Folder File Structure?

[vining]

How does one go about changing the folder and file structure of music ripped using the VBP's onboard ripper. I can change the default on Bliss to match the default on the VBP but I can't change dbPowerAmp to match the VBP since I don't see a method on dBPAmp to replace spaces with underscores. There doesn't seem to be a strReplace() function.


If I new how to change the default on the VBP I then could make them all jive. As is, Bliss wants to covert everything to its format which I could make match to the VBP and I wouldn't mind if it were automated and didn't require me to give each entry the ok to convert. I normally rip using a PC running dbPAmp which is why I have this issue but I'd like the entries to match on the odd occasion someone uses the VBP's onboard ripper.


Also Bliss is a little strange since when doing the file structure conversion it often ignores the stored cover art and then shows none. I guess that's a topic for the Bliss forum....

[cphan]

Check the Vortexbox documentation for the "Changing how your VortexBox rips files" entry. This will show you how to edit the ripit config file from the cmd line to change the way it generates file names.

[Ron Olsen]

The VortexBox AutoRipper is configured in /etc/ripit/config. To change the ripping options you need to edit this file.

Login to your VortexBox; see http://info.vortexbox.org/tiki.....page=Login

Enter

cp /etc/ripit/config /etc/ripit/config.orig


to save a copy of the original config file. Then enter

nano /etc/ripit/config
to edit the file.

To keep spaces and not replace them by underscores, change

underscore=1
to

underscore=0



To have albums stored in an artist/album hierarchy (the dBPoweramp default), change




dirtemplate="$suffix/$artist – $album"
to


dirtemplate=$suffix/$artist/$album"


You can also change the track file name template by changing the tracktemplate variable. The default is

tracktemplate="$tracknum $trackname"
You can also control whether or not the ripper creates a playlist (.m3u) file for the album by with the playlist variable.

Read through /etc/ripit/config to see the many other ripping options.


When you are finished, write the file (control-o) and quit (control-x).

Once you have edited /etc/ripit/config to your liking, you need to stop and start the autoripper to pick up the changes:


service vortexbox stop

service vortexbox start


Be sure to save a backup copy of your edited config file; a new version of the ripit rpm could overwrite /etc/ripit/config and you could lose your changes:




cp /etc/ripit/config /etc/ripit/config.save

[vining]

Ron,


That works like a champ too! Now everytihng should be creating folders/files the same way.


Thx again.




cphan, thanks as well.