HOW TO START A RENAMING JOB ON A HUGE DOWNLOAD FOLDER?
Posted: 27 Jun 2012, 12:07
Hi!
I've downloaded FileBot and I can say that it seems amazing.
I need some guidance to do the first steps, because I cannot find the right way yo start my first renaming job.
My current situation:
- MacMini with Plex Media installed and connected to the HDTV
- ReadyNAS Pro 6TB connected via LAN/WIFi, with Plex Media Server for Linux Installed
- A HUGE Download folder on the NAS ( > 5 TB files in chaos: many subfolders, thousands of video files of all kinds, movies, anime, tv episodes, documentaries, subtitles, etc)
To start using Plex (or any other media server) I need to rename, move and refolder all files and subtitles in a clean and organized way.
At the beginning I was desperate (too many files to even think about doing it manually), but lucky for me I found FileBot!
But here is the problems I encountered:
- After installing FileBot (v2.64) I dragged and dropped the Download folder on the "Rename" section of FileBot, but there are movies and documentaries too in it. Is it ok or there is a specific way for those?
- After having waited a long time for FileBot to load all file names in the list, I pushed the "Match" button. There were many choices, but I didn't know what to choose. I read that OpenSubtitles has hashing and that is more reliable to recognize video files, so I pushed it. Was opensubtitles the best way? I don't want to do this work twice, because is a huge renaming job. There is a way to check the files against ALL databases, and later choosing between ALL the proposed choices? For example I know that all the MVGroup documentaries fail to be identified by OpensSubtitles, even if they are all provided with subtitles and even a wiki with cover art (http://forums.mvgroup.org/) so I wanted to use some other database to integrate the metadata results and avoid that many documentaries are tagged as movies or anime.
- Before chosing the id provider, I tried to find a good renaming string for the Plex required folder structure ( http://wiki.plexapp.com/index.php/PlexN ... amingGuide ), but I didn't find anything good enough for a mix like mine (anime episodes, oav, tv episodes, specials, documentaries, music videos, multiple subtitles files, and so on) that also moved the files and create the right folders with the right subtitles (I've many subtitles, always with the same name of the videofile and a .language.srt or .language.group.srt extension added).
- After some time FileBot started asking me questions about the identity of each file, like he didn't found a precise match. I had to select the right answer, but I didn't have any info on the original file, not even a full file and path name (the file name was truncated by the window). Is this right, or there is a way to automatically improve the recognition and to narrow down the number of candidates? There is a way to cross check the results between ALL the databases, and then choosing the candidates with the most results? Or I'm doing all wrong?
- And here is the big problem that forced me to stop: the dialogs asking for the identifications where TOO MANY to handle, because my folder contains billions of files! After forcing me clicking for a couple of hours, I gave up. That is surely not the way to use FileBot, because it was taking me more time than to renaming the files myself manually! So I stopped.
- All the files already recognized where listed, so I looked at those to check for the id to be right. But I didn't find any way to change to alternatives identifications AFTER the match process. I expected to see files with PROPOSED Identifications listed, and then a button to eventually CHANGE those from a drop down menu. Is there a way to do this? Or Filebot discard all the proposed alternatives collected from the databases after the matching job and require you to resubmit all files to the matching metadata databases online?
- Another problem I encountered was the fact that if a file isn't recognized at all by the databases (like when FileBot asks "Enter series video name:" or similar) it doesn't appear in the list, not even with a warning symbol, like a huge "?" button near the name, for example. I was expecting to see how many files were still in doubt/uncertain/unidentified and eventually doing the renaming of those manually some other day, saving the unidentified file list in FileBot and executing the rename job only on those with a secure identification. But I cannot find a way to do this either, so I must doing all wrong.
So any help is appreciated!
Please, I just need a step by step procedure to order my Download folder automatically with FileBot, but I cannot find a way to do it in a single pass, even after having read many tutorials and docs about FileBot.
Thanks in advance!
Emanuele
I've downloaded FileBot and I can say that it seems amazing.
I need some guidance to do the first steps, because I cannot find the right way yo start my first renaming job.
My current situation:
- MacMini with Plex Media installed and connected to the HDTV
- ReadyNAS Pro 6TB connected via LAN/WIFi, with Plex Media Server for Linux Installed
- A HUGE Download folder on the NAS ( > 5 TB files in chaos: many subfolders, thousands of video files of all kinds, movies, anime, tv episodes, documentaries, subtitles, etc)
To start using Plex (or any other media server) I need to rename, move and refolder all files and subtitles in a clean and organized way.
At the beginning I was desperate (too many files to even think about doing it manually), but lucky for me I found FileBot!
But here is the problems I encountered:
- After installing FileBot (v2.64) I dragged and dropped the Download folder on the "Rename" section of FileBot, but there are movies and documentaries too in it. Is it ok or there is a specific way for those?
- After having waited a long time for FileBot to load all file names in the list, I pushed the "Match" button. There were many choices, but I didn't know what to choose. I read that OpenSubtitles has hashing and that is more reliable to recognize video files, so I pushed it. Was opensubtitles the best way? I don't want to do this work twice, because is a huge renaming job. There is a way to check the files against ALL databases, and later choosing between ALL the proposed choices? For example I know that all the MVGroup documentaries fail to be identified by OpensSubtitles, even if they are all provided with subtitles and even a wiki with cover art (http://forums.mvgroup.org/) so I wanted to use some other database to integrate the metadata results and avoid that many documentaries are tagged as movies or anime.
- Before chosing the id provider, I tried to find a good renaming string for the Plex required folder structure ( http://wiki.plexapp.com/index.php/PlexN ... amingGuide ), but I didn't find anything good enough for a mix like mine (anime episodes, oav, tv episodes, specials, documentaries, music videos, multiple subtitles files, and so on) that also moved the files and create the right folders with the right subtitles (I've many subtitles, always with the same name of the videofile and a .language.srt or .language.group.srt extension added).
- After some time FileBot started asking me questions about the identity of each file, like he didn't found a precise match. I had to select the right answer, but I didn't have any info on the original file, not even a full file and path name (the file name was truncated by the window). Is this right, or there is a way to automatically improve the recognition and to narrow down the number of candidates? There is a way to cross check the results between ALL the databases, and then choosing the candidates with the most results? Or I'm doing all wrong?
- And here is the big problem that forced me to stop: the dialogs asking for the identifications where TOO MANY to handle, because my folder contains billions of files! After forcing me clicking for a couple of hours, I gave up. That is surely not the way to use FileBot, because it was taking me more time than to renaming the files myself manually! So I stopped.
- All the files already recognized where listed, so I looked at those to check for the id to be right. But I didn't find any way to change to alternatives identifications AFTER the match process. I expected to see files with PROPOSED Identifications listed, and then a button to eventually CHANGE those from a drop down menu. Is there a way to do this? Or Filebot discard all the proposed alternatives collected from the databases after the matching job and require you to resubmit all files to the matching metadata databases online?
- Another problem I encountered was the fact that if a file isn't recognized at all by the databases (like when FileBot asks "Enter series video name:" or similar) it doesn't appear in the list, not even with a warning symbol, like a huge "?" button near the name, for example. I was expecting to see how many files were still in doubt/uncertain/unidentified and eventually doing the renaming of those manually some other day, saving the unidentified file list in FileBot and executing the rename job only on those with a secure identification. But I cannot find a way to do this either, so I must doing all wrong.
So any help is appreciated!
Please, I just need a step by step procedure to order my Download folder automatically with FileBot, but I cannot find a way to do it in a single pass, even after having read many tutorials and docs about FileBot.
Thanks in advance!
Emanuele