Rename files with no current filename

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jamaster14
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Rename files with no current filename

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I recovered a ton of TV episodes and movies off of an old hard drive... issue is the recover renamed them to generic names (like FILE001, FILE002, etc). I tried using filebot but it couldnt seem to find a match. not sure if its capable of doing what i need or if im just SOL

sorry if this was covered, i tried a search but came up empty
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Possibly. MKV files are usually tagged with the media title so you might be able to use that.
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Re: Rename files with no current filename

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if files have no extensions then:
in Filebot, maybe you can use

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{cf}

or try this tool
http://mark0.net/soft-tridnet-e.html
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Yes, if you’re lucky, this might do the trick:

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{media.title}.{cf}
Probably works for most mkv and mp4 files. Probably won’t work for avi files.
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thanks so much guys.... i see alot of "try this" followed by code. is there documentation on how to run commandline stuff?
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Yes, command-line documentation can be found here:
https://www.filebot.net/cli.html

That being said, this thread is primarily about naming and custom formats, not CLI or GUI specifically per se:
https://www.filebot.net/naming.html


Note that we assume here that you already generally know how to use the command-line if you use the filebot command-line tool.


How to use the command-line? Like any other skill. Google it. Find tutorials. Maybe even do an online class.

Here's a few Google search results:
http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_learning_the_shell.php
https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-the-command-line
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Re: Rename files with no current filename

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So im still a bit lost here... i tried running CLI, but i dont see any commande for "{media.title}"

i see -mediainfo, but that just returns the encoding info.

The file name is FILE001.mkv, can you give the sample command?

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filebot -mediainfo c:\users\johndoe\desktop\file000.mkv
or something like that?
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What do you get if you run this command?

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filebot -mediainfo /path/to/file000.mkv --format "{f} => {mediaTitle}"
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