Return the container folder name of the files I search for ??

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Flourgrader
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Return the container folder name of the files I search for ??

Post by Flourgrader »

Hi all,
I am running Everything 1.5 Alpha version!
I will explain why I want to do this first, then you will have a better understanding in what I want to achieve, then I will pose my question.
I have 1,700 folders with each folder holding a video (film) in various formats.
I am only interested in those with a file extension of *.VOB as I intend to
Sift these out and transcode them to *.MP4 files.
I don’t have a problem in finding all the *.VOB files.
My search returns a list of all the *.VOB files under the heading name and also gives me the path to those files.
If this is possible, I would like the container folder that holds that *.VOB file to be listed instead of the file name.
As I need to pass the name of the container folder from Everything to my software that does the transcoding.
I hope this is possible?
Thank You
void
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Re: Return the container folder name of the files I search for ??

Post by void »

Please try the following search:

child:*.vob

---this will find folders containing a child .vob file.
Flourgrader
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Re: Return the container folder name of the files I search for ??

Post by Flourgrader »

Thank you,David.
What a simple solution.
It works absolutely perfectly !
Cheers.. :)
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