Rename Folders

[unknown243]

Hi!
I am trying to find a way to rename the current folder my video files are in, without it creating a new, renamed one insead.

I.E.:

/volume1/Movies/Avatar (2009) 720p/Avatar (2009) 720p 6ch

What I keep getting instead is:
/volume1/Movies/avatar.2009.x264_rlsgrp...etc.../Avatar (2009) 720p/Avatar (2009) 720p 6ch

When I tell it to put the new folders into a new directory that also doesn't work.

I.E. /volume1/Movies/SORTED/Avatar...etc...

It says it cannot create the folder, even if it is already present.
I would also like it to get metadata if possible.
Sorry for all the requests, I'm new to this app and am getting confused by all the different versions and attribute tags possible.

Please help in creating a line for this!

I am using it on OS X
Thanks!!!!

Just for 100% clarification:

This is what I have currently:
/volume1/Movies/Avatar.movie.any.other.type.of_identifiers_you.want.x264.etc/Avatar.movie.any.other.type.of_identifiers_you.want.x264.etc.fileformat
(Makes sense?)

I want it to take that example, and turn it into:
/volume1/Movies/Avatar (2009) 720p/Avatar (2009) 720p 6ch.fileext (or similar)

[rednoah]

The idea of "renaming" folders or rather "recycling" folder items doesn't really make sense as input structure maybe completely different from output structure. Best way is organize from start and then clean-up what's left behind.

First you re-organized files using this format:

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/volume1/Movies/{n} ({y}) {vf}/{n} ({y}) {vf} {af}

You'll have a clean new structure in /Movies and there'll be empty folders left behind in /SORTED so you just call the cleaner script on the /SORTED folder to remove empty folders:
http://www.filebot.net/forums/viewtopic ... &t=5#p1341

Also there's the artwork.tmdb script you can call on /Movies after things are organized neatly to grab nfos/artwork:
http://www.filebot.net/forums/viewtopic ... 4&t=5#p205

PS: No confusion. The latest version is always best and the tags are all listed on the website and in the app.

[unknown243]

Thanks so much for the quick reply!
Sorry if this is a n00b question also, but how do I use the scripts alongside the OS X GUI?
Thanks!

[rednoah]

Check the FAQ for how to call filebot from Console.

Though with the Finder I guess I'd just sort everything into /MOVIES and then just delete the whole /SORTED folder with whatever is left behind.