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Folders for output files - is this possible?

I want to convert all my TAK lossless music to NeroAAC through foobar, but the two options of putting the output files in a specific folder or the same folder don't work for me.  I have all my files in a "Music" folder and all the lossy files will go into a "Music - Lossy" file.  Both folders are organized in the 'artist/album' style.  The option of selecting each album individually every time to convert to its respective folder is very inefficient.  I was thinking of essentially copying and pasting the "Music" file folders in the "Music - Lossy" one, and then converting all the files to NeroAAC in their same directories, before deleting all the TAK copies, but with 145 gigs of music that's a lengthy copying & pasting process.  Is there a way to do this through foobar or some plugin or whatever?  Sorry if this is a confusing read

Thanks for your time

Folders for output files - is this possible?

Reply #1 –
At the top of the Converter page in foobar2000's preferences are the filename settings.  You can easily automate the process.

Code: [Select]
$if2([%album artist%],%artist%)\%album% $if(%discnumber%,Disc %discnumber%)\%tracknumber% %title%


That's my settings.  Feel free to modify them however you want to suit your naming scheme.  Create a folder where you want to save the lossy files.  Then when you go to convert your files right-click > Convert > Convert to...  and select where you want the lossy files.  It'll start encoding them and saving them there.

I hope that answer your question.
Nero AAC 1.5.1.0: -q0.45
 

Folders for output files - is this possible?

Reply #2 –
Quote from: DreamTactix291 on
At the top of the Converter page in foobar2000's preferences are the filename settings.  You can easily automate the process.

Code: [Select]
$if2([%album artist%],%artist%)\%album% $if(%discnumber%,Disc %discnumber%)\%tracknumber% %title%


That's my settings.  Feel free to modify them however you want to suit your naming scheme.  Create a folder where you want to save the lossy files.  Then when you go to convert your files right-click > Convert > Convert to...  and select where you want the lossy files.  It'll start encoding them and saving them there.

I hope that answer your question.


Wow, thanks.  I had thought about that but I had no clue if it was possible to do folder subdivisions.  Thanks for the quick help