Question about naming

[usedbillyclub]

Hello, I've been using filebot for a few months and I feel I understand the basics. Recently I wanted to change my tv shows from "Supernatural - S13E15 - A Most Holy Man [720p]" to "Supernatural - S13E15 - A Most Holy Man (WEBDL-720p)" really just adding the "source" in with the quality but every time I add it the syntax gives me an error. This is the expression I think would work {n} - {s00e00} - {t} ({source}{vf}). I don't know why this is will not work. any help would be appreciated.

[rednoah]

The format looks good to me. What does the error say?

[usedbillyclub]

I'm not receiving an error now. I must have had a binding misplaced. Still not producing the "source" of the file though.

[rednoah]

{source} is based on the current filename.

If the file is called Alias.mp4 then {source} won't work. If the file is called Alias.DVDRip.mp4 then {source} will work.

[usedbillyclub]

Since I've already renamed all my files to the basic naming of {n} - {s00e00} - {t} ({vf}), there is no way for filebot to know that {source} now?

[rednoah]

Yes, if the destination filesystem supports xattr:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=324

No, if the destination filesystem does not support xattr and thus doesn't allow FileBot to check the original filename. If {source} doesn't work, then this is probably the case, and you're out of luck.


NTFS and SMB shares on Synology NAS generally work. Where are your files located and how do you access them?