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<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 597145" data-attributes="member: 18896">It's all about uniformity, I got my TV Shows all in the following format:&lt;Series&gt;\&lt;Series&gt; - Season &lt;Season&gt;\&lt;Series&gt; #&lt;Season&gt;.&lt;Episode&gt; - &lt;Title&gt;.&lt;Ext&gt;&nbsp; (Title is optional)Examples:\24\24 - Season 8\24 #8.08.avi
\Nurse Jackie\Nurse Jackie - Season 1\Nurse Jackie #1.12 - Health Care And Cinema.aviBut the #&lt;Season&gt;.&lt;Episode&gt; naming scheme is not standard, so I was forced to either rename a gazillion files, adjust the regular expression, or use string replacements. At that time I sucked at RegExp, so I solved it with the easy string replacement system (I wasn't looking forward to renaming the files).Adding 20 replacements lines to turn #1. into S01E, up to #20. into S20E (wife loves Survivor), solved all my problems, and allowed the default regular expressions to make a perfect match. I know RegExp well enough now to just change the default expression, and with Survivor currently in 20th season that will be happening soon <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" />The problem with mixing multiple naming schemes is that it is easy for one of the existing regular expressions to make a match before the right expression does. That's why if you rely on say 3 simple expression rules to match your setup, you are wise to disable all the other expressions, because they could generate a false positive. But even the 3 simple rules amongst themselves can generate a false positive, depending how funky your files are named.Developers are hard at work to improve the entire import and matching process, and if you know how to compile from source (SVN) you can already have a look at all the hard work.There are a lot of 3rd party rename tools available to rename after you have obtained the files, but you might also want to have a closer look at the program you used to obtain with. SABnzbd+ for example has build in rename functionality, but you have to enable/configure it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 597145, member: 18896"] It's all about uniformity, I got my TV Shows all in the following format: [INDENT]<Series>\<Series> - Season <Season>\<Series> #<Season>.<Episode> - <Title>.<Ext> (Title is optional)[/INDENT] Examples: [INDENT]\24\24 - Season 8\24 #8.08.avi \Nurse Jackie\Nurse Jackie - Season 1\Nurse Jackie #1.12 - Health Care And Cinema.avi[/INDENT] But the #<Season>.<Episode> naming scheme is not standard, so I was forced to either rename a gazillion files, adjust the regular expression, or use string replacements. At that time I sucked at RegExp, so I solved it with the easy string replacement system (I wasn't looking forward to renaming the files). Adding 20 replacements lines to turn #1. into S01E, up to #20. into S20E (wife loves Survivor), solved all my problems, and allowed the default regular expressions to make a perfect match. I know RegExp well enough now to just change the default expression, and with Survivor currently in 20th season that will be happening soon :cool: The problem with mixing multiple naming schemes is that it is easy for one of the existing regular expressions to make a match before the right expression does. That's why if you rely on say 3 simple expression rules to match your setup, you are wise to disable all the other expressions, because they could generate a false positive. But even the 3 simple rules amongst themselves can generate a false positive, depending how funky your files are named. Developers are hard at work to improve the entire import and matching process, and if you know how to compile from source (SVN) you can already have a look at all the hard work. There are a lot of 3rd party rename tools available to rename after you have obtained the files, but you might also want to have a closer look at the program you used to obtain with. SABnzbd+ for example has build in rename functionality, but you have to enable/configure it. [/QUOTE]

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