Difference Between --filter and --file-filter Options

[HarryMuscle]

Is there a difference between the --filter and --file-filter options? I've come across both in various posts and I'm just trying to figure out which one is the correct one to use.

Thanks,
Harry

[rednoah]

They're conceptually completely different. Please click on the link for each option in the manual and compare the examples:
https://www.filebot.net/cli.html



1.
--filter is for movie / episode objects. So Movie / Episode bindings only.
viewtopic.php?t=2127

e.g. match only episodes / movies from after 2000 so that when you process a file named doctor.who.1x01.mp4 only Doctor Who (2005) episodes are considered for matching and Doctor Who (1963) episodes are excluded from matching:

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--filter "y > 2000"

2.
--file-filter is for input files. So File bindings only.
viewtopic.php?t=4222

e.g. from the files and folders passed as input, select only mp4 files for processing:

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--filter "ext =~ /mp4/"

--file-filter is conceptually equivalent to find ... -exec filebot ... {} + in that it takes some input folders, selects files, and passes them on to filebot for processing.