File Extension rename

[Steven]

There used to be a utility codec to change file extensions... this seems to be a legacy codec now only good till v12. What is the easiest way to automate file extension changes as part of a list of dsp effects. I'm using the Audio Conversion Engine.

Thanks

[Steven]

Re: File Extension rename

I tried another way round this. I created a Windows batch rename file, converted it to an exe file and tried to trigger it with the "run external" dsp plug-in. It didn't seem to work. What should I put in the dsp "command line" box to make it run this exe? I tried "-outfilelong="[infilelong]"" but I don't really know what I doing..! Any ideas appreciated.

Thanks

[Spoon]

Re: File Extension rename

You will need to create a batch file, say C:\rename.bat

in it put:

move %1 *.ext

Then Set run external to:

C:\rename.bat [outfilelong]

You will also need the latest DSP effects from the beta section so that a .bat file can be run:

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=20160

[Steven]

Re: File Extension rename

Thanks a lot for that... I think I need to learn more about batch files! I need it to make the Audio conversion Engine see ".BWF" file extensions.

[Steven]

Re: File Extension rename

I'm a bit confused by the "move %1 *.ext" batch file- I couldn't get it to work. Can I use the "ren" rename command? I tried "ren *.bwf *.mp2" and it worked OK for files in the same directory. Unfortunately the batch file needs to run from a different directory. I tried "ren D:\batchtest1 *.bwf *.mp2" but it didn't work. Note that I don't want to change all the extensions to MP2.... just the .BWF extentions.

[Spoon]

Re: File Extension rename

ren D:\batchtest1\*.bwf *.mp2