Batch Rename Files as Episode Name

[abo]

Hello,

I am putting downloaded podcasts onto my rockbox ipod. So far, everything has been working well, but my podcast downloader does not change file names when they are downloaded. Is there a way to bulk rename files with their respective episode names? Their episode names are tagged in the files, but I don't know if there is a way to use those tags.

Thanks!

[Plerry]

> Is there a way to bulk rename files ...
Not in FreeFileSync (FFS)

[Zenju]

> Is there a way to bulk rename files ...
Not in FreeFileSync (FFS)

Of course there is:
https://freefilesync.org/manual.php?topic=tips-and-tricks#multi-rename

But FFS's batch renaming doesn't allow to use file metadata for the replacements.

[abo]

Manual batch renaming exists:
https://freefilesync.org/manual.php?topic=tips-and-tricks#multi-rename

That’s what made me curious. Where it says “2”, that’s the episode name in the image. I want to specify what that 2 should be.

I might just need a bulk renaming tool.

[xCSxXenon]

I've mp3tag to do this in the past, it can rename based on metadata/tags.

The rename feature in FFS isn't sufficient for this. It just finds the first character that exists in each filename, I think? And the placeholder thing is also confusing. I'm sure it's "fine" for very basic renaming, but for any set of files with dissimilar names, it's awful and I would never use it over dedicated rename utilities with so much many features and polish.

[Zenju]

These dedicated bulk rename tools have the most miserable GUIs of all existing software. I cannot understand the mind that would prefer the following over FFS's pristine beauty of a rename function:

rename-utility.png (233.88 KiB) Viewed 270 times

[abo]

Thank you all for the help! I ended up finding my answer in gPodder, the podcast downloading app. There’s an extension that automatically changes the file name on download. I do that and then send it over to the iPod using FFS.

After I set up AutoFFS, I will have a fully automated workflow when my iPod docs!

[xCSxXenon]

These dedicated bulk rename tools have the most miserable GUIs of all existing software. I cannot understand the mind that would prefer the following over FFS's pristine beauty of a rename function:
rename-utility.png

Jesus, is that from the early 2000s? I've used Ant Renamer for a bit now, and I know there are others even better and more beautiful than that still