Re: [RDD] Bulk Add Audio Files

2021-01-03 Thread Robert Jeffares
Hi Michael sndfile-metadata-get somefile.ogg > sometextfile.txt in a shell script will give you the metadata in a file you can import back as Artist Title and whatever else you want into an array. the put the varius bits in an rdimport line as --set-string-field=string options for from

Re: [RDD] Bulk Add Audio Files

2020-12-21 Thread R. Choy
Duh! How did I forget? https://www.dbpoweramp.com/ On 12/21/2020 12:43 PM, wa7skg wrote: That's nice. Would you mind sharing the name of the program? Michael R. Choy wrote on 12/21/20 9:27 AM: There is a program I've been using for years to convert, batch convert, run in a script, almost

Re: [RDD] Bulk Add Audio Files

2020-12-21 Thread wa7skg
That's nice. Would you mind sharing the name of the program? Michael R. Choy wrote on 12/21/20 9:27 AM: There is a program I've been using for years to convert, batch convert, run in a script, almost every music format to any other music format. I think it is still available. The paid

Re: [RDD] Bulk Add Audio Files

2020-12-21 Thread R. Choy
There is a program I've been using for years to convert, batch convert, run in a script, almost every music format to any other music format. I think it is still available. The paid version is cheap and has many features. I believe it will run on Linux Mint under

Re: [RDD] Bulk Add Audio Files

2020-12-21 Thread Fred Gleason
On Dec 17, 2020, at 18:34, wa7skg wrote: > Well, rdimport worked fine for me for a bunch of mp3 files. However, I have > another 450+ .ogg files. Unfortunately, the filenames are all numbers, like > 10005-03, 10005-18, 10015-08, 10015-10, etc. I can open these in MediaPlayer, > Audacity, etc.

Re: [RDD] Bulk Add Audio Files

2020-12-17 Thread wa7skg
Well, rdimport worked fine for me for a bunch of mp3 files. However, I have another 450+ .ogg files. Unfortunately, the filenames are all numbers, like 10005-03, 10005-18, 10015-08, 10015-10, etc. I can open these in MediaPlayer, Audacity, etc. and see the metadata with name and artist, etc.

Re: [RDD] Bulk Add Audio Files

2020-12-16 Thread David Klann
By the way, several folks hang out in #rivendell on IRC: chat.freenode.net. Might be a more expedient way to get quick answers to simple questions... ~David On 12/16/20 5:07 PM, wa7skg wrote: > > In my feeble memory, I seem to recall there was a way to bulk add audio > files. I have a

Re: [RDD] Bulk Add Audio Files

2020-12-16 Thread David Klann
Michael, rdimport(1) is your friend. man rdimport to get started. ~David On 12/16/20 5:07 PM, wa7skg wrote: > > In my feeble memory, I seem to recall there was a way to bulk add audio > files. I have a couple hundred songs to import into Rivendell and adding > one at a time will take

Re: [RDD] Bulk Add Audio Files

2020-12-16 Thread wa7skg
Aha, forgot about command line tools. Thanks, Michael David Klann wrote on 12/16/20 3:09 PM: Michael, rdimport(1) is your friend. man rdimport to get started. ~David On 12/16/20 5:07 PM, wa7skg wrote: In my feeble memory, I seem to recall there was a way to bulk add audio

Re: [RDD] Bulk Add Audio Files

2020-12-16 Thread R. Choy
A friend wrote this for me. It took a mass of files and imported them into RD. Haven't used it in awhile. cat massimport.sh #!/bin/bash echo "Create a Rivendell group name and enter it below" read GROUP