a special need, moving files

[internetbrother]

well, most likely this has not been discussed before
I have a problem and special need
I have about 2000 MP3 in a folder from which just 300 are on my radio list the rest are junks

I have given a rate of 1 to useful songs

Now I need to get rid of all other MP3 which is using my hard disk.

it is very difficult to examine each one

I need to search for rate 1 which I can do in media player then with media player be able to delete the rest

how to do that?

please

[dotme]

I think in Media Library, you can sort, then highlight the ones to get rid of. Right-click on the highlighted files, and physically remove them from library...

This post should probably be moved to Winamp...

[internetbrother]

ok let me make it simple I am trying to look for songs which has not been rated!

How can I in library look for songs which has not been rated?

right now I can type in search
?rating=1 or 2 but how can I search for songs with no rating?

[djSpinnerCee]

Find all the rated songs and move/copy them to another folder -- then delete the entire old folder.

[internetbrother]

Originally posted by internetbrother
ok let me make it simple I am trying to look for songs which has not been rated!

How can I in library look for songs which has not been rated?

right now I can type in search
?rating=1 or 2 but how can I search for songs with no rating?

how to move them? I search for the rated songs , I can not move them all together inside winamp Library , so you mean move about 300 songs one by one by locating each one ?:confused:

[djSpinnerCee]

Can't move em, ok -- then you have to do some work -- find'em, and create and save a playlist with them -- make sure that you do not save the playlist in the same directory as the MP3s -- this file will contain the filenames of your selected files -- edit this file with wordpad or notepad -- the filenames should start with the directory and leading / or the drive letter -- do a replace on the directory trunk like so: (you are going to create a batch file).

The entries in the m3u will look something like:
#EXTINF:250,Boz Scaggs - Jojo * 1980
\FTP_Root\BozScaggs-Jojo_1980.mp3
#EXTINF:236,Culture Club f. Boy George - Karma Chameleon * At Worst... The Best Of
\FTP_Root\Culture Club - Karma Chameleon.mp3
...

You want to replace:
Find What: \FTP_Root\
Replace With: xcopy "C:\FTP_Root\ (your batch file must use a full path)

This makes the first part, you also need to:
Find What: .mp3
Replace With: .mp3" C:\RATING1\.

*the double quotes (") make sure that filenames containing spaces do not cause the copy command to fail.

The two above replacements would make each line look like:
xcopy "C:\FTP_Root\BozScaggs-Jojo_1980.mp3" C:\RATING1\.

At the top of the file, add:
@echo Off

Save As... <something>.BAT

And run the batch file -- all of the lines that begin with # will cause an error message, but the errors will not stop the execution of the batch file.

I used xcopy, but you could use copy or move, depending on what Winversion you have.

Once you have the correct batch file and performed your copy, you can edit the file again, changing the copy to del to remove the rated files.

[internetbrother]

man! thanks for all the technicall points, I think I have to go through it in weekend