Luke 37116 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Hey guys, I'm working on this for the next server release. Since we're going to push the beta to release in a day or two, I'm doing it in a way that will keep the current release free of disruption. So the feature currently doesn't do anything other than write to the log (if enabled by hand in the config xml). If you'd like to play with, get the latest dev build, shutdown the server, then open system.xml, find TvFileSortingOptions. Set IsEnabled to true, and change the WatchLocations node to have something, for example: D:\Temp\_newEpisodesFolder Then start the server and run the "Sort new files" scheduled task. You will then see messages in your log such as: 2014-01-19 13:24:31.3779, Info, App, Sorting file D:\Temp\_newEpisodesFolder\Dracula.2013.S01E09.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv 2014-01-19 13:24:31.4210, Debug, App, Extracted information from D:\Temp\_newEpisodesFolder\Dracula.2013.S01E09.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv. Series name dracula.2013., Season 1, Episode 9 2014-01-19 13:24:31.4210, Info, App, Sorting file D:\Temp\_newEpisodesFolder\Dracula.2013.S01E09.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv into series \\192.168.1.2\Video\TV\Dracula 2014-01-19 13:24:31.4250, Info, App, Sorting file D:\Temp\_newEpisodesFolder\Dracula.2013.S01E09.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv to new path \\192.168.1.2\Video\TV\Dracula\Season 1\Dracula - 1x09 - Four Roses.mkv It's just logging. Nothing is actually happening, but this will help tell me if it's doing a good job of finding the right place to move the file to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 What is this feature actually planning on doing? A file mover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37116 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 yea it monitors a download folder and then moves and renames. I know sorting isn't the best name for it. I really don't know who came up with that, but that's the terminology used by metabrowser, sabnzbd and somewhat in sickbeard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37116 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 lol, yeah I had no clue what you were talking about. I thought it was some new API feature for sorting the shows or episodes (like maybe sorting by dvd order instead of aired date). Sorting is a horrible name for that, especially having never used any of those other programs so it didn't make much since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37116 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Any suggestions to a new name then? I'm open for anything that's intuitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 So from the screenshot there is the ability to set the season folder naming pattern. What about for the files itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Is this just for TV or movies too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37116 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 yea there'll be a dropdown box for the file name convention. it's going to err on the side of caution and only move when there's a perfect match. the real cool factor is going to be a tab on the dashboard home page to view the activity log, and being able to do things like pick what series it belongs to if we fail to identify it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37116 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 It can be extended for movies, and perhaps one day, music. But judging from the ratio of episodes to movies in a typical user's library I think starting with tv will have a bigger bang for the buck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Yeah, as long as it can name it in common formats like: s01e01.mkv s01e01 - Episode Name.mkv etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Well reason I asked if it was just TV is then you could name it something like "Episode Mover" or something like that. I really don't like mover though. If it is more general, then "File Manager" or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37116 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 eventually we're going to run out ways that other dedicated metadata programs are ahead of us. and then at that point we'll just be completely dominant because so many fresh ideas will sprout from this. Maybe then it will be called a file manager. until then i would say the scope is a little smaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37116 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 but File Manager isn't the worst name we could have, so if i can't come up with something then it could end up being that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Yeah, maybe "File Sorting" is the best available option. Just doesn't seem to match in my head that sorting = moving files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37116 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 yea i know. i thought it might be a British thing, but Scott had no clue what it was when i mentioned it to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 What about something straight forward. "File Renamer" or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37116 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Well that works, but I really don't want to do renaming of existing files. I just feel like that will be a painful process to get 100% fleshed out, with some people unhappy when a bug renames their whole library. Maybe later, but not right now. What about Download Monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Yeah that is true and "File Renamer" gives the impression it would do that too. So scratch that name from the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Yeah, but then it sounds like it might be a full feature that helps download things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37116 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 i guess it will have to be File Manager then. put it under a big umbrella that can be expanded upon later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw07 347 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Yeah that name makes sense to me at least. Still open to hearing what others have to say too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xzener 729 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 MBMeta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37116 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Well ideally something that is obvious without having to be explained Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abeloin 27 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) Results from linux: 2014-01-20 00:26:34.9972, Info, App, Executing Sort new files 2014-01-20 00:26:35.0027, Info, App, Sorting file /core/mediabrowser-watch/Mythbusters.S12.Zombie.Special.720p.HDTV.x264-KILLERS [PublicHD]/Mythbusters.S12E11.Zombie.Special.720p.HDTV.x264-KILLERS.mkv 2014-01-20 00:26:35.0901, Debug, App, Extracted information from /core/mediabrowser-watch/Mythbusters.S12.Zombie.Special.720p.HDTV.x264-KILLERS [PublicHD]/Mythbusters.S12E11.Zombie.Special.720p.HDTV.x264-KILLERS.mkv. Series name mythbusters., Season 12, Episode 11 2014-01-20 00:26:35.0901, Warn, App, Unable to find series in library matching name mythbusters. 2014-01-20 00:26:35.1484, Info, App, Sort new files Completed after 0 minute(s) and 0 seconds Edited January 20, 2014 by abeloin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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