[SOLVED] create sub-folder from folder name and transfer files on the fly

BoydRice · 03-04-2012, 03:11 PM

I have a bunch of music that is currently stored in folders named like Artist--Album Name then inside are the tracks from that album. I would like to know if there is a way to sweep through my music directory and parse the Album Name from the folder name, create a sub-folder with the Album Name and move the tracks into it. So instead of Artist--Album Name then tracks it would be /music/Artist/Album Name/tracks. I am sure there has to be a way to accomplish this but I am a little lost on how would be the best way to achieve it. If anyone has any tips or suggestions I would love to hear them. Thanks in advance for any help.

Ocean_82 · 03-04-2012, 04:30 PM

A python script using the os module and shutil module to move the files would be an easy approach. The os module can make directories and shutil to move files.

For directory in os.path(pathtomusic):
folder = pathtomusic +'/' + directory
If os.path.isdir(folder):
artist, album = directory.strip().split('-')
artistfolder = "pathtomusic" + '/' + artist
os.mkdir(pathtomusic+'/'+artist)
os.mkdir(artistfolder '/' + album)

The for each file in the folder do a similar split and compare if album = filename album shutil.move it to new folder... Something like this anyways...

Sorry for breif and possibly inaccurate reply but I'm typing this out on my phone ...

BoydRice · 03-05-2012, 12:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ocean_82

A python script using the os module and shutil module to move the files would be an easy approach. The os module can make directories and shutil to move files.

For directory in os.path(pathtomusic):
folder = pathtomusic +'/' + directory
If os.path.isdir(folder):
artist, album = directory.strip().split('-')
artistfolder = "pathtomusic" + '/' + artist
os.mkdir(pathtomusic+'/'+artist)
os.mkdir(artistfolder '/' + album)

The for each file in the folder do a similar split and compare if album = filename album shutil.move it to new folder... Something like this anyways...

Sorry for breif and possibly inaccurate reply but I'm typing this out on my phone ...

Thanks, I will give that a try. I've never messed with python before so I will see how it goes.

Ocean_82 · 03-05-2012, 02:37 PM

Hey, Since you don't do much python... Thought I'd help point you in the right direction.

There are probably loads of better ways to do this, but this will work.. but test it first!! and back up the music files first

Code:

import os
import shutil
from os.path import isfile, join

musicfolder = "/home/YourHome/Music"

if __name__ == "__main__":
	
	#iterate over directories in music folder
	for directory in os.listdir(musicfolder):
		if os.path.isdir(musicfolder + '/' + directory):
			folder = musicfolder + '/' + directory
			#split directory name based on '--' separator
			artist, album = directory.split('--')
			
			#make artist folder
                        artistfolder = musicfolder + '/' + artist
			if not os.path.exists(musicfolder + '/' + artist):
				os.mkdir(artistfolder)

			#make album folder	
                        albumfolder = artistfolder + '/' + album
			if not os.path.exists(artistfolder + '/' + album):
				os.mkdir(albumfolder)
				
			#move each file	
			for song in os.listdir(folder):
				if isfile(join(folder,song)):
					filepath = join(folder, song)
					shutil.move(filepath, albumfolder)
					print "moved: " + filepath + " to " + albumfolder
			
			#delete empty directory
			if not os.listdir(folder):
				os.rmdir(folder)

BoydRice · 03-05-2012, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ocean_82

Hey, Since you don't do much python... Thought I'd help point you in the right direction.

There are probably loads of better ways to do this, but this will work.. but test it first!! and back up the music files first

Code:

import os
import shutil
from os.path import isfile, join

musicfolder = "/home/YourHome/Music"

if __name__ == "__main__":
	
	#iterate over directories in music folder
	for directory in os.listdir(musicfolder):
		if os.path.isdir(musicfolder + '/' + directory):
			folder = musicfolder + '/' + directory
			#split directory name based on '--' separator
			artist, album = directory.split('--')
			
			#make artist folder
                        artistfolder = musicfolder + '/' + artist
			if not os.path.exists(musicfolder + '/' + artist):
				os.mkdir(artistfolder)

			#make album folder	
                        albumfolder = artistfolder + '/' + album
			if not os.path.exists(artistfolder + '/' + album):
				os.mkdir(albumfolder)
				
			#move each file	
			for song in os.listdir(folder):
				if isfile(join(folder,song)):
					filepath = join(folder, song)
					shutil.move(filepath, albumfolder)
					print "moved: " + filepath + " to " + albumfolder
			
			#delete empty directory
			if not os.listdir(folder):
				os.rmdir(folder)

Awesome! I will give this a try tonight, thank you so much for the help!

BoydRice · 03-07-2012, 07:44 PM

Ocean 82, thanks so much for this it totally did the trick! Thanks!