Hi Guys,
Filebot's List function has a load button. I'm assuming this is used to load a list that has been saved to a file. When I attempt to load a list that has been saved as a text file the only thing that gets loaded into the list is the name of the file not the contents of the file. Is there a way to load a file containing a list of file names that you want to reformat in a specific way?
Thanks for the help.
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I figured out what I was doing wrong. I thought it wanted a text file containing file names. It wants the names from the files themselves, duh.. Stupid me. I had the file names I wanted to tweak saved in a text file expecting it to open the file and read the list and apply the macro to the file names. Nope, no go. Then I noticed that it was loading the name of the text file into the list so I loaded the files themselves. I was trying to fix something that Filebot did to my file names that I consider to be a mistake. The fault is not Filebot's but rather the online databases that it utilizes. The problem has been fixed. Thank you.
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If you just to rewrite file names, then Plain File Mode is your friend.
Notably, if you already have the file names you want line-by-line in a *.txt file then then you can just load them in that way as well:
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I got it figured out but thank you for the additional info. The list in the file was a portion of the original file names that got altered by Filebot. I used a macro to change the file names in the list and then sent that to rename. The online databases have some of the animes in my collection listed as single seasons. I have them arranged as multiple seasons and didn't catch the difference so I had to come up with a way to fix it. Thanks again for the help.
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You'll want to read FAQ #2 and Manual Matching if you have not done so already, since that'll probably save you a lot of time next time auto-detection doesn't just work for one reason or another.
rednoah wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 03:32 If you need to manually match a large number of files and episodes, then you can drop files and episodes manually, and then align them manually:
- Please watch the Rename TV Series via Manual Matching video tutorial.
- Please watch the How do I manually match files with episodes in linear order? video tutorial.
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I got the problem taken care of thanks for all of the additional help