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Using -exec mkvpropedit
Posted: 13 Mar 2018, 21:29
by ByteShare
From:
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5047
Newer versions of FileBot support the -exec option for the -rename and -mediainfo commands:
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-exec mkvpropedit {f} --edit info --set title={object}
Is this for command line only? Or is there a way to get something like this to execute before a file is renamed in via a present?
Hoping to keep original filename in the MKV Media Info.
Re: Using -exec mkvpropedit
Posted: 14 Mar 2018, 03:21
by rednoah
The
-exec feature is only supported on the command-line. I recommend processing files in the GUI, and then updating mkvprops in a second step via a command-line script.
e.g. you can use the
filebot -mediainfo to generate and execute command-line calls like so:
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$ filebot -mediainfo -r . -exec echo "{original} => {fn}"
Execute [echo, Firefly.1x01 => Firefly - 1x01 - The Train Job]
Firefly.1x01 => Firefly - 1x01 - The Train Job
Note that FileBot already keeps the original name in xattr, which is why the script above works after processing files with the FileBot GUI.
Re: Using -exec mkvpropedit
Posted: 14 Mar 2018, 15:21
by ByteShare
Thank you for clearing that up.
I was already running a batch file:
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@echo off
for %%a in (*.mkv) do "C:\Program Files\MKVToolNix\mkvpropedit.exe" "%output%%%~na%%~xa" --edit info --set "title=%%a"
I use this step before renaming as a backup method in case something goes wrong in renaming, or if I care to know information for the future, which in both cases doesn't come up offten so I leave that info inside of the MKV.
I know FileBot keeps a log and can revert files, which has been a huge help, but less helpful if days and weeks or more go by and I've moved files around.