MyAnimelist Plugin

[Sharmb 0]

8 hours ago, pwhodges said:

You're now using only the MAL plugin?  I have no experience of that, so can't comment.

I do it using the Windows utility Bulk Rename Utility; but there are others, such as Advanced Renamer, and probably many others, both free and not.

Or you could look into programs which are purpose made for naming video files (series and movies) and can be set up to enforce Emby's recommendations; things like FileBot and probably others.

Why don't I use FileBot myself? Never got around to it is the main reason...

Paul

Thanks a lot for the suggestion i should run that on my offline backup files but currently I'm running emby on a seedbox and i guess bulk renaming wont work there , the best i can do is run ubuntu on the seedbox

Is there a linux alternative to bulk renaming?

 

Also, how can i check if a plugin is working?, i disabled TVDB for my anime library and only enabled Myanimelist, i want to make sure the plugin works, i don't see a difference when i refresh metadata as it is right now

[Sharlock7 0]

9 hours ago, pwhodges said:

You're now using only the MAL plugin?  I have no experience of that, so can't comment.

I do it using the Windows utility Bulk Rename Utility; but there are others, such as Advanced Renamer, and probably many others, both free and not.

Or you could look into programs which are purpose made for naming video files (series and movies) and can be set up to enforce Emby's recommendations; things like FileBot and probably others.

Why don't I use FileBot myself? Never got around to it is the main reason...

Paul

Thanks a lot , I guess i have to play around and find what works for me, but you all have been a great help

[Sharmb 0]

10 hours ago, Sharlock7 said:

Thanks a lot , I guess i have to play around and find what works for me, but you all have been a great help

I tried just uding tvdb for anime and disabling everything else

 

The working anime still turns up like this, guess i have to rename them after all

[pwhodges 2012]

The devil's in the detail...  Do you have two exclamation marks?  Have you got season folders?  Have you named the episodes with the series name (not the season name) plus the s0xe0y bit?  This works perfectly for me, first time:

Of course, you could just call it Wagnaria!! which is what TVDB will do anyway - that will avoid any ambiguity, and it's trivial to change the name in the series metadata, as I have.

Hint - if in difficulty, look it up on TVDB's website (or if a movie, on the TMDB website).  There you will see the name it prefers; all the other names it recognises; and the date.  It occasionally helps to use a more distinctive name from the listing of names; and the date is sometimes not what you think, or another site might have.  Use names from the metadata supplier concerned, and they will do what you need:

Paul

Edited July 23, 2024 by pwhodges