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kronoSX

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I need a exe made that can rename .chk files back to original mp3 with headers.
It must work very fast to.I have lots and lots of good 10 to 20 gigs .chk files ready for processing.
source like this unchk.exe which source code is 11kb.
I have modified the ini file but i need a faster solution.I tried renaming the file to extension .mp3 and its fine but just so many to rename and listen to:eek:
Not to confuse anyone,all i need is a better faster way to rename those .chk file to the original mp3 names
 
I often have to do the same thing.

You can use "ReNameIt" (http://sourceforge.net/projects/renameit/) to change ONLY the filename extension (*.chk) to whatever you need.
Its relatively small and works very fast. You can choose entire directories, with sub-directories and filter files by type (extension), etc.
 
I think dablakmark8 not only wants all .chk files renamed back to .mp3, but also the filenames themselves must be constructed from the ID3 tags of the mp3 files.

Windows Media Player can do this (I think from version 10 and onwards).

Looking at WMP 11 at the moment, in Options -> Library, you have two options:
  • Rename music files using rip music settings
  • Rearrange music in rip music folder, using rip settings

I usually use just the first option as the second option is a bit dangerous - if you have a CD ripped in a folder and for some reason the Album Artist is not specified for some of the files, then WMP will split your ripped CD in two folders - Unknown Artist for the ones without Album Artist speficied, and the actual artist name for the ones that do have it specified. This is true for some of the other tags as well. Not sure if it can be changed, but the structure is:
Rip Folder\Album Artist\Album\Filename.

Oh and in the Rip Music tab, I usually add track number to the filename as well.

Good luck!
 
In Linux you can do:
Code: 
#!/bin/bash
TITLE="`id3tool "$1" | grep '^Song Title:' | awk '{ for (i=3;i<=NF;i++) { printf $i; printf " " } }'`"
ARTIST="`id3tool "$1" | grep '^Artist:' | awk '{ for (i=2;i<=NF;i++) { printf $i; printf " " } }'`"
ALBUM="`id3tool "$1" | grep '^Album:' | awk '{ for (i=2;i<=NF;i++) { printf $i; printf " " } }'`"
YEAR="`id3tool "$1" | grep '^Year:' | awk '{ for (i=2;i<=NF;i++) { printf $i; printf " " } }'`"
TRACKNUM="`id3tool "$1" | grep '^Year:' | awk '{ print $2 }'`"

install -D "$1" /music/mp3/"$ARTIST-$ALBUM-$YEAR"/"$TRACKNUM-$ARTIST-$TITLE".mp3

Also found this for Windows.
 
I have gigs upon gigs of .chk files on a clean harddrive.Customer asked me to try and get it all back.I know that some of these files are jpg and wma files.I really dont giva hoot about the rest,I will be renaming all of these 10-15gigs .mp3 and then use mp3 tagging and recovery to place it automatically in folders.
Its easy to say what you will be doing but in practice is daunting.
 
I think I can do this. and make it fast and have a few options/settings.

Ok, couple of questions.

1) Are all CHK files in one folder???
2) Are all files named something OTHER than the artist/Album - if so, how would you like me to construct the mp3 for you? "Artist - Album - TrackNr - Song.mp3" ?
3) Should all files be moved to folders Ie:
C:\Mp3 Recovery\Artist\Album\01 - Intro.mp3
C:\Mp3 Recovery\Artist\Album\02 - Life is Life.mp3
C:\Mp3 Recovery\Artist\Album\03 - Another World.mp3
 
Sorry guys i was confused with the programs,its magic mp3 tagger program thats shareware.This program is the real deal as it did wonders to the testing .chk files i had.Great software but comes with a price:(.
 
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