New user, subfolder question

Hi all,

i have a video download folder, which will contain a mix of files and folders.

I would like to move all video and subtitle files into folder z, and clean up the download folder after all files have been moved.

After the files have been moved, open a specific application (IVI).

Can somebody give me some hints what rules i need?

Could use someone more info but let's see if we can get you going.

First rule id use is:
If kind is folder then run rules on folder contents
If kind is movie then move to folder z
(For the subtitle files) if extension matches .xxx(xxx being the extension for the subtitle file) then move to folder Z

Now if you want the application to open any time one of the above move action happens then add another action to each rule to Open application IVI. So each will have a move to z and open application.

Lastly you can just set up a rule to move all remaining files to trash.

See if that gets you started.

Hi dhy8386,

thanks for that. just taking a look at this now as ive been away...

how many rules do i need?

do i need 1 rule to run rules on folder contents, and another rule to move movies to the other folder?

i am still trying to get my head around what happens to run rules on folder contents...

From his description, you need 3 rules. The first rule says "If you encounter a folder, go in that folder then start matching rules on the files within". The other two deal with the movie and subtitle files, respectively.

Forgot about trying to do this!

Right, I have 3 rules set on the video folder.

Rule 1
If all conditions are met
Kind is folder
Run rules on folder contents

Rule 2
If all conditions are met
Kind is movie
Move to folder X

Rule 2
If any conditions are met
extension is .sub
extension is .srt
Move to folder X

But this is not having the desired effect, the files remain in the original folder. What am I doing wrong?

Try going through the troubleshooting article stickied at the top of this forum.