Salix Linux is based on Slackware. :?: Which Desktop are you using? Gnome? KDE? Something else? How did you install the FileBot package? as soon as I try to select a file I get a spinning logo and Filebot locks up totally. :idea: So when you click on the Load button, the FileDialog doesn't show ...

Do you want to just rename files or rewrite ID3 metadata?


FileBot can rewrite file names but cannot modify / rewrite file contents.


e.g. Plain File Format that zero-pads all the numbers in the file name:

Thanks for the feedback. I've updated the https://www.filebot.net/linux/apt.html manual to use the new .source file.

I see. I’ll look into this new deb source file format.

I’m pretty sure we only provide deb lines at the time of writing. Where did your .source file come from?

:!: If you process the exact same file twice, then the amc script will assume that your setup is broken (i.e. accidental infinite loop) and fail with a warning: Failed to process [...] because [...] is an exact copy and already exists [Last-Modified: Sun Jan 04 11:20:36 CET 2026] :idea: Your ...

Yes, a Custom Conflict Action would be responsible for coming up with an alternate target file path if there is a conflict.


e.g. maybe something like this will do the trick?

:idea: Well, if the new files generally have a relatively new time stamp, then you can probably add a few options to process only files that are less than a day old. If you revert a file, then that file would probably be already a few days old. I'm not sure how to do that within the context of the ...

:?: How do new and better files end up in the input folder yet don’t have a new unique file name? The file name typically includes video resolution, source medium, codec information, etc, so a new and better file would typically come with a different file name, higher resolution, BluRay source, ...

You’ll want to use {plex.id} to organize files. That’ll take care of everything:
You can use {plex.name} if you just want the file name part of the Plex path:
The Plex naming standard for multi-episode files is the S01E01-E3 range style.

I let AMC automatically detect and move everything via a container. Sometimes the source files are simply rubbish and something is detected that is not correct. But when I undo it, my automation immediately detects it again and reassigns it incorrectly. This is because it is restored to the watch ...

I've created a test account with 7@U2e#i8Tko%LE as password and login via the FileBot Desktop application works for me.

:idea: {genres} and {genre} simply give you the genres / genre. You can then use those values to express your custom logic which defines which genres map to which folders. e.g. Genre Music goes to Folder Music (even if it's a Documentary as well) and Genre Documentary goes to Folder Documentary ...

phileeny wrote: ↑11 Jan 2026, 16:06 I tried "genre(s)" but that didn't work

What have you tried? What didn't work? What movie(s) did you run tests with?


e.g. Conditional Structures (if-then-else)

:!: I see. You are talking about embedded subtitles and not external subtitles. That changes things. :?: In this case, please copy & paste the raw MediaInfo table via FileBot so we can see the all the keys. That way we can write code to check if the file contains any subtitles streams that are ...

piter332 wrote: ↑10 Jan 2026, 08:15 it's not recognizing the forced subtitles

What are the subtitle file names you have?

Can you share the subtitle files or OpenSubtitles links to these subtitles?

What is the script you ended up using in the end? Please copy & paste for the next guy.

What is the format you ended up using in the end? Please copy & paste for the next guy.

If the plot value is not available in your preferred language, then the plot value may be served in the original language.

{subt} will add the language code and the -forced marker.

{subt} notably can only detect -forced subtitles that are already marked as such. If you need auto-detection, then you might have to write your own code that reads the subtitle files and checks for certain heuristics.

:idea: Your code is wrong. It is running and failing for every single file: Cannot invoke method or() on null object This particular error message is likely caused by this bit, where you invent new variables (which are null by default) and then use the | or operator on them, which conceptually doesn ...

:idea: episode is a top-level binding. info will optionally give you an EpisodeDetails object. FileBot however does not have the airsBefore* properties in its model, so we need to use raw which gives us the raw JSON API response which happens to contain these airsBefore* properties if you're using ...

:idea: Special Position: Airs before season 1, episode 5 seems to be something new. I'm not sure if the API makes this information even available. I'll have a look. :arrow: You can probably use the episode airdate to sort episodes into the appropriate watch order. EDIT :idea: You can access the ...

No worries. You're welcome.

:idea: A Preset defines a specific database / specific episode order / specific language to match against, a specific custom format to generate target file names with, etc, all at once. If you want to use a specific custom format, then you'll want to modify the Preset accordingly and then click on ...