1. Usually they don't but in some shows they do, or rather, the databases initially have all episodes as "Episode 1", "Episode 2", ... and someone later updates the titles. One example is "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver". If you process a file within minutes of release, this might happen. The so...

:?: What is the purpose of "updating names", perhaps episode titles? Those don't typically change much over time... :?: Sounds like you're making life difficult for yourself by creating symbolic link files to file paths that can change. Why not use hardlinks instead? Just have the same file at multi...

The key is testing your custom format with a real file / episode pair so that you can test with the specific corner case at hand.

1. Load your files and match them up against your preferred database 2. Double-Click on the New Names on the right-handside that corresponds to your file.ts.meta file on the left-hand side and then select Edit Format . 3. Play with it. Try a bit of trial and error and see if you can figure it out. I...

1. {pi} and {t} will give you the track number and track title. :idea: You can use MediaInfo bindings to access arbitrary MediaInfo properties. https://i.imgur.com/I7ulhvt.png 2. You'll always want to prototype your custom format in the FileBot Desktop application / Format Editor first: https://yout...

Using Gmail (for search and lookup) and not deleting email will usually do the trick. Please let us know if you have trouble with Paddle support. We can help you as well, once you've got your Paddle order number.

Yes, you just have to customise your format to preserve that part as well, since FileBot will only preserve the file extension: { fn.match(/[.]ts/) } :arrow: See Companion Files (Type 1) for details. :idea: Alternatively, you can generate the .ts bit for some files but not others using if-then-else ...

{plex} format covers everything you need to know, with one representative example for each property or operator. Note that you are not limited to these examples verbatim. The number of format possibilities that use {plex} as a building block is infinite. :idea: The possible variations are infinite ...

FileBot can rename music video files, assuming AcoustID can match the audio track. This may work for some files but not others, depending on the audio fingerprint. Alternatively, if metadata is already embedded into the file then that will work as well: https://www.filebot.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t...

If you want to recover a lost license key or a never received license key , please contact Paddle (our payment processor) with your name , email and payment details so they can look up your order and resend your license confirmation. If you have multiple purchases under your email address, then you...

Let's have a look at screenshots / sample files first and then decide how best to approach this particular use case, whatever it may be. The problem may very well just be searching for the wrong thing, as opposed to having too many options when searching for the right thing. :idea: Press Skip if you...

Can you provide a screenshot or sample file paths?

What are you doing? What does the log say?


If you see license activations multiple times per day, then you're likely accidentally deleting application state:
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You can use -script dev:amc to run the latest and greatest:
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You'd typically set up your upstream application to only call filebot once the download / recording / etc is complete. The "check for files that haven't been modified recently" approach is the last-resort approach for when your upstream application doesn't support calling 3rd party applications on c...

If {plex.name} is MovieTitle.eng then M:/Movies-1/{plex.name}/{plex.name} is M:/Movies-1/MovieTitle.eng/MovieTitle.eng . You'll want stick to the {plex} format as-is (and not re-arranged bits and pieces) and everything will work out of the box. :idea: If you want to customize your destination format...

:?: Which OS are you using? :idea: If you're using Linux, then Creation-Date does not exist, and Last-Modified is used instead. If you're using Windows or Mac then Creation-Date is used. Unfortunately, there's no way to change this behaviour without modifying the amc script yourself. :arrow: The eas...

--def minFileAge does accept fractional numbers because the String value you pass in is interpreted as double-precision Decimal number, so --def minFileAge=0.04 should just work: https://github.com/filebot/scripts/blob/master/amc.groovy#L50 :?: What age do you get for test files where --def minFile...

No worries. FileBot r9241 will just work. :idea: Note that this issue is specific to the amc script because GUI and CLI usage typically includes selecting either Episode Mode or Movie Mode when processing files, e.g. filebot -rename --db MovieDB ... just works because --db MovieDB forces Movie Mode ...

True Things is from 2022 so if the year was correct, it likely would have worked better. True Things and Terrible Things are pretty similar name-wise. Some alias name in some language perhaps even more so. There's a release group named True which lowers the weight factor of this particular keyword ...

:!: FileBot fundamentally can only rename / re-organize files that are conceptually Episode or Movie type objects. FileBot notably cannot process or identify "Series" type objects (FileBot will internally match your folder to some Episode; somewhat randomly if the input file / folder isn't an Episod...

Please try FileBot r9241 and check if it now works for your use case:
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There will likely be a new stable release within the next 2-3 months.

Strict Mode will indeed ignore files that aren't already somewhat reasonably well-named. If the file isn't named something along the lines Name (Year) as opposed to 6_English.srt then it won't work. :idea: In this case, the amc script is pre-emptively ignoring the file, because it knows in advance ...

e.g. either "NF " or nothing: Learn how {expressions} work and useful Helper Functions



The {source} source match binding can probably replace your fn.match(/custom pattern/) code:

Looks like it's being processed as series, and not as movie, and so it doesn't work: Group: {Series=auto media} => [The.Sadness.Uncut.[4K.UHD].2022.2160p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP.5.1.HDR.H.265-Lee.mkv] Rename episodes using [TheTVDB] with [Airdate] :arrow: You can use --def ut_label=Movie to force Movie Mode...