Comments on: What’s a good tool for batch renaming video files?

By: Erratica

Erratica — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:14:09 +0000

Cam across this post, then found EpNamer, uses TV Rage to rename all your eps how you want them.

http://www.epnamer.com

By: Jacob Jarick

Jacob Jarick — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:11:11 +0000

I found this thread while trawling google. FYI, namefix.pl’s blockrename function is quite possible exactly what your after. Finding nicely formated episode lists to copy and paste is as easy as visting http://www.tvu.org.ru

By: Cameron

Cameron — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:22:18 +0000

Very similar to what Lee Simpson described with Renamer, you can cut out the cutting and pasting by using Fezzik (http://code.google.com/p/fezzik/)

Fezzik simply opens a directory of files in your favourite text editor and makes any changes you specify once you have closed the program. I use it with Textpad, but it works just as well with Notepad++.

Demo at http://fezzikfilerenamer.blogspot.com/

(Self promo alert. I wrote Fezzik, but it’s free)

By: Brent

Brent — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:52:32 +0000

If your running Mac OS X, you will be able to do this easily with Automator: http://www.automatorworld.com/archives/batch-rename/

If you’re running Windows, you will be able to do it with Automise. You’ll even be able to do it as you imaged using an Excel file with your variables as long as the file is saved as a .csv file. You can download Automise here: http://www.automise.com/automise-downloads.aspx

Disclosure: I work for the company that develops Automise. But I am recommending it as a LifeHacker reader as it provides a suitable solution.

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:27:18 +0000

For my TV Shows i use two programs:

1st i use Namefix.pl http://namefix.blogspot.com/ to strip out the . for spaces and the release group, codec information, etc. so for example:

the.wire.s02e03.dvdrip.xvid-ffndvd.avi >
the wire s02e03.avi

2nd then i use Media Renamer http://tinyurl.com/2auz27
This one scans the previously renamed file, and formats it to your liking and adds the episode name too. example

the wire s02e03.avi
The Wire – 2×03 – Hot Shots.avi

Both programs do batch renaming. The reason i run NameFix.pl first is Media Renamer’s parsing isn’t reliable without it. To make the whole process faster i used AutoHotkey to automate it.

By: tbk

tbk — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:09:01 +0000

RenameMaster is a champion for all batch renaming.

http://www.joejoesoft.com/vcms/108/

I could do the whole walk through on how it’s done, but they also have a help page which walks you through things here: http://www.joejoesoft.com/vcms/rm-help/

Just make sure they’re sorted in the order you want and use the simple renumbering to create your new name.

By: Lee Simpson

Lee Simpson — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:12:27 +0000

I had a similar problem a while back and came up with a solution usinga combination of Renamer (http://www.mediachance.com/free/renamer.htm) and Notepad++.

1) I load renamer and copy the names into notepad++.
2) I use notepad++ to edit all the names using a lot of column editing (hold ALT whilst selecting an move the cursor around, you’ll see what I mean. There is also a further option ALT-C for inserting columns of text).
3) Copy the names back from notepad++ to renamer
4) Hit the “rename” button.

Its amazing how much faster it is to do renaming this way than the standard windows way.

Hop this helps
- Lee