Add {edition} to the movie folder name when using the {plex} format?

[FabulousTiger]

I am in need of some help finding or fine-tuning my final naming scheme. I currently am using

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 /media/{fn.match(/Open.Matte/) ?  '/Open Matte/ ' : "" }/{ 	vf =~ /2160p/ ? '4K Movies' : 'Movies' } / {  	~plex.id 		% { fn =~ /open.matte/ ? " {edition-Open Matte}" : " {edition-$edition}" }  		% { ' (' + director + ')' } 		% { ' ' + hdr } 		% { ' ' + vf } 		% { ' ' + vcf } 		% { ' ' + ac } 		% { ' ' + channels } }

The Open Matte part is not needed and wont be moving forward. Though I am in need of haveing the top folder include the edition, with tmdb after it. Director is also not moving forward as I have never used it when looking for or at the files.

My need is /{ vf =~ /2160p/ ? '4K Movies' : 'Movies' } As I keep them in separate folders. But I want to keep edition movies in their own folder. As in with "{plex.id} {edition-$edition} " maybe if possible have the tmdb at the end i guess I would have to not use {plex.id}. "{plex} {edition-$edition} {tmdb-$tmdbid}" something like that? (no clue if it's correctly setup as it's just thoughts). Then have file names plex ready with my choice of vf, vcf, HDR and so on. Also I need one exactly the same but it adds the year to series as {plex.id} doesn't include the year the show came out but it does for movies.

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/{ 	vf =~ /2160p/ ? '4K Movies' : 'Movies' }/{  	~plex 		% 		edition-$edition 		% 		 tmdb-$tmdbid		%}/{  	plex 		%% 		edition-$edition 		% { ' ' + hdr } 		% { ' ' + vf } 		% { ' ' + vcf } 		% { ' ' + ac } 		% { ' ' + channels } 

Something like that that works and cleaned up as I don't understand the % tab and spacing stuff completely.

[rednoah]

You can use * to append values to the movie folder name.

e.g.

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{ ~plex.id * { " {edition-$edition}" } }

Please read Advanced {plex} operators for details.



All the TAB and SPACE sequences can be reduced to a single SPACE. You may want to consider using NEWLINE for readability though. %% is just invalid code. % edition-$edition % tmdb-$tmdbid % is just invalid code. Please compare your code to the examples and compare & contrast.

[FabulousTiger]

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/{ vf =~ /2160p/ ? '4K Movies' : 'Movies' }/{ ~plex.id ** { " {edition-$edition}" } %
 { ' ' + hdr } %
 { ' ' + vf } %
 { ' ' + vcf } %
 { ' ' + ac } %
 { ' ' + channels }} 

Like so? And could I do this to inject a year into series the same way with the

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/{ vf =~ /2160p/ ? '4K TV Shows' : 'TV Shows' }/{ ~plex.id * {({y})} %
 { ' ' + hdr } %
 { ' ' + vf } %
 { ' ' + vcf } %
 { ' ' + ac } %
 { ' ' + channels }} 

the {({y})} part i assume is wrong as it feels wrong and I can't test before I get home. Though

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 { ' (' + y + ')' } 

might work right?

[rednoah]

IDK. Try it. See what you get. Paste screenshots or file paths if what you get is not what you want.

[FabulousTiger]

Will try when I get home.

[FabulousTiger]

I ended up with these two formats for movies and TV.

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{ vf =~ /2160p/ ? '4K Movies' : 'Movies' }/{ ~plex.id ** { " {edition-$edition}" }  %
 {" ["} %  {vf + ', ' } %
  {hdr ? hdr + ', ': '' } %
  {Bitrate + ', ' } %
  {vcf + ', ' } %
  {ac + ', ' } %
  {channels + ']' }}

For TV I switched to

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{ ~plex *  { ' (' + y + ')' } *  {" {tmdb-" + {id} + "}"}}

for consistency with plex.id for movies.

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{ vf =~ /2160p/ ? '4K TV Shows' : 'TV Shows' }/{ ~plex *  { ' (' + y + ')' } *  {" {tmdb-" + {id} + "}"} %
 { " {edition-$edition}" }  %
 {" ["} %
  {vf + ', ' } %
  {hdr ? hdr + ', ': '' }  %
  {Bitrate + ', ' } %
  {vcf + ', ' } %
  {ac + ', ' } %
  {channels + ']' }}

Is there anything I can run into that might become a problem with this setup?

[rednoah]

e.g. if {channels} fails, then the trailing ] fails in solidarity. See Learn how {expressions} work and useful Helper Functions for details.



The correct way of combining a set of bindings that each may or may not be defined works like this:

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{
	plex % {
		allOf{vf}{hdr}{bitrate}{vcf}{ac}{channels}.joining(', ', ' [', ']')
	}
}

[FabulousTiger]

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{ vf =~ /2160p/ ? '4K Movies' : 'Movies' }/{ ~plex.id ** { " {edition-$edition}" }  %  { allOf{vf}{hdr}{bitrate}{vcf}{ac}{channels}.joining(', ', ' [', ']') }}

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{ vf =~ /2160p/ ? '4K TV Shows' : 'TV Shows' }/{ ~plex *  { ' (' + y + ')' } *  {" {tmdb-" + {id} + "}"} % { allOf{vf}{hdr}{bitrate}{vcf}{ac}{channels}.joining(', ', ' [', ']') 	}}

These two are what I am now using with your suggestion of the proper way of joining the latter part.

[iKUd]

When using this it looks like this.

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4K TV Shows/Firefly (2002) {tmdb-1437}/Season 01/Firefly - S01E01 - Serenity [2160p, HDR10+, 15 Mbps, HEVC, AAC, 5.1]

Pretty close to what I'd like to have. Should have worked around with plex.id earlier

Two things I wasnt able to ajust:
Lower the s and e to s01e01 (would be nice but if it not possible I can life with it)

and

Add {group} behind the group within [] .
Because when just adding it destroys the naming when facing subs

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{ vf =~ /2160p/ ? '4K TV Shows' : 'TV Shows' }/{ ~plex *  { ' (' + y + ')' } *  {" {tmdb-" + {id} + "}"} % { allOf{vf}{hdr}{bitrate}{vcf}{ac}{channels}.joining(', ', ' [', ']') 	}}-{group}

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4K TV Shows/Firefly (2002) {tmdb-1437}/Season 01/Firefly - S01E01 - Serenity [2160p, HDR10+, 15 Mbps, HEVC, AAC, 5.1].eng.forced-FiN

In the end with both fixes it should look like this
Series

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4K TV Shows/Firefly (2002) {tmdb-1437}/Season 01/Firefly - s01e01 - Serenity [2160p, HDR10+, 15 Mbps, HEVC, AAC, 5.1]-FiN

Series with Sub

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4K TV Shows/Firefly (2002) {tmdb-1437}/Season 01/Firefly - s01e01 - Serenity [2160p, HDR10+, 15 Mbps, HEVC, AAC, 5.1]-FiN.eng.forced

[rednoah]

e.g. add series year to both folder name and file name:

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{ plex.year.id }

e.g. add group at the end of the file name but before the subtitle language suffix:

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{ plex.year.id % { -group } }

e.g. match S01E01 patterns and make them lower-case:

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{ (plex.year.id % { -group }).path.replaceAll(/S\d+|E\d+/){ it.lower() } }

** you may prefer to just make your own custom format and just not use {plex} at some point; because coercing {plex} into doing what you want will get more complicated than just doing what you want at some point

[iKUd]

The problem here is:
I have a year in the seriesname which I dont want to have there.
I cant change the ID so if I want tvdb or imdb in the future I have to rewrite everything.

Where or how do I have to add

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{ -group }).path.replaceAll(/S\d+|E\d+/){ it.lower() } }

in my string?

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{ vf =~ /2160p/ ? '4K TV Shows' : 'TV Shows' }/{ ~plex *  { ' (' + y + ')' } *  {" {tmdb-" + {id} + "}"} % { allOf{vf}{hdr}{bitrate}{vcf}{ac}{channels}.joining(', ', ' [', ']') }}

[rednoah]

I have a year in the seriesname which I dont want to have there.

{plex.year} handles the "series name that has (year) in the series name already" issue by default.

TheTVDB ensures that each series has a unique name, so the year is added to the name as part of the name to make the name unique, e.g. Doctor Who vs Doctor Who (2005). If you do {n} ({y}) then you get Doctor Who (2005) (2005).

TheMovieDB allows two or more series entries to share the same name, i.e. Doctor Who and Doctor Who. If you use TheMovieDB then you don't have to worry about the "series name already contains the year as part of the series name" problem at all.

I cant change the ID so if I want tvdb or imdb in the future I have to rewrite everything.

You'll wan to use the TheMovieDB ID and stick to the TheMovieDB ID. If you have the TheMovieDB ID then you can add other IDs later.





As for your format, you can just copy & paste the bits and pieces together. I'm using multiple lines for readability:

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{
	vf =~ /2160p/ ? '4K TV Shows' : 'TV Shows'
}
/
{
	(
		~plex.year.id 
		% { allOf{vf}{hdr}{bitrate}{vcf}{ac}{channels}.joining(', ', ' [', ']') }
		% { -group }
	).path.replaceAll(/S\d+|E\d+/){ it.lower() }
}

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TV Shows/Cowboy Bebop (1998) {tmdb-30991}/Season 01/Cowboy Bebop (1998) - s01e01 - Stray Dog Strut [720p, 4.3 Mbps, AVC, AAC, 5.1]-CBM

[iKUd]

So when using the .year in plex.year I have to life with the second year?

I'm ok with the first year in the folder but with the year in the series name.

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TV Shows/Cowboy Bebop (1998) {tmdb-30991}/Season 01/Cowboy Bebop - s01e01 - Stray Dog Strut [720p, 4.3 Mbps, AVC, AAC, 5.1]-CBM

But I can take away the year and add it with y than I did before.

[rednoah]

So when using the .year in plex.year I have to life with the second year?

If you use {plex.year} then you will never get a double year, as in Doctor Who (2005) (2005) double year.



If you want the year in the in folder name but not in the file name, then you cannot use {plex.year} and you will instead want to inject the (year) bit via the * operator.

If you use TheMovieDB then your code will always work as expected.

If you use TheTVDB then you will need additional code that optionally injects the (year) depending on whether or not the series name {n} and thus {plex} already includes the (year) bit. You may also need to remove the (year) bit from the file name if it's there by merit of being part of the series name. So just don't use TheTVDB. It'll make your use case unnecessarily complicated.