bulk-rename instructions

Table of Contents

• Input
• Running the app

Input

• Put your info into the input.json file in the 'input' folder
• Include quotes around the string you put in

imdbId:

• The show's IMDB title ID
• Found in the URL imdb.com/title/tt0417299
• Example: "tt0417299"

fileDirectory:

• The file directory where your videos are kept
• Example: "D:/TV Shows/Person of Interest (2011)/season1/"
• It should fix it automatically if the directory address is wrong, but try to put it in the format above

File example

{ "imdbId": "tt0111161", "fileDirectory": "D:/TV Shows/Person of Interest (2011)/season1/" }

New Input ?

• Scrape data manually using a Chrome extension
• Add episode data to /input/episodes.csv
• Add show data to /input/show-info.csv

Running-the-app

• Open in VS Code or another IDE

Download packages

• Run npm i to download the packages

Pre-scraped data

• Scrape data using Chrome extension
• Paste episode data into /input/episodes.csv
• Paste show data into /input/show-info.csv
• Run npm run convert to convert episode data
• Run npm run convert2 to convert show data

Getting current video metadata

• Run npm run prep to get the videos' metadata in your directory listed in the /input/input.json file
• It will compare the scraped IMDB data and match them up
• Double-check the info is correct before proceeding

Renaming videos

• Run npm run rename

If a video failed

• Check the results/failedVideos.json file to see which videos failed
• You may have to manually fix these (using iTunes or another program)

Acceptable scenarios

• S06E01.mkv

Not working

• Stargate.SG-1.S07E01.720p.BluRay.x264-BORDURE.mkv

Deprecated

Scraping episode/show data

• Run npm run scrape to scrape IMDB and get the show's info saved
• Double-check the info is correct before proceeding

Changing video file metadata

• Run npm run change to change your video metadata
• Double-check there are no errors
• Delete the old video files