Any way to target filename, instead of extensions?

I'm setting up DirMon2, and I would like to set up a conversion process for _some_ of my SageTV recordings. For example, I would like to convert "The Daily Show" to XVid, but nothing else.

Is there any way to target by anything other than extension? Can we use a wildcarded file mask?

Thanks!

OK, so I guess you can't use a filemask pattern to select which files to trigger on. I guess I'll try to find another way to handle it.

Just wanted to say that I was hoping for this feature, too.
Reason: I want ads parsed/removed from most of my shows, but if they are known PBS shows (Frontline, NOW, Nova, etc), I do NOT want comskip/ShowAnalyzer to run on them. PBS shows do not have ads but comskip/SA tend to find blank frames or other indicators and skip valid show segments.
Thanks Jere. DirMon is SLICK! Can't wait to upgrade to DM2.

[Jere_Jones]

If you're using SA, you can use the automatic profile selection to tell SA what files to not process. It is much more flexible than a filename match since it can also use channel number, name, path, etc.

Jere

Originally Posted by Jere_Jones

If you're using SA, you can use the automatic profile selection to tell SA what files to not process. It is much more flexible than a filename match since it can also use channel number, name, path, etc.

Jere

I'm trying to use DirMon to recompress selected shows - not everything, just a few choice items. Without a target filename mask, I would have to kludge together something with batch files and flag files to keep it from trying to process everything, and I would rather not clutter up my recordings directory.

If all you want it to be is the scheduling brains for SA, then it's fine as is. If you want it to be more generally usefull, then some additional work is needed.

[Jere_Jones]

I realize that the following solution for you is ugly... very ugly, but it does work.

Step 1: Make sure that your path has a . in it. A directory like D:\Incoming.Videos\ will work fine.
Step 2: Come up with a regular expression (perl style rules) that will find your files.
Step 3: Put that expression in the target extensions block.

Example 1: To process all the files with SG1 in the filename, I would use ".*SG1.*" (without the quotes) as the target expression.

Example 2: To process all the mpg files with SG1 in the filename, I would use ".*SG1.*\.mpg" (without the quotes) as the target expression.

Example 3: To process all the mpg or mpeg files with SG1 in the filename, I would use ".*SG1.*\.(mpg|mpeg)" (without the quotes) as the target expression.

I realize it's ugly and not what you are looking for, but it does work.

Jere

Interesting solution - I'll have to think about that one for a bit. Like you said, it is ugly. But it does look like it will work. Thanks for sticking with me on this one.

One question - why the dot in the directory name? It appears that the regular expression should work without it, but then I'm a bit rusty on regex. Been in the Windows world a bit too long.

[Jere_Jones]

Originally Posted by src666

One question - why the dot in the directory name? It appears that the regular expression should work without it, but then I'm a bit rusty on regex. Been in the Windows world a bit too long.

Because the entry in the "Target Extension" block is only part of the regex used to find the show. If you're curious, the first part is: "(.*)\.(". Then whatever is in the Target Extension block then a closing parenthesis.

Jere

Originally Posted by Jere_Jones

Because the entry in the "Target Extension" block is only part of the regex used to find the show. If you're curious, the first part is: "(.*)\.(". Then whatever is in the Target Extension block then a closing parenthesis.

Jere

Thanks for clearing that up.