I think most of us have at some time had the idea of renaming all movies with nice looking filenames. The idea is simple but the solution took me nearly 2 years. I tried several file renamers found on the web, but none really satisfied me. The main problem was that you have to search and approve all movies again, even if you have them already in the Moving Pictures database. The provided interfaces weren't good and too elaborate to use.
The approach to use the Moving Pictures database which already contains all required information was the most obvious solution to me. Therefore I had some faith in jmcentire's apps that worked to some point.
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/moving-pictures-284/app-copy-artwork-details-movie-folder-71649/
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...ame-folders-based-info-moving-pictures-76187/
kyleh0000 picked up the idea and created his own app which unfortunately did not work for me.
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...your-media-now-tv-support-14-01-2011-a-89199/
Since version 1.1.0 Moving Pictures has the ability to rename files. So we don't need third party tools anymore.
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...tures-1-1-stable-follw-website-support-92994/
Issue 230 - moving-pictures - Rename movies according to their database-entry - Project Hosting on Google Code
In your Moving Pictures Movie Manager click on 'Advanced Tools'->Rename to rename one or more movie files. Simply select the movies in the list prior to rename.
The rename pattern is specified in About->'Advanced Settings'. You can put there for example:
This will produce a file as follows that can easily be reimported in Moving Pictures or used with XBMC or WDTV.
Before Moving Pictures starts renaming any files you get a confirmation dialog with a preview of the changes and some additional options in the top right corner.
Renaming also supports directories and even secondary files like .nfo or .srt, etc. The original filename is saved in the MP database and you can undo any changes later.
I hope you find this useful.
Thorsten
The approach to use the Moving Pictures database which already contains all required information was the most obvious solution to me. Therefore I had some faith in jmcentire's apps that worked to some point.
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/moving-pictures-284/app-copy-artwork-details-movie-folder-71649/
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...ame-folders-based-info-moving-pictures-76187/
kyleh0000 picked up the idea and created his own app which unfortunately did not work for me.
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...your-media-now-tv-support-14-01-2011-a-89199/
Since version 1.1.0 Moving Pictures has the ability to rename files. So we don't need third party tools anymore.
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...tures-1-1-stable-follw-website-support-92994/
Issue 230 - moving-pictures - Rename movies according to their database-entry - Project Hosting on Google Code
In your Moving Pictures Movie Manager click on 'Advanced Tools'->Rename to rename one or more movie files. Simply select the movies in the list prior to rename.
The rename pattern is specified in About->'Advanced Settings'. You can put there for example:
Code:
${movie.title} (${movie.year}) [${movie.imdb_id}]${moviepart}
This will produce a file as follows that can easily be reimported in Moving Pictures or used with XBMC or WDTV.
Code:
2012 (2009) [tt1190080].mkv
Before Moving Pictures starts renaming any files you get a confirmation dialog with a preview of the changes and some additional options in the top right corner.
Renaming also supports directories and even secondary files like .nfo or .srt, etc. The original filename is saved in the MP database and you can undo any changes later.
I hope you find this useful.
Thorsten