rednoah wrote: 09 Mar 2026, 04:44

topbanana wrote: 09 Mar 2026, 00:36 i'm just bemused as to why FileBot even has file associations in the first place!??!?

Right-Click ➔ Open with FileBot is very convenient when you want to quickly rename a few files.

Ah, ok. I see now.

Yes, sadly, annoyingly, i'm stuck with the windows store version... You gave me a temporary licence to try the beta version last year, but it expired a few days ago! :'(

I can easily set the formats to MPC-HC manually... But i'm just bemused as to why FileBot even has file associations in the first ...

'Lately', FileBot has started associating itself with each of the common media file formats... Like .mp4, .mkv, etc. etc...
This isn't something that i'd expect it to do... as it can't play them.
So how can we disable this feature?
And how can we remove the associations that it's made?

I just want ...

It just works... Perfectly as expected!

Thanks!!!

And thanks for the testing licence, too!

FileBot r10503 (see Latest Beta Revisions and Release Candidates ) now takes care of stripping the entire \p{Sk} character class in addition to the \p{Punct} character class. This change makes all the Documentary Films sample files above work as expected.

I'd love to test it... But...
Guess who ...

Thinking about it, i think i changed from “∶” U+2236 Ratio, to “꞉” U+A789 Modifier Letter Colon, as it looks more natural.
So yeah, i don't think i use 'Ratio'

Here's a few more! lol.
https://www.amp-what.com/unicode/search/colon

The story deepens! The sample paths you posted use “꞉” U+A789 Modifier Letter Colon and not “∶” U+2236 Ratio . I was only aware of the latter : ratio replacement. Looks like there's not one but two “:” U+003A Colon lookalike characters!

Ah...
I do seem to remember trying a different one before ...

Documentary Films\'85꞉ The Greatest Team in Football History (2016) (720p).mkv
Documentary Films\13 Lost꞉ The Untold Story of the Thai Cave Rescue (2020) (720p).mkv
Documentary Films\24 7꞉ Kelly Slater (2019) (720p).mkv
Documentary Films\27꞉ Gone Too Soon (2018) (720p).mkv
Documentary Films\30 ...

Running FileBot 5.1.6 (r10435)
Cleared the cache with Ctrl + Shift + Del
Restarted Filebot.
Throwing in some documentary films, and it has issues with most of, but not all the files with the ratio colon replacement character.
Is there a newer version with the change?



:arrow: I'd use Plain File ...

I learnt to replace the colon with ratio right here on your forums. From other users. So i guess i'm not the only one.
https://www.filebot.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=55655 - Replace : colon with ∶ ratio
https://www.filebot.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13680 - [SNIPPET] Replace Characters, Words or ...

Yeah, i see that FileBot adds the xattr metadata.
I can't remember if i had cleared them all off the hdd while ago, as it used to pop up with the annoying popup saying about losing attributes when copying them to exfat/fat32 usb sticks... And i do remember setting '-no-xattr' for FileBot at the time ...

Here's a few:

Halloween꞉ Resurrection (2002) (720p)
Highlander꞉ Endgame (2000) (720p)
Hellraiser꞉ Revelations (2011) (720p)
Hellraiser꞉ Hellworld (2005) (720p)
Highlander꞉ The Source (2007) (720p)
How to Train Your Dragon꞉ Homecoming (2019) (720p)

For these, i tried renaming them, replacing the ...

I, like many, have set FileBot to replace colon characters : with one of the replacements ꞉
But if i drop a few movies that contain these colon replacements into FileBot and get it to 'Fetch & Match data' from TheMovieDB, to check for any misnamed, updated names, or year changes, then it mostly pops ...

rednoah wrote: 30 Nov 2024, 09:43 e.g.

Format: Select all

{ n } - { s00e00 } - { t } - { episode.info.cast.name.join(', ') } ({ airdate.year })

Got it,
Many thanks!

Recent versions of FileBot give you full access to episode-specific cast information:
{ episode.info.cast }


e.g.
$ filebot -list --q 72716 --db TheTVDB --format "{episode} | { episode.info.cast.name }"
QI - 1x01 - Adam | [Danny Baker, Hugh Laurie, John Sessions]
QI - 1x02 - Astronomy | [Bill ...

...
I see that they've recently added per-episode GuestStars info. That's not supported right now. Also, I don't see the point of providing this kind of per-episode information.
There are shows that really need this field tho.
The UK's 'QI (Quite Interesting)' is a perfect example as each ...

:?: I see your point, but what specifically do you not like about this solution?

For me, who uses FileBot A LOT, the fewer clicks, the better. The fewer pulldowns, the better. The fewer hidden settings, the better.
And it really helps to have buttons showing, and settings visible.
If we have a ...

rednoah wrote: 29 Feb 2024, 12:47 The simple version will look more like this:

Format: Select all

{
	(n + ' - '  + s00e00 + ' - ' + t).replace('<':'﹤','>':'﹥',':':'꞉','"':'“','/':'⁄','|':'⼁','?':'？','*':'﹡','\\':'∖')
}

That's much easier to understand!
Thanks!

EDIT:
I'd be open for nifty UI ideas for "Pin Presets" feature though, but I haven't been able to think of a good solution. It would have to be something that is quick access but also does not clutter the UI at the same time. The current Presets button is already pretty good in that regard ...

So 'allOf' is what we need.
For me, translating this back to a simple episode format, it'd be:
{allOf{n}{s00e00}{t}.join(' - ').replace('<':'﹤','>':'﹥',':':'꞉','"':'“','/':'⁄','|':'⼁','?':'？','*':'﹡','\\':'∖')} ({airdate.format('yyyy')})

It doesn't work without the 'join()' bit. Correct?

Could ...

:!: Note that switching between databases or episode orders is a very bad idea depending on what you're doing. If TheMovieDB / Airdate Order does not work, then I'd make it work via Manual Matching . See How do I organize files for Plex? for details.
:arrow: If switching database / episode order ...

Here's a quick and dirty mock-up of what I'm talking about.
https://i.postimg.cc/wx1YvqGy/filebot-toolbar.png
The toolbar can have other things on it of course.
But i'd could have the databases on the left, and the user added Format Presets on the right.
The Format presets ONLY change the format ...

OK, i've added all my different formats as Presets.

But...

...Maybe select a different database if the default isn't what you want.

This doesn't work.
If i use my Preset, which uses TheTVDB, but their data isn't correct, if i then Richt-Click and choose TheMovieDB instead, now it's not using ...

http://i.imgur.com/rG3HFP5.png

I've looked into the new Presets feature. But it's all too complicated. Having to define the db, etc. I just want to change the format being used. And it's not as quick as it could be.

Again, when i drop in the file(s), i know exactly what format it needs to be ...

Can we replace all the illegal characters just once for the whole resulting filename?
Instead of multiple times, once for the Name, again for the Title, again for the PrimaryTitle, yet again for the Localised Title, etc. etc?
As it can make the Episode/Movie Format veeeeeeeeery long and not as ...