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Configuring The Output Directory & Using A Custom Naming Scheme

 

The output directory and custom file naming scheme is specified in the preferences. Pro Audio Converter allows you to specify a custom output file name and folder structure based on various properies of the input file. Use keywords enclosed in brackets, called Format Specifiers, to build your folder and file structure. The Format Specifiers will be replaced with the actual information from the input file when it is encoded. You can also put your own text outside of the Format Specifiers and that text will appear for every output file. Use forward slashes (/) to separate directories and Pro Audio Converter will automatically create all the directories and sub-directories for you.

It is also possible to include your own text before or after the keyword inside the brackets. If the metadata corresponding to the keyword is not present in the source file, everything inside the brackets will not be included in the output file name. This is very useful for creating separators so that the separators will not appear if the metadata is not present. Here are some examples to show how this works:

Lets say your custom naming scheme is:

{discNumber - }{trackNumber - }{trackTitle}

Notice that the dash separators are inside the brackets of discNumber and trackNumber. If, for example, your source file does not have a disc number defined, the dash will not appear in the output file name. The output will be something like:

01 – My Song.mp3

It is even possible to nest format specifiers inside each other. You might have something as complicated as:

{Disc discNumber{ of discTotal} - }{Track trackNumber{ of trackTotal} - }{trackTitle}

A file that has all of its metadata defined might turn out like this:

Disc 1 of 2 – Track 3 of 11 – My Song.mp3

If that same file did not have it's disc number or disc total defined it would end up like:

Track 3 of 11 – My Song.mp3

Or, if it did not have it's disc total or track total defined, it would come out like:

Disc 1 – Track 3 – My Song.mp3

If only the track title was defined it would come out like:

My Song.mp3

All of these file names are the result of the same custom naming scheme! As you can see, the custom naming scheme system of Pro Audio Converter is very powerful!