2012-08-28, 05:01
(2012-08-28, 02:30)akovia Wrote: Hi,
New user here and have been reading all day now but still feel a little lost.
I have an extensive anime collection and have created my own filing/naming scheme that is incompatible with xbmc. I'm searching for the best strategy to attack renaming everything with a high probability of success. I don't mind hand editing some stuff to get it accurate, but I would like to start on the right track, so I'm looking for some success stories or a pointer to an updated guide that walks you through and what to expect. Maybe just a good naming scheme that catches most series, movies, and OVAs.
Is Filebot a good option for renaming and is there a successful script for it?
Lastly I did read that there will be no support for OPs & EDs (specials?) which is fine, but I was curious how you deal with them as far as naming and filing as to not disrupt matching. (sub-folder?)
Any help, strategies, or anecdotes would be much appreciated.
The best strategy for ANIME is to use Anidb 'O Matic (AOM) (http://wiki.anidb.net/w/AniDB_O'Matic) or the anidb applet (http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=applet). It can index your entire collection based on CRC32 hash so current filenames do not matter, and then rename them from the AniDB database. Filebot claims it can do that, but it doesn't.
This assumes of course that your files are as you received them and you haven't re-encoded them. If they've been re-encoded and thus don't match any known files by crc32 hash, then you'll have to rename them manually.
You might have to read up on the forums at Anidb to actually figure out how to customize your naming schemes. I currently use AOM.
As for OP/ED/Specials, I keep them in the same folder as the episodes. Both renaming clients handle them fine. As far as the scraper, it appears like it works on some, but even if it doesn't... Due to the hit/miss nature of the scraper, I always use the Video Files option instead of TV Shows, and they always show up there.