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<blockquote data-quote="Inker" data-source="post: 573705" data-attributes="member: 10541">RoChess, thnx for doing this.However, can I make a minor correction, you state:&quot;Then we need to create the solution, by going back to the 'Import' tab and clicking on the 'String Replacements' menu item, and then mark both the checkbox 'Enabled' as well as 'Run before matching'. That last one is important, because we need to do the string replacements before the 'Parsing Expressions' are processed.&quot;However in the example you give it doesn't make any difference if you run the replacement before the matching, you don't need the replacement to run before the regex parser kicks in, because the parser isn't in the slightest concerned with you using existing series names, all it cares about is a certain pattern in the filename.Just think of this ordering of steps and it should be clear:1) FilenameScan by extension2) String Replacements BEFORE matching3) Regex Matching4) For Each Field - String replacement AFTER Matching (checkbox not clicked)5) Online processing - Only at this step do you need to have the correct series name, well in fact you don't as it will ask you and you can just type the new series here. So I'm not entirely sure about your example.An example when String replacement before matching can be useful:Filename: &quot;Single Season Series - Episode 1.avi&quot;You can just add a replacement for &quot;Episode &quot; to &quot;1x&quot;, but this one HAS to run before the regex, or you will not get a match.Hope this clears it up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Inker, post: 573705, member: 10541"] RoChess, thnx for doing this. However, can I make a minor correction, you state: "Then we need to create the solution, by going back to the 'Import' tab and clicking on the 'String Replacements' menu item, and then mark both the checkbox 'Enabled' as well as 'Run before matching'. That last one is important, because we need to do the string replacements before the 'Parsing Expressions' are processed." However in the example you give it doesn't make any difference if you run the replacement before the matching, you don't need the replacement to run before the regex parser kicks in, because the parser isn't in the slightest concerned with you using existing series names, all it cares about is a certain pattern in the filename. Just think of this ordering of steps and it should be clear: 1) FilenameScan by extension 2) String Replacements BEFORE matching 3) Regex Matching 4) For Each Field - String replacement AFTER Matching (checkbox not clicked) 5) Online processing - Only at this step do you need to have the correct series name, well in fact you don't as it will ask you and you can just type the new series here. So I'm not entirely sure about your example. An example when String replacement before matching can be useful: Filename: "Single Season Series - Episode 1.avi" You can just add a replacement for "Episode " to "1x", but this one HAS to run before the regex, or you will not get a match. Hope this clears it up. [/QUOTE]

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