Smart naming of output files

Derek Moss dmgi at stoptheviolence.co.uk
Sun Jul 29 07:48:46 EDT 2012


On 29 July 2012 12:17, Rob Dixon <rob.dixon at gmx.com> wrote:

>> You need to adjust the file-prefix option. By default it's set to
>>
>>      "<name> - <episode> <pid> <version>"
>>
>> and if all you want to do is remove the PID from the name you can just add
>>
>>      --file-prefix "<name> - <episode> <version>"
>>
>> to your command line.
>>
>> If there is anything you want to make permanent then add it to your
>> preferences file using
>>
>>      get_iplayer --prefs-add --file-prefix "<name> - <episode> <version>"
>>
>> Use the --info option to see what information fields are available, and
>> note that you can add whatever characters you like between the fields.
>> You can also change the directory where the file is stored using the
>> --subdir-format option in the same way.
>
>
> You also wanted the `default` removed. That is the `version` field so
> you end up with just
>
>     --file-prefix "<name> - <episode>"
>
> Rob

As I understand it the WebPVR doesn't use the command line preferences
file, so is there any way to change the filenames like this for the
WebPVR as well?



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