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Random Values

The Random option can be used for many purposes, we'll talk about the most popular.

Note: The Random option can only be used if the Number option is selected, it is not available if Letters or Dates is selected as the Random item.

Example 1

If you want to create a music CD (either MP3 or regular music CD), and you want the songs to be in random order, you can first rename the files making sure to select the Place Unique Parameter before Filename in the Filename box. Then, use the Random option in the Unique Parameter area and select your Start From and Random to. For instance, if you had 15 songs, you could set your Start From to be 1 and your Random to to be 15. Then click Preview and you will see the new numbers being placed in front of your filename. Now you can create a music CD with those filenames and they will be random

Example 2

If you wanted to create a sample CD or even multiple CDs, you could rename your entire music collection (don't worry, it's extremely easy to revert your files back) with random numbers and choose blocks of songs to create CDs with. For instance, let's assume you had 5,000 songs, you could put a random number in front of all of them, then in Windows Explorer, or whatever program you use to view your files, when you sort by Filename, you will see your music files in random order i.e.

So, what was

  • Beatles - Let it Be.mp3
  • Elvis - My Way.mp3
  • U2 - One.mp3

would turn into

  • 0002 - Beatles - Let it Be.mp3
  • 0001 - Elvis - My Way.mp3
  • 0003 - U2 - One.mp3

which would then sort as

  • 0001-Elvis - My Way.mp3
  • 0002-Beatles - Let it Be.mp3
  • 0003-U2 - One.mp3
  • etc...

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