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My custom format moves files up in the folder tree
Posted: 28 Oct 2023, 20:25
by botuser
I am using this preset for renaming movie files:
Files: Use Original Files selection
Format: {plex.name}/{plex.name}
However, when I run this preset it moves files up the folder tree. For example, I have a file in:
D:\Movies\To Watch\Movie to be renamed.mp4
when I run the preset it moves to
D:\Movies\Movie Name\Movie Renamed.mp4
Am I using the wrong syntax?
Thanks.
Re: Help with a rename preset
Posted: 29 Oct 2023, 03:41
by rednoah
If your format generates a relative file path, then FileBot will try to integrate that relatively to the current file structure.
Where do you want to move / organize files? The file path given above looks good to me in the given context:
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D:\Movies\Avatar (2009)\Avatar (2009).mp4
You can generate absolute file paths to organize files paths absolutely:
https://www.filebot.net/manual.html
Note that
{plex.name}/{plex.name} is a bad idea because you will not get what you want once you process subtitle files:
Re: My custom format moves files up in the folder tree
Posted: 30 Oct 2023, 00:56
by botuser
Thanks for the detailed explanation!
Ideally I would like the movie folder to be created relative to the location where the file is opened.
So in the case of:
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D:\Movies\To Watch\Movie to be renamed.mp4
I would like it to be located in:
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D:\Movies\To Watch\[Name of Movie]\Movie Renamed.mp4
Is there a way to set that?
Re: My custom format moves files up in the folder tree
Posted: 30 Oct 2023, 03:43
by rednoah
You can generate an absolute path to move / rename files exactly as specified by that absolute path: