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FileBot 5.2.0 fn:amc - Incorrect matching well known movies
Posted: 04 Oct 2025, 19:52
by dkarp0
filebot -script fn:sysinfo
Console logs
Command:
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filebot -script fn:amc --output /home/filebot/output --action symlink --conflict skip -non-strict --log-file /home/filebot/config/amc.log --def unsorted=y artwork=y excludeList=/home/filebot/config/amc.txt subtitles=en clean=y /home/data/remixed/.
The movies are The Beach and Bean. I almost never get a failing match, and only for unusual movies, but I've had these 2 fail back to back.
Filenames are well defined:
- The.Beach.1997.1080p.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-TEPES.mkv
- Bean.The.Movie.1997.BluRay.1080p.DTS.x264-CHD.mkv
Re: FileBot 5.2.0 fn:amc - Incorrect matching well known movies
Posted: 05 Oct 2025, 05:39
by rednoah

Do you have any
*.nfo files in your
/home/data/remixed folder?
(NOTE: *.nfo files can be used to force a specific movie by ID)
Re: FileBot 5.2.0 fn:amc - Incorrect matching well known movies
Posted: 05 Oct 2025, 06:37
by dkarp0
No, I don't have any
*.nfo files in there:
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ls /home/data/remixed/*.nfo
ls: cannot access '/home/data/remixed/*.nfo': No such file or directory
Re: FileBot 5.2.0 fn:amc - Incorrect matching well known movies
Posted: 05 Oct 2025, 14:34
by rednoah
I ran some tests and those two files really just don't work...
Bean.The.Movie.1997 doesn't work because
Search "Bean The Movie" doesn't work because
"Bean The Movie" hasn't been added as an alias name for
Bean (1997).
(NOTE: I have now added the missing alternative title)
The.Beach.1997 doesn't work because
Search "The Beach" y:1997 doesn't work because
The Beach (2000) is actually from a different year.

In this case you might have to pre-rename the files to
Bean.1997 and
The.Beach.2000 for the
amc script to work. Alternatively, you can also use the Desktop application and select / force the correct movie match if as needed.
Re: FileBot 5.2.0 fn:amc - Incorrect matching well known movies
Posted: 05 Oct 2025, 19:42
by dkarp0
Thanks! looks like I was just unlucky to get a incorrectly set year and bad alias back to back! Like I said, I almost never get an incorrect match
Re: FileBot 5.2.0 fn:amc - Incorrect matching well known movies
Posted: 06 Oct 2025, 02:51
by rednoah
dkarp0 wrote: ↑05 Oct 2025, 19:42
Thanks! looks like I was just unlucky to get a incorrectly set year and bad alias back to back! Like I said, I almost never get an incorrect match
No worries. Please report any bad match so we can investigate. We might be able to fix things one way or another, at least for the next guy. The
"Spawn" match is so bad it's funny, but it's because
"Spawn: The Movie" is an alternative title there and that makes for a relatively good string similarity mach with
Bean The Movie. Bad luck, but interesting how these things can work out unexpectedly in specific corner cases.