#120 How to preserve/recreate folder structure?

[Anonymous]

Hi!

I love this app. :)

I have a number of FLAC files in different folders. How do I batch convert them all, so that for each folder with FLAC files, the application creates equivalent folders with MP3 files? For example:

<flac 1="">
<flac 2=""></flac></flac>

converted to

<flac 1="" mp3s="">
<flac 2="" mp3=""></flac></flac>

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

It should be:

<flac 1>
<flac 2>

converted to

<flac 1 MP3s>
<flac 2 MP3s>

[Robert Kausch]

Sorry for answering only now!

You can configure the output filename pattern something like this:

<filetype>\<directory>\<filename>

The <filetype> placeholder will resolve to MP3 when converting to .mp3 files. The <directory> placeholder will reproduce the input folder of the original files. You can add a +n to that placholder to skip folders at the beginning, so you might end up with something like this:

<filetype>\<directory+2>\<filename>

See the fre:ac how to guide on filename patterns for more details.

[Anonymous]

How do you add every directory without adding each directory manually?

[Robert Kausch]

I'm not sure what you mean. Adding directories to the joblist? Just select them in your system's file manager (Explorer, Finder etc.) and drag & drop them to the fre:ac joblist.