy.
An old car I love has a good but outdated sound system. It uses only the file structure to show music. I now use Softpointer Tag and Rename to reorganise the library every so often.
Hendrik:
--- Quote from: georgethesixth on July 27, 2015, 10:29:20 am ---If you are working on this, could you also think about restructuring a file system based on metadata ?
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This already exists, check "Library Tools -> Rename, Move & Copy Files", you can re-organize the physical storage of the files according to any tags or expressions.
georgethesixth:
Thanks Hendrik. I thought I looked everywhere ... :-[
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