Forcing a SXXEXXX when one doesn't exist

[bigoldboy]

Hmmm.  I am a big news fan. I like to record cable news which has not season/episode, but I want plex to see it. Would that not be a good reason to want a function like this?

I totally understand why you want it  - I was just saying that when I implemented this stuff using 'season/episode naming' didn't make sense when you didn't have season/episode numbers, so I didn't implement a feature like that.

NextPVR v4 has reached the end of the road for new features.  I can look into a feature like this in v5 though.

Thank you so much!

[paul67]

Plex should handle date based, but the underscores confuse it (doesnt have to be in SxxExx format)

DailyNews_20191211_10301130.ts would not be recognised by Plex as mentioned
but
DailyNews - 20191211 - 10301130.ts should be fine

[bigoldboy]

Plex should handle date based, but the underscores confuse it (doesnt have to be in SxxExx format)

DailyNews_20191211_10301130.ts would not be recognised by Plex as mentioned
but
DailyNews - 20191211 - 10301130.ts should be fine

Good to know. I just knew I had to manually edit the file each day.

[JavaWiz]

Here is a script to do the rename after a recording is complete...  Place it in a file called c:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\PostProcessing.bat.  It renames the physical file on disk, and also in the NPVR database.

You can test it by running:
  Postprocessing.bat "Fully_Qualified_Filename_to_rename.ts"

Replace the parameter with the name of the file you want to rename (put it in quotes if there are any spaces in the FQDN)

Code:

@Echo off
GoTo :BEGIN
=============================================================================================
PostProcessing.bat
Rename the file and remove all _ with -
=============================================================================================
:BEGIN
    Set RENAMER="c:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\NScriptHelper.exe"

    echo.
    If not exist %RENAMER% (
        echo Unable to locate Renamer utility: %RENAMER%
        GoTo :ENDJOB
    )
    If %1.==. (
        Echo 1st parameter MUST be filename
        GoTo :ENDJOB
    )
    Set oldFN=%1
    Set newFN=%oldFN:_=-%

    if %oldFN%==%newFN% (
        echo Nothing to rename.
    ) else (
        echo Input Filename: %oldFN%
        echo New   Filename: %newFN%
        echo.
        Call :RENAME "%oldFN%" "%newFN%"
    )
    GoTo :ENDJOB

:RENAME
    Echo - Rename on filesystem
    set FN=%~nx2
    Rename %1 to "%FN%"
    Echo - Rename in NPVR database
    %RENAMER% -Rename %1 %2
    Echo done.
    GoTo :EOF

:ENDJOB
        Echo.