AniDB O'Matic - Documentation: Local file renaming

File renaming patterns

AoM contains a comprehensive number of patterns to fully customize file names and paths. In order for the pattern to allow very complex rules it essentially allows light scripting. The path can be a complete path or a partial path, in case of a partial path the current file manager is used to place the file based on a known root or from the root folder of the file manager, see file managers below for more details. File extensions are automatically added to the end of the pattern.

Sample patters

English anime title with fallback

set('atitle', at('en'))
if(length(atitle)=0, set('atitle', at('x-jat')))
if(length(atitle)=0, set('atitle', at('x-jat', 'short')))
if(length(atitle)=0, set('atitle', at('ja')))

Japanese transcription anime title with fallback

set('atitle', at('x-jat'))
if(length(atitle)=0, set('atitle', at('x-jat', 'short')))
if(length(atitle)=0, set('atitle', at('en')))

Japanese kanji anime title with fallback

set('atitle', at('ja'))
if(length(atitle)=0, set('atitle', at('x-jat')))
if(length(atitle)=0, set('atitle', at('x-jat', 'short')))
if(length(atitle)=0, set('atitle', at('en')))

English episode title with fallback

set('etitle', et('en'))
if(length(etitle)=0, set('etitle', et('x-jat')))
if(length(etitle)=0, set('etitle', et('ja')))

Japanese transcription episode title with fallback

set('etitle', et('x-jat'))
if(length(etitle)=0, set('etitle', et('en')))

Japanese kanji episode title with fallback

set('etitle', et('ja'))
if(length(etitle)=0, set('etitle', et('x-jat')))
if(length(etitle)=0, set('etitle', et('en')))

File version

set('version', if(F.Version>1, 'v'+F.Version,))

Padded episode number

set('mepno', max(A.TotalEpisodeCount, E.EpisodeTypeCount))
set('epno', padl(E.EpisodeNo, max(1, length(mepno)), '0'))
if(E.TypeId=2, set('epno', 'S'+epno))
if(E.TypeId=3, set('epno', 'C'+epno))
if(E.TypeId=4, set('epno', 'T'+epno))
if(E.TypeId=5, set('epno', 'P'+epno))
if(E.TypeId=6, set('epno', 'O'+epno))

First letter for organizing by letter

set('head', copy(atitle, 1, 1))
if(numeric(head), set('head', '0-9'))

Group name

set('groupname', if(F.GroupId>0, if(length(G.Name)>0, G.Name, G.Shortname), 'no group'))
set('groupname', if(length(groupname)>0, '['+groupname+']'))

Group short name

set('groupname', if(F.GroupId>0, if(length(G.Shortname)>0, G.Shortname, G.Name), 'no group'))
set('groupname', if(length(groupname)>0, '['+groupname+']'))

CRC32

set('crc', '('+uc(H.Crc32)+')')

Default pattern

set('atitle', at('x-jat'))
if(length(atitle)=0, set('atitle', at('x-jat', 'short')))
if(length(atitle)=0, set('atitle', at('en')))
set('etitle', et('en'))
if(length(etitle)=0, set('etitle', et('x-jat')))
if(length(etitle)=0, set('etitle', et('ja')))
set('version', if(F.Version>1, 'v'+F.Version, ''))
set('mepno', max(A.TotalEpisodeCount, E.EpisodeTypeCount))
set('epno', padl(E.EpisodeNo, max(1, length(mepno)), '0') + version)
if(E.TypeId=2, set('epno', 'S'+epno))
if(E.TypeId=3, set('epno', 'C'+epno))
if(E.TypeId=4, set('epno', 'T'+epno))
if(E.TypeId=5, set('epno', 'P'+epno))
if(E.TypeId=6, set('epno', 'O'+epno))
set('crc', '('+uc(H.Crc32)+')')
atitle + ' - ' + epno + ' - ' + etitle + ' ' + groupname + crc + '.' + F.FileType

Objects

A / ANIME

AnimeNFOId	integer
AnimeNFOStr	string
Category	integer
Date	integer
Description	string
Name	string
PictureUrl	string
Producer	string
ReviewAverage	integer
ReviewCount	integer
TotalEpisodeCount	integer
Updated	integer
Url	string
VoteAverage	integer
VoteCount	integer
Year	string
EpisodeCount	integer
GenreCount	integer
GenreString	string
SpecialEpisodeCount	integer
CategoryStr	string
DownloadState	TAniDBAnimeDownloadState
WatchedState	TAniDBAnimeWatchedState
StatusState	TAniDBAnimeStatusState
StartYear	integer

E / EPISODE

Aired	integer
AnimeId	integer
Date	integer
EpisodeNo	integer
EpisodeStr	string
EpisodeStrPadded	string
IsSpecial	boolean
Length	integer
Name	string
Other	string
Updated	integer
TypeId	integer
IsRecap	boolean

F / FILE

AnimeId	integer
BitrateAudio	integer
BitrateVideo	integer
Crc	string
CrcStatus	TAniDBCRCStatus
Date	integer
Ed2k	string
EpisodeId	integer
FileType	string
GroupId	integer
LanguageId	integer
Length	integer
Md5	string
Name	string
Other	string
QualityId	integer
Released	integer
ResolutionHeight	integer
ResolutionWidth	integer
Sha1	string
Size	int64
State	integer
SubtitleId	integer
TypeId	integer
TypeState	integer
Updated	integer
UserCount	integer
UserCountRelease	integer
UserCountShare	integer
Version	integer
GroupShort	string
GroupLong	string
DubLanguageString	string
SubLanguageString	string
QualityString	string
ResolutionString	string
TypeString	string

G / GROUP

Email	string
IrcChannel	string
IrcServer	string
Name	string
Other	string
Rating	integer
Shortname	string
Url	string
Votes	integer

H / HASH

Crc32	string
Ed2k	string
Md5	string
Sha1	string
Size	int64
FPS	double
Length	double
VideoFourCC	string
VideoCompression	string
VideoCodec	string
VideoHeight	integer
VideoWidth	integer
VideoBitrate	double
VideoVBR	boolean
AudioIdentCodec	integer
AudioCodec	string
AudioSamplerate	integer
AudioBitrate	double
AudioVBR	boolean

M / MYLIST

AnimeId	integer
Date	integer
EpisodeId	integer
FileId	integer
MylistId	integer
Other	string
Source	string
State	integer
Storage	string
Watched	boolean
WatchedDate	integer

Functions

at(lang[, type])	text	Returns an anime title of type and lang. type and lang can be either texts or numbers. If no type is specified, main and official are checked. Example: at(2, 4) = official japanese title Example: at('japanese (transcription)', 'main') = title shown in AoM Example: at('en') = official english title
contains(find, text)	boolean	Returns true if find is found in text. Example: contains('bcd', 'abcdef') = true
copy(text, start[, length])	string	Returns length letters from letter number start of text. Example: copy('abcdefgh', 3, 2) = 'cd'
et(lang)	text	Returns an episode title in lang. lang can be either a text or a number. Example: et(2) = japanese title Example: et('en') = english title
if(test, trueval[, falseval])	any	If statement, returns trueval if test is true, otherwise returns falseval. Example: if(23=23, 'equal', 'not equal') = 'equal'
in(find, text...)	boolean	Checks if find is present in a number of text parameters. Example: in('bb', 'aa', 'bb', 'cc', 'dd') = true
join(glue, text...)	string	Joins together two or more texts, empty parameters are ignored with no glue added. Example: join(' ', 'a', 'b', 'c') = 'a b c'
lc(text)	string	Converts text to lower case. Example: lc('ABCDEF') = 'abcdef'
length(text)	number	Returns the length of text. Example: length('abcdef') = 6
limit(text, length[, end])	string	Limits the length of text to at most length characters. End is optional, if specified and the text is cropped, it'll be added at the end of text. Example: limit(e, 100) or limit('abcdefghijklmnop', 7, '...') = 'abcd...'
max(number...)	number	Returns the highest supplied number Example: max(1, 7, 3, 9, 2) = 9
min(number...)	number	Returns the lowest supplied number Example: min(1, 7, 3, 9, 2) = 1
numeric(var)	boolean	Returns true if var contains a numeric value. Example: numeric('11') = true
pad(text)	string	Converts text to sentence case. Example ?sc(a)
padl(text)	string	Converts text to sentence case. Example ?sc(a)
padr(text)	string	Converts text to sentence case. Example ?sc(a)
replace(text, find[, replace])	string	Replaces all occurences of find with replace in text. Example: replace('HELLO THERE!', 'THERE', 'TREES') = 'HELLO TREES!'
replacei(text, find[, replace])	string	Case insensitive replace of all occurences of find with replace in text. Example: replace('HELLO tHeRe!', 'ThErE', 'TREES') = 'HELLO TREES!'
sc(text)	string	Converts text to sentence case. Example: sc('HELLO THERE!') = 'Hello there!'
set(name, data)	nothing	Declares a new variable called name containing data. Example: set('temp', 'text')
split(text, find, index)	string	Splits text on find and returns the specified index. Index starts from 1. Example: split('2011-05-19', '-', 2) = 05
start(text, find)	boolean	Checks if find matches the start of text. Example: start('1999', '199') = true
substr(text, start[, length])	string	Alias for copy.
tc(text)	string	Converts text to title case. Example: tc('HELLO THERE!') = 'Hello There!'
uc(text)	string	Converts text to upper case. Example: uc('abcd') = 'ABCD'

Operators

Arithmetic operators

A+B	returns A plus B
A-B	returns A minus B
A*B	returns A multiplied B
A/B	returns A divided by B

Comparison operators

A=B	true if A equals B
A<>B	true if A does not equal B
A<B	true if A is less than B
A>B	true if A is more than B
A<=B	true if A is less or equal to B
A>=B	true if A is more or equal to B

Logical operators

A and B	true if both A and B are true
A or B	true if either A or B is true
A xor B	true if either A or B is true but not both
not A	true if A is false

Constant expressions

There are two ways to specify string literals:
'text' - use '' to insert a ' (e.g. 'her''s')
or
"text" - use \" to insert a " (e.g. "a \"quotation\"")

Number literals are simply written as numbers:
1234

There are also boolean constants:
true
false

File managers

File managers are used to automatically manage file renaming / removing and adding / updating files in your MyList.

Source paths

Each file manager can have multiple source folders. File managers can be set to search these folders recursively or only the folder itself for files. While it's possible adding a source path to multiple file managers is strongly discouraged.

Rename pattern

Each file manager can have 1 renaming pattern. To use multiple patterns you need to specify multiple patterns. The rename pattern can contain a part of a path or a full path to indicate where the file should be stored. The path part of a rename might be ignored under certain circumstances however, see below.

Target paths

A file manager can have one or more target paths for moving files. If no target path is specified the folder the file was found in will be used instead. If there are multiple target paths the file manager will try to figure out where the file has the most related files. This is determined by a) the anime the file belongs to and b) the anime group the file belongs to. If there's not enough space available on the target drive it'll check the next preferred target if there's enough space and so on. If no space is available in any target path the file will be renamed in it's current location, but with any path part of the file removed, aka the filename part of the rename pattern will be used but the file will remain in the folder it was found in.

Only move known files

This will make the file manager ignore files which are not in AniDB, they'll be visible on the known files page, but they will never be moved or renamed.

Automatically remove deleted files

This will make the file manager remove files it can't find any more from the known files page. This rule ignores files stored on removable media.

Don't remove files if the volume can't be found

This will prevent the file manager from removing files it can't find when the whole volume is gone, this rule would for example prevent your known files from being cleared if your network cable is unplugged or a HDD is disconnected.

Add new files to AniDB

This will make the file manager automatically add found files to your MyList.

Automatically update the storage field of MyList entries

This will make the file manager automatically update the storage field of MyList entries based on the volume it's stored on. This field currently only works for files on a removable storage such as a DVD. The label used will be the label of the removable media, e.g. DVD #013.

Automatically mark found files as OnHDD or OnRemovable in MyList

This will make the file manager update your MyList to OnHDD if the file was found on a HDD or Network drive, or OnRemovable if the file is on a CD/DVD.

Automatically mark removed files as Deleted in MyList

This will make the file manager update your MyList to indicate the file has been deleted if removed by the above rule.