FileBot

Hi there,

I want to rename a few episodes, the source are named according to the absolute episode count.
However, FileBot seems to get confused by that and mixes absolute numbers and season/episode.
For example, Episode 599 will be correctly set as absolute count and therefore "translated" to Season/Episode number; Episode 601 however is assumed to be S06E01, which is wrong.
See this screenshot which illustrates the issue. Match Mode is set to "Opportunistic"; I tried changing "Episode Order" to absolute, but that just changes my output to absolute.


My currently used rename-string is How can I force FileBot to stop assuming, and only use either absolute episode count or season/episode for the files on input, so it doesn't mix both together?

You can configure FileBot to use Episode Order: Absolute. FileBot will then only be aware of absolute numbers and thus only match (and format) with absolute numbers:
viewtopic.php?t=14356


You are dealing with Anime. That can be tricky at times. Reading the [Anime] Convert Absolute to SxE numbers manual will save you a lot of time if you mean to convert absolute numbers to SxE numbers:
viewtopic.php?t=2769

Good morning rednoah!

rednoah wrote: ↑06 Sep 2024, 03:55 You can configure FileBot to use Episode Order: Absolute. FileBot will then only be aware of absolute numbers and thus only match (and format) with absolute numbers:
viewtopic.php?t=14356

As I mentioned I tried this, but that is also outputting absolute Order

rednoah wrote: ↑06 Sep 2024, 03:55 You are dealing with Anime. That can be tricky at times. Reading the [Anime] Convert Absolute to SxE numbers manual will save you a lot of time if you mean to convert absolute numbers to SxE numbers:
viewtopic.php?t=2769

I tried option B, that turns into an absolute mess I'm afraid. I never use AniDB because it has no german titles, of course that could be fixed in another step once the SxE naming is in place.
Using option C, it _seems_ to work but it actually matches a wrong order indicated by a title mismatch.



All following options give me a hard time as I don't know how to use those commands, I guess in a commandline, but I have no idea how to utilize that.

But the notes on option C gave me an idea; I now just added an E in batch to all the episode numbers, and that works exactly as it should



Thanks a lot!

RutenRudi wrote: ↑06 Sep 2024, 05:40

Looking at the screenshot above and the specific series / episodes / file names at hand. The absolute episode numbers you have are bad and don't match any known database, i.e. the absolute numbers you have don't make sense to TMDB / TVDB / AniDB and so you will get mismatches.


e.g. you have 600 Pokemon - Ein Strategisches Feuerwerk!

But TheTVDB / Absolute Order says: Pokémon - 603 - Ein Strategisches Feuerwerk!
But TheMovieDB / Absolute Order says: Pokémon - 599 - Ein strategisches Feuerwerk




So in this case you actually want to "match by German episode title" rather than by absolute number. Please read Q: How do I fix misidentified files? › Match by Episode Title to get started with that.

Hi there rednoah,

that is a very valid thing that I didn't notice. I started anew and used the Match by Title Preset as suggested. Worked like a charm. Thank you so much!