TV Shows trying replace certain abbreviated names

[FxProgrm]

Thanks for a great tool, definitely helps move things along quicker.

I am not sure exactly which release I had been using before this issue came up.

I have the following expression that had been working to replace abbreviated titles to
their full name, but seems to have stopped working. IE: Sct -> Secret -- Scts -> Secrets -- Brnds -> Brands

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{n.replaceAll(/[*]/,'').replace(':':' -','\'':'',',':'','!':'','?':'','&':'and','ô':'o','Sct':'Secret','Scts':'Secrets','Assembld':'Assembled','Brnds':'Brands')} {s00e00} - {t.replaceAll(/[*]/,'').replace(';':'','\'':'',',':'','.':'','?':'','!':'','&':'and','’':'\'','é':'e',':':' -','*':'$','•':'','ô':'o','ñ':'n')}

Example Names:

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Sct.Celebrity.Renovation.S03E06.mkv
Marvel.Studios.Assembld.S02E02.mkv
The.Mega-Brnds.That.Built.America.S01E02.mkv

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[rednoah]

In Episode Mode, {n} is the series name, and not the file name, i.e. since {n} is Secret Celebrity Renovation there is no "Sct" to replace.


The code itself would work if {n} were to be an abbreviated name:

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{ "Sct.Celebrity.Renovation".replace('Sct':'Secret','Scts':'Secrets','Assembld':'Assembled','Brnds':'Brands') }

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Secret.Celebrity.Renovation

Are trying to improve series search and lookup? A custom Episode format conceptually cannot help you there.


Your custom format is used to format Episode matches that FileBot has already found, and notably does not in any way shape or form describe the file paths you have, and thus has no effect on FileBot finding the right Episode matches in the first place.


You could use Plain File Mode to rewrite file paths ahead of time though, and then process them normally in Episode mode.

[FxProgrm]

Thanks for the quick reply. The intent was to replace the shortened series name so that it would match when using TheTVDB for episodes matching Airdate and Static or Opportunistic options.

My sample was not relaying the full filename
Sct.Celebrity.Renovation.S03E06.1080p.WEB.h264-EDITH.mkv

When attempting to match I get "Celebrity (2023) S01E06 - #sorrynotsorry #life_is_unfair" as a red match.


Thanks.

[rednoah]

Thanks for the quick reply. The intent was to replace the shortened series name so that it would match when using TheTVDB for episodes matching Airdate and Static or Opportunistic options.

Episode Mode cannot match the file at hand. There is nothing you can do about it. Your custom format code has no effect on matching. The red highlighting means that FileBot thinks that the match might be wrong, which is the correct assessment in this case.


One option is manually entering the correct series name. Please read Q: How do I fix misidentified files? for details.


Another option is pre-renaming files, either manually, or automatically using Plain File Mode using your custom replacements, and then using Episode Mode on the now better-named files in a second step.