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05/03/08 + skab

So I decided to bend over and get reamed for an mpc card reader ($170!!), and I grabbed the handy Awave studio to convert samples on my PC into .SND format to reduce size and loading time. Now all I need is a batch file renamer to cut sample filename sizes down to a max of 8 characters because I'll be using CF memory cards with the FAT16 file system to ensure maximum compatibility between the mpc and the PC. Anyone have a good rec for a (preferably free) batch file renamer that can truncate filenames down to 8 characters?

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05/04/08 + skab

anybody?

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05/05/08 + fakeBlooper

i threw this little app together for you.> link <

hopefully it'll be what you're looking for. alternatively you can just move the files onto the other filesystem and sometimes filenames will truncate themselves, but with weird tildes... the app gives you more control over the name but only allows for a prefix adn enumeration per directory. let me know if it works out for you.

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05/05/08 + skab

thanks fakeblooper. i just ran it and all it seemed to do was delete all the files in the target directory. i set the new file extension as .SND and the files were already .SND so maybe that's why. I didn't loose any data - it was all copies, don't worry. I'll have another try now

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05/05/08 + skab

yeah - it was the double .SND issue. i renamed them with no extension and then back to .SND again with no problems. You da man!

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05/05/08 + skab

ps - default rename "cowbell" is genius. now all my tracks will officially have enough cowbell!

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05/05/08 + fakeBlooper

hrmm.... it should never delete a file. that's unpossible. it'll bomb if you try to rename it the same exact thing it was before though. i didn't catch that.

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05/06/08 + skab

oops sorry. that was my fault. it didn't delete any files - haven't had my cup of coffee yet this morning

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edited: May 06 2008 + hardvoltnine

you can take a structure of you're dir. "dir /s/b> dir.txt"

bring that to Excel and make a sequential rename or copy/rename command based of of it.
"Copy '(dirstructurepath)oldfilename' 'newfilename'

Thats basically all I do at work all day

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05/06/08 + flies

ye batch script shall show thee the path out of the darkness

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05/27/08 + scarkord

Try this tool...

link

The link seems to be down at the moment though, but it's definitely worth checking out and has a ton of options.

Here's a mirror...

link

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