Looking for a file renaming program - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Force 10 · 02-03-2005, 01:23 PM

Here's the situation. I have thousands of pictures that I would like to burn to disk and play from my dvd player on my tv as a slide show when family comes to visit.

However, I would like the pictures to be renamed in a random fashion as I don't want them to play in any specific order. Playng in order would make the same pictures play every time I had a family event.

Either that or I could buy an svideo cable and use my compter hooked to my TV but alas, I would still need a program to randomize the photos. And actually, this would be the better option as the pics would truly be played random every time and I could continue to add photos to the folder without having to burn a disk every time I wanted to update.

Your thoughts are apreciated!

neekap · 02-04-2005, 08:17 AM

What's the naming convention the files need to be in? Like 001.jpg, 002.jpg, etc?

SiN · 02-04-2005, 12:25 PM

well, the renaming prog I always recommend is called simply Renamer
freeware, and i just verified that in the 'edit' menu, under 'misc' is 'insert random number' - which then pops up a dialog that gives you a few options...

Force 10 · 02-08-2005, 10:30 AM

Thanks Sin. Doesn't matter neekap as long as its a .jpg

02-03-2005, 01:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
Force 10 Had to leave this awesome space	Looking for a file renaming program Here's the situation. I have thousands of pictures that I would like to burn to disk and play from my dvd player on my tv as a slide show when family comes to visit. However, I would like the pictures to be renamed in a random fashion as I don't want them to play in any specific order. Playng in order would make the same pictures play every time I had a family event. Either that or I could buy an svideo cable and use my compter hooked to my TV but alas, I would still need a program to randomize the photos. And actually, this would be the better option as the pics would truly be played random every time and I could continue to add photos to the folder without having to burn a disk every time I wanted to update. Your thoughts are apreciated!

02-04-2005, 12:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
SiN strangelove Location: ...more here than there...	well, the renaming prog I always recommend is called simply Renamer freeware, and i just verified that in the 'edit' menu, under 'misc' is 'insert random number' - which then pops up a dialog that gives you a few options... __________________ - + - ° GiRLie GeeK ° - + - ° 01110010011011110110111101110100001000000110110101100101 Therell be days/When Ill stray/I may appear to be/Constantly out of reach/I give in to sin/Because I like to practise what I preach

02-04-2005, 08:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
neekap Tilted Location: Central OH	What's the naming convention the files need to be in? Like 001.jpg, 002.jpg, etc?

02-08-2005, 10:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
Force 10 Had to leave this awesome space	Thanks Sin. Doesn't matter neekap as long as its a .jpg