Going to try AMC for the first time and needing some help

[rkmcdon]

I've been using filebot for a while to rename tv and movies, but have put off what has seemed the daunting task of trying to set it up to automate my media processing. I have no real knowledge when it comes to scripting, so my apologies in if this is a dumb post.

I'm trying to create a script so that when new shows and movies are downloaded, filebot will unrar when appropriate, and copy the newly download files to my output folder. I want it to leave the original file in the seed folder with the original name and then rename the copy in my output folder. It would also be nice if it updated my kodi/xbmc, but that's not a deal breaker

I do not want to fetch subtitles
I do not need to deal with music
I do not want to fetch artwork or generate .nfo files
I do not need an email update

I'm running windows 10, uTorrent 2.2.1 and filebot 4.6.1

My output folder is a folder on my synology ds1512 mapped to the computer with utorrent and filebot as the J drive

I've gone through rednoah's tutorial on setting up automated media center, and the details are definitely above my knowledge level, but I'm hoping I can work through this with a little help, which is what brings me here.

Utorrent is setup to put new downloads in local drive D:\Seeds\Incomplete
It then moves completed downloads to D:\Seeds.
The paths in Utorrent settings do not end with backslash
D: is not the OS drive

That brings me to the run program script:
filebot -script fn:amc --output "X:/path/to/media" --log-file amc.log --action copy --conflict override -non-strict --def music=y subtitles=en artwork=y "ut_label=%L" "ut_state=%S" "ut_title=%N" "ut_kind=%K" "ut_file=%F" "ut_dir=%D"

I'm hoping I can use fn:amc without having to create my own script file, but honestly don't know. I'm trying to figure out what I need to change to accomplish what I laid out above.

My current folder and file naming structures are:

TV show folder structure:
J drive/TV shows/Show name/Show name season/file.
I have set up filebot to rename my tv shows using the format: show s00e00 title vf
which would give the filename for Gotham Season 2 episode 1 as:
Gotham S02E01 Rise of the Villians 720p
So I believe the proper script for this folder/filename structure would be:
J:/TV Shows/{n}/{n} Season {s}/{n} {s00e00} {t} {vf}

Similarly for movies, I have the following folder structure:
J drive/movies/file.
My movie file naming format is: Movie (year) vf af ac
which would give the filename for the movie 300 as:
300 (2006) 1080p 6ch DTS
So I believe the proper script for this folder/filename structure would be:
J:/Movies/{n} ({y}) {vf} {af} {ac}

Filebot is currently set up to give me the naming formats described above.

Given the differences between what I'm trying to accomplish and the AMC tutorial by rednoah, I wasn't sure if that was the place to start, but I tried to start with his example and here's what I ended up with. I went ahead and put in the absolute path to the filebot executable...I think.

C:\Program Files\FileBot\filebot.launcher.exe -script fn:amc --output "J:" --log-file amc.log --action copy --conflict override -non-strict --def "seriesFormat=J:/TV Shows/{n}/{n} Season {s}/{n} {s00e00} {t} {vf}/{fn}" "movieFormat=J:/Movies/{n} ({y}) {vf} {af} {ac}/{fn}" "ut_label=%L" "ut_state=%S" "ut_title=%N" "ut_kind=%K" "ut_file=%F" "ut_dir=%D"

I have a strong feeling I'm way off on this and will either need additional changes, or not be able to use fn:amc, and have to create my own script. I would appreciate any and all help in getting me on the right track.

Thanks,
Rodney

[rkmcdon]

Anyone? Anything to point me in the right direction would be appreciated

[rednoah]

1.
Have you read the Troubleshooting section?
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=215

Where is the actual command that is executed by utorrent?
Where is the log or screenshots of you running this command in cmd?


2.
Using filebot.launcher.exe means you want to suppress the console and any output, which is probably a bad idea if you're still figuring things out and need to see output.

Also, you're currently trying to run C:\Program so you probably haven't tried running this in cmd. There's plenty of troubleshooting help in the manual. Read that first.


3.
Do not use custom formats unless you know what you're doing. In fact, don't do any customization unless it's already running, and you can make modifications step by step. The examples in the manual work out-of-the-box, your modifications may break things.


4.
You do not need to create your own script.

[rkmcdon]

Thank you Rednoah.

I did go through the troubleshooting and had used that to put together my thoughts on my original post. Unfortunately this stuff is above my head and I'm trying to grasp something I can build on.

I have a file format set up with some 8 terabytes of movies and tv and was hoping to be able to integrate this into the existing structure, which is why I tried to do customization right from the start. It sounds like that's a bad idea. I did run it unmodified originally and it seemed to be working, I just didn't like the file/naming structure, so I was trying to mod.

Where is the actual command that is executed by utorrent?
I believe you are referring to the script in 'run this program when a torrent finishes'. The script I was proposing was
C:\Program Files\FileBot\filebot.launcher.exe -script fn:amc --output "J:" --log-file amc.log --action copy --conflict override -non-strict --def "seriesFormat=J:/TV Shows/{n}/{n} Season {s}/{n} {s00e00} {t} {vf}/{fn}" "movieFormat=J:/Movies/{n} ({y}) {vf} {af} {ac}/{fn}" "ut_label=%L" "ut_state=%S" "ut_title=%N" "ut_kind=%K" "ut_file=%F" "ut_dir=%D"

Where is the log or screenshots of you running this command in cmd? You are correct that I have not tried running this in cmd. In my mind, I felt I was so far off with what I was trying to do, that running it in cmd didn't seem justified. It was a short cut and I do apologize for that.

So, I'm going to go back and put in the script as you wrote it and let it run for a few days and see if I run into any errors. I'll deal with the folder/naming discrepancies later

I'll go ahead and run the abomination of a command I had come up with in cmd to see what happens.

Thank you for your time

[rkmcdon]

filebot -script fn:amc --output "X:/path/to/media" --log-file amc.log --action copy --conflict override -non-strict --def music=n subtitles=n artwork=n "ut_label=%L" "ut_state=%S" "ut_title=%N" "ut_kind=%K" "ut_file=%F" "ut_dir=%D"

by the way, can I change subtitles from "en" to "n" to prevent it from downloading subtitles?

[rkmcdon]

I went ahead and ran a cmd line test with the custom formats to see what would happen. I had to correct a couple of things and here is my last run circled in red. I was kind of expecting more, but is this all that should have happened for a test run?

[rednoah]

1.
You can see the commands that utorrent is trying to run in the utorrent logger tab. See manual.

2.
Removing subtitles=xyz from the command altogether is the correct way of not downloading any subtitles.

3.
YES

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"C:\Program Files\FileBot\filebot.exe" -version

NO

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C:\Program Files\FileBot\filebot.exe -version

Why? Read this: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1899

4.
Screenshot of CMD? You know that you can select and copy text, right? If you don't know how, ask Google.

[rkmcdon]

Thank you. Yes, I know how to copy text. I did a screenshot because your prior text asked for a log or screenshot. Here is the text from the run today after my latest torrent was downloaded (this is using the custom naming, if you would like me to post what happens when I run your default script, I can do that as well).

Locking C:\Users\Rodney\AppData\Roaming\FileBot\logs\amc.log
Run script [fn:amc] at [Fri Dec 04 21:42:22 CST 2015]
Parameter: excludeList = amc.txt
Parameter: seriesFormat = J:/TV Downloads/{n}/{n} Season {s}/{n} {s00e00} {t} {vf}/{fn}
Parameter: movieFormat = J:/Movies/{n} ({y}) {vf} {af} {ac}/{fn}
Argument: J:\TV Downloads
Using excludes: J:\amc.txt (0)
Ignore hidden: J:\TV Downloads\Old Shows\.wd_tv

This did not result in the downloaded torrent being unrar'd and moved

[rednoah]

That's only the first few lines of the output... it doesn't show what it's doing or not doing.

Upload C:\Users\Rodney\AppData\Roaming\FileBot\logs\amc.log on somewhere like http://pastebin.com/ please.

[rkmcdon]

Thank you. I had switched back to your script and then hadn't been around to check and just discovered tonight I had put in your script without changing the output from x:/media. changed it and will upload to pastebin once I have a log with the corrected settings.

[rkmcdon]

Here it is. I went ahead and posted the entire log for this first post.

http://pastebin.com/b55k3bBx

Using your script It transferred both a movie (Pan) and a TV show (the big bang theory) properly.

Since these transfers I have gone back and gotten rid of the part that downloads artwork

Both were transferred in a folder. Is it possible to have filebot transfer just the video files so that instead of Movies>Pan(2015)>Pan (2015), I just get the video file transferred so I have Movies>Pan (2015) ?

[rkmcdon]

Perhaps what I should have said, what is the next step you would recommend for me to change the output to:

seriesFormat = J:/TV Downloads/{n}/{n} Season {s}/{n} {s00e00} {t} {vf}
movieFormat = J:/Movies/{n} ({y}) {vf} {af} {ac]

[rednoah]

1.
I guess if there's really nothing afterwards in the logs, then the whole runtime just crashed:

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Using excludes: J:\amc.txt (0)
Ignore hidden: J:\TV Downloads\Old Shows\.wd_tv

You did try this with Windows CMD? If the Java runtime crashes, FileBot logs won't have those, since FileBot is too dead to write any logs, but the console will always show you some sort of error output.


2.
You're asking a custom formats. Read the manual on how to do that. I recommend not changing the output formats.

[rkmcdon]

1.
I guess if there's really nothing afterwards in the logs, then the whole runtime just crashed:
So the log was incomplete? I can try posting a new log if that would help

You did try this with Windows CMD? I put the script in utorrent preferences under "run this program when a torrent finishes" and then downloaded a torrent. If the Java runtime crashes, FileBot logs won't have those, since FileBot is too dead to write any logs, but the console will always show you some sort of error output.


2.
You're asking a custom formats. Read the manual on how to do that. I recommend not changing the output formats.
That's unfortunate. I was really hoping to be able to customize this to my format

[rkmcdon]

When you mention reading the manual, are you referring to
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=215#p1561
or something else?

Also, I'm wondering if i'm misunderstanding when you say you recommend not changing the output formats. In the faq you wrote:
Sorting files into a new folder structure is fully supported. Just define a path via the naming scheme, e.g.

Are we talking about the same thing, or am I misunderstanding what we're talking about?

I apologize for the simplistic questions. I appreciate that you've hung with me this long and I donated today to say thank you

[rkmcdon]

Ok, I cleared out my log to get rid of the clutter

I put in the script in utorrents 'run this program after a torrent finishes'

I downloaded an episode of Jessica jones and when it completed the script ran, unpacked the episode copied it to J:/TV Shows/Jessica Jones/Season 01/file and then renamed it to {n} - {s00e00} - {t}

This worked flawlessly and after getting rid of the parameters for artwork and subtitles, it only copied over the video file and didn't have the extra folder to contain all of the files.

Here's the log for just this transfer
http://pastebin.com/iY94LnKM

Now, looking at your post on AMC it says:
Change how files will be organized and renamed:
This script uses multiple format expressions, so the simple --format option is not supported. You can override the default naming schemes via --def seriesFormat, animeFormat or movieFormat. Relative paths will be resolved against --output and you can use absolute paths if you want to use multiple drives.


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--def "seriesFormat=S:/TV/{n}/{'S'+s}/{fn}" "animeFormat=T:/Anime/{n}/{fn}" "movieFormat=M:/Movies/{ny}/{fn}" "musicFormat=N:/Music/{n}/{fn}"

• Make sure that you understand how format expressions work, and what bindings like {n} or {fn} mean.
• Use the @/path/to/file syntax to read complex arguments from a text file.


From reading that, it seems that if I just add series and movie format parameters, it should do what I'm wanting. I believe this is the part you previously recommended not doing, but I'm still a little unclear as to whether I'm understanding correctly. By my reading of the above it would seem, if I have the script working, I could modify it from what I currently have working in utorrent:

filebot -script fn:amc --output "J:" --log-file amc.log --action copy --conflict override -non-strict --def music=y "ut_label=%L" "ut_state=%S" "ut_title=%N" "ut_kind=%K" "ut_file=%F" "ut_dir=%D"

To this code with the format I want as outlined above, which gives me:

filebot -script fn:amc --output "J:" --log-file amc.log --action copy --conflict override -non-strict --def music=y "seriesFormat=J:/TV Downloads/{n}/{n} Season {s}/{n} {s00e00} {t} {vf]" "movieFormat=J:/Movies/{n} ({y}) {vf} {af} {ac}" "ut_label=%L" "ut_state=%S" "ut_title=%N" "ut_kind=%K" "ut_file=%F" "ut_dir=%D"

But when I use this, I get the following log:
HOLY SHIT! It worked! I was making this post as I went because I'd tried this earlier without success, but for some reason it worked this time. I believe there's a saying about even a blind squirrel finding an acorn from time to time (at least in the South here in the states there is). I'll go ahead and post the log
http://pastebin.com/KY8bpXV6

[rkmcdon]

Wow, so that was a huge step forward to say the least.

Thank you for your patience. I work in a field where I have to explain things to people who's knowledge on the subject in question is far below mine and I know how frustrating it can be working in that situation.

Obviously while its a big step forward, I suspect I will have additional issues crop up. I know I have a few shows that have to have the titles validated due to punctuation and some that I have to select from a list before it will name, and I'm not yet clear on how amc handles those situations. I'll let it run for a few days (I have utorrent autodownloading tv shows using rss feeds) and see what issues I run into, but I'm sure I'll be back here before too long.

Thanks again for your help.

Rodney

[rednoah]

1.

HOLY SHIT! It worked!

Looks like you're doing just fine on your own!

2.
As for the manual, you found the right one, and formats, you seem to have figured that one out as well. There's lots of things I don't recommend just for the sake of keeping things simple. Seems you're up to the task, so don't worry about that.

3.
Illegal characters will be removed automatically just like in the GUI. In -non-strict mode it should behave similar to the GUI, except it'll always auto-select the top result instead of asking you.

You can use --filter to help with auto-detection/matching but I wouldn't worry about it until you actually have the issue, because there's no one-solution-fits-all in these tricky cases.

[rkmcdon]

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3.
Illegal characters will be removed automatically just like in the GUI. In -non-strict mode it should behave similar to the GUI, except it'll always auto-select the top result instead of asking you.

You can use --filter to help with auto-detection/matching but I wouldn't worry about it until you actually have the issue, because there's no one-solution-fits-all in these tricky cases.

Yeah, I figure that's going to be my next hurdle. I have several shows that require some choices and I haven't really paid attention to how many of them end up being the top choice, but as you say, I'll deal with them as they show up.

It's nice to know the illegal characters will get taken care of without messing things up. I have a couple of shows that that occurs on.

I'm sure i'll be back before too long.

Thanks again for the help and for this terrific program. I'll be sending another donation your way as well for all your hard work