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Posted: **28 Jul 2025, 14:54**

I have been using Filebot for 3 years now. I also have dementia so cannot think as well as when I was younger.

My renaming needs are simple. For TV shows, I use the following expression:

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{n} {s.pad(2)}x{e.pad(2)} {t.upperInitial()} {" [$vf]"} { if (vcf != /HEVC/) ' [NOT HEVC]' }

Today, my name expression vanished and it reverted back to the program default. I was mostly able to recover. I would also like it to show resolution of below 720 as SD; 720p or 1080p as HD, and to show resolution of 2160p as 4k. Thanks for any help provided.

Posted: **28 Jul 2025, 16:41**

DigidocTN wrote: ↑28 Jul 2025, 14:54 show resolution of below 720 as SD; 720p or 1080p as HD, and to show resolution of 2160p as 4k. Thanks for any help provided.

The {hd} video definition class binding might just do the trick:

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{ hd }

Alternatively, you can take full control like so:

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{
	if (width >= 3840 || height >= 2160) return "4K"
	if (width >= 1280 || height >= 720) return "HD"
	return "SD"
}

Posted: **05 Aug 2025, 08:25**

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{n.colon(' - ')} ({y}){subt}{
	if (width >= 3840 || height >= 2160) return " [4K]"
	if (width >= 1280 || height >= 720) return " [HD]"
	return " [SD]"
}

This works. How can I add Capitalize Each Word In Name and add [genre of movie] after the name? Also, if the encoding is not HEVC, add [Not HEVC] to remind me it needs compressed. I am sorry for my poor thinking, I just break my expression when I try to fix it myself.

Here is an example of what I would like to get:
Bridget Jones Mad About The Boy (2025) [Romance, Comedy, Drama]-[4K].mkv

Posted: **05 Aug 2025, 09:12**

I almost forgot. Add articles A,an,the to the end of the title. I managed to lose the code to change the title.
i.e. To change this:

The curse of bridge hollow (2022).mkv

into this instead:

Curse Of Bridge Hollow, The (2022)[Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Family]-[4K].mkv

Posted: **05 Aug 2025, 09:56**

I continue to try and learn. Each expression included within { } is a standalone, right? Is there a list of the published meta characters which can be used? For instance, t. is title; n. is name; s. is season, e. is episode and so on. Is there a list of all available codes? What are the codes for genre? For resolution? For encoding? For year? Do these characters come from the coding inside the Filebot program?

{t.upperInitial()} is the title for TV shows, but {n.upperInitial()} is the name for movies? Are they interchangeable or differ due to the type of lookup done? (1 rule for episode mode, another rule for movie mode?) I am not yet ready for music mode.

I assume then all these expressions can be strung together into the code you want? I am just starting to see nested expressions but do not tell me about those just yet. (They make my brain hurt). Please forgive my simplistic questions.

Posted: **05 Aug 2025, 10:08**

e.g. capitalize each word:

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{ n.upperInitial() }

e.g. add {genre} to the file path, but you likely mean to add the first 4 {genres} so that would work like so:

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{ genres.take(4) }

e.g. add [NOT HEVC] if it's not yet encoded:

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{ if (vcf != /HEVC/) ' [NOT HEVC]' }

e.g. put the The at the end:

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{ n.sortName('$2, $1') }

You can thus put it all together like so:

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{ n.colon(' - ').upperInitial().sortName('$2, $1') } 
({y}) 
{ genres.take(4) }
{
	if (width >= 3840 || height >= 2160) return "-[4K]"
	if (width >= 1280 || height >= 720) return "-[HD]"
	return "-[SD]"
}
{ if (vcf != /HEVC/) ' [NOT HEVC]' }
{subt}

You can find the list of top-level bindings in the Format Expressions › Binding Reference manual page.

Posted: **06 Aug 2025, 22:00**

Thanks for the help, my renaming of movies is about perfect. After the naming is complete, is it possible to examine all the files in a folder, and -if- they do not include a defined year (2019); then move only those to another folder to examine then further?Perhaps to ask the year first, insert it as a variable into the expression, and move only those not containing that name?

Posted: **07 Aug 2025, 04:22**

You can add a condition to your expression.

e.g. add this to the beginning of your format to move movies from 2019 into a separate folder from all other movies:

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{ y == 2019 ? 'X:/path/to/2019-movies/' : 'X:/path/to/movies/' }

FileBot

below 720 as SD; 720p or 1080p as HD, and to show resolution of 2160p as 4k

below 720 as SD; 720p or 1080p as HD, and to show resolution of 2160p as 4k

Re: 720 as SD; 720p or 1080p as HD

Add Capitalization of name, genre, resolution, and encoding

Articles: A, An, The removed from front of title

Expression within { }

Re: below 720 as SD; 720p or 1080p as HD, and to show resolution of 2160p as 4k

Re: below 720 as SD; 720p or 1080p as HD, and to show resolution of 2160p as 4k

Re: below 720 as SD; 720p or 1080p as HD, and to show resolution of 2160p as 4k