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Posted: **11 Aug 2021, 21:43**

I'm trying to rename some mp4 files. The new name is based on the recorded_date field from mediainfo

This is the command I use:

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filebot -rename -r "1.mp4" --format "{media.Recorded_date.format('yyyy-MM-dd_HHmmss')}_{f.dir.name}_{dc.pad(5)}"

This gives me the following error:

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Classify media files
Failed to parse media property: MediaTags: 1.mp4: java.time.format.DateTimeParseException: 2020-09-01T16:44:52+0200
* Consider specifying --db TheTVDB or --db TheMovieDB explicitly
Rename movies using [TheMovieDB]
Auto-detect movie from context [1.mp4]
Name (Year) movie pattern not found: 1.mp4
* Consider using -non-strict to enable opportunistic matching
Failed to process group: {Movie=The Core (2003)} [1.mp4]
└ Failed to identify or process any files

Failed to parse media property: MediaTags: 1.mp4: java.time.format.DateTimeParseException: 2020-09-01T16:44:52+0200

There are 2 things i'm looking to fix.
Obviously the DateTimeParseException.
And I dont want my command to check for movie matches. I just want it to use my format rule.

What should I need to change?

Here is my sysinfo

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FileBot 4.9.4 (r8736)
JNA Native: 6.1.0
MediaInfo: 20.09
7-Zip-JBinding: 16.02
Tools: fpcalc/1.5.0
Extended Attributes: OK
Unicode Filesystem: OK
Script Bundle: 2021-08-02 (r761)
Groovy: 3.0.8
JRE: OpenJDK Runtime Environment 16.0.2
JVM: 64-bit OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
CPU/MEM: 6 Core / 4.3 GB Max Memory / 38 MB Used Memory
OS: Windows 10 (amd64)
HW: CYGWIN_NT-10.0 DESKTOP 3.2.0(0.340/5/3) 2021-03-29 08:42 x86_64 Cygwin
DATA: \AppData\Roaming\FileBot
Package: MSI
License: UNREGISTERED

Posted: **12 Aug 2021, 01:51**

1.
media.RecordedDate is a String value, so you'll have to first parse it into a Date object before you can call Date.format() on it.

2.
Plain File Mode (i.e. --db file) allows you to process files without matching.

Coincidentally, Plain File Mode has an example for parsing date time values and reformatting them, so you can repurpose code to your needs:

rednoah wrote: ↑13 Oct 2014, 21:47 Pre-Process badly named episode files

FileBot cannot process badly named files like B&B Aug 4 - 14 so you will need to fix it first. The Bold and The Beautiful - 2014.08.04 is much more sensible.
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{Date.parse('MMM dd - yy', fn.after(/\s/)).format('yyyy.MM.dd')}
Extract, parse and re-format the date.

EDIT:

3.
Note that this warning likely occurs during Movie / Series auto-detection and is therefore completely unrelated to any of the above:

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Classify media files
Failed to parse media property: MediaTags: 1.mp4: java.time.format.DateTimeParseException: 2020-09-01T16:44:52+0200
...

However, related to the task at hand, this warning message does give us some test data to work with, so here's how you'd parse and reformat a date value like that:

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{
	def text = '2020-09-01T16:44:52+0200'
	def date = text.parseDate(/uuuu-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss[X]/)
	return date.format(/yyyy-MM-dd_HHmmss/)
}

Posted: **13 Aug 2021, 22:04**

This gave me a lot to think about.

I changed my call to go via a groovy script

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filebot -script test.groovy "1.mp4" --db file

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#!/usr/bin/env filebot -script

// log input parameters
log.fine("Run script [$_args.script] at [$now]")

def dateFormatted
def parentDir = args.dir.name[0]

args.files.each{ f ->
	MediaInfo.snapshot(f).each{ kind, streams ->
		streams.each{ p ->
			p.each{ k,v -> 
				if(k == 'Recorded_Date') {
					def date = v.parseDate(/uuuu-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss[X]/)
					dateFormatted = date.format(/yyyy-MM-dd_HHmmss/)
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

if(dateFormatted) {
	println "${dateFormatted}_${parentDir}_mobiel"
	rename(file:args, format: "${dateFormatted}_${parentDir}_mobiel")
}

But this still gives me a

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Invalid format expression: 2020-09-01_164452_tmp_mobiel

Is there a way to just give a specific value to the rename function?
Or is this not the best approach for what I want to achieve?

Posted: **14 Aug 2021, 02:52**

I don't really understand your code, but based on the OP I suppose you'd use Plain File Mode and do something like this:

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$ filebot -rename "Test" --db file --format "{ media.RecordedDate.match(/\d+-\d+-\d+/) }_{ media.RecordedDate.match(/\d+:\d+:\d+/).colon('') }_{folder.name}_XYZ" --action TEST --log INFO
[TEST] from [Test/a.mp4] to [Test/2011-11-12_210000_Test_XYZ.mp4]

media.RecordedDate could be any String value, and isn't guaranteed to be any particular date/time format, so it's best to just match the information we need as generically as possible:

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{ media.RecordedDate.match(/\d+-\d+-\d+/) }

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{ media.RecordedDate.match(/\d+:\d+:\d+/).colon('') }

Posted: **06 Feb 2022, 20:16**

I've had the same (similar error) Filebot CLI using AMC says:

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filebot -script fn:amc --output "d:\media" --action move --conflict auto -non-strict --def unsorted=y music=n artwork=y extras=y --def skipExtract=y --def clean=y -r  --def minFileSize=2 --def minLengthMS=2 d:\tv1

Works for the super majority just fine, but some return (such as)

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Failed to parse media property: MediaTags: D:\tv1\American Ninja Warrior\Season 08\American Ninja Warrior - S08E07 - Atlanta Finals.mp4: java.time.format.DateTimeParseException: 2016-07-18T05:00:00

Posted: **07 Feb 2022, 01:18**

That's just a warning message. Just ignore. Newer versions of FileBot will take this date format as well. Just means that the encoding library used a non-standard date/time pattern for for the recorded_date metadata field when the file was created.

Note that --def minFileSize=2 --def minLengthMS=2 means 2 bytes and 2 milliseconds so that seems a bit pointless. I'd use values in the megabyte / minutes range, or 0 for disabling file size / video length limits altogether.

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