Folder for each series episode

[Doomguard]

Hi, i have The Vampire Diaries as my main directory and inside got subfolder for each episode and subtitles.

i failed to rename folder as file with seires db but it was able to do with movie db with wrong information.

What can i do so that the vampire diaries can sort like
- The Vampire Diaries ( root folder )

-- Season 1 ( first folder for season 1 )
--- Episode 1 ( first folder for episode 1 )
---- The Vampire Diaries - S01E01 - Episode name
---- Subtitle for it
--- Episode 2 (second folder for episode 2 )

-- Season 2( second folder for season 2 )
-- Season 3


How i create a naming scheme like that? because now my the vampire diaries was sort in:

--The vampire diaries
---- The.Vampire.Diaries.S02E01.DVDRip.XviD-REWARD
-------- The Vampire Diaries - 2x01 - The Return.avi
-------- The Vampire Diaries - 2x01 - The Return.sfv
---- The.Vampire.Diaries.S02E02.DVDRip.XviD-REWARD
--------The Vampire Diaries - 2x02 - Brave New World.avi
--------The Vampire Diaries - 2x02 - Brave New World.sfv
and so on.....

please help. thanks

[rednoah]

Just specify the path as you want it in the format:

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{n}/Season {s}/Episode {e.pad(2)}/{n} - {s00e00} - {t}

More or less like this.

[Doomguard]

it keep rename and arrange my folder like this even with the format change.

- The Vampire Diaries
-- The.Vampire.Diaries.S02E01.DVDRip.XviD-REWARD
-- The Vampire Diaries - 2x01 - The Return.sfv
--- The Vampire Diaries
---- Season 2
----- Episode 01
------ The Vampire Diaries - S02E01 - The Return.avi

I dont want like that. i dont want this "The.Vampire.Diaries.S02E01.DVDRip.XviD-REWARD" folder. and i want it to able to move the sub as well.

thanks..

[rednoah]

You didn't set output base dir:

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--output "path/to/output"

*.sfv files will be ignored since that's not subtitles files.

[anon293481]

Can you explain how to set this in/for the GUI? I just ran filebot.exe with the --output argument but the directory structure is still completely messed up. I don't understand why someone would not want an output directory. I like the GUI because I can remove all the stuff filebot gets wrong. For example I now have:

\Game of Thrones\Season 03\Game of Thrones\Season 03\*

As a first time user, great app!
There should also be an option to override individual file renames (eg. change an incorrect show/ep number and a fully manual rename). The input files also need to show the original directory. There should be sort by name columns. There should be a method to sort by name on either column, so you can quickly find input/output renames especially when dealing with the conflict popup (which by the way only displays the output filename, and no "continue but skip these" option).

I realise the focus may be on automation and command line only, but the GUI seems to be all I need.

[rednoah]

What's that path? I guess you just messed up YOUR format.

Focus is on efficient GUI and CLI tools. Everything you want is supported efficiently if you use it right. Manual matching is explained plenty in the FAQ and instead of checking everything you should do "ignore and continue" which then leaves you with only remaining entries that cause issues. That being said, I guess you're using it in "just drop in everything" mode which is not what it's intended for in the first place.

[anon293481]

The format I'm using is the bottom in the list of examples: {n}/{"Season ${s.pad(2)}"}/{s00e00} - {t}

I ended up with the duplicate nested structure because I tried renaming a second time attempting to set the --output option.

Perhaps I should be using an absolute path here to force the matter?

Indeed I am "dropping in everything". It seems to work great for that too. However, as you say I'm not using it right and this limits me by not being able to use the shift-click option. Thanks for point me to the FAQ, but I haven't found anything to let me override individual files yet (and some are tricky to confirm only seeing the filename and not source directory). Even so, the accuracy is really very good, I'm quite impressed. I'm only finding the odd issue here and there (deleting those and renaming myself for now) and the everything-at-once approach still seems faster to me.

[rednoah]

1.
Yes, either absolute paths (GUI) or relative paths that are resolved against --output (CLI).

2.
If individual files don't work you can delete them by pressing DELETE.

* DELETE => kill selected row
* SHIFT-DELETE => kill selected cell

3.
If the match is correct, but you somehow need to adjust the proposed name for just one single entry you can press F2 for manual override of a single entry. Though that defeats the point of automation and FileBot won't be able to tag the files with metadata.