Qbittorrent Issues with Unsorted Media and Categorization

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sjboyd891
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Qbittorrent Issues with Unsorted Media and Categorization

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Hi There,

I've tried finding a solution to my issue within the forums, but what I've found has left me more confused, so I figured I'd spell out exactly the help I'm looking for. I've used Filebot for many years on uTorrent, and recently moved to QBittorent.

I use QBittorrent and have this script run when a torrent is finished:

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"C:\Program Files\FileBot\filebot.exe" -script fn:amc --output "M:\MEDIA" --action duplicate --conflict override -non-strict --log-file "T:\Filebot Info\DO NOT TOUCH - AMC Log\amc.log" --def excludeList=amc.excludes --def unsorted=y music=y artwork=y clean=y --def movieFormat="{plex}" seriesFormat="{plex}" animeFormat="{plex}" --def gmail=[REMOVED] mailto=REMOVED] "ut_label=%L" "ut_title=%N" "ut_kind=multi" "ut_dir=%F"
Here are the issues I'm encountering:
  • 1. There are a number of TV Shows and Media that Filebot is extracting then dumping into an Unsorted folder on my media drive rather than sorting it correctly within the Plex TV/Movie folders and I'm not sure why.

    Does it have to do with including the "--def excludelist=amc.excludes" in my script? To be frank, I'm not altogether sure what the amc.excludes list IS, nor how to utilize it correctly (but I'd love more info on that!). But the fact that my media is frequently ending up in the Unsorted folder and I either have to run a .bat script to have it sort into the right category/folder (which makes me wonder what I've programmed wrong into my QBT script that prevented it from doing it correctly in the first place), or move it manually, is kind of annoying. This is a new issue since migrating to QBittorrent and revising my script for use on the new platform.

  • 2. Previously I only used Filebot on uTorrent, and I exclusively downloaded Audiobooks and eBooks on Qbittorrent from a different tracker. Now that I manage all of my trackers in Qbittorent, I'm finding that Filebot has issues with the ebooks and audiobooks I'm downloading as it tries to extract/rename/move them but doesn't do it very accurately. I think in the end I prefer that Filebot didn't try to sort or move my audiobooks/ebooks, but I'm not exactly sure what to add to my script to exclude both audiobooks and ebooks. Can you help? I read through this post multiple times, but ended up more confused as to how to do it (and I'm not sure how Groovy works in Qbittorrent scripts): viewtopic.php?t=14405

  • 3. In the last week a lot of the posters pulled for my TV Show downloads choose the poster that doesn't show the title name of the show on it, and I'd prefer the version with the title name to be the default one filebot downloads. I don't know why this shift has happened, or even if it's something we can control, but figured I would ask.


Thank you in advance for your help!
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Re: Qbittorrent Issues with Unsorted Media and Categorization

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(1) What does the log say when this happens? The log will tell you what it's doing and likely why it's doing what it's doing.

:idea: --def excludeList maintains a list of files that have already been processed, so we don't accidentally process files that have already been processed, e.g. when filebot is called on the same input folder over and over. Less relevant if qBT is set up correctly and calls filebot specifically on new files only.




(2) --def music=y enables music mode, use --def music=n to disable music mode. You can also use labels to disable processing case by case, e.g. --def ut_label=other will instruct the amc script to not do anything.

:idea: Note that Music Mode primarily uses the ID3 tags embedded in the file itself, so there's no guesswork. The ID3 tags may not be what you want them to be, but guesswork accuracy is likely not the issue.

:?: What does the log say? The log will tell us why a given audio track was processed the way it was processed.




(3) FileBot does not know if an image has text or not. There's probably nothing you can do. If the artwork for the series at hand has been curated well, then you are likely to get good artwork. FileBot will generally choose the artwork that has the highest rating and matches your language preference. Feel free to tell us the specific series so that we check the available artwork for the series at hand.

:?: What does the log say? The log will tell us the series at hand and which artwork was chosen.
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Re: Qbittorrent Issues with Unsorted Media and Categorization

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Thank you!

This is very helpful.

Question: Using a custom label like "ut_label=audiobook" or "ut_label=ebook", is there a way I can get filebot to just move these folders/files to a specific folder on my media drive without trying to process them?
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sjboyd891 wrote: 30 Sep 2024, 05:13 This is very helpful.
:?: Did you check the log? Did the log answer your question? What was the answer / explanation to your question? (asking for the next guy)


sjboyd891 wrote: 30 Sep 2024, 05:13 Using a custom label like "ut_label=audiobook" or "ut_label=ebook", is there a way I can get filebot to just move these folders/files to a specific folder on my media drive without trying to process them?
:arrow: Those files will be processed as Unsorted. You can then use a custom unsorted format to move / rename them as needed.


:idea: The default unsorted format is this, and moves files to an Unsorted folder:

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Unsorted/{ relativeFile }
:arrow: You can use something else instead, this is entirely up to you, anything is possible, but I will give one possible example here, e.g. move files to specific-folder/<label you use in qBT>/<file name>

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specific-folder/{ label }/{ fn }
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