Filename suffix's

[EvylRat]

Just started using TV Rename to organise my tv show collection. But I have noticed that there no way after renaming to distinguish TV rips from DVD rips. I use the HDTV and PDTV suffix's to distinguish. I'd like a way in the renaming template, to be able to KEEP this suffix if found in the original filename.

eg.

hio-bon.419.notv.HDTV.avi
becomes
Bones 4x19 The Science In The Physicist HDTV.avi

[sstteevvee]

Sorry, at the moment there is no way to preserve such suffixes. I'll put it on my to-do list, but it may be a while until I get around to it.

[EvylRat]

If no one else uses the suffixs, must just be me. How do other users distinguish DVD rips from HDTV rips, or is it not that important?
Thanks for the response. At the moment, after TVRename does it's stuff, I just use BulkRename to append the suffix back again, and use "DO NOT RENAME" for that series, until I get a new episode.

[jocke]

720i/p & 1080i/p = Ad's & channel-logo (99%)
HDTV = Smaller size then above, else the same
HR.PDTV = Non-HD (read: SD), smaller size then the above, else the same
PDTV = Smaller size then the above, else the same
DVDRip = No ad's & no channel-logo

[teXan]

In the view of talking about suffix issues, is there a way to have distinguishable search for regular .avi and its .mkv pair. So for example I have 2 HDD one has regular HDTV in .avi, and the second HDD has 720p HDTV in .mkv. There is both
Supernatural - S05E15.avi
Supernatural - S05E15 - 720p.mkv

How do I keep the two folders renamed automatically without messing up the file locations and keeping a record of which is the HD episode and which is regular. For now I have set custom show name for the HD files but when I want to watch one of them it takes me to the regular .avi file instead of the .mkv.

[sstteevvee]

Given that TVRename was written to suit the way I do things, I never initially planned for multiple locations of files, or different quality versions. At the moment, you (teXan) can't do what you want with TVRename.

When I eventually get around to having configurable settings file locations, you might be able to do it by maintaining two lots of settings, one for HD and one for regular.

[Mech_Man]

I too keep a suffix on each episode

Air (or a more generic "Fuzzy" or "Blurry") = meaning a show copied from air (or a VHS) that has a high-priority for finding a digital equivalent replacement.
PD = for Pure Digital (IE copied from cable, not air)
HD = High Def
BR = Blue ray (more used for movies, but I also have movies that come from PD and HD so I like keeping the suffix's common). 1080p might also be a good code to use here, but I've not decided for sure.
DVDrip = source is a rip from a DVD. Best Choice as these are smaller files, professionally edited out commercials, no network logos etc, and usually smaller file size to boot.
DVD = in DVD format (vob files)

What I've done is put all the above inside parenthesis, at the end of the file name.

And then something I developed on my own, I put a "_" on the very end of the name and before the extension, to designate that I've watched it. This helps keep track of which are 'acceptable' for the format listed. That way I know it doesn't have left-in commercials, or crashes the viewer mid-play due to a file corruption.

So if TVr could take all elements after the last-most parenthesis, and using some pretty-complicated real expression, append these elements after the renamed file name, before it's extension.


I typically end up getting two versions of TV shows. One as they are aired, usually a HD version, with commercials mostly-edited out, but still logos and "on next" messages <bleh!>. I rename them
TV Show - s03e05 - Name of Episode (HD-source).avi
Then when I have the chance to watch it and confirm that it's reasonably clean copy, I'll strip away the source name and add the Watched-underscore.
Then I'll wait until the DVDrip version comes out, and delete the HD versions.

It would be really nice if TVr could keep the (DVDr)_.avi at the end of the file name, so I know that this file version was the best.

[DedTV]

TV Rename could have an option to use some kind of user definable stop char and ignore and preserve everything after that char. It'd probably be a lot easier than trying to find a way to recognize all the possible stuff people might use.
But that would require people to manually rename their files to add the stop char, and having to manually rename anything, even just a char, kinda defeats the point of TV Rename. :p

Personally, I used to use YAMJ first to write an XML file (I had a batch file that deleted all the the other stuff it creates) that contained all the info from the filename in case I ever needed it before I'd then use TV Rename to rename the files. But since XBMC can now scrape most files and pull the audio and video codec info, resolution, etc and displays Media Flags for them, and it tells me if I've watched something or not, I don't personally have much need for suffixes.

Of course, I only TV Rename to manage my permanent collection of files. If I have a TV Rip of something and I plan to later get a HD version, I don't let TV Rename handle it until I've gotten the high quality version. Temporary files just get dumped in an unmonitored folder until I decide what to do with them.

[teXan]

Thank you for the response Steve. As it is I just use the custom show name, appending HD before the S##E## and have dropped the need for 720p. When I get to the stage of have 1080 episodes there will be a new solution. Thank you for your ongoing efforts.