How do I deal with files ripped from DVD disks named [Futurama Volume 7 Disc 2-1] effectively?
Posted: 10 May 2021, 11:07
I'm a bit baffled by how Filebot decides how to match DVD titles. For example, I ripped Futurama and Season 7 looks something like this...
This seems like a pretty common naming scheme for DVDs, you have a disc number, and a number within the disc, and you'd think filebot would realise, ok this is Volume 7, probably best to name the episodes in order for Volume 7. But no, the suggestions are random and all over the place.
It's also a bit confusing how the buttons work. The button with tool tip "Clear all' with a circular arrow... everywhere else in the world this icon means "Refresh", and I'd expect it to refresh the file list. There doesn't seem to be a button to do that. If I select Load -> Select Folder, and select the same folder again, it doesn't do the same as Clear all, then load -> select folder. Items come up in a different (aka wrong) order, matching seems to not work right. Like I renamed all the above files to have just the episode number (not disc, # in disc) in the hope Filebot would wake up, but it didn't work by just loading the folder again, matching again, it still had wrong guesses. But clearing, then loading again worked. I don't know, it seems like Filebot could be more intelligent in making guesses using meta data, file names and so forth.
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Futurama Volume 7 Disc 1-1.m4v
Futurama Volume 7 Disc 1-2.m4v
Futurama Volume 7 Disc 1-3.m4v
Futurama Volume 7 Disc 1-4.m4v
Futurama Volume 7 Disc 1-5.m4v
Futurama Volume 7 Disc 1-6.m4v
Futurama Volume 7 Disc 1-7.m4v
Futurama Volume 7 Disc 2-1.m4v
Futurama Volume 7 Disc 2-2.m4v
Futurama Volume 7 Disc 2-3.m4v
Futurama Volume 7 Disc 2-4.m4v
Futurama Volume 7 Disc 2-5.m4v
Futurama Volume 7 Disc 2-6.m4v
It's also a bit confusing how the buttons work. The button with tool tip "Clear all' with a circular arrow... everywhere else in the world this icon means "Refresh", and I'd expect it to refresh the file list. There doesn't seem to be a button to do that. If I select Load -> Select Folder, and select the same folder again, it doesn't do the same as Clear all, then load -> select folder. Items come up in a different (aka wrong) order, matching seems to not work right. Like I renamed all the above files to have just the episode number (not disc, # in disc) in the hope Filebot would wake up, but it didn't work by just loading the folder again, matching again, it still had wrong guesses. But clearing, then loading again worked. I don't know, it seems like Filebot could be more intelligent in making guesses using meta data, file names and so forth.