[b4mv]

So I’ve been stumped on something for a little while, and I figured it couldn’t hurt to ask here.

 

Have we heard of Pop’nMusic? Stepmania? Maybe? Cool.

 

Stepmania doesn’t support UTF-8 Characters in file or folder names when loading songs. It sucks, because I have a dump of Pop’N Music songs that I’d like to play, but none of them will load in Stepmania due to them looking like this: Song Folder

Inside Song Folder

 

(Sorry, have to link to picture due to the width of it. Is it possible to resize pictures with BBcode on this forum?)

 

I’m looking for a way to rename these folders and files, without manually doing 1000s of files one by one. I’m just looking to rename things with Underscores or dashes, just so that it’s read by Stepmania on loading. I don’t really care about preserving the filenames in the least bit.

 

 

If this is too off topic, it can be removed. No real place to post this here.

 

Thanks for looking!

[Farottone]

Have you looked for batch renaming utilities?

[b4mv]

I have. currently messing around with Ken Rename, although it’s not going so well. It works maybe half the time if I convert Unicode to Windows 1250, but then breaks a ton of files in the process. Have any suggestions on other renaming utilities?

[Farottone]

I use this one but it’s not free and I don’t know if it fits your needs:

 

http://www.publicspace.net/windows/BetterFileRename/

[b4mv]

Interestingly enough, I just solved my problem by switching windows to Japanese locale.

 

Not exactly the way I wanted to go about it, but I suppose it works.

 

 

Thanks anyway

[espher]

If you’ve got Powershell, you could try this. I haven’t tested it on my machine as I don’t have any files that fit (and I was looking to spin up a Japanese region WinXP or Win7 VM for some other project work but have yet to get around to it sooo).

 

I recommend opening the PowerShell ISE (C:WindowsSystem32WindowsPowerShellv1.0powershell_ise.exe), creating a new script, pasting this in, replacing the $folderPath variable with the root folder where your files are located, and hitting Run Script (the play button):

 

$folderPath = "your folder path here"

$filesArray = Get-ChildItem -Path $folderPath -Recurse | Where {$_.Name -Match "[^U0020-U007F]"}

$filesArray | ForEach-Object {

$newFileName = [Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString([Text.Encoding]::GetEncoding("Shift-JIS").GetBytes($_.Name))

$newFileName = $newFileName.Replace('?','_')

If ($_.Name -ne $newFileName) {

$increm = 1

$testName = $_.FullName.Replace($_.Name,$newFileName)

While (Test-Path -Path $testName)

{

$nextName = ([iO.FileInfo]$newFileName).BaseName + "_($num)" + ([iO.FileInfo]$newFileName).Extension

$testName = $_.FullName.Replace($_.Name,$nextName)

$num += 1

}

ren $_.FullName $testName

}

}

 

I recommend trying it with a folder with 1-2 copied songs or w/e as a test in case I break all of the things.

 

Basically, what it should do is this:

 

* Build an array with a list of every file and folder (and subfolders), starting in a designated base folder, that have non-ASCII characters.

* Take each name and make it into an ASCII string (this will change all of the non-ASCII characters to ?). I am assuming (perhaps incorrectly) that the filenames are in Shift-JIS encoding.

* Converts every ? in the string to a _.

* Renames the file to a matching one and avoids a conflict by appending a number at the end in a case where you’d get two identical files.

 

Edit: If you’re cool with Japanese non-unicode, though, that might work best. ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif”>

[b4mv]

PS C:UsersAtom> $folderPath = "C:/Test Script"

$filesArray = Get-ChildItem -Path $folderPath -Recurse | Where {$_.Name -Match "[^U0020-U007F]"}

$filesArray | ForEach-Object {

$newFileName = [Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString([Text.Encoding]::GetEncoding("Shift-JIS").GetBytes($_.Name))

$newFileName = $newFileName.Replace('?','_')

If ($_.Name -ne $newFileName) {

$increm = 1

$testName = $_.FullName.Replace($_.Name,$newFileName)

While (Test-Path -Path $testName)

{

$nextName = ([iO.FileInfo]$newFileName).BaseName + "_($num)" + ([iO.FileInfo]$newFileName).Extension

$testName = $_.FullName.Replace($_.Name,$nextName)

$num += 1

}

ren $_.FullName $testName

}

}

Bad argument to operator '-match': parsing "[^U0020-U007F]" - Unrecognized escape sequ

ence U..

At line:2 char:79

+ $filesArray = Get-ChildItem -Path $folderPath -Recurse | Where {$_.Name -Match <<<<  "

[^U0020-U007F]"}

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: ( [], RuntimeException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : BadOperatorArgument



-At this point, it output this a couple hundred times SNIP-



Bad argument to operator '-match': parsing "[^U0020-U007F]" - Unrecognized escape sequence U..

At line:2 char:79

+ $filesArray = Get-ChildItem -Path $folderPath -Recurse | Where {$_.Name -Match <<<<  "[^U0020-U007F]"}

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: ( [], RuntimeException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : BadOperatorArgument



Exception calling "GetBytes" with "1" argument(s): "Array cannot be null.

Parameter name: chars"

At line:4 char:103

+     $newFileName = [Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString([Text.Encoding]::GetEncoding("Shift-JIS").GetBytes <<<< ($_.

Name))

+ CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: ( [], MethodInvocationException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException



You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.

At line:5 char:40

+     $newFileName = $newFileName.Replace <<<< ('?','_')

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (Replace:String) [], RuntimeException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull





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I need to learn to powershell. I recently started a video series on it actually.

Don’t kill yourself with this, and thanks a lot for the help :]

[espher]

Sorry, I think:

 

[^U0020-U007F]

 

should be

 

[^u0020-u007F]

 

I forgot it needs to be lowercase. I’m not a regex-y guy. ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_emot-3.gif”>

 

I’d also make sure the path has a instead of a /.

[b4mv]

Mmm, good call on the path, I guess this is Windows. haha

 

I’ll give it a go.

 

EDIT: When I copied it into the ISE, it must have converted it to lowercase when I ran it, because it’s already lowercase.

 

EDIT 2: I’m actually just incredibly blind, it was still uppercase. Now it’s lowercase. Now it spit out this:

 

PS C:UsersAtom> $folderPath = "C:Test Script"

$filesArray = Get-ChildItem -Path $folderPath -Recurse | Where {$_.Name -Match '[^u0020-u007F]'}

$filesArray | ForEach-Object {

$newFileName = [Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString([Text.Encoding]::GetEncoding("Shift-JIS").GetBytes($_.Name))

$newFileName = $newFileName.Replace('?','_')

If ($_.Name -ne $newFileName) {

$increm = 1

$testName = $_.FullName.Replace($_.Name,$newFileName)

While (Test-Path -Path $testName)

{

$nextName = ([iO.FileInfo]$newFileName).BaseName + "_($num)" + ([iO.FileInfo]$newFileName).Extension

$testName = $_.FullName.Replace($_.Name,$nextName)

$num += 1

}

ren $_.FullName $testName

}

}

Test-Path : Cannot retrieve the dynamic parameters for the cmdlet. The specified wildcard pattern is not valid: _A

___p___}__ - _A___p___}_____}_[_

At line:9 char:25

+         While (Test-Path <<<<  -Path $testName)

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: ( [Test-Path], ParameterBindingException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetDynamicParametersException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathCommand



Rename-Item : Cannot rename because the target specified represents a path or device name.

At line:15 char:12

+         ren <<<<  $_.FullName $testName

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: ( [Rename-Item], PSArgumentException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Argument,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RenameItemCommand



Test-Path : Cannot retrieve the dynamic parameters for the cmdlet. The specified wildcard pattern is not valid: _G

_[_Q - ____________G_[_Q_C___e_[_}_

At line:9 char:25

+         While (Test-Path <<<<  -Path $testName)

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: ( [Test-Path], ParameterBindingException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetDynamicParametersException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathCommand



Test-Path : Cannot retrieve the dynamic parameters for the cmdlet. The specified wildcard pattern is not valid: _

_D_h_D____________ - _R___s___[_^_[____________

At line:9 char:25

+         While (Test-Path <<<<  -Path $testName)

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: ( [Test-Path], ParameterBindingException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetDynamicParametersException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathCommand



Rename-Item : Cannot rename because item at 'C:Test Scriptアメリカ - STAR TREKアメリカ [5button]_100.bme' does not exis

t.

At line:15 char:12

+         ren <<<<  $_.FullName $testName

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: ( [Rename-Item], PSInvalidOperationException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RenameItemCommand



Rename-Item : Cannot rename because item at 'C:Test Scriptアメリカ - STAR TREKアメリカ [5button]_100.pms' does not exis

t.

At line:15 char:12

+         ren <<<<  $_.FullName $testName

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: ( [Rename-Item], PSInvalidOperationException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RenameItemCommand



Rename-Item : Cannot rename because item at 'C:Test Scriptアメリカ - STAR TREKアメリカ [bATTLE]_253.bme' does not exist

.

At line:15 char:12

+         ren <<<<  $_.FullName $testName

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: ( [Rename-Item], PSInvalidOperationException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RenameItemCommand



Rename-Item : Cannot rename because item at 'C:Test Scriptアメリカ - STAR TREKアメリカ [bATTLE]_253.pms' does not exist

.

At line:15 char:12

+         ren <<<<  $_.FullName $testName

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: ( [Rename-Item], PSInvalidOperationException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RenameItemCommand



Rename-Item : Cannot rename because item at 'C:Test Scriptアメリカ - STAR TREKアメリカ [HYPER]_259.bme' does not exist.

At line:15 char:12

+         ren <<<<  $_.FullName $testName

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: ( [Rename-Item], PSInvalidOperationException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RenameItemCommand



Rename-Item : Cannot rename because item at 'C:Test Scriptアメリカ - STAR TREKアメリカ [HYPER]_259.pms' does not exist.

At line:15 char:12

+         ren <<<<  $_.FullName $testName

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: ( [Rename-Item], PSInvalidOperationException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RenameItemCommand









-SNIP Couple thousand lines Does not exist at this point. SNIP-







Rename-Item : Cannot rename because item at 'C:Test ScriptＡ．Ｉ．ãŠã°ã‚ã¡ã‚ƒã‚“ - コンピューターãŠã°ã‚ã¡ã‚ƒã‚“Ａ．Ｉ．ãŠã°ã‚ã¡ã‚ƒã‚“ [x5button]_120.p

ms' does not exist.

At line:15 char:12

+         ren <<<<  $_.FullName $testName

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: ( [Rename-Item], PSInvalidOperationException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RenameItemCommand



Rename-Item : Cannot rename because item at 'C:Test ScriptＡ．Ｉ．ãŠã°ã‚ã¡ã‚ƒã‚“ - コンピューターãŠã°ã‚ã¡ã‚ƒã‚“Ａ．Ｉ．ãŠã°ã‚ã¡ã‚ƒã‚“ [xNORMAL]_165.bm

e' does not exist.

At line:15 char:12

+         ren <<<<  $_.FullName $testName

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: ( [Rename-Item], PSInvalidOperationException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RenameItemCommand



Rename-Item : Cannot rename because item at 'C:Test ScriptＡ．Ｉ．ãŠã°ã‚ã¡ã‚ƒã‚“ - コンピューターãŠã°ã‚ã¡ã‚ƒã‚“Ａ．Ｉ．ãŠã°ã‚ã¡ã‚ƒã‚“ [xNORMAL]_165.pm

s' does not exist.

At line:15 char:12

+         ren <<<<  $_.FullName $testName

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: ( [Rename-Item], PSInvalidOperationException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RenameItemCommand



Rename-Item : Cannot rename because item at 'C:Test ScriptＡ．Ｉ．ãŠã°ã‚ã¡ã‚ƒã‚“ - コンピューターãŠã°ã‚ã¡ã‚ƒã‚“Ａ．Ｉ．ãŠã°ã‚ã¡ã‚ƒã‚“.lr' does not exi

st.

At line:15 char:12

+         ren <<<<  $_.FullName $testName

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: ( [Rename-Item], PSInvalidOperationException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RenameItemCommand





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EDIT 3: This is probably really obvious, but I’ll say it anyway. It looks like It’s renaming the folders before the files inside, and that’s making the path change so It can’t find the files it would like to rename afterwards.

[espher]

Alright, that’s probably a quick fix. I’ll take a look tonight. I likely need to have it iterate through all the files first and then go for folders as a separate loop.

 

In theory, running it twice in a row ‘should’ work, as the first time it should get folders and then the second time it should not have to rename folders and then get the files inside…

 

Maybe I’ll try to create some files to test it with on my machine.

[b4mv]

It’s not a big deal, don’t put any significant amount of time to it.

I can zip up some files and send them your way if you’d like as well.

[TomGuy]

So I’ve been stumped on something for a little while, and I figured it couldn’t hurt to ask here.

 

Have we heard of Pop’nMusic? Stepmania? Maybe? Cool.

 

I saw StepMania and I got excited. Didn’t know anyone else actually played it besides me, ha ha.

[b4mv]

So I’ve been stumped on something for a little while, and I figured it couldn’t hurt to ask here.

 

Have we heard of Pop’nMusic? Stepmania? Maybe? Cool.

 

I saw StepMania and I got excited. Didn’t know anyone else actually played it besides me, ha ha.

 

Yeah. I’ve been playing stepmania on and off for like 10 years. It’s relaxing. I’m making a song at the moment.

[espher]

It’s not a big deal, don’t put any significant amount of time to it.

I can zip up some files and send them your way if you’d like as well.

 

Sure.

[b4mv]

Woops, thought I posted the link. Big download. cool stuff the way these files work.

 

http://www.mediafire.com/download/fnoo6 … nicode.rar

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