Getting batch file to auto rename input file

Question

I'm trying to create a batch file to process videos and rename the output file automatically.

I've got this so far:

@ECHO OFF
d:\audio\ffmpeg.exe -i "%~1" -vcodec copy -acodec libvo_aacenc -af volume=3.0 "%~1"
pause

The last "%~1" will overwrite the initial file. What I'd like is that they append something to the back of the file, for example:

filename.avi will return filename1.avi

How do I go about doing that?

Why the tilde in %~1? Shouldn't that just be %1? Anyway just try appending a 1 and make it %11. The % placeholder only goes up to 9, so two digits are not interpreted as a number > 10 — Jan Doggen, Commented Aug 22, 2013 at 7:58
Cos I'm drag-n-dropping a file onto the BAT and my video files have long path names with spaces in it. I tried added 1 behind, but ffmpeg does not recognize .avi1 as a file type and will break. Optimally I would like to concatenate the last 4 chars, edit the filename, append the last 4 chars back in. — kinobe, Commented Aug 22, 2013 at 8:30

Vlastimil Ovčáčík · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-22 09:14:44Z

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Appends random number to output file name.

set output=%~dpn1%random%%~x1
d:\audio\ffmpeg.exe -i "%~1" -vcodec copy -acodec libvo_aacenc -af volume=3.0 "%output%"

answered Aug 22, 2013 at 9:14

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This worked! Thanks!.... now to figure out what you did there. I'd like to append a fixed wording like "fixed" to the end instead of random numbers.
– kinobe
Commented Aug 22, 2013 at 9:31
And it's as simple as removing %random% and replacing it with whatever I want :) thanks again!
– kinobe
Commented Aug 22, 2013 at 9:34

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