Sort Sylvester Stallone movies

[Optimus]

Hello,

Please if someone can assist me, I'll be very grateful.

I have some video clips of various actors and I'm sorting to them in order.

I have some files named like this "Rocky 2_final fight_Sylvester Stallone". I intend to sort them by re-naming them the file to the actor the film is associated with followed by a digit to denote the number of files. For example:

- Sylvester Stallone 1
- Sylvester Stallone 2
- Sylvester Stallone 3

What code would I enter to make this happen? This might be forward, but I don't prefer to learn coding, so I can get to better grips with the FileBot. I purchased it to sort a few files and then more than likely I won't be using it.

If someone can assist me with the code, that'll be great.

[rednoah]

Your requirements are odd and unique, and thus may or may not be supported well out of the box. I recommend sticking to built-in bindings such as {plex} to keep things simple.


1.
Maybe something like this is close enough to what you want:

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{ny} with {actors.take(2)}

2.
Grouping and numbering by first actor is a bit more tricky:

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{ny} - {actors[0]} {model.findAll{ actors[0] in it.actors }.findIndexOf{ id == it.id } + 1}

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5690

[Optimus]

Hi rednoah,

Thank you.

Would I replace "actors" in each of the codes with the name of the actor? So for example:

{ny} with {Sylvester Stallone.take(2)}

{ny} - {Sylvester Stallone[0]} {model.findAll{ Sylvester Stallone[0] in it.Sylvester Stallone}.findIndexOf{ id == it.id } + 1}


Plus, would I run the first code and then the second?

I appreciate your effort mate.

[rednoah]

No. Why would you do that?

{actors} is a variable that will give the actors for the movie match, so the value is different for each movie.

[Optimus]

Pardon my ignorance. I'm clueless when it comes to executing codes.

Understood.

Would I run the first code and then the second?

[rednoah]

Both format expressions given above are independent of each other. Just two possible solutions to your naming problem.

You may need to familiarize yourself with FileBot formats first though.

[Optimus]

I was just wondering how the code would know which word in the original file name would be the actor.

[rednoah]

Typically, FileBot works by identifying a movie from the filename, matching it to an online database, and then retrieve extra information such as actors or director from the internet on demand.

[Optimus]

Typically, FileBot works by identifying a movie from the filename, matching it to an online database, and then retrieve extra information such as actors or director from the internet on demand.

Each time I Fetch Data there are too many mis-matchs. It only re-named 6 files out of 540.

Any suggestions?

[rednoah]

Screenshots and file paths please.

Read How to Request Help for details on how you can help me help you.

[Optimus]

Screenshots and file paths please.

To make things easier and if time permitting, I'm happy to give you remote access where you can see and get the job done?

Please.

[rednoah]

Sorry, remote assistance is not generally a service I provide.

Screenshots usually make it quite clear what you're trying to do. And file paths allow me to recreate your file structure for testing.

[kim]

He is asking about "video clips of various actors"
I think it's a bad idea to use normal online lookup here ?
the files can be named badly ?

if file e.g. "Rocky 2_final fight_Sylvester Stallone"
then use F2 aka offline mode
viewtopic.php?t=2072

with a format like this:
{fn.match(/Sylvester.Stallone|Some.other.dude/).space(' ')} {i}
for it to work you need to rename ALL of e.g. sly in 1 go

[rednoah]

I see. Possibly. Best to wait for screenshots and file paths and more details from the OP so we can check what the OP is talking about exactly.