Punctuation isn't an issue unless somehow you're using curly quotes even en- and em-dashes transfer without a problem. Once the Title list appears, I click on the first title and choose File name, then switch to the spreadsheet and triple-click the cell with that title's name in it and use Ctrl+C to copy it to the clipboard. When the track list comes up, I copy and paste the track numbers, which gives me only the tracks I'm interested in. I have the spreadsheet open side-by-side with MakeMKV and use the "Open DVD manually" checkbox instead of scanning the entire disc. Once I'm done, I hide all the columns except Season, Disk, Track, and Paste. The Paste column is exactly the same as the Result column, but instead of formulas, has the text that the formulas assembled. Glee S03XD1.2 Sue Flashback-Deleted Scene No Subs Glee S03XD1.1 Glee Under the Stars No Subs The top row of the Results column is the concatenated track numbers, and the individual track titles follow below.įor example, the columns might have this data: Once I've entered all the data and the formulas have compiled what I want, I use Copy>Paste Special>Text to paste the end results into a column that I can copy the assembled text from. I also have a formula that concatenates the track numbers into a string with spaces between each track number. Saves renaming files after the fact to conform with a naming convention that had to change because something quirky got added on one of the discs.
This allows for spell-check and I do the entire series at once so if I discover any deviations from the norm I can adjust for them before beginning the ripping process. A formula inserts the common components of the names, adds leading zeros and punctuation where needed, and assembles the final name I want to use. Columns include Season, Disk, ID (E for Episode, X for Xtra, etc.), Episode, Suffix, Title, Track, Result, and Paste. I create a spreadsheet and use formulas to assemble the file names I want. Turn around for a 10 episode disk is about one to two minutes.īut yes, it is a pain compared to if MakeMKV just let us transfer the Name to File name without mangling it. It goes fairly quickly, unless the "common part" has punctuation in it.
I then copy the "common part" to the clipboard, and switch the Properties box to "File name", and use the up-arrow to move through each title, double-click on the existing file name, then Ctrl-V plus the number gives me exactly what I want. I can then hit the down arrow, and put the episode number on the end of each title in sequence. I then correct the output folder as needed, and set the Properties->Name to something that is common to the files, such as "Kamigami no Asobi HD". I use the automatic file naming set to "semi automatic". Woodstock wrote:Just as a hint for the process of copy/paste, you can use the keyboard to navigate.
Hopefully there's a more elegant fix coming in an update the sooner the better, please? Little wonder I'd like to not have to paste the preferred name twice! Some seasons have as many as 150 special features for the season that's 900 files names for the special features for the series added to the 132 episode names!
When I'm working on six seasons of a TV show with 22 episodes per season and multiple special features, "editing the file name before ripping" takes a huge amount of time.
Even eliminating the need to choose in the drop-down menu between the two Properties would be a great help. Then I switch to Name and paste the same name there. mkv extension, and paste the name I want instead. The workaround I've come up with is to open the File name and double-click the "title#.mkv", which selects everything before the.
The suffixes are added to make sure you have unique file names, but, if you have "Expert mode" turned on in Preferences->General, editing the file name before ripping is simple enough. Mike has not acknowledged them recently, that I've read. The issue of spaces AND suffixes come up regularly here.