I see. FileBot is accidentally picking up the hidden ._* dot underbar file as "primary media file" and not the actual media file. That would explain things, especially why it always work on APFS file systems but never on exFAT file systems. We can fix that. EDIT: FileBot r10690 fixes the issue ...

Oh interesting, I dragged the files out of the external drive and onto a test folder on my Desktop. It works correctly when on the desktop:

I should also add that the external drive's name is My Game of Thrones, not My Game of Thrones. Here in the editor it displays My Game of Thrones, but when I publish the post it changes to My Game of Thrones https://i.ibb.co/tpRhH9DD/Screenshot-2025-08-18-at-2-24-41-PM.png https://i.ibb.co/35yWD4Rc ...

Yes, {mediaFile} for the SRT file that corresponds to the 1080p media file returns /Volumes/My Game of Thrones/Smokey and the Bandit (1977)/._sbdt.1977.1080p.mp4 without any errors in the Format Editor. The ._ in the beginning of the file name is odd, at least to me. It adds that to any file I put ...

It happens to any and all video/sub pairs. I should note that this was working fine before upgrading to Mac OS Sequoia 15.6. I re-named the files completely in the source to avoid any hidden characters. I changed the Format Editor like you suggested and it now shows this error: https://i.ibb.co ...

:?: What does the Format Editor say when you double-click the Subtitle File / Movie match and then select Edit Format ? Does {vf} not work in this context? :idea: The {vf} binding works fine for subtitles (by using the mediainfo table from the corresponding movie file) as far as I can tell: https ...

I currently have the following format that works great for renaming movies and their folders: {n} {alias} ({y}) { "{imdb-$imdbid}"}\{n} {alias} ({y}).{vf} { "{edition-$edition}" } { "{imdb-$imdbid}" }{subt} I usually have 2-4 files per folder: the MP4 and the SRT subtitle file (either in just 1080p ...