Obtain User Input

MusicBrainz Picard
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Hi all,

I just searched for any topics regarding my question and have found none. So here goes…

Is there a way, during the execution of the file naming script, to ask for input from the user? Obviously, this could result in multiple popups for each file being renamed which could be in the order of thousands of files. With that in mind, you would obviously want an option in the popup to use the input collected as the answer for all other times that particular popup would be triggered. Eventually, the default answers would be collected and the script could finish its run without any further user input.

So, is there a way to do this (built-in capability or already written plugin) or will I need to develop my own plugin for this?

Thanks
C

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No, that’s currently not possible.

The better approach would be anyway to write a plugin to apply the changes. Plugins can register an action, that is available in the context menu. See Appendix A: Plugins API — MusicBrainz Picard v2.13.3 documentation

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Or include the logic right in the renaming script if possible. Since I don’t know what you would be providing as an input or in what circumstances, this may not be feasible or possible. Just offering another potential alternative.

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