Posted by: rick.ca
« on: October 05, 2009, 07:48:28 pm »Thanks. I look forward to your post or wiki entry on the matter.
I don't think it's a good idea to suggest there are "default" or "supported" formats by way of example.
Not if it was listed asQuoteWe could probably do that by listing (default) supported formats in the wiki.
Currently this aspect is avoided
That would just encourage the misconception the program is intended to handle any file naming convention one cares to use.
We could probably do that by listing (default) supported formats in the wiki.
Currently this aspect is avoided
The point is there just needs to be a consistent structure to the filenames so the regex can work.We could probably do that by listing (default) supported formats in the wiki.
In the case of episodes, there are so many different ways they may be organized and named, it's probably easier for all if you decided how it should be done. I like Dadeo's ..\Title\Title.S02E01.episodename.avi, especially if, with that format, your routine could consistently identify titles—whether the episode files are in a separate sub-folders or not.
3. I am very curious about your 1.0 feature suggestions, Rick
The reason I would prefer it as part of PVD is I like the way PVD file scanner just shows me the new or changed files when I point it a at directory trees. I also think a dedicated tool like PVD could do a better job of managing video files.
Sorry I didn't explain myself, I was thinking how I would like a PVD file renamer to work, not how Directory Opus works
QuoteYou do of course realise there is a certain amount of similarity between what you are doing with your file manager and what I (& I assume others) are trying to do with PVD file scanner.
Yes, I thought about that and concluded that just because a similar function is required at two different stages of my workflow does it mean it has to be restricted to one or the other.
QuoteI would like at least the option to append the old file name ending to the new cleaned name, maybe Title (Year) IMDb# [old descriptors].ext as I'm not sure I would really like to loose some of that information (CAM, TS, dvdrip, HDTV, BluRay)
Just specify the regex that will do so. Instead of skipping over them (or, for example, dropping everything after finding the title and year), put those parts in variables and append them as [old descriptors].
QuoteNot sure if it would cope with graphics data but given the often reasonable image PVD can pull from imdb I still think it is a good approach.
Don't forget it's now very easy to export posters to images "beside" the media file. So if a lot of effort has gone into getting better quality posters from elsewhere, this is a reasonable thing to do—to make those available to other PVD databases and/or just to be a visual reference in the file system.
A nice companion to a file renaming feature would be the option to save the poster beside the file at the same time.
Does the file manager you use cope with multi-part files appropriately? Which one do you use?
You do of course realise there is a certain amount of similarity between what you are doing with your file manager and what I (& I assume others) are trying to do with PVD file scanner.
True if I knew the Exact imdb title & year the text search would work well, but often I do not know this prior to looking it up on imdb.
I would like at least the option to append the old file name ending to the new cleaned name, maybe Title (Year) IMDb# [old descriptors].ext as I'm not sure I would really like to loose some of that information (CAM, TS, dvdrip, HDTV, BluRay)
Not sure if it would cope with graphics data but given the often reasonable image PVD can pull from imdb I still think it is a good approach.
My file manager includes a regex file renamer. One button cleans movies, another episodes. Maybe I'll configure a third to deal with those that have a more accurate title in the containing folder. Even with some requiring manual adjustment, it still works out to seconds per file. And then the filenames are accurate and meaningful in my file system as well as in PVD. The same thing can be done with a number of excellent freeware file renamers.
But only 50% of those have NFOs
Maybe what would be much more useful would be the ability to rename files. Files could be renamed to Title (Year) IMDb#.ext and a variable added so regex could capture the IMDb# and add the URL.
Note I have spent time making file names look pretty in the past, but given I now access my movies from PVD the actual file names and paths are largely irrelevant. If I need to change them to import into PVD then that indicates the efficiency of operating PVD could be improved.
The aim of using tags is to further improve the file scanner performance.
QuoteThe only enhancement I can think of is sometimes the enclosing directory has a better name, so being able to easily select that would be handy.
You should be able to handle that with regex as well, unless the pattern is hopelessly inconsistent. What is the source of the directory and file name?
QuoteSome media files have an associated .nfo file containing a link to an internet database (most often imdb).
I don't see much point in this. Sure, it there's a reliable URL consistently available in a consistent format, then this may help, but the primary approach is supposed to be to get the filename (and maybe year) and use that to search IMDb.
QuoteTag export/import (like ID3 for mp3) has been marked as already added. This is good news if that is the case. Looking at 0.9.9.10 I can't see where it is implemented.
I marked that off because I did not interpret the feature request to necessarily be an integrated tag management system, and I thought most of the pieces were in place for this to be done on an ad hoc basis.
Tag export/import (like ID3 for mp3) has been marked as already added. This is good news if that is the case. Looking at 0.9.9.10 I can't see where it is implemented.
The only enhancement I can think of is sometimes the enclosing directory has a better name, so being able to easily select that would be handy.
Some media files have an associated .nfo file containing a link to an internet database (most often imdb).