FileBot

Hello Everyone,

Just a question out of curiousity. Would filebot find more accurate subtitles when searching for subtitles for the original file name, or should I better rename the .mkv files to: serie name - episode - episode name - release group
As filebot didn't find subtitles on original file name but it did when the name is:
serie name - episode - episode name - release group

And another question, sorry for wrong categorie.
Can I with filebot rename a movie file and seperate subtitles with the original file name to:
serie name - episode - episode name - release group - (language name if srt)

1.
Current filename has little effect on Hash-Lookup.

Name-Search however is primarily based on the filename, and FileBot is likely to pick the subtitle where the subtitle filename is most similar to the video filename. Also, FileBot keeps the original name as xattr metadata, so FileBot may use information from the original filename after you've already renamed the file.

@see viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2615


2.
Do you mean "Keep the original subtitle filename when downloading subtitles?" Yes, see Subtitle Naming options.


3.
Do you mean "Rename video/subtitle files so that the name matches the subtitle/video files?" Yes, see Naming Scheme / Format help.

@see viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3344

rednoah wrote:1.
Current filename has little effect on Hash-Lookup.

Name-Search however is primarily based on the filename, and FileBot is likely to pick the subtitle where the subtitle filename is most similar to the video filename. Also, FileBot keeps the original name as xattr metadata, so FileBot may use information from the original filename after you've already renamed the file.

@see viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2615


2.
Do you mean "Keep the original subtitle filename when downloading subtitles?" Yes, see Subtitle Naming options.


3.
Do you mean "Rename video/subtitle files so that the name matches the subtitle/video files?" Yes, see Naming Scheme / Format help.

@see viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3344

Thank you.
And I think its not possible for filebot to detect the video framerate and set the subtitle framerate at the same? Thanks

1.
All commonly used subtitles formats (SRT, ASS, etc) are time based, not frame rate based. Whatever "set the framerate" means, it won't matter, because 1 second is still 1 second at any frame rate.

e.g. SRT:
2.
I don't know why there are so many out-of-sync subtitles, but I'm pretty sure it rarely, if ever, has anything to do with the frame rate. In short, people upload bad subtitles, and the only thing you can do is find good subtitles and then use FileBot to upload (or re-upload to upvote/hashlink) them, so it'll work for the next guy.


3.
FileBot does take into account the video frame rate and subtitle frame rate (i.e. the frame rate of the video that the subtitle was uploaded for). However, subtitles that have not been uploaded with FileBot (or other well-behaved tools) typically aren't uploaded without any additional media info like frame rate, so the "subtitle frame rate" is not known most of the time.