WizRenameRecording - blank output

[hakras]

I have been using WizRenameRecording for a while and it is a great tool. I need to make a change to how things are set up. Therefore, I need to update my postprocess.bat. Will this work?

Code:

@ECHO OFF
CLS
: START
if "{episode}" is null (
    if exist "d:\media\recordedtv\" "{show}" (
        move "%~f1" "D:\Media\RecordedTV\" "{show}"
    ) else (
        md "d:\media\recordedtv\" "{show}"
        move "%~f1" "D:\Media\RecordedTV\" "{show}"
) else (
    WizRenameRecording "%~f1" "{episode}"
    if exist "d:\media\recordedtv\" "{show}" (
        move "%~f1" "{episode}" "D:\Media\RecordedTV\" "{show}"
    ) else (
        md "d:\media\recordedtv\" "{show}"
        move "%~f1" "{episode}" "D:\Media\RecordedTV\" "{show}"
)
: END

I do have 2 issues that I have with WizRenameRecording that I'm hoping to resolve with the above script:

1. I occassionally get a blank file name (ex. ".ts")
2. I occassionally get the show name and time of recording (ex. "Gary Unmarried_20090930_20302100.ts").

How horrible is that bat file?

[JavaWiz]

I have been using WizRenameRecording for a while and it is a great tool. I need to make a change to how things are set up. Therefore, I need to update my postprocess.bat. Will this work?

Code:

@ECHO OFF
CLS
: START
if "{episode}" is null (
    if exist "d:\media\recordedtv\" "{show}" (
        move "%~f1" "D:\Media\RecordedTV\" "{show}"
    ) else (
        md "d:\media\recordedtv\" "{show}"
        move "%~f1" "D:\Media\RecordedTV\" "{show}"
) else (
    WizRenameRecording "%~f1" "{episode}"
    if exist "d:\media\recordedtv\" "{show}" (
        move "%~f1" "{episode}" "D:\Media\RecordedTV\" "{show}"
    ) else (
        md "d:\media\recordedtv\" "{show}"
        move "%~f1" "{episode}" "D:\Media\RecordedTV\" "{show}"
)
: END

I do have 2 issues that I have with WizRenameRecording that I'm hoping to resolve with the above script:

1. I occassionally get a blank file name (ex. ".ts")
2. I occassionally get the show name and time of recording (ex. "Gary Unmarried_20090930_20302100.ts").

How horrible is that bat file?

Hmmm..

Not sure I understand the bat file.

• where do "{episode}" and "{show}" get set?
  
• I don't think "is null " is valid batch file syntax.
  

[hakras]

yeah...I think I got that all wrong

I'm going in a different (easier) direction:

Code:

@ECHO OFF
CLS
: START
    WizRenameRecording "%~f1" "{show} - {episode} - {month}-{day}-{year}"
: END

Will this work? I just want to rename the show.

[JavaWiz]

Yep, that should work, or you could specify as:

{show}({[ - ]}{episode}{or}{[ - ]}\({year}-{month}-{day}\))

Which will rename as:
show - episode
or
show - (year-month-day) if no episode name exists.

[hakras]

I didn't know you could throw an "or" in there. That's great. I'll give that a try.

One more question. Is there a way to get the season and episode number instead of name. I'm using an app that wants the file name to look like this:

showname S##E##

I'm unsure if that data gets passed from Schedules Direct or not, but it would make life much easier.

[JavaWiz]

In my output for the EPG, I do not get the Season and Episode number. I could potentially make an enhancement to lookup on TheTvDb and try to grab it there...

[hakras]

It looks like there is nothing else out there that can do it. If you could make it happen, I'm sure I'm not the only one who would greatly appreciate it. If you need me to test or anything else, let me know. Thanks

[hakras]

Hi JavaWiz

Have you been able to look into this any further?

[JavaWiz]

Yes, version 0.2.0.3 updated on the wiki. I think the pattern you'll want is something like:

Code:

{show}({[ - ]}({[S]}{seasonNo}{[E]}{episodeNo}{or}_{year}-{month}-{day})

If Season and Episode numbers exist, the file name would be:

ShowName - S99E99.mpg

otherwise it will be

ShowName_2009-10-22.mpg

[hakras]

I finally got around to testing this. I upgraded to the newest release of GBPVR this weekend (actually ended up reinstalling). I had recordings scheduled tonight and everything renamed to "show - SxxExx.ts" as desired. Thank you very much for this. You saved me a lot of pain.