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Posted: **16 Apr 2017, 04:55**

I am trying to figure out how to use filebot to keep a folder structure.

If i have
/mnt/temp/Movies/movie name.mkv
/mnt/temp/Camera/movie name.avi

how can I use the movie format to place correctly to get
/mnt/library/Movies/movie name (year)/movie name (year)
/mnt/library/Camera/movie name (year)/movie name (year)

using amc

i have:

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filebot -script fn:amc --output "/mnt/plex" -non-strict --action move --conflict auto --def reportError=y --def deleteAfterExtract=y --def clean=y --def unsorted=y --def storeReport=y --def "exec=chmod 775 -R '{folder}' && chown -R user:group '{folder}'" --def movieFormat="Movies/{n.colon(' ')} ({y})/{n.colon(' ')} ({y}){' CD'+pi}{'.'+lang}" seriesFormat="{plex}" /mnt/library --log-file amc.log

basically i need to change --def movieFormat to something like
--def movieFormat="{parent folder}/{n.colon(' ')} ({y})/{n.colon(' ')} ({y}){' CD'+pi}{'.'+lang}"

Posted: **16 Apr 2017, 09:48**

1.
I recommend using the Format Editor GUI to prototype formats:
http://www.filebot.net/naming.html

2.
e.g. use folder name

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{folder.name}/{plex}

e.g. take path component 0, 1 and 2 from the original folder structure, and then add the rest according to your preferences:

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{f[0..2]}/{plex}

e.g. keep bits and pieces from the original path:

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{f.path.match(/Movies|Camera/)}/{plex}

FileBot

use first folder name

use first folder name

Re: use first folder name