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I have a large folder of anime, and I’m trying to import it into Jellyfin. I think I’d have a lot more luck with Jelly getting the correct metadata if I cleaned up the folder names and removed things like the [SubGroup] or (1080p)[HEVC] type stuff like that from the folder names.
Is anyone here savvy enough with sed, awk, or any other bash type utility where I could possibly run it recursively on this folder to prune the extra information from the folders? It would definitely save me a lot of time Also, I do have a full backup of this folder, so while I’d like to avoid clobbering all the file names with a bad command, it’s not the end of the world if something happens.
Some examples of the folders I need to rename, there’s a lot of variation with how these are labeled so I’m not sure what the best way to go about this would be - I was thinking of trying to just remove anything that was contained in [] brackets or () parenthesis, including the brackets or parenthesis themselves.
Overall having a LOT of fun playing with Jellyfin. It did an excellent job importing my music library, and Tauon Music Box is absolutely awesome - Highly recommend checking it out if anyone else is interested in this.
An alternative (if you do not use Zsh, for example) is qmv from rename-utils package. I usually set up an alias for it:
alias rename='qmv --format=do'
So, when I run rename in a directory, a text editor opens with a temporary file containing the directory listing. Whatever I change there, after saving, gets applied to the actual filenames.
For bulk renaming I can only recommend Thunar's build-in bulk renaming. I have not found anything even close to it. Terminal tools are probably as good as your text editor - so for you it may be a better option.
Thank ya’ll very much, I’ll look into these suggestions and give one a try
And Dalto yes - Jelly uses the file metadata first, but if it can’t determine what the episode information is based off of that, it then reads the file & folder name to see if it can use that as a “fallback” method to find the metadata online.
I tested on one of the series that didn’t have the metadata automatically pulled from AniDB - I removed the extra [SubGroup] and tailing info, rescanned the library, and wim-wam-wazzle, Jelly was able to correctly grab the series info after that
FileBot is the ultimate tool for renaming and organizing your movies, TV shows and Anime. Match and rename media files against online databases, download artwork and cover images, fetch subtitles, write metadata, and more, all at once in matter of seconds. It’s smart and just works.
I’m experimenting with this now, it looks extremely promising. I may end up actually buying a license for it because I anticipate my collection will grow, and this looks very useful.
its been a really long time since I looked at it but back in the days there were not much to gain by buying a license. The free version was really powerful and everything needed.
Using it with “{plex}” preset (see FAQ) wich works flawlessly with Jellyfin.
Im serious, i tried every program/script wich exists for this purpose. But no single one is so good like Filebot. And you want to use it. specially if you get “into troubles” (wrong names/title picked), with Filebot you have first a preview, and you can very easly correct that.
The Programm isnt free. You cant use it without license.
Without license, you can only preview what Filebot would do. But if you click to do the renaming, its say you must buy a license.
There is a Version in AUR, wich is totaly free. Wich you posted a link about. But this Version is totaly outdated and few bugs (regarding the database from tvdb and other) breaks the usability.
Yeah, I think I’m sold on Filebot now, and I agree that it’s good to support the devs.
ggg - I’m not sure if it’s changed (you mentioned it’s been awhile since you’ve used it) but as of right now you can’t actually rename anything in Filebot without a license - It shows you what the intended changes are but won’t commit them without a license.
$ autoload zmv
$ zmv
Usage:
zmv [OPTIONS] oldpattern newpattern
where oldpattern contains parenthesis surrounding patterns which will
be replaced in turn by $1, $2, ... in newpattern. For example,
zmv '(*).lis' '$1.txt'
renames 'foo.lis' to 'foo.txt', 'my.old.stuff.lis' to 'my.old.stuff.txt',
and so on. Something simpler (for basic commands) is the -W option:
zmv -W '*.lis' '*.txt'
This does the same thing as the first command, but with automatic conversion
of the wildcards into the appropriate syntax. If you combine this with
noglob, you don't even need to quote the arguments. For example,
alias mmv='noglob zmv -W'
mmv *.c.orig orig/*.c
For manual renaming, Filebot is what I have used for years. If there was an alternative out there I’d use it, but the truth is nothing else comes close for metadata matching. There are automated options if you’re running something like Sonarr or Flexget, but it requires more setup and of course with automation there will be occasional mismatching.
Also, I do have a full backup of this folder, so while I’d like to avoid clobbering all the file names with a bad command, it’s not the end of the world if something happens.