mchwasisdj
It seems tag editor is the surest way of quickly renaming a file in vdj. I was using browsed_file_rename to quickly rename some songs only to realise that some didn't update the change. Good for me I realised pretty soon. Imagine someone who has spent hours renaming only to find out that some didn't adhere to the change.
Posted 7 days ago @ 2:37 pm
PhantomDeejay
The actions behave the same.
The only reason renaming could fail is because the file is set as read only on your OS
The only reason renaming could fail is because the file is set as read only on your OS
Posted 6 days ago @ 8:40 am
mchwasisdj
Okay but I don't remember ever tampering with songs files permissions. Or are you referring to id3 tags copyright permission?
Posted 6 days ago @ 8:44 am
PhantomDeejay
You don't have to explicitly tamper with file permission in order to have "read only" files.
You can download, move and copy "read only" files just as you would do on "regular" files as well.
Windows Explorer will even let you rename those files, as technically "read only" attribute flag on a file means that you can't modify the content of the file, not it's name.
File permissions and file attributes are two different things that a lot of users seem to confuse.
PS: There's also one more case that files won't rename, and that's if the files are located on some folders that your OS treats as "protected". For instance, on Windows OS, you can't typically write/modify files that are directly located on the root of the C: drive (C:\) It needs to be done by an elevated app (Run as Administrator)
Also, on recent versions of MAC OS, you pretty much have to "allow" each app which locations it has access to write/modify data.
Both of these cases are rare user cases, however they still exist.
You can download, move and copy "read only" files just as you would do on "regular" files as well.
Windows Explorer will even let you rename those files, as technically "read only" attribute flag on a file means that you can't modify the content of the file, not it's name.
File permissions and file attributes are two different things that a lot of users seem to confuse.
PS: There's also one more case that files won't rename, and that's if the files are located on some folders that your OS treats as "protected". For instance, on Windows OS, you can't typically write/modify files that are directly located on the root of the C: drive (C:\) It needs to be done by an elevated app (Run as Administrator)
Also, on recent versions of MAC OS, you pretty much have to "allow" each app which locations it has access to write/modify data.
Both of these cases are rare user cases, however they still exist.
Posted 6 days ago @ 10:12 am