Output Filename Prefix and/or Suffix

[rzcat]

Hi, thanks for the amazing project.
I use annie to batch download videos from Bilibili mainly. The default output name would be the title of that video page. Like:

annie url1
annie url2
annie url3

gets you

title1.mp4
title2.mp4
title3.mp4

However, if two videos have a same title, there would be a conflict. I know we can specify a name manually, but that input string does not contain the original title. I hope annie would implement a feature that would add a Prefix and/or Suffix to the output filename, like(prefix):

av13600078_title1.mp4
av13617148_title2.mp4

or suffix just as youtube-dl does, which has an awesome naming template feature allowing you to put uploader's id and upload date into the filename.
youtube-dl url1 -o "%%(title)s_[%%(id)s_%%(uploader)s_%%(upload_date)s].%%(ext)s"
Besides, is there an option to download the danmaku of the video? I saw cid was kind of fetched but was never used later?

[iawia002]

https://github.com/iawia002/annie#specify-the-output-path-and-name

Can this option solve your problem?

Besides, is there an option to download the danmaku of the video? I saw cid was kind of fetched but was never used later?

yep, not yet supported

[rzcat]

@iawia002
No, adding "-O filename" means renaming the output file into filename, which is a static string🧐

[rzcat]

@iawia002
for now I have a workaround, the following example code can run under windows as Windows Batch File:

@echo off
set annie="D:\annie.exe"
set outputdir=D:\annie_download
set outputdirtemp=D:\annie_download\temp
rem ---
call :bilibili av13600078 "%outputdirtemp%"
rem ---
goto eof
:bilibili
%annie% -o "%outputdirtemp%" -p https://www.bilibili.com/video/%1/
for /f "delims=" %%f in ('dir/b/s/a-d %outputdirtemp%\*.*') do ren "%%f" "%1_%%~nxf"
move "%outputdirtemp%\*.*" "%outputdir%"
:eof

to download multiple files, just add more lines starting with call.
this solves my problem temporarily(No danmaku still)🧐you can put this feature request behind, sorry for any inconvenience caused

[iawia002]

Glad you find a temporary solution.

Add the prefix and suffix is a little tricky after #146, I'll handle it as soon as I'm free (danmaku also had to wait, I will raise a new issue about this).

[mo-han]

why not just implement a formatting-string template just like what youtube-dl is doing?
with youtube-dl, i can just specify all the output filename as a format of %%(title)s [%%(id)s][%%(uploader)s].%%(ext)s, the keys inside which would be scrapped from the site.