File Manager Integration

[sdaughtry]

Good afternoon from Albuquerque!

My attempts to fully integrate xRecode3 into my file managers of choice (e.g. Total Commander, Double Commander) aren't working. I create the button in the file manager to execute xRecode3 against selected files - that works fine. However, if I attempt to pass folders from the file manager to xRecode3, zero files are populated for xRecode3 to process. I've ran into this dead end with five different file managers - hoping someone can share with me the proper parameter string to pass to enable me to select multiple folders to be processed with xRecode3.

As an example, here is the string I am passing from Total Commander to xRecode3 to process files that works for selected files only:
/i %P%S /r /dest mp3 /cbr 320 /createinsrc /recycle

I thank you in advance for your response.

v/r,
Scott

[admin]

Hello,
What exactly is %P%S ? It would help if you could show the actual final/full command line.

[sdaughtry]

My apologies. Here is what the %P%S means for Total Commander:
%P%S
insert the names of all selected files into the command line, with full path. Names containing spaces will be surrounded by double quotes.

I use many different file manager apps on my C, to include: SpeedCommander, Total Commander, Double Commander, Directory Opus, and FreeCommander. I was hopeful that one of the other xRecode3 users had figured out how the xRecode3 GUI processes parameters - especially multiple directories.

v/r,
Scott

[admin]

OK, I see.
To use /i together with /r you need to pass the input folder and a mask e.g.

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/i c:\files\*.wav /r

Program will then pick up all *.wav files in c:\files folder and sub-folders.

[sdaughtry]

Good evening,

Unfortunately, the various file managers I have don't pass a wildcard as a string - instead, the pass a list of either folders or files.


Scott

[admin]

OK, I see.
Here's an update to try https://xrecode.com/test/setup_xrecode3 ... e_1.180.7z
I added support for %P%S style of files for the /i parameter.
I don't use any of the File managers you mentioned, so please let me know how it worked.

[sdaughtry]

Good evening,

The latest beta permitted me to select multiple audio files from within Total Commander, click a toolbar button, and pass them to xRecode3... in that regard, the latest beta is a win.

What I am ultimately seeking - and what I've failed miserably to adequately describe (again - my fault), is the same thing that happens with the following steps:

1. Open Windows Explorer
2. Select multiple folders that contain audio files
3. Right click; select 'Send to xRecode3', then Add

I was hoping the same end result could be achieved from any of the 'Commander' file manager applications (i.e. click a button that is configured to send as parameters a list of file(s) or folder(s)...