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Subject:Batch processing
Posted by: DACman
Date:3/15/1999 7:47:10 AM

On the page detailing the 4.0e update, there is one
sentence alluding to the ability do perform batch
processing on files, which reads "....an "Undo All" option
in the Run Batch Script dialog:....."
If batch processing is possible, where are the instructions
and/or commands for doing batch processing. To be clear, I
am talking about doing something like normalizing the
output level on 200+ narration files with a batch script to
avoid opening each and every file. Is this possible?

Subject:Re: Batch processing
Reply by: Valery
Date:3/31/1999 8:24:04 PM

Hello,

My question is similar to yours. I want to save region (in a big file) into single multiple files. Is
it possible with batch processing ?
Thank you
Valéry

Richard Rempes wrote:
>>On the page detailing the 4.0e update, there is one
>>sentence alluding to the ability do perform batch
>>processing on files, which reads "....an "Undo All" option
>>in the Run Batch Script dialog:....."
>>If batch processing is possible, where are the instructions
>>and/or commands for doing batch processing. To be clear, I
>>am talking about doing something like normalizing the
>>output level on 200+ narration files with a batch script to
>>avoid opening each and every file. Is this possible?
>>

Subject:Re: Batch processing
Reply by: Valery
Date:3/31/1999 8:29:16 PM

Hello,

My question is similar to yours. I want to save region (in a big file) into single multiple files. Is
it possible with batch processing ?
Thank you
Valéry

Richard Rempes wrote:
>>On the page detailing the 4.0e update, there is one
>>sentence alluding to the ability do perform batch
>>processing on files, which reads "....an "Undo All" option
>>in the Run Batch Script dialog:....."
>>If batch processing is possible, where are the instructions
>>and/or commands for doing batch processing. To be clear, I
>>am talking about doing something like normalizing the
>>output level on 200+ narration files with a batch script to
>>avoid opening each and every file. Is this possible?
>>

Subject:Re: Batch processing
Reply by: tegbert
Date:4/1/1999 10:09:25 AM

Richard,

I've got no answers for you, but I have a similar question. I've
got a couple of thousand RIFF files in maybe 50 subdiretories
that I'd like to downsample. Is it possible manually to write a
batch script to process these files? FYI, I'm using Sound Forge
4.5.

Tim Egbert

Richard Rempes wrote:
>>On the page detailing the 4.0e update, there is one
>>sentence alluding to the ability do perform batch
>>processing on files, which reads "....an "Undo All" option
>>in the Run Batch Script dialog:....."
>>If batch processing is possible, where are the instructions
>>and/or commands for doing batch processing. To be clear, I
>>am talking about doing something like normalizing the
>>output level on 200+ narration files with a batch script to
>>avoid opening each and every file. Is this possible?
>>

Subject:Re: Batch processing
Reply by: tegbert
Date:4/1/1999 10:28:38 AM

Richard,

I've got no answers for you, but I have a similar question. I've
got a couple of thousand RIFF files in maybe 50 subdiretories
that I'd like to downsample. Is it possible manually to write a
batch script to process these files? FYI, I'm using Sound Forge
4.5.

Tim Egbert

Richard Rempes wrote:
>>On the page detailing the 4.0e update, there is one
>>sentence alluding to the ability do perform batch
>>processing on files, which reads "....an "Undo All" option
>>in the Run Batch Script dialog:....."
>>If batch processing is possible, where are the instructions
>>and/or commands for doing batch processing. To be clear, I
>>am talking about doing something like normalizing the
>>output level on 200+ narration files with a batch script to
>>avoid opening each and every file. Is this possible?
>>

Subject:Re: Batch processing
Reply by: tegbert
Date:4/1/1999 10:31:54 AM

Richard,

I've got no answers for you, but I have a similar question. I've
got a couple of thousand RIFF files in maybe 50 subdiretories
that I'd like to resample. Is it possible manually to write a batch
script to process these files or to recurse into subdirectories? FYI,
I'm using Sound Forge 4.5.

Tim Egbert

Richard Rempes wrote:
>>On the page detailing the 4.0e update, there is one
>>sentence alluding to the ability do perform batch
>>processing on files, which reads "....an "Undo All" option
>>in the Run Batch Script dialog:....."
>>If batch processing is possible, where are the instructions
>>and/or commands for doing batch processing. To be clear, I
>>am talking about doing something like normalizing the
>>output level on 200+ narration files with a batch script to
>>avoid opening each and every file. Is this possible?
>>

Subject:Re: Batch processing
Reply by: tegbert
Date:4/1/1999 10:34:54 AM

Richard,

I've got no answers for you, but I have a similar question. I've
got a couple of thousand RIFF files in maybe 50 subdiretories
that I'd like to resample. Is it possible manually to write a batch
script to process these files or to recurse into subdirectories? FYI,
I'm using Sound Forge 4.5.

Tim Egbert

Richard Rempes wrote:
>>On the page detailing the 4.0e update, there is one
>>sentence alluding to the ability do perform batch
>>processing on files, which reads "....an "Undo All" option
>>in the Run Batch Script dialog:....."
>>If batch processing is possible, where are the instructions
>>and/or commands for doing batch processing. To be clear, I
>>am talking about doing something like normalizing the
>>output level on 200+ narration files with a batch script to
>>avoid opening each and every file. Is this possible?
>>

Subject:Re: Batch processing
Reply by: petevil
Date:8/23/1999 3:47:00 PM

i use 4.5b on occasion and have seen the batch converter. it lets
you specify a few operations to run, and then you can specify the
files to run the list on.

However, I'm more interested in this idea: scripting.

Are you listening SFoundry? The batch processor is great when you
want to run a string of simple preset oriented commands on some
files. However, SForge would be close to perfect if you could make
script files for the more complex, algorithmic type processing some
folks may want to run.

For example:
What if i wanted to open a file, jump .5 sec into it, insert a .1 sec
gap of silence (or anything else for the matter), add .1 sec to the
jump value so that you then jump an .6 further into the file (from
the end of the gap), add .05 to the gap value, so the next gap
is .15, and repeat,etc. Somewhat of an incremental-space gapper.
Some "algorithms" like this can lead to interesting sounds, but it's
a pain to do it manually if the file is long, or if you have many
files.

If you think about it, allowing the scripts to call editing
operations, as well as FX (with existing presets or passing along the
settings as some kind of parameters), would put SForge even closer to
god.

Richard Rempes wrote:
>>On the page detailing the 4.0e update, there is one
>>sentence alluding to the ability do perform batch
>>processing on files, which reads "....an "Undo All" option
>>in the Run Batch Script dialog:....."
>>If batch processing is possible, where are the instructions
>>and/or commands for doing batch processing. To be clear, I
>>am talking about doing something like normalizing the
>>output level on 200+ narration files with a batch script to
>>avoid opening each and every file. Is this possible?

Subject:Re: Batch processing
Reply by: Kulibul
Date:2/22/2000 5:14:00 AM

Hey, that's a great idea!!!
Give us the power of scripting, please!!!
It would really help out in my everyday work.

/Ola

pete wrote:
>>i use 4.5b on occasion and have seen the batch converter. it lets
>>you specify a few operations to run, and then you can specify the
>>files to run the list on.
>>
>>However, I'm more interested in this idea: scripting.
>>
>>Are you listening SFoundry? The batch processor is great when you
>>want to run a string of simple preset oriented commands on some
>>files. However, SForge would be close to perfect if you could make
>>script files for the more complex, algorithmic type processing some
>>folks may want to run.
>>
>>For example:
>>What if i wanted to open a file, jump .5 sec into it, insert a .1
sec
>>gap of silence (or anything else for the matter), add .1 sec to the
>>jump value so that you then jump an .6 further into the file (from
>>the end of the gap), add .05 to the gap value, so the next gap
>>is .15, and repeat,etc. Somewhat of an incremental-space gapper.
>>Some "algorithms" like this can lead to interesting sounds, but
it's
>>a pain to do it manually if the file is long, or if you have many
>>files.
>>
>>If you think about it, allowing the scripts to call editing
>>operations, as well as FX (with existing presets or passing along
the
>>settings as some kind of parameters), would put SForge even closer
to
>>god.
>>
>>Richard Rempes wrote:
>>>>On the page detailing the 4.0e update, there is one
>>>>sentence alluding to the ability do perform batch
>>>>processing on files, which reads "....an "Undo All" option
>>>>in the Run Batch Script dialog:....."
>>>>If batch processing is possible, where are the instructions
>>>>and/or commands for doing batch processing. To be clear, I
>>>>am talking about doing something like normalizing the
>>>>output level on 200+ narration files with a batch script to
>>>>avoid opening each and every file. Is this possible?

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