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Posted: **08 Jan 2026, 13:03**

Hello.
due to recent emby update, some special episodes are nolonger ordered inside the whole season.
I have in mind to manually build a nfo file with filebot and setting this value from tvdb bindings.
Unfortunately I cannot manage to find the correct variable to use to retrieve this information.
For example, you can check this episode from Violet Evergarden https://thetvdb.com/series/violet-everg ... es/6497072
The special position noticed is : to be watched before S01E05.

Is this value handled by filebot and how to manage it inside a post processing script ?

Thank you,

Posted: **08 Jan 2026, 13:53**

Special Position: Airs before season 1, episode 5 seems to be something new. I'm not sure if the API makes this information even available. I'll have a look.

You can probably use the episode airdate to sort episodes into the appropriate watch order.

EDIT

You can access the numbers via Groovy / Format code like so:

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{ episode.info.raw.airsBeforeSeason }

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{ episode.info.raw.airsBeforeEpisode }

EDIT 2

You'll want to use code like this to avoid unnecessary requests because we don't need episode details for non-special episodes:

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{ 
	def sbs = episode.special ? episode.info.raw.airsBeforeSeason : null
	def sbe = episode.special ? episode.info.raw.airsBeforeEpisode : null
	
	if (sbs && sbe) {
		' [Before S' + sbs.pad(2) + 'E' + sbe.pad(2) + ']'
	}
}

Posted: **08 Jan 2026, 19:43**

you're just a genius
I really do appreciate your quick and perfect answer

really happy to have bought a licence
please keep satisfying users like this
wish you a nice 2026 !!

Posted: **08 Jan 2026, 19:47**

is there any place where I can find all existing variables I can use ?
I may fill other elements in post processing for my nfo !

Posted: **09 Jan 2026, 03:18**

episode is a top-level binding. info will optionally give you an EpisodeDetails object. FileBot however does not have the airsBefore* properties in its model, so we need to use raw which gives us the raw JSON API response which happens to contain these airsBefore* properties if you're using TVDB.

All top-level bindings: Format Expressions › Binding Reference

General links to get started with the technical details: FileBot Groovy Expression Reference Documentation

EDIT

You'll want to use code like this to avoid unnecessary requests because we don't need episode details for non-special episodes:

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def sbs = episode.special ? episode.info.raw.airsBeforeSeason : null
def sbe = episode.special ? episode.info.raw.airsBeforeEpisode : null
	
if (sbs && sbe) {
	// do something for special episodes with airsBefore information
}

Posted: **09 Jan 2026, 12:10**

thank you for this useful clarification !

FileBot

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