Sorting Movies into Separate Folders

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Zerauskire
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Sorting Movies into Separate Folders

Post by Zerauskire »

I currently sort my movies in a structure similar to this:

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plex/movies/A/Ace Ventura - Pet Detective (1994)/Ace Ventura - Pet Detective (1994).avi
plex/movies/A/Ace Ventura - Pet Detective (1994)/Ace Ventura - Pet Detective (1994).eng.srt
plex/movies/A/Avatar (2009)/Avatar (2009).avi
plex/movies/A/Avatar (2009)/Avatar (2009).eng.srt
plex/movies/B/Batman (1989)/Batman (1989).avi
plex/movies/B/Batman (1989)/Batman (1989).eng.srt
etc...
Is there any way for FileBot to detect the first letter of the movie title and sort accordingly based on the current path structure I have in place?

So for example, if it sees that the movie starts with "C" like "Casino (1995)", it would automatically move it directly in to the "plex/movies/C/" path.
Is this possible?

I currently use the GUI running on Windows 10.
Zerauskire
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Re: Sorting Movies into Separate Folders

Post by Zerauskire »

Never mind. I got it figured out. I really didn't understand the {az} option but now I do.
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Re: Sorting Movies into Separate Folders

Post by rednoah »

{az} will do what you want:
viewtopic.php?t=910

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{ az }
:idea: Note that {az} maybe based on the first letter of the movie collection if the movie is part of a collection.



You can explicitly take the first letter of the movie name if {az} isn't exactly what you want:

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{ n[0] }
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Zerauskire
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Re: Sorting Movies into Separate Folders

Post by Zerauskire »

Thank you. I appreciate the additional info. :-)
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