File Renaming Utility: AddEpisode

[JavaWiz]

If I understand things correctly, I could use use addEpisode manually to rename a few recordings even when there is no episode information in the EPG.

I'd like to be able to in some way add some episode information to a few of my kids' shows, so they can find "the Backyardigans with the Vikings" without looking through all the Backyardigans shows I don't get any episode information in my EPG.

So, my question is, could I run

addEpisode Backyardigans.mpg "{show} - Vikings"

and get it renamed to Backyardigans - Vikings.mpg?

You might look at this post. EpisodeTweaker might be just what you are looking for. http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=2...stcount=10

[stefan]

Thank's. I'll have a look

[stefan]

Seems to work, thank's. Now if I could find a tool to rename recordings that gbpvr named incorrectly in the beginning of the 1.0.x adventure...

[JavaWiz]

Seems to work, thank's. Now if I could find a tool to rename recordings that gbpvr named incorrectly in the beginning of the 1.0.x adventure...

Do you want to rename the show as GBPVR displays it (ie. in the database), or rename it on the hard-drive (ie the filename)?

[linfor]

I cannot get this to work.
I have tried adding
addepisode %1 "({episode}{or}{show} - {monthnameshort} {day} {yearshort})"

and
addepisode %1 "{show}{[_cap]}{episode}{[_]}({year}{month}{day})"

to the PostProcessing file and each time after it runs the instruction file pops up and nothing is renamed

[JavaWiz]

I cannot get this to work.
I have tried adding
addepisode %1 "({episode}{or}{show} - {monthnameshort} {day} {yearshort})"

and
addepisode %1 "{show}{[_cap]}{episode}{[_]}({year}{month}{day})"

to the PostProcessing file and each time after it runs the instruction file pops up and nothing is renamed

Attach your post processing batch file and I'll take a look.

[linfor]

Here is the postprocessing and the episodes.txt

What I want is for addepisode to get the episode information from episodes.txt and rename the files using that info
so for example Amar sin limites would become Amar Sin Limites_cap25_20071220

Question: Do I have to add each days info to the episodes.txt? Is there anyway to get the file to auto-increment the episode number each time the program is recorded?

[JavaWiz]

Here is the postprocessing and the episodes.txt

What I want is for addepisode to get the episode information from episodes.txt and rename the files using that info
so for example Amar sin limites would become Amar Sin Limites_cap25_20071220

Question: Do I have to add each days info to the episodes.txt? Is there anyway to get the file to auto-increment the episode number each time the program is recorded?

I suspect the line(s) in the postprocessing.txt file are in your PostProcessing.bat file

Code:

addepisode.exe  %1  "{show}{[_cap]}{episode}{[_]}({year}{month}{day})"
addepisode.exe %1 > addepisode.log

The first line is correct. If it can, the program will make the substitutions you've specified.
The second line does nothing but cause the AddEpisode Help screen to be displayed. It should be removed from your batch file.

The line in your PostProcessing.bat file should be:

addepisode.exe %1 "{show}{[_cap]}{episode}{[_]}({year}{month}{day})" > addepisode.log





Since I don't use the season and episode feature (ie the text file), I can't give you any advice on how that actually works...

[linfor]

I suspect the line(s) in the postprocessing.txt file are in your PostProcessing.bat file

Code:

addepisode.exe  %1  "{show}{[_cap]}{episode}{[_]}({year}{month}{day})"
addepisode.exe %1 > addepisode.log

The first line is correct. If it can, the program will make the substitutions you've specified.
The second line does nothing but cause the AddEpisode Help screen to be displayed. It should be removed from your batch file.

The line in your PostProcessing.bat file should be:

addepisode.exe %1 "{show}{[_cap]}{episode}{[_]}({year}{month}{day})" > addepisode.log





Since I don't use the season and episode feature (ie the text file), I can't give you any advice on how that actually works...

That worked but it did not pull any information from addepisodes.txt so I combined it with EpisodesTweaker and that did it. EpisodeTweaker allows you to add episode information to the guide so it is passed to addepisode.

[lstepnio]

Looks like all of the sudden Avast is detecting addepisode.exe as a Win32:Sohanad-BE virus. Any suggestions?