Sort in folder based on genre?

[vballrican]

Hello, is there a way to sort my movie folders into parent folders based on genre?

Thanks,

vballrican

[rednoah]

Yes, just use the {genre} in your destination path format.

e.g.

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/path/to/Movies/{genre}/{plex.tail}

[vballrican]

Ahh.. thanks for the prompt response!

Update: Ok, i did this

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filebot -rename -r E:/Test --output "E:/Test Movies/{genre}/" --format "{n} ({y})/{n} ({y}) - {[certification, genre]}" --db TheMovieDB --action copy --def subtitles=en --def artwork=y

and ended up with a dir called {genre}

any ideas?

[rednoah]

--output expects a folder path while --format expects a format expression:

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--output "E:/Test Movies" --format "{genre}/{n} ({y})/{n} ({y}) - {[certification, genre]}"

You seem to be mixing amc script options into your command-line call. Note that they won't have any effect.

[vballrican]

--output expects a folder path while --format expects a format expression:

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--output "E:/Test Movies" --format "{genre}/{n} ({y})/{n} ({y}) - {[certification, genre]}"

You seem to be mixing amc script options into your command-line call. Note that they won't have any effect.

Ok.. So how can i move/copy movies already renamed into genre folders? Using command-line or amc? I'm so confused... sorry

[vballrican]

Ok. so i did

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--format "{genre}/{n} ({y})/{n} ({y}) - {[certification, genre]}"

and it move the movie over to a subdir called Action which is the right genre but i also get this:

Failed to set xattr: E:\Test Movies\Action\Big Game (2014)\Big Game (2014) - [PG-13, Action].mp4:net.filebot.metadata

[vballrican]

PS: I fixed it.. but i still get: Failed to set xattr: E:\Test Movies\Action\Big Game (2014) - [PG-13, Action]\Big Game (2014).mp4:net.filebot.metadata

[rednoah]

That's just a warning that your E drive filesystem doesn't support extended attributes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_file_attributes

You won't be able to fix that unless you use NTFS or enable EAs on your SMB share if it's a network drive.

[vballrican]

That's just a warning that your E drive filesystem doesn't support extended attributes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_file_attributes

You won't be able to fix that unless you use NTFS or enable EAs on your SMB share if it's a network drive.

Hmm.. it is NTFS. I wouldn't be able to have such large files like 10GB.

Thanks, I can live with it...

[kim]

can't you just change:

# use NTFS extended attributes for storing metadata
-DuseExtendedFileAttributes=true

to

-DuseExtendedFileAttributes=false

in the ini file ?

[rednoah]

That would just disable xattr, same as setting -no-xattr on the command-line. It would not solve the underlying issue of xattr not being set, and just disable the warnings.