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<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 758216" data-attributes="member: 18896">Technically it renames the files internally when you use the &quot;Before&quot; checkbox. This is useful for when your files are named wrong, but you do not want to rename them before you import.For example &quot;Teen.Wolf.S01E01.720p.HDTV.x264-Tag.mkv&quot; with string replacement &quot;Teen.Wolf&quot; -&gt; &quot;Teen Wolf (2011)&quot; is imported correctly into:<a href="http://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&amp;id=175001&amp;lid=7" target="_blank">Teen Wolf (2011): Series Info</a>without a need for manual interaction or any file renaming. It does mean you have to create the string replacement of course, but that is a one time deal. It can be used to add info such as the above example, but also to remove. For example having '&amp;' or 'and' in a filename can cause conflicts in matching if the TheTVdB show is named the other way. By simply removing them from the filenames via string replacement you avoid any issues as the TheTVdB API will find them without.You can also use it to turn acronyms into full text for a proper match. A filename such as &quot;BSG.S01E01.Pilot.avi&quot; will fail to match, but add a string replacement for &quot;BSG&quot; -&gt; &quot;Battlestar Galactica (2003)&quot; and you are good to go.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 758216, member: 18896"] Technically it renames the files internally when you use the "Before" checkbox. This is useful for when your files are named wrong, but you do not want to rename them before you import. For example "Teen.Wolf.S01E01.720p.HDTV.x264-Tag.mkv" with string replacement "Teen.Wolf" -> "Teen Wolf (2011)" is imported correctly into: [url=http://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=175001&lid=7]Teen Wolf (2011): Series Info[/url] without a need for manual interaction or any file renaming. It does mean you have to create the string replacement of course, but that is a one time deal. It can be used to add info such as the above example, but also to remove. For example having '&' or 'and' in a filename can cause conflicts in matching if the TheTVdB show is named the other way. By simply removing them from the filenames via string replacement you avoid any issues as the TheTVdB API will find them without. You can also use it to turn acronyms into full text for a proper match. A filename such as "BSG.S01E01.Pilot.avi" will fail to match, but add a string replacement for "BSG" -> "Battlestar Galactica (2003)" and you are good to go. [/QUOTE]

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