File transfer using DOS coding

foreright · 28 Jun 2013 at 15:34

Wierd title I know, but I imagine it's the only way unless you guys can guide me to an easier solution.
I have a 2TB drive with 400 ripped DVD's on. They are ripped to MKV files and allocated their own folders also containing metadata, coverart etc.
The thing is I want to copy to another drive only the 400 MKV files to use on another media player and I don't know how.
As an oldie the only way I though was to do it from a DOS window with the *.MKV file used in within the rest of the DOS command.
Is there a simpler way or can you give me the command line that I will need to enter. Cheers.
BTW. from a leagality point of view. I own and have the DVD's.

Raumarik · 28 Jun 2013 at 15:51

http://ipmsg.org/tools/fastcopy.html.en

You can specify the file types to copy or not to copy if you get my drift. Never done it exactly as you wish to do it, but I can't see why it won't work for you.

I'm old school and love DOS but Fastcopy is just too damn good to ignore

CaptainCrash · 28 Jun 2013 at 15:54

I'm assuming (possibly unwise) that you just want to copy the files without replicating the containing folders for each one.

You could click on the root of the source drive in an Explorer window, do a search for "*.mkv" (in the search box at the top right), hit Ctrl+A to select the whole lot, and then just drag and drop them to [wherever you want to put them].

foreright · 28 Jun 2013 at 16:02

CaptainCrash said:
I'm assuming (possibly unwise) that you just want to copy the files without replicating the containing folders for each one.

You could click on the root of the source drive in an Explorer window, do a search for "*.mkv" (in the search box at the top right), hit Ctrl+A to select the whole lot, and then just drag and drop them to [wherever you want to put them].

That sounds like a good idea. Why do you say unwise to just transfer the MKV's without their folders. I will still have the originals including coverart etc. on the host drive. I want to use the second drive for a Plex set up where the Plex server finds it's own metadata. Or is there a good argument for keeping each MKV within a folder. Thanks for your time BTW

CaptainCrash · 28 Jun 2013 at 16:11

foreright said:
That sounds like a good idea. Why do you say unwise to just transfer the MKV's without their folders. I will still have the originals including coverart etc. on the host drive. I want to use the second drive for a Plex set up where the Plex server finds it's own metadata. Or is there a good argument for keeping each MKV within a folder. Thanks for your time BTW

No, no, I meant I was possibly unwise to make assumptions.

If you also want to copy the folder heirarchy, you could just do "xcopy y:\*.mkv z:\ /s" , where y is the source drive and z is the destination.

foreright · 28 Jun 2013 at 16:20

CaptainCrash said:
No, no, I meant I was possibly unwise to make assumptions.

If you also want to copy the folder heirarchy, you could just do "xcopy y:\*.mkv z:\ /s" , where y is the source drive and z is the destination.

OK I see. Thanks for the DOS command and thank you Halfmad. I think I'll go with the *MKV within search and highlight what I want and use the Send To command. That way I can transfer say 50 a day without bogging the machine down indefinately. Thanks again guys.