From a057ab0d1d09cec7a6b971c0b6e371bc0ab7a6b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude Toupin <claudegurutoupin@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 20:50:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add wildcard support to Get-VideoInfo.ps1 for processing
 multiple video files with pattern matching and sequential metadata display

---
 Get-VideoInfo.ps1 | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Get-VideoInfo.ps1 b/Get-VideoInfo.ps1
index a04189a..7a5ac25 100644
--- a/Get-VideoInfo.ps1
+++ b/Get-VideoInfo.ps1
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
     Extracts and displays video metadata from the comment tag in a video file's format metadata.
 .PARAMETER Video
     Path to the input video file. Can be absolute or relative to current directory.
+    Supports Windows wildcards (* and ?) to match multiple files. When wildcards are used,
+    metadata is extracted and displayed for each matching file sequentially.
 .PARAMETER Full
     When present, outputs the parsed comment metadata as JSON.
 .DESCRIPTION
@@ -23,17 +25,39 @@ $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
 [Console]::OutputEncoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8
 $OutputEncoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8
 
-$VideoPath = $Video
-
-if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $VideoPath)) {
-    Write-Error ('Video file not found: {0}' -f $VideoPath)
-    exit 1
+# Resolve video paths, supporting wildcards
+$videoPaths = @()
+if ($Video -match '[*?]') {
+    # Wildcard pattern - use Get-ChildItem to resolve
+    $resolvedFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $Video -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+    if (-not $resolvedFiles) {
+        Write-Error ('No files matched wildcard pattern: {0}' -f $Video)
+        exit 1
+    }
+    $videoPaths = $resolvedFiles | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName
+} else {
+    # Single file path (literal)
+    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Video)) {
+        Write-Error ('Video file not found: {0}' -f $Video)
+        exit 1
+    }
+    $videoPaths = @($Video)
 }
 
 $PSNativeCommandUseErrorActionPreference = $false
 
+$firstFile = $true
+foreach ($VideoPath in $videoPaths) {
+    # Add separator between files (but not before the first one)
+    if (-not $firstFile) {
+        Write-Output ''
+        Write-Output '========================================'
+        Write-Output ''
+    }
+    $firstFile = $false
+
 try {
-    $ffprobeOutput = & ffprobe -v quiet -print_format json -show_format -show_streams -- $VideoPath 2>&1
+    $ffprobeOutput = & ffprobe -v quiet -print_format json -show_format -show_streams -- "$VideoPath" 2>&1
     $ffprobeExit = $LASTEXITCODE
 
     if ($ffprobeExit -ne 0) {
@@ -191,6 +215,8 @@ try {
     Write-Output '----------------------------------------'
 }
 catch {
-    Write-Error ('Unexpected error: {0}' -f $_.Exception.Message)
-    exit 1
+    Write-Error ('Unexpected error processing {0}: {1}' -f $VideoPath, $_.Exception.Message)
+    # Continue to next file instead of exiting
+    continue
+}
 }