dBpoweramp Naming
Naming creates filenames dynamically, for example a
filename might be created from the resolution.
Naming is constructed by adding Elements, for example this naming:
[resolution]\[origfilename]
Sorts the encoded images into folders as specified by the
resolution, maintaining the original names.
Common values are:
[resolution]
[aspectratio]
[width]
[height]
[colordepth]
[origpath] the source file path (used when converting, not CD Ripping]
[origfilename] the source filename (minus extension, again used when converting)
[origdrive] drive source files are on, example C:\
When creating naming an example is shown, experiment
until the desired filename has been achieved.
Naming Examples
Preserving Source Path and Filename:
[origpath]\[origfilename]
Setting the Output to Folder to a different drive, or folder, it is possible to create a 2nd library, such as lossless to mp3
Preserving Source Path and Filename (remove first folder):
[TRIMFIRSTFOLDER][origpath][]\[origfilename]
Preserving Source Path and Filename (remove first two folders):
[TRIMFIRSTFOLDER][TRIMFIRSTFOLDER][origpath][][]\[origfilename]
Programmable Naming
Naming can be manipulated programmatically [requires dBpoweramp Reference]:
[UPPER]string[] uppercases string
[LOWER]string[] lowercases string
[RIGHT]count,string[] uses last x characters from a string, ie [RIGHT]3,abcdefg[] gives 'efg'
[GRAB]from,to,string[] extracts a portion of string. If to is omitted then the string is grabbed to the end, ie [GRAB]2,4,abcdefg[] gives 'bcd'
[TRIM]string[] trims spaces from beginning or end of string
[DEL]from,to,string[] removes a portion of string. If to is omitted then the string is deleted from 'from', ie [DEL]2,4,abcdefg[] gives 'aefg'
[SETLEN]count,pre,post,string[] sets a string length, if count is more the string length then string is extended, if less than then string is shortened. When extending a string
if pre (a character ascii code) is present, the string is extended by inserting characters to the front of the string, otherwise to the end. Examples:
[SETLEN]4,,,abcdefg[] gives 'abcd'
[SETLEN]14,65,,abcdefg[] gives 'AAAAAAAabcdefg'
[SETLEN]14,,66,abcdefg[] gives 'abcdefgBBBBBBB'
[IFEQUALS]tag,equals,string[] tests the tag value, if the same as equals then string is included, example: [IFEQUALS]genre,pop,The Genre Is Pop[],
[IF!EQUALS] as above except string is included if tag value does not match,
[IF]tag,condition,match,stringmatch,stringnomatch[] allows condition checking, condition can be =, len<,
len>, len=. For example: [if][artist],=,blur,maches,nomatch[] the string matches will be inserted if the artist is blur. Another example:
[if][artist],len<,5,lessthanfivechars,fivecharsormore[] will insert lessthanfivechars if the arist length is less than 5 characters.
[IFVALUE]tag,strifvalue,strnovalue[] if tag has a value (ie not "") then strifvalue is used, otherwise strnovalue is used, example [IFVALUE]artist,Artist Has a Value,Artist
Has no Value[]
[TRIMFIRSTFOLDER]string[] removes the first folder, example [TRIMFIRSTFOLDER]f1\f2\f3[] returns 'f2\f3'
[TRIMLASTFOLDER]string[] removes the last folder, example [TRIMLASTFOLDER]f1\f2\f3[] returns 'f1\f2'
[FRONTFOLDER]position[] returns just the folder
in position X from the source path
[BACKFOLDER]position[] returns just
the folder in position Count-X from the source path, where 1 is last
folder, 2 is last but one.
[MAXLENGTH]len,string[] shortens string if it is over len number of characters
[REPLACE]search,replacement,string[] string is searched for the search string and is substituted with the replacement. To use tags write string as [tag]tagname[].
[WORD]string,wordcount[] limits string to set word count, for example is string is 'A Quick Brown Fox' and wordcount is 2, then 'A Quick' is returned.
