[CLI] S00E00 instead of 00x00

[theglove]

Hi, been pointed in this direction for some help renaming files via CLI. I've normally used the GUI on iFlicks for Mac but recently made some changes to my media streaming setup.

I'm running Filebot via CLI I want my file to look like this:- Name of Show S00E00 Name of episode

this is what I've tried so far

filebot -rename "/xxx/xxx/media/TV Shows/xxxx/Season 5" --db TheTVDB -non-strict however doing that gives an output of Name of show - 00x00 - Name of episode

Not sure of the exact format to use to achieve my result. I want the files to remain in place and once they've been renamed i'll be moving them over to Google Drive.

[rednoah]

You'll want to use a custom format if you're not happy with the default:
https://www.filebot.net/naming.html

e.g.

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--format {plex.name}

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[theglove]

You'll want to use a custom format if you're not happy with the default:
https://www.filebot.net/naming.html

e.g.

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--format {plex.name}

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That worked an absolute treat. Many thanks

[theglove]

How do I make sure something is being tagged correctly? There's a file that I've downloaded for a TV show that looks from TVDB records that there's a couple of different entries. The CLI command seems to have picked the wrong one though.

[rednoah]

Logs?

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[theglove]

So the file I've downloaded is in the format

/home25/{user]/media/TV%20Shows/Watchmen/Season%201/Watchmen.S01E01.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264.1-KiNGS-Obfuscated.mkv

When I run the command filebot -rename /home25/[user]/media/TV\ Shows/Watchmen\ 2019/Season\ 1/ --db TheTVDB --format {plex.name}

I get this output Watchmen - Motion Comic - S01E01 - Chapter I - At Midnight, All the Agents.mkv

[rednoah]

1.
If your priority is avoiding mismatches, then you can use strict mode. In this case, in strict mode, a failure would be the expected and desired result, since there's many shows with the same name which can't be differentiated reliably:

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filebot -rename *.mkv --action TEST
Rename episodes using [TheTVDB] with [Airdate Order]
Auto-detected query: [Watchmen]
Multiple options: Advanced auto-selection requires -non-strict matching: [Watchmen, Watchmen: Motion Comic, Watchmen (2017)]
Failure (×_×)⌒☆

2.
By enabling -non-strict mode, I get Watchmen (2017) as best match, which presumably is the correct match, at least looks like it could be to me:

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filebot -rename *.mkv -non-strict --action TEST
Rename episodes using [TheTVDB] with [Airdate Order]
Auto-detected query: [Watchmen]
Fetching episode data for [Watchmen]
Fetching episode data for [Watchmen: Motion Comic]
Fetching episode data for [Watchmen (2017)]
Fetching episode data for [Pitchmen]
[TEST] from [Watchmen.S01E01.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264.1-KiNGS-Obfuscated.mkv] to [Watchmen (2017) - 1x01.mkv]
Processed 1 files

3.
Let's assume we know that this is Watchmen and not Watchmen (2017) then we can use the --q option the specify that specifically and unambiguously:

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filebot -rename *.mkv --q "Watchmen" --action TEST
Rename episodes using [TheTVDB] with [Airdate Order]
Fetching episode data for [Watchmen]
[TEST] from [Watchmen.S01E01.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264.1-KiNGS-Obfuscated.mkv] to [Watchmen - 1x01 - It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice.mkv]
Processed 1 files

[theglove]

Thanks for coming back to me. I really do appreciate it

The first listing for Watchmen is the correct one. On TVDB it's the first result with ID 360733 so I guess it's how I force Filebot to now use that

[rednoah]

1.
Yes, you can use --q 360733 to force the specific ID.


2.
--filter option may be preferable in more automated use cases, as it allows you to add generic rules that better model your specific requirements (e.g. if you only process files that are released in the last 30 days, then we can search for matches within that time frame, which makes finding the right one significantly easier)

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filebot -rename *.mkv --filter "age < 30" -non-strict --action TEST
Rename episodes using [TheTVDB] with [Airdate Order]
Auto-detected query: [Watchmen]
Fetching episode data for [Watchmen]
Fetching episode data for [Watchmen: Motion Comic]
Fetching episode data for [Watchmen (2017)]
Fetching episode data for [Pitchmen]
Apply filter [age < 30] on [84] items
Include [Watchmen - 1x01 - It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice]
[TEST] from [Watchmen.S01E01.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264.1-KiNGS-Obfuscated.mkv] to [Watchmen - 1x01 - It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice.mkv]
Processed 1 files

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[theglove]

ok, interesting. i've just tried option 1 you listed as a test and this is what I got

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filebot -rename /home25/[user]/media/TV\ Shows/Watchmen/Season\ 1/ --db TheTVDB --q 360733 --format {plex.name}
Rename episodes using [TheTVDB]
Failed to fetch episode data: [360733]
Failed to match files to episode data

[rednoah]

I see. IDK. Try the latest beta, there were changes to manual lookup a few weeks ago:
https://get.filebot.net/filebot/BETA/

[theglove]

The seedbox that I'm running won't update to the latest version frustratingly