Is there a way to batch change the directory of my audio files?

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Is there a way to batch change the directory of my audio files?

2011-10-06 02:52:17

Is there a way to batch change directory on a foobar configuration?

I recently switched to linux and am running foobar under wine. The hard drive path changed to a Z though whereas my old configuration was an H:.

I have tons of playlists that I want to be able to automatically use again but it seems like this is not the case.

Any help would be appreciated, whether it is a way to change directories, or somehow change the existing playlists to use the new directories filepath.

Is there a way to batch change the directory of my audio files?

Reply #1 – 2011-10-06 03:23:28

The component foo_playlist_revive can help get your playlists back. Here is a link: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=73910

Hopefully it will work properly with your Linux configuration.

Dennis

Is there a way to batch change the directory of my audio files?

Reply #2 – 2011-10-06 04:39:20

For Future Reference: If you move your files with fb2k's fileops component, loaded playlists are automagically taken care of and tags don't have to be reindexed.

Is there a way to batch change the directory of my audio files?

Reply #3 – 2011-10-06 08:14:04

foo_fileops does not help, if you copy a foobar2000 configuration from one machine to another. Or from Windows to Wine.

Is there a way to batch change the directory of my audio files?

Reply #4 – 2011-10-06 08:53:53

Thanks everyone who replied, I will be trying foo_playlist when I can and will probably update with my results later.

Is there a way to batch change the directory of my audio files?

Reply #5 – 2011-10-06 16:14:10

Have you tried adding a Z drive in Wine Configuration? Pointing it to an empty directory and soft-linking (if you don't want to move them) your music folder(s) in there should do the trick (never tried actually ).

HTH.

Alessandro

Is there a way to batch change the directory of my audio files?

Reply #6 – 2011-10-06 16:15:33

Quote from: foosion on 2011-10-06 08:14:04

foo_fileops does not help, if you copy a foobar2000 configuration from one machine to another. Or from Windows to Wine.

Ahhh. Yes. Reading comprehension. I knew I forgot something.

Is there a way to batch change the directory of my audio files?

Reply #7 – 2011-10-06 17:14:56

Alessandro: Wine already uses symlinks to implement drive letters. They can be edited through winecfg. If you want to check them out manually, look in "~/.wine/dosdevices".

Is there a way to batch change the directory of my audio files?

Reply #8 – 2011-10-06 17:45:46

Oh nice, never bothered to explore those details, thanks for the heads up.

Then the OP could directly point the new Z drive to the ~/.wine/drive_c/musicfolder, right?

Still, I'd personally rather move my music library to a dedicated folder: I never liked much those "hard to find" sub-sub-sub-folders.

Alessandro

Is there a way to batch change the directory of my audio files?

Reply #9 – 2011-10-06 19:05:44

Yess, it worked. Added a drive letter H to the folder /media/Main and then pointed foobar to the correct drive to monitor.

Thanks everyone.