AMC and episode matching (match by title)

[sblack55]

Is there a way to influence the AMC script to match episodes by title when an episode number is present?

My input series filenames are in the form of <name>.<S00E00>.<episode>.<ext> Most of the time this works fine, but there are two cases that pose problems.

One is when broadcast EPG data has an episode number/title that does not conform to TheTVDB. Usually this means the episode title is correct, but the episode number is wrong. AMC then selects the episode for rename according to the number, when the name would be preferable.

The second is when there are many non-strict matches for the series. In this case the episode number is likely to match any of the matching series, whereas the title would have a better chance of matching the correct series. Of course this is really a broader problem that I would not expect to fix fully in this context, but it might help.

Ideally, I would like AMC to match by episode title if possible, and then fall back to episode number if necessary.

[rednoah]

Logs, please. The log will tell me the file path that isn't being processed correctly, which is absolute necessary for any kind of troubleshooting or testing of potential solutions.


Note that FileBot does use the episode title for matching, though SxE matches do take priority of course.


Please read How to Request Help.

[sblack55]

No logs, and no paths processed incorrectly. This was just a general question based on long observation. Your answer is that I need to change other things so as not to include the episode number in the file name.

Thank you

[rednoah]

1.
If you just have the title, then it should work out of the box:

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filebot -rename *.mkv --db TheTVDB -non-strict --action TEST
Rename episodes using [TheTVDB] with [Airdate Order]
Auto-detected query: [South Park]
Fetching episode data for [South Park]
[TEST] from [South Park Tegridy Farms.mkv] to [South Park - 22x04 - Tegridy Farms.mkv]
Processed 1 files

2.
If you have misleading SxE numbers in the file name, then you can use --order AbsoluteAirdate (which matches by 20191106 numbers) to ensure that there's no SxE match, leaving only title match to go by:

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filebot -rename *.mkv --db TheTVDB -non-strict --action TEST --order AbsoluteAirdate
Rename episodes using [TheTVDB] with [Absolute Airdate Order]
Auto-detected query: [South Park]
Fetching episode data for [South Park]
[TEST] from [South Park S01E01 Tegridy Farms.mkv] to [South Park - 20181017 - Tegridy Farms.mkv]
Processed 1 files

EDIT:

Come to think of it, I guess --mapper could also be used to disable SxE matches...

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filebot -rename *.mkv --db TheTVDB -non-strict --action TEST --mapper "episode.derive(0,0)" --log INFO
[TEST] from [South Park S01E01 Tegridy Farms.mkv] to [South Park - 22x04 - Tegridy Farms.mkv]

[sblack55]

Ah, thank you, those were good suggestions, although they didn't quite work. AbsoluteAirdate returns the airdate as the renamed episode number which I can't use. --mapper is declared as an invalid option.

Command line:

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filebot -script fn:amc -non-strict --action hardlink --conflict auto --mapper "episode.derive(0,0)" --output "${DEST}" --def seriesFormat="${SERIES_FMT}" --def movieFormat="${MOVIE_FMT}" --def "ut_label=${UTLABEL}"                       "${sSourceFile}">/tmp/fblog.txt 2>&1

Log:

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Nov 07 19:01:10: |---< filebot log >------------------------------------------------------------|
Nov 07 19:01:11: "--mapper" is not a valid option
Nov 07 19:01:11: |---< filebot log >------------------------------------------------------------|

SysInfo:

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FileBot 4.8.5 (r6224)
JNA Native: 5.2.2
MediaInfo: 19.04
7-Zip-JBinding: 9.20
Chromaprint: fpcalc version 1.4.3
Extended Attributes: OK
Unicode Filesystem: OK
Script Bundle: 2019-05-15 (r565)
Groovy: 2.5.6
JRE: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.8.0_131
JVM: 64-bit Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
CPU/MEM: 4 Core / 443 MB Max Memory / 38 MB Used Memory
OS: Linux (amd64)
HW: Linux NetStore 3.10.105 #24922 SMP Wed Jul 3 16:37:24 CST 2019 x86_64 GNU/Linux synology_avoton_1815+
DATA: /volume1/@appstore/filebot/data/admin
Package: SPK
Activate License P9013368
License: FileBot License P9013368 (Valid-Until: 2020-08-23)
Done ヾ(＠⌒ー⌒＠)ノ

[rednoah]

I guess --mapper was added rather recently.

Please try the latest beta for that one:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1609

[sblack55]

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admin@NetStore:/volume1/PVR/record/The Flintstones$ filebot -script fn:sysinfo
Unrecognized option: --illegal-access=permit
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
admin@NetStore:/volume1/PVR/record/The Flintstones$

[rednoah]

Please use my Java Installer package instead of the Synology Java 8 package:
https://www.filebot.net/linux/syno.html

The error is caused by running a newer version of FileBot that requires Java 11 with Java 8.

[sblack55]

Ok, it's working now. One of the problematic shows will record tonight (I think) so I'll update on effectiveness soon.

[plittlefield]

Hello All,

Not sure if this the correct forum thread, but as The Walking Dead is an AMC production and the Title is part of it, I have the following question...

...why does FileBot download episodes for other TV shows when it has already matched the correct one?

e.g.

In the example below, FileBot is fetching episode data for 'Fear the Walking Dead' and 'Talking Dead' when it has already correctly matched and decided upon 'The Walking Dead'...

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Input: /home/paully/Downloads/seedbox2/completed/The.Walking.Dead.S10E06.720p.WEB.H264-XLF[rarbg]/the.walking.dead.s10e06.720p.web.h264-xlf.mkv
Group: [tvs:the walking dead] => [the.walking.dead.s10e06.720p.web.h264-xlf.mkv]
Rename episodes using [TheTVDB]
Auto-detected query: [The Walking Dead]
Fetching episode data for [The Walking Dead]
Fetching episode data for [Fear the Walking Dead]
Fetching episode data for [Talking Dead]
[COPY] from [/home/paully/Downloads/seedbox2/completed/The.Walking.Dead.S10E06.720p.WEB.H264-XLF[rarbg]/the.walking.dead.s10e06.720p.web.h264-xlf.mkv] to [/home/paully/Plex/TV/The Walking Dead/The Walking Dead S10E06.mkv]

I look forward to your replies.

Cheers,

Paully

[rednoah]

...why does FileBot download episodes for other TV shows when it has already matched the correct one?

e.g.

In the example below, FileBot is fetching episode data for 'Fear the Walking Dead' and 'Talking Dead' when it has already correctly matched and decided upon 'The Walking Dead'...

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Auto-detected query: [The Walking Dead]

Simply because it has not yet decided on TheTVDB::153021 (i.e. The Walking Dead in human-readable form). It has merely decided to search for "The Walking Dead" and then the next step is to look at all the options we get in response to this search query.

[plittlefield]

Ah, OK... thanks for the clarification!

I thought it might be a time saving opportunity.

Where does it show it's decided on that one or does it just "get on with it"?

[rednoah]

Where does it show it's decided on that one or does it just "get on with it"?

FileBot at no point in time decides on a TV Series. It'll query for a potential series name or alias, get all episodes for all series options, then match the correct Episode object, so we only "know" the series when we know the episode.

If we could assume that files are already well-named and match exactly what's in the database, then that would indeed be a great time saving opportunity, but alas it would come at a cost in capability.

[plittlefield]

OK, understood.

It does make me laugh sometimes when I see the results.

Here's another example from this morning...

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Group: [tvs:family guy] => [family.guy.s18e06.720p.web.x264-tbs.mkv]
Rename episodes using [TheTVDB]
Auto-detected query: [Family Guy]
Fetching episode data for [Family Guy]
Fetching episode data for [Family Guns]
Fetching episode data for [Family Game]
Fetching episode data for [Family Dog]
Fetching episode data for [Turkish for Beginners]

...keep up the good work.

Regards,

Paully

[sblack55]

Ok, it's working now. One of the problematic shows will record tonight (I think) so I'll update on effectiveness soon.

It worked perfectly. Episodes of The Outer Limits were correctly identified from both the 1963 and 1995 series, where normally the 1963 episodes would have been misidentified as 1995.

Thank you! This will improve my success rate from about 90% to 98%.

[rednoah]

Match by Episode Title