Renaming Files and Folders

[root]

Hi,

used Songcong to tag the majority of my collection, now want to correct the remainig files with Jaicoz.

Wanted Folder Structure:

ArtistOrAlbumartist\Album (Year)\TrackNo - Title

In Soncong I managed (after some trying) the following:

Rename Mask:

ifnotempty2(albumartist,artist,’/’)

• ifnotempty(album,’ ')
• ‘(’ + (year.length>4 ? year.substring(0,4):year) +’)/’
• ifnotempty(pad(track,2),’ - ')
• title

Compilation Rename Mask:

ifnotempty2(albumartist,“Various Artists”,’/’)

• ifnotempty(album,’ ')
• ‘(’ + (year.length>4 ? year.substring(0,4):year) +’)/’
• ifnotempty(pad(track,2),’ - ')
• title

How do I set up Jaicoz to rename Files & Folders accordingly? Pasting the above to Jaicoz Preferences doesn’t seem to work…

Thanks for any help!

[paultaylor]

There a few differences, please see http://blog.jthink.net/2014/04/sharing-filename-masks-between-songkong.html

[root]

Dear Paul,

thanks for the Link, but as I have no Javascript knowledge, I still can’t figure out how to bring Jaicoz to rename Folders & Files like Songcong…

Therefore, I’m asking the huge favor, could you (or anyone else here) pls translate above Songcong Script to Jaicoz?

I pasted the Script in the Link to Jaicoz for testing, but as I click on “Correct Sub Folders from Metadata” nothing really happens, I don’t get a new folder…

Sorry for being such a noob

thanks!

[paultaylor]

Sorry for the delay in replaying Ive just been very busy with the new SongKong release. Okay this is what you need for the subfolder rename mask

function pad(number, length) {
   if (number == '') { return '';}
   var str = '' + number; 
   while (str.length < length) {  
      str = '0' + str;
   }
   return str;
}

function ifnotempty(value,sep){
     return value.length > 0 ? value + sep : '';
 }
 
 function ifnotempty2(value1,value2,sep){
     return value1.length > 0 ? value1 + sep :value2.length > 0 ? value2 + sep:'' ;
 }

 ifnotempty2(albumartist,artist,'/')
+ ifnotempty(album,' ')
+ '(' + (year.length>4 ? year.substring(0,4):year) +')' + '/'

The Compilation Sub Folder Rename mask is

function pad(number, length) {
   if (number == '') { return '';}
   var str = '' + number; 
   while (str.length < length) {  
      str = '0' + str;
   }
   return str;
}

function ifnotempty(value,sep){
     return value.length > 0 ? value + sep : '';
 }
 
 function ifnotempty2(value1,value2,sep){
     return value1.length > 0 ? value1 + sep :value2.length > 0 ? value2 + sep:'' ;
 }

ifnotempty2(albumartist,"Various Artists",'/')
+ ifnotempty(album,' ')
+ '(' + (year.length>4 ? year.substring(0,4):year) +')/' 

and in both cases this is what you need for the Filename mask

function pad(number, length) {
   if (number == '') { return '';}
   var str = '' + number; 
   while (str.length < length) {  
      str = '0' + str;
   }
   return str;
}

function ifnotempty(value,sep){
     return value.length > 0 ? value + sep : '';
 }
 
ifnotempty(pad(trackno,2),' - ')
+ title 

As you can see SongKong is easier because you can share existing javascript functions.