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    I have several airwolf files that were originally aired in 1984 and 85 but they arent in any set order. How do I create the filename so they are in mm/dd/yy order so I look them up easily? John 99th
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    Advanced renamer can do it for you. And afaik it is free software. But it take some time to understand its philosophy.

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    I might suggest that, in order to keep them in chronological order, you name them using "yyyy-mm-dd" style instead.

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    Is there a renaming tool that allows you to input the starting date in the file name such 60-12-1 and the end date such 60-12-8. Then the incriment and count off the days in between in the file name? John
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  5. There were 24 episodes. I suspect you could change them manually in less time than it would take to learn the software.
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    Then there's the flintstones that had 155 episodes! Is ther a piece of software that would "automate" This?
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    Start by naming them 01 02 03 to 24
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    I would like to rename my files like (1960-June-02 season xx episode xx episode name . I would like to increment the date by 7 days with episode 03. How do I do this?? John
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    I would like to rename my files like (1960-June-02 season xx episode xx episode name . I would like to increment the date by 7 days with episode 02. How do I do this?? John
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    Originally Posted by Cornucopia View Post
    I might suggest that, in order to keep them in chronological order, you name them using "yyyy-mm-dd" style instead.

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    I agree 100%, and have been doing this on a personal level for years now. I don't know why, especially now in this age which is more digital than ever, there's no rigid standard regarding this (AFAIK).

    It's annoying when you see something like 07-09-2009, such as on a receipt, or site, etc. You have to figure out whether it's July 9 or September 7, and only with (time consuming, if available) context you can figure this out.

    There really should be some international standard regarding this. It's way too loose right now, and really should be in the YYYY-MM-DD format.
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    I agree . it is better (for my myopic eyes) to see September 7 then 09-07 in the file name. I don't know of the sort on the computer understands that September is the ninth month or not? I get all confused if its all numbers. Is there a way in filebot to put the month name in the filename? Will it sort it as if it were a number? John
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    Ok as shekh says yyyy-mm-dd. Now the question is , does dos understand that september is the ninth month if it isnt programm8callyy assigned to it?
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    The answer is NO (it does NOT understand) - use numbers, not names (for any date portion), if you want to stay chronological. If you get into the (good) habit of it, it'll come to you a lot more easily. It also works better internationally. I guess if you wanted to remember which was which, you could do like "y2016-m05-d17".

    However, it is often the case with TV episodes that they are not ALWAYS perfectly consecutive - they might skip a week or 2, etc. Sweeps specials and holidays often intervene. IIWY, I'd either do S##Ep##, etc. or yyyy-mm-dd, but not both. Kind of redundant.

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    Originally Posted by shekh View Post
    Nice to see that it is indeed an ISO standard. Unfortunately it's still not used as it should be.

    Bought gas today, and the receipt says "5/20/16" for the date, and "05/20/2016" for the financial transaction on my debit card. Very, very annoying. The only thing making it any clear is that we know that months only go up to 12, and I know it's today, but in many other contexts, this is very confusing, and I hate the fact that I actually have to spend more than one second having to think of stuff like this each time I look, when I shouldn't have to. I expect more from Canada, which brags about being metric and current and all about stuff like this...

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    I'm big on meticulous file naming myself, and big on this YYYY-MM-DD format, and I do recommend it, and I do believe one can get used to it without the "name of the month" in the file name, and do recommend, at least for horizontal consistency, adding a 0 first digit for MM, DD < 10.

    Unless there's some script used, then no, it won't recognize the order of the months in alphabet text, and you'll get disorganization when "February" will be sooner than "January", and many other cases, in the same year via alphabetical sort.

    Just use the numbers for a bit.You'll get used to it.

    I would do, both, the date and season-episode number myself for any TV shows I may want to sort. Assuming it's today's date, season 4, 14th episode, I'd personally use:

    Show Title [04x14] (2016-05-20) - Name of Episode (if available)

    I like the "matrix" feel of Season-EP, and would also use the special word "The" at the end, with a comma if applicable in certain contexts (but may keep it at the beginning if it's at the start of the name of the episode).

    Show Title, The [04x14] (2016-05-20) - The Name of the Episode

    Another annoying thing, in Windows we can't use the question mark, which applies in many contexts... I personally use the semi-colon ( ; ) in such cases since it looks like a question mark upside down...
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    Boy Puzzler do I agree with you! I also cant figure out why you cant rename anything with makemkv? Would it make it easier in the long run! [/rant]
    I'm trying to use bulk file renamer to rename MacGyver_-_Season 1,_Disc_1 to MacGyver Season 1 Episode xx . where xx is counted from 13 to the end of the amount of files. Does anyone use this ap and know how to do this? John
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    I'm trying to use bulk file renamer to rename MacGyver_-_Season 1,_Disc_1 to MacGyver Season 1 Episode xx . where xx is counted from 13 to the end of the amount of files.
    You can try for this Total commander. It is easy there.
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  17. I'm trying to use bulk file renamer to rename MacGyver_-_Season 1,_Disc_1
    1. Highlight all (Ctrl+a)
    2. Remove (5) First n - Any number higher than used.
    3. Add (7) MacGyver Season 1 Episode
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  18. Originally Posted by RBCC View Post
    Is there a renaming tool that allows you to input the starting date in the file name such 60-12-1 and the end date such 60-12-8. Then the incriment and count off the days in between in the file name? John
    I wrote an application years ago that read the file date stamp and pre-pended it to the original file name. For example, 20120503.<file name>. It was pretty simple to do so I'm sure there are free versions out there. Nice thing was that it could rename hundreds of files almost instantly.
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  19. Also found in Bulk Rename: Auto date (8) above.
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  20. I shoot lots of video...
    When using 2 camcorders to record golf.
    I set one 10 to 15 seconds behind the other.

    Then when I merge the video files the swing from back and the side show one after the other...

    I use the remote all the time. It eliminates the jiggle at the beginning and end caused by hitting the on/off button especially when zoomed in.

    When videoing drag races. I rest my wrist on the tripod and swivel and zoom back as the cars approach the finish.
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    Many thanks for your help?
    Is it okay if i ask a question from another thread? John
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