awalon / rename-episode-from-file

Initial commit (beta)

TV Series Renamer (beta)

Motivation

Recordings of TV series created with MediathekView was not sorted as expected if viewed within Plex Media Server.

License

100% FREE under GPL license

Configuration

MediathekView

File name pattern: %t-%T-%z

Plex Media Server

Mediathek with:

Rename Tool

Download (rename-episode-from-file.pl) from Github:

wget rename-episode-from-file.pl

Execution

1. Open Wikipedia
2. Search for Episode List, ex.: Tatort - Episodes
3. Save unchanged Episode List into folder containing recordings
4. Execute (rename-episode-from-file.pl), with dry-run option:

   rename-episode-from-file.pl --dry-run --folder <path to your Episode specific recordings>

5. If output of dry-run was as expected, execute (rename-episode-from-file.pl) to rename your files:

   rename-episode-from-file.pl --folder <path to your Episode specific recordings>

Frequently asked Questions / FAQs

How rename newly added recordings

Just execute (rename-episode-from-file.pl) again, as files already having prefix S<season>E<episode> won't be changed.

Some files of TV series set wasn't renamed

Just execute (rename-episode-from-file.pl) with --dry-run --scan-all to check if problem can be automatically be fixed.