Folder name being treated as part of the file name

[SantaBlowRudolph]

I just installed the AUR package for Filebot to test it out to see if I wanted to purchase it and when I go to test it it treats the containing folder as part of the file name (see below image). I have tried both drag and drop and browsing to the file with the same results. Any thoughts on how to rectify this behavior would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[rednoah]

They easy solution would be to rename the parent folder from "Last Night's" to something less meaningful like "downloads" or "complete".

In this case you can also just click "Skip" in combination with the "Remember my decision" toggle button. See FAQ #3 for details.

Actually, you can click anything here because FileBot is simultaneously considering the folder name and the file name and may ask questions for both, either or neither, and then decide which episode to match after that.

Alternatively, FileBot can be configured to not consider parent folder names. This could work for the specific use case shown in the screenshot above, but will work less well for other use cases where the folder name has the identifying information.

As a last resort, you can always force a specific series or episode. See FAQ #2 for details.

[SantaBlowRudolph]

Sorry for the late reply but I figured out the below accidentally. Thanks for the info though, it's much appreciated.

In this case you can also just click "Skip" in combination with the "Remember my decision" toggle button. See FAQ #3 for details.

On another note is there anyway to have say s01e0e02 for combined episodes? I know it's rare nowadays for episodes to be merged, but it does still happen occasionally. Thanks again.

[rednoah]

Yes, multi-episode automatic matching, manual matching and custom formatting is fully supported.


If you look closely you will find a S01E01-E02 episode among the sample files in the video tutorial:

[SantaBlowRudolph]

Thanks cause I missed it it the settings I got "Title (year) SxxExx episode title. Thanks for the help

[rednoah]

Thanks cause I missed it it the settings I got "Title (year) SxxExx episode title. Thanks for the help

What is the input file name that you have?

What is the custom format that you are currently using?

[SantaBlowRudolph]

As I said I was just needing to know Filebot can do multiple episodes. As for format

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{n} ({y}) {s00e00} {t}{subt}

so 9-1-1

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Lone Star (2020) S05E09 Fall From Grace

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[rednoah]

Yep, that'll work. The {s00e00} binding does support multi-episode formatting, so it'll give you S01E01 for a single-episode match and S01E01-E02 for a multi-episode match.

[SantaBlowRudolph]

I have Rename My TV Series and even though it hasn't been update in a good while it does a fantastic job. I like the idea of Filebot cause it will also do movies instead of me having to manually rename them. What I would like to know now is if like RMTV does if Filebot can also fix the metadata? In RMTV I have it set to change or add the name the same way the episode is titled, so like above Lone Star (2020) S05E09 Fall From Grace for the file name is also the title under metadata. For movies I currently use MKVToolNix to name the movie "tittle (year)", and just the movie's name in metadata.

[rednoah]

FileBot generally does not modify files and modifying the embedded media would require modifying the file content. That said, you can configure FileBot to call mkvpropedit on newly processed files in any manner that you see fit, at your own risk, as modifying file contents comes with the risk of file corruption.


The Custom Post-Processing Scripts › Set Media Title example will get you started.


The Write Embedded Tags script can be used after the fact on previously processed files to write xattr metadata (i.e. standard tags, cover art, etc) into *.mkv files via the mkvpropedit tool.

[SantaBlowRudolph]

Thanks you have been a huge help, I'm very appreciative.