Software for copying random files

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Francesco

Hello
I need a program for picking random files from a directory (and subdirs)
and copy them to another one. That should be done until the destination
directory reaches X Mb.
I've searched in google groups but found nothing, so does someone know of a
freeware software that can do this?

Thanks

Bye

Francesco
 
Francesco <[email protected]> wrote:
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I need a program for picking random files from a directory (and subdirs)
and copy them to another one. That should be done until the destination
directory reaches X Mb.
Click to expand...
I've searched in google groups but found nothing, so does someone know of a
freeware software that can do this?
Click to expand...

I've never heard of such a utility, but that doesn't mean there are
none.

Can I ask what you are trying to do? There might be other approaches
if no specific utility is located.
 
In data Tue, 07 Sep 2004 05:48:53 -0500, REM ha scritto:
Can I ask what you are trying to do? There might be other approaches
if no specific utility is located.
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I've got a directory that contains many subdirs and each one of these
contains mp3 I made from my cds (1 subdirectory = 1 album).
Now I'd like to burn a cd with random files and listen to it in my car.
I'm searching for a winamp plugin that could do this but so far I've found
nothing... :(

Bye
Francesco
 
Francesco said:
In data Tue, 07 Sep 2004 05:48:53 -0500, REM ha scritto:

I've got a directory that contains many subdirs and each one of these
contains mp3 I made from my cds (1 subdirectory = 1 album).
Now I'd like to burn a cd with random files and listen to it in my car.
I'm searching for a winamp plugin that could do this but so far I've found
nothing... :(

Bye
Francesco
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The "Shuffle" function in Winamp plays files back at random, just open the
main directory and sub folders in Winamp select Shuffle and convert to
wave...

HTH

Kline
 
In data Tue, 07 Sep 2004 11:10:51 GMT, kline ha scritto:
The "Shuffle" function in Winamp plays files back at random, just open the
main directory and sub folders in Winamp select Shuffle and convert to
wave...
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The problem is I want mp3, not wave

Bye
Francesco
 
Hello
I need a program for picking random files from a directory (and
subdirs) and copy them to another one. That should be done until the
destination directory reaches X Mb.
I've searched in google groups but found nothing, so does someone know
of a freeware software that can do this?
Click to expand...

There is a program that's called Flashshuffle (IIRC) which does exactly
that, copy mp3's to a new folder with a set maximum size , I couldn't find
it on google, maybe someone else has it or knows where to get it.
 
In data 7 Sep 2004 11:43:32 GMT, Rod ha scritto:
There is a program that's called Flashshuffle (IIRC) which does exactly
that, copy mp3's to a new folder with a set maximum size , I couldn't find
it on google, maybe someone else has it or knows where to get it.
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Great, I'll search for it
Thank you a lot!

Bye
Francesco
 
Francesco said:
In data Tue, 07 Sep 2004 11:10:51 GMT, kline ha scritto:

The problem is I want mp3, not wave
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So get/use an MP3 ouput plugin for Winamp and use that rather than
DiskWriter. Or use DiskWriter and encode the output. Either way you can
use various plugins to cross fade (blend end of one with start of next), set
the voulume of each so they are the same, etc. More in fo in my dandies
below under "A Few Favorite Programs">"Winamp2.x"

Another approach would be to use a Winamp plug-into copy or move selected
playlist files to a common folder for burning. EZ-Playlist is one such
plugin. It will even randomly select enough files to fill a CD - exactly
what you want. See my dandies for more info.


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In data Tue, 7 Sep 2004 09:24:33 -0400, dadiOH ha scritto:
So get/use an MP3 ouput plugin for Winamp and use that rather than
DiskWriter. Or use DiskWriter and encode the output. Either way you can
use various plugins to cross fade (blend end of one with start of next), set
the voulume of each so they are the same, etc. More in fo in my dandies
below under "A Few Favorite Programs">"Winamp2.x"

Another approach would be to use a Winamp plug-into copy or move selected
playlist files to a common folder for burning. EZ-Playlist is one such
plugin. It will even randomly select enough files to fill a CD - exactly
what you want. See my dandies for more info.
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Thanks for the advice, that was what more or less I was searching for.
Anyway now I'm trying the software Ian Riches suggested and it looks like
it does what I need.
Thank you :)

Bye
Francesco
 
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