Batch to rename all .avi and .srt files in order.

[psychoid69]

I want to make a script that would work with more .avi and .srt files in the same folder.

This is what I've got so far:

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@echo off
for /f "tokens=*" %%P in ('DIR /B /O:N *.avi') do (
for /f "tokens=*" %%R in ('DIR /B /O:N *.srt') do (
ren %%R %%~nP.srt
)
)

It's obvious to me, why it doesn't work (every .srt file would be renamed to the name of the last .avi file in foler), however I have no more ideas how to solve it... I was thinking, if for could somehow take two parameters, like for /f "tokens=*" %%P in ('DIR /B /O:N *.avi') and %%R in ('DIR /B /O:N *.srt'), but that's not how for works unfortunately.

To give you a better idea about my files, here's what DIR /B /O:N *.avi/srt gives me:

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DIR /B /O:N *.avi
SeriesName.S04E01.avi
SeriesName.S04E02.avi
SeriesName.S04E03.avi
SeriesName.S04E04.avi
SeriesName.S04E05.avi
SeriesName.S04E06.avi
SeriesName.S04E07.avi
SeriesName.S04E08.avi
SeriesName.S04E09.avi
SeriesName.S04E10.avi
SeriesName.S04E11.avi
SeriesName.S04E12.avi
SeriesName.S04E13.avi

DIR /B /O:N *.srt
Series Name - 04x01.srt
Series Name - 04x02.srt
Series Name - 04x03.srt
Series Name - 04x04.srt
Series Name - 04x05.srt
Series Name - 04x06.srt
Series Name - 04x07.srt
Series Name - 04x08.srt
Series Name - 04x09.srt
Series Name - 04x10.srt
Series Name - 04x11.srt
Series Name - 04x12.srt
Series Name - 04x13.srt

Please help.

[foxidrive]

It's fairly simple if you can ensure that the avi name and the appropriate srt name are the same - or if you can rename them both so they start with a number, like this.

A batch file can help with that, if the number of avi files equal the number of srt files in the folder, and they sort properly by name.


01 SeriesName.S04E01.avi
02 SeriesName.S04E02.avi
03 SeriesName.S04E03.avi
04 SeriesName.S04E04.avi
05 SeriesName.S04E05.avi
06 SeriesName.S04E06.avi
07 SeriesName.S04E07.avi


01 Series Name - 04x01.srt
02 Series Name - 04x02.srt
03 Series Name - 04x03.srt
04 Series Name - 04x04.srt
05 Series Name - 04x05.srt
06 Series Name - 04x06.srt
07 Series Name - 04x07.srt

[abc0502]

Test This, not sure about it, so make sure to check the content of each srt file to see if it match or not.

Test on 3 files first

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@Echo OFF

SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
For /F "delims=" %%A In (' DIR /B /A:-D "*.avi" ') Do (
   SET "CurrFileName=%%~nA"
   For /F "tokens=1-2* delims=." %%a In ("%%A") Do (
      SET "SecName=%%b"
      SET "Se=!SecName:~1,2!"
      SET "Ep=!SecName:~4,2!"
   )
   For /F "delims=" %%x In (' DIR /B /A:-D "*.srt" ^|Findstr "$*!Se!x!Ep!.srt" ') Do (
      Ren "%%x" "!CurrFileName!.srt"   
   )
)
Pause

[psychoid69]

abc0502, thankyou, but your script does exactly nothing to any of the files.

foxidrive, I want to use the script only in folders which contain the same number of .avi files as .srt files - you say it's easy, could you please direct me towards the solution if you don't want to write the script?

[abc0502]

Strange ?
did you put it in the same folder with your avi and srt files ?

[psychoid69]

abc0502, yes I did. I'll try to debug it.

[abc0502]

are you sure the srt files has this format " 04x01.srt" and your avi "S04E01"?
I tested it on some files with the same format, i used the names you posted and it worked.

[psychoid69]

My bad... I was testing on my simple-text test files named test1.avi, test2.avi, test3.avi and title1.srt, title2.srt, title3.srt; your script didn't work with those... It works with the files in my first post...

So... this could not be made so that it would work in all scenarios, given that both .avi and .srt files sort in order when listed with dir (that's why I used switch /O:N)?

No matter if we solve it for all scenarios or not, I'm very grateful for what you've given me so far!! Thanks!!!

[foxidrive]

Here you go - run the first batch file in a copy of your folder and it will mate the avi and srt files, by renaming them and adding a number before each filename.
It expects the same number of AVI and SRT files and they must sort in order by name correctly.

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@echo off
set num=00
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir *.avi /o:n /b') do call :next "%%a"
set num=00
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir *.srt /o:n /b') do call :next "%%a"
goto :EOF
:next
set /a num=num+1
set n=000%num%
set n=%n:~-3%
ren "%~1" "%n% %~1"

In the second batch file the command echo avi "%%a" srt "%%c" can be modified to launch a tool to process the avi and srt.

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@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir *.avi /o:n /b') do (
for /f %%b in ("%%a") do (
for /f "delims=" %%c in ('dir "%%b *.srt" /o:n /b') do (
echo avi "%%a" srt "%%c"
)
)
)
pause

[abc0502]

it's might be different, but if you can post a sample of each different naming method, we could find something common in all of then and is used to sort and rename.

BTW, if foxidrive code works with you, you can change my code a little and make it then rename srt with the same name.
Only after Foxidrive code.

[psychoid69]

Thankyou both very much!
I've got it all now.

[foxidrive]

I lost track of what we were trying to do!

This will rename the SRT files to the same name as the AVI file.
It expects the same number of AVI and SRT files and they must sort in order by name correctly

Filenames with ! and % might cause problems.

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@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
dir *.srt /o:n /b>file.tmp
<file.tmp (
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir *.avi /o:n /b') do (
set /p srt=
echo ren "!srt!" "%%~na.srt"
ren "!srt!" "%%~na.srt"
)
)
del file.tmp

[psychoid69]

Yes, foxidrive; this is now exactly the way I wanted it... I was going to try to modify your previous code to achieve this, but thank you very much - you've done it for me (and anyone else who might need this)!