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by rednoah
55 minutes ago
Forum: Feature Requests and Bug Reports
Topic: Upgrade to life-time license?
Replies: 1
Views: 12

Re: Upgrade to life-time license?

:arrow: Don't be hasty. If you're new to FileBot then I strongly recommend evaluating for a year before committing permanently. See FileBot Pricing Explained for details.

:arrow: That said, if you're sure, you can always request a refund within the 14 day period , and then buy a life-time license ...
by rednoah
Yesterday, 03:46
Forum: Windows
Topic: THe Office Superfan episodes
Replies: 1
Views: 68

Re: THe Office Superfan episodes

Usable as "Alternate Order 2" in API-connected systems.
https://thetvdb.com/series/the-office-us#seasons


:idea: Unfortunately, Alternate Order 2 is currently not accessible from FileBot. See Episode Order Preferences › TheTVDB for a list of accessible episode order keys.


UPDATE

:!: I've ...
by rednoah
08 Jul 2026, 09:44
Forum: Episode / Movie Naming Scheme
Topic: Release Groups {group}
Replies: 750
Views: 3267138

Re: Release Groups {group}

Thanks! Added.
by rednoah
06 Jul 2026, 08:02
Forum: Ubuntu & Desktop Linux
Topic: .deb script edit
Replies: 1
Views: 471

Re: .deb script edit

:arrow: If you're on Debian / Ubuntu / etc then you will want to use sudo apt-get install to install the filebot package. You can copy & paste the commands from the Ubuntu / Debian package is available via APT link:
https://www.filebot.net/linux/apt.html


:idea: If you just download the *.deb ...
by rednoah
04 Jul 2026, 06:32
Forum: Help and Support
Topic: Bad License Key (Bad Signature)
Replies: 1
Views: 748

Re: Bad License Key (Bad Signature)

:idea: You seem to have manually modified the license key at hand. Order: P63454711 was made on 2024-07-17 and has thus long since expired. Issue-Date: 2025-07-14 is something that you have typed in yourself.


:idea: If you have recently purchased a new license, then you will have received a new ...
by rednoah
03 Jul 2026, 14:49
Forum: Help and Support
Topic: Unknown Error: An application component is damaged or missing
Replies: 0
Views: 862

Unknown Error: An application component is damaged or missing

:idea: If you get strange errors like this, then your FileBot installation seems to have been modified or corrupted by bit rot or drive failure:
Unknown Error: java.lang.ClassFormatError: Illegal UTF8 string in constant pool in class file org/bouncycastle/util/Arrays
Unknown Error: An application ...
by rednoah
03 Jul 2026, 13:47
Forum: Help and Support
Topic: lost license key
Replies: 3
Views: 1069

Re: lost license key

I guess you could contact Microsoft Store support with your paypal payment information. They might be able too lookup the account for that transaction. We have no access to that kind of information.
by rednoah
02 Jul 2026, 20:56
Forum: Help and Support
Topic: lost license key
Replies: 3
Views: 1069

Re: lost license key

:arrow: [FAQ] How do I recover a lost license key?

:arrow: Note that the current universal license system did not yet exist in 2017. If you have made a purchase in 2017, then it must be a Microsoft Store or Mac App Store purchase. In that case, the Store will remember your purchase in your ...
by rednoah
01 Jul 2026, 04:20
Forum: Scripting and Automation
Topic: filebot:watcher and post-processing
Replies: 1
Views: 1229

Re: filebot:watcher and post-processing

:idea: You can pass in custom post-processing scripts like so:
--apply /path/to/apply.groovy
See [DOCS] Custom Post-Processing Scripts › Add Post-Processing Scripts via the --apply option from Terminal for details.


:arrow: Here's a command-line example to get you started:

docker run --rm ...
by rednoah
28 Jun 2026, 17:48
Forum: Windows
Topic: Display/Remove Close Captions
Replies: 5
Views: 2080

Re: Display/Remove Close Captions

:idea: You can click on the Copy to Clipboard button and then paste the content via CTRL+V here in the forums.

window.icon16 Open FileBot ➔ action.format Edit Format ➔ action.variables Change Sample ➔ action.load Select Media File ➔ action.properties Open MediaInfo ➔ Copy to Clipboard

https://i ...
by rednoah
28 Jun 2026, 04:44
Forum: Windows
Topic: Display/Remove Close Captions
Replies: 5
Views: 2080

Re: Display/Remove Close Captions

:?: Can you share the MediaInfo table for one of these files you want to tag with CC2 ?


:idea: In general, you can do something like this to check the number of subtitle tracks and then add a CC2 / CC3 / CC4 / etc marker accordingly:
{
def cc = text.size()
if (cc >= 2) return " [CC$cc]"
}
by rednoah
25 Jun 2026, 06:10
Forum: Feature Requests and Bug Reports
Topic: Can't see New Preset or delete any presets
Replies: 5
Views: 2747

Re: Can't see New Preset or delete any presets

I see. A 1920x1080 at 150% would be equivalent to 1280x720 and we don't really test and optimize for that screen size. I'll add that to our tests and see what we can do though.



UPDATE
FileBot r11026 and higher will allow you to use the mouse wheel to scroll off-screen menu items into view. We ...
by rednoah
24 Jun 2026, 12:13
Forum: Feature Requests and Bug Reports
Topic: Filebot Fails to rename series.
Replies: 5
Views: 2688

Re: Filebot Fails to rename series.

I guess you could try using your mobile as hotspot or a different WiFi from a different place? Just for testing.

It’s almost certainly an issue between you and the target server (API server; different from the website server) so at this point you could only try lots of different tests to narrow ...
by rednoah
24 Jun 2026, 03:01
Forum: Feature Requests and Bug Reports
Topic: Can't see New Preset or delete any presets
Replies: 5
Views: 2747

Re: Can't see New Preset or delete any presets

:?: What’s your screen resolution? I tried on Windows with 200% on a standard 4K monitor and was able to fit 20+ custom presets in addition to the built-in presets. Maybe you have a screen height that is less than 1080 pixels? Maybe a small laptop?

:idea: Built-in presets cannot be deleted as they ...
by rednoah
23 Jun 2026, 12:38
Forum: Feature Requests and Bug Reports
Topic: Can't see New Preset or delete any presets
Replies: 5
Views: 2747

Re: Can't see New Preset or delete any presets

1.
Yep, looks like you have too many Presets for your screen.


:?: Which screen size / screen resolution / scale factor are you using? If you're using a high scale factor then you could temporarily use a smaller scale factor to allow for more things on screen at once.

:?: Is it a screen size ...
by rednoah
22 Jun 2026, 12:49
Forum: Feature Requests and Bug Reports
Topic: Filebot Fails to rename series.
Replies: 5
Views: 2688

Re: Filebot Fails to rename series.

Getting the same issue for multiple different servers would definitely be a bit strange, unless it's something CloudFlare related that happens to be used by both TMDB and TVDB. In any case, Connection reset by peer means that the remote end of the network connection closed the connection ...
by rednoah
20 Jun 2026, 12:23
Forum: Ubuntu & Desktop Linux
Topic: Name matching issue
Replies: 1
Views: 1904

Re: Name matching issue

Here's what I get:
Screenshot


:?: Which version of FileBot are you using? What does System Information say?

:?: Which database are you using? Are you using a custom preset or a custom format that might explain the different behaviour you get?
by rednoah
19 Jun 2026, 03:19
Forum: macOS
Topic: Support ending for Intel-Based apps
Replies: 1
Views: 1962

Re: Support ending for Intel-Based apps

Don't worry about it. You can safely ignore that message. It's just about Apple removing Rosetta 2 from a future versions of macOS. "a future release of macOS" notably refers to late 2027 at the earliest and not this year. See Q: When will FileBot publish arm64 binaries on the Mac App Store? for ...
by rednoah
18 Jun 2026, 13:32
Forum: Feature Requests and Bug Reports
Topic: Filebot Fails to rename series.
Replies: 5
Views: 2688

Re: Filebot Fails to rename series.

Sounds like a generic network error...

:?: Are you using a VPN?

:?: Which database are you using? Have you tried using a different database?

:?: What does the Error Log say?
by rednoah
17 Jun 2026, 10:05
Forum: Windows
Topic: Can't Find My License
Replies: 1
Views: 1889

Re: Can't Find My License

:idea: The email address you have used to register here in the forums is not associated with a license purchase. If you don't know neither your email address nor your license number, then you will need to check with Paddle (our payment provider) to lookup your license number / license key via your ...
by rednoah
17 Jun 2026, 04:12
Forum: unRAID & docker
Topic: [FAQ] How do I activate my license in the FileBot Desktop WebUI? (filebot-xpra)
Replies: 0
Views: 2585

[FAQ] How do I activate my license in the FileBot Desktop WebUI? (filebot-xpra)


Please help me activate my FileBot license in Docker. Copying and pasting into the WebUI doesn't work. I really don't want to have to use the command-line for this.


:idea: The Paste License Key option requires access to your system clipboard. If the clipboard does not work, then you may need ...
by rednoah
17 Jun 2026, 03:29
Forum: Episode / Movie Naming Scheme
Topic: Naming Harry Potter And The Sorcerers Stone?
Replies: 1
Views: 2368

Re: Naming Harry Potter And The Sorcerers Stone?

:idea: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the official English movie name according to the database, so that's the value the {n} binding will give you.


:arrow: You could use Edit Name to manually rewrite the target file name if you don't like the name in the database.

https://i.imgur ...
by rednoah
14 Jun 2026, 13:27
Forum: Feature Requests and Bug Reports
Topic: Open-With Filebot Functionality No Longer Working in v5.2.3 MacOS arm64
Replies: 1
Views: 2297

Re: Open-With Filebot Functionality No Longer Working in v5.2.3 MacOS arm64

:?: Did that ever work? Which version?


:idea: Open with FileBot works on Windows and Linux because the selected files are passed as argument array into the startup function. However, macOS doesn't pass selected files as argument array, so that's why it doesn't work when first launching FileBot ...
by rednoah
13 Jun 2026, 03:48
Forum: macOS
Topic: [arm64] Apple Silicon Roadmap
Replies: 17
Views: 30582

Re: [arm64] Apple Silicon Roadmap

At a glance, probably not a Rosetta / Intel / ARM issue at all. Probably something else. Probably not something that an ARM version would fix. Though I cannot reproduce the issue on my M1 MacBook with macOS 26.5 here. Can you provide more information so we can investigate and fix this bug ...
by rednoah
13 Jun 2026, 03:34
Forum: Windows
Topic: [BETA] Right-Click FileBot (FileBot Context Menu for Windows 11 available for testing)
Replies: 2
Views: 30718

Re: [BETA] Right-Click FileBot (FileBot Context Menu for Windows 11 available for testing)

The context menu uses your Presets . You can create / modify your Presets into the FileBot Desktop application to suit your needs. Specifically, you'll want to use a custom format and not {plex.id} which is the default format and adds {tmdb-12345} markers to the movie folder name.

After that you'll ...