POSTBUCKET - where random posts in unrelated topics go

[rednoah]

I've update the FileBot Node docker container to FileBot Node 0.2.8.4. Please try the latest container and let me know if you encounter any problems.

[OutrageousGem]

Works great. Thank you! Two questions though:

1, Is it possible to somehow un-schedule a task? Can not find that option.

2, Is there any way to also schedule it to run at a specified time? Currently only a API call seems possible.

[rednoah]

1.
Yes, but only by directly modifying the FileBot Node application data files, which are stored in /data/.filebot-node (container-point-of-view).


2.
FileBot Node does not include a scheduler. The scheduling of commands is best done with the built-in facilities of the platform, i.e. cron if you're using a generic Linux system.

But at that point, why would you be using FileBot Node in the first place? You could just use cron to schedule docker filebot amc script calls directly, without having FileBot Node running at all.

[OutrageousGem]

1, Got it.

2, Just because Node makes it much more convenient to rapidly test different iterations of a command and schedule it when it finally does the right thing. (I am just bad at writing shell scripts. Always some typo / unescaped character / etc.... ). The API Is all I currently really need.

[rednoah]

Just because Node makes it much more convenient to rapidly test different iterations of a command and schedule it when it finally does the right thing. (I am just bad at writing shell scripts. Always some typo / unescaped character / etc.... ). The API Is all I currently really need.

I see. Yes, FileBot Node certainly has value in generating CLI commands. You could always use the WebUI to generate commands and the copy & paste that into your scheduled shell script.

Use the @file syntax for reading command-line arguments from external text files. That'll make things easy as pie. That's also what prepared tasks do in form of *.args files.

[nothinghere]

I've tried using a few different things, but even having something as simple as:
test.groovy=>
{n}
and then doing movieFormat="{include 'test.groovy'}"
also tested movieFormat="{evaluate('test.groovy' as File)}"

results in an empty name..am I missing something? I may not have understood what should be in the groovy file, but from what I can see it should just be the same expression as we can already use in a one liner format?

*edit 2* updated to 4.8.6, but still getting empty file name

[rednoah]

test.groovy

Code: Select all

n

We're including Groovy code here, as opposed to FileBot Format Expression code, which interprets {...} delimited expressions as Groovy code. If we include Groovy code from within Groovy code, like in the example above, then Groovy code is expected.



YES:

Code: Select all

{evaluate 'n'}

Same as {n}

NO:

Code: Select all

{evaluate '{n}'}

Same as {{n}}

[nothinghere]

Oh, I see, I always was under the impression that the format expressions were just plain groovy. Shame on me.

Yeah, getting results now. Thanks!

[rednoah]

No worries. It’s a common misconception, since Groovy Code itself may also contain {} for close blocks or closures. So the semantics depend on the context.

[nothinghere]

After playing around a bit this is awesome.

However:
Trying to break out certain helpers as separate scripts it seems that there is an issue with loading external scripts unless everything is placed and run from the filebot portable folder (which I'd like to avoid since I have all my scripts backuped to a gdrive synced folder).

If I have a
tags.groovy file that grabs my preferred tag format, I can't seem to get it to load.

I've tried:
include 'getEditions.groovy' // this works fine if I place my groovy files in the lib, but if I run it from where I actually have my files it tries to load it from $CWD

After googling the recommended way is to do:

Code: Select all

def scriptDir =  getClass().protectionDomain.codeSource.location.path
include '$scriptDir/getEditions.groovy'

However, that blows up with

Code: Select all

AccessControlException: access denied ("java.lang.RuntimePermission" "getProtectionDomain")

I've tried granting access to all apps for that permission, but it doesn't seem to work.
Even doing:

Code: Select all

grant {
    permission java.security.AllPermission;
};

Doesn't work.


Is there some additional arguments I can give filebot to figure out which path to load files from, or is it all handled by the JVM?

[rednoah]

1.
Your code just doesn't do what you think it does:

Code: Select all

def x = 1
println '$x = 1' // $x = 1
println "$x = 1" // 1 = 1

http://groovy-lang.org/syntax.html#_str ... erpolation


2.
I'd use environment variables if I wanted to pass in some common folder paths for use in custom scripts:

Code: Select all

export FILEBOT_FORMAT_D="$HOME/.gdrive/FileBot Formats"

Code: Select all

_environment.FILEBOT_FORMAT_D

or via --def name=value if you need it in the format engine:

Code: Select all

filebot ... --def FormatFolder="$FILEBOT_FORMAT_D"

Code: Select all

{defines.FormatFolder}

[rednoah]

FileBot r6524 will now resolve include("files.groovy") relatively to the current script file by default.

[nothinghere]

FileBot r6524 will now resolve include("files.groovy") relatively to the current script file by default.

Great!


Thanks for pointing out that string interpolation thing, completely missed the single quotes difference (still threw the security exception but that's irrelevant now I guess).

The --def was exactly what I was thinking of as a workaround.

Thanks for the help!

[b2un0]

Hi,

is there any option to add filebot xattr to already sorted files?

eg, i have multiple series where on some seasons the xattr from filebot are missing, so ne the " filebot missing script" does not work correct and think the season is missing.

[rednoah]

You'll have to process files through FileBot again to ensure that xattr are set this time.

You can find files without xattr metadata like so:

Code: Select all

filebot -mediainfo . --filter '!f.metadata' --format {f}

[b2un0]

thanks for your fast reply!

thats the first thing i did, but filebot says "Skipped, already exists".

[rednoah]

1.
You can move all untagged files elsewhere first:

Code: Select all

filebot -mediainfo . --filter '!f.metadata' -exec mv -v {f} /path/to/untagged/files/{f.name}

2.
However, the general smart approach is to never touch files in your Media folder, and only ever move files there via FileBot. That way you can ensure that everything is always in perfect order.

i.e. just process all your files into a new folder, and then remove the old one if you're happy with the new one

Code: Select all

--format /path/to/new/folder/{plex}

[eggsplorer]

I followed your steps in post #1 and it works very well I just can't change any of the downloaded files because I have no permission.

How can I get filebot to create files/folders with correct permissions?

On my Media Drive all my files have:
Owner: 1000
Group: 100
Permissions: 775

Files renamed and moved from Filebot have:
Owner: 0
Group: 0
Permissions: 775

[rednoah]

FileBot does not set or change permissions in any way. It does whatever the OS does by default.

The amc script does have the --def exec option though, which allows you to run your own post-processing commands on newly processed files:

Code: Select all

--def "exec=chmod -R 775 {quote folder} && chown -R admin:administrators {quote folder}"

[ZeroByDivide]

Any idea when 4.8.6 is coming to the windows store?

[rednoah]

The Microsoft Store package will be submitted to the Store on release day. Microsoft will then take a few days to test and publish.

4.8.6 has not been released yet. It's ready when it's ready. Probably sometime in September. You can help speed things up by trying the latest beta and providing feedback.

[ByteShare]

1. Open Start Menu and search for Set Environment Variables
2. Click on New
   Name:

   Code: Select all

   FILEBOT_OPTS

   Value:

   Code: Select all

   -Dnet.filebot.theme=Darcula

3. Click OK and then relaunch FileBot.

Note that you'll need the latest revision (i.e. r6135 or higher) for any of this to work. The FileBot (platform) launcher is using the Darcula theme by default now as well.

This works great. Any chance of this being an option within the application? Maybe under Preferences?

[kim]

Will this replace scripts ?
any future plans to ?

where is this in the Docs ?
https://www.filebot.net/docs/api/

what does this use to fetch stuff ?

[rednoah]

Will this replace scripts ?
any future plans to ?

Not at all. It's just a variety of frequently requested features that more or less fall under the same umbrella. The future plan is to add selected post-processing features to the GUI and allow users to apply some of them as part of the rename process.

where is this in the Docs ?
https://www.filebot.net/docs/api/

A public API is not planned. It doesn't do anything that isn't already implemented in the htpc.groovy script or otherwise commonly handled via -exec calls.

The --apply import metadata date url and --apply qnap syno options might be of some benefit to amc script users, though existing users probably already have custom solutions.

what does this use to fetch stuff ?

It's doing more or less the same as the artwork.* scripts, using TheMovieDB / TheTVDB / FanartTV as the source of image files.

[spetrillo]

Do the PLug-ins and Scanners folders go into the Plug-in directory on the PMS?