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I recently downloaded and installed the latest version of theRenamer 7.54. I've noticed that the Keep Original Filename Setting does not work when in Movie Mode. Ive got the following two things in the field : "720p" "1080p"

The setting works for TV shows as it used to, keeping either 720p or 1080p in the filename as it should. But for Movies in movie mode, it just seems to ignore this setting and does not keep the keywords in the filename like it used to.

Please confirm that this setting no longer works for movies. If you need any additional information please let me know.

-invision

Hmm, just tested. Seems ok.
Someone else please test?

Can you post the folder and filenames used?

Hey alfred.

Its happening with any movie in the filename. It's just ignoring the setting and simply renaming the file in movie mode without the original filename at the end. Cant work out why.

If its working for you, then it might just be me. Ill do a fresh install and see if it fixes, and see if i can replicate the issue on the new install i guess.

EDIT: Quickly did an uninstall, deleted the setting files in my documents. Re-installed, and its still ignoring the setting when in movie mode, and only working in tv mode. How else can i help you to debug it?

Example:

Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)\Paranormal Activity 3 720p bluray.mkv
renames to
Paranormal Activity 3.mkv

even with keep original filename as "720p"

where as the tv show works as it should, renaming Endgame\Season 1\S01E11.Mr Black (720p) HDTV.mkv
to
S01E11.Mr Black (720p).mkv

Anything?

EDIT: Just downloaded the new build 7.55 and the issue seems to be resolved .

Keep up the good work alfred, your hard work is much appreciated.

-invision

It still doesn't work for me on 7.55

One example -

Filename - "The.Last.Starfighter.1984.720p.BRRip.XviD.AC3-FLAWL3SS"

Results in - The Last Starfighter (1984)

It also doesn't work when 720p has a space before or after it??

EDIT:

After playing around it seems unless I manually change the fetch folder to the actual folder the movie is in (The Last Starfighter) it wont do it. So I have to manually do this, or manually rename all my film folders to include 720p and 1080p??

This is far from 1 click renaming.

Movie mode works with folder names.
ONLY when that folder is the Movie Fetch folder, it will then use the filename for checking.

This is because 99.9% of the time, when u get your movies, it comes in a folder.

What is the folder for this file?
Filename - "The.Last.Starfighter.1984.720p.BRRip.XviD.AC3-FLAWL3SS"
Is it the fetch folder?

-alf

In addition to my previous comments alfred,

It seems that Nomadski is commenting about a similar confusion in this same option in Movie Mode i encountered earlier. The feature was never 'broken' as i otherwise suggested, i was just confused on its usage, as the option itself is a little misleading

The Keep Original Filename Option seems to ONLY APPLY to folder names, and not in anyway movie file names. For example, with "720p" and "1080p" in the keep filename field,

Midnight.in.paris.2011.DTS \ Midnight_in_paris_720p.mkv
renames to
Midnight In Paris (2011) \ Midnight In Paris.mkv -> completely ignoring and overriding the filename keywords, regardless of whether there is a 720p in there, and only looking for the keywords in the folder name.

I use it as an example to show how this option completely ignores the filename and only looks at the folder name, as you wrote in your post earlier alfred.

So, if i may suggest, either rename the feature "Keep Original Filename" to something more appropriate, as the keywords in 'filename' are in no way retained (only the keywords in the folder are) or simply, allow this option to grab the user entered keywords, like 720p and 1080p, to be pulled from both the folder, and/ or the filename, as the actual option suggests it does.

So as in my previous example, after running theRenamer, the new structure is:

Midnight In Paris (2011) \ Midnight In Paris (720p).mkv -> despite there being no 720p in the folder name before the rename, and grabbing it from the filename instead or aswell.

In TV mode, it uses file names for checking purposes.
In Movie mode, it uses folder names for checking purposes.

But I see your point.
I guess I'll call it 'Keep Original Name' ?

Will change it for next build.
-alf

Hey Alfred,

As the poster above said, maybe I have misinterpreted what the function does, unfortunately as it stands it seems to only be useful if you are doing a folder at a time, or a batch of unedited folders. I'm trying to use therenamer (as I would have thought a lot of people would) as a batch renaming tool, renaming some 1500 movie names to a standard format in a library which has "clean" folder names.

Unfortunately as Ive built my library over a few years, my folder names are simply the name of the movie (so to answer your question, the movie folder is simply "The Last Starfighter"), as I liked to keep a "clean" library. The files themselves were original filenames, with all the relevant info (quality and resolution). This sadly makes your otherwise excellent program a bit redundant, manually renaming each and every movie folder and then pointing therenamer to that fetch folder and then running therenamer is more time consuming than just renaming the movie file myself.

The way I thought this feature worked, and the way it actually does has caused confusion, especially as the TV side of things does it the way I thought the movie side would.

I see why you have written the program the way you have, as when you "get" a movie it is in a folder with a rather messy, but informed name. However if your trying to batch rename hundreds of films on an existing library with cleaned folder names, therenamer becomes more trouble than its worth regarding movies. Its a shame as you have written an otherwise superb program.

I'll certainly carry on using it for TV show renaming though.

As for your suggestion of a different name for the option, I would recommend you make mention of "folder name" in the option so this doesnt cause any other newbies confusion as to where the program looks for name retention.