Default output file name template

[green_ember]

The two things I use to get around most of these problems are Microsoft PowerAutomate Desktop and a program call Bulk Rename Utility. I use PAD to make folder structures for Plex.

My movie 'flow' works by scraping information from my open IMDB page for the movie I looked up. It then makes a folder in my default rip location in the Plex preferred format of MovieName (Year) {imdb-ttNumber}. It then creates the subfolders for Behind the Scenes, Deleted Scenes, Featurettes, etc... (all eight folder names that are called out in the Plex naming convention). When I rip, I just drop my file in the movie's directory. I have a second 'flow' that I can trigger which will rename the mkv to the same as the parent directory, minus the imdb tag because you don't need it. It also appends 'extra info' [DVD] or [BluRay] to the file name based on size.

My TV 'flow' is slightly less automated because I wasn't motivated enough to script for TheTVDB's multi tabbed layout. It will prompt for series name, start year, tvdb series ID, and number of seasons. The flow then creates another Plex-compliant folder structure SeriesName (Year) {tvdb-IDnumber} with season subfolders padded to two digits (Season 00, Season 01, Season 02, etc...). For ripping destination purposes, I add subfolders in each season for five discs (I haven't ripped any shows that had more than that). When I'm done ripping, I use Bulk Rename Utility to do scripted/patterned renaming of the episode files using a base file name "SeriesName (Year) - s##e" and BRU's extremely flexible auto-numbering feature (padding, positive or negative incrementing in case your episodes rip in reverse order, start-at number, etc). After that, I just move the files up to the main season directory and Plex handles the rest. I don't worry about episode titles in file names, but if that's something that does concern you, you can take it a step further and preload all the names in a specially formatted text file and BRU will apply them all at the same time. It's a pretty powerful utility

[sebna]

Would it be possible to add variable that uses file name as name for the output file name?

So as I have ripped some discs to ISO before and now I would like to have them in MKV I use these ISOs as a source for MakeMKV but as most don/t correctly populate name of the output file I would like to use name of the input ISO file as the output file (part of it).

So I would like for variable to be added to pick up file name rather than to read title from metadata etc.

Hope it makes sense.

Thank you.

[d00zah]

Would it be possible to add variable that uses file name as name for the output file name?

So as I have ripped some discs to ISO before and now I would like to have them in MKV I use these ISOs as a source for MakeMKV but as most don/t correctly populate name of the output file I would like to use name of the input ISO file as the output file (part of it).

So I would like for variable to be added to pick up file name rather than to read title from metadata etc.

Hope it makes sense.

Thank you.

Try MakeMKV Preferences > Video tab > check 'SemiAuto' & apply.

[haribo]

sorry, Mike, I have to say that:

The default template always generates unique file names.

no, it won't!

At the moment I am digitalizing my DVDs "The Flash", which contains one Season on 6 DVDs. If I rip every DVD in its own Folder and then try to copy/move DVD_1-Files into the Folder of DVD_2 Windows (10 22H2) warns me: "There are still files with the same Name. Compare/overwrite/skip?"
If I understood your first post right, {DT} determines the Date/Time ON DVD -why not the date/time of ripping? THAT would always be unique! (assumed that the ripping-process and preparing for it needs more than one second)


PS:
By the way for programmers: Wouldn't it be nice if in the GUI there would be an Link/Button "Reset"?
And in the Preferences>Language there is an Select-box Preferred Language. I would say, it should be better described to differ it from Preferences>Advanced Default Selection rule

PPS:
And is it described correctly: what is it with the + and -? If - ... there will be wrtten nothing and if + ... there will be written an empty string, waht???

[deancdavis]

I am NOT ripping a disc. I want to convert '.ISO' files I already have to '.MKV'. I don't even see an option for batch processing as some have mentioned but that is another issue. If I have the file 'Movie123 (1999).ISO', how do I get the output file to automatically be 'Movie123 (1999).MKV' without a manual copy and paste? I have 'Expert' mode turned on and have tried just about every combination of the {NAME} variables listed in these posts in the preferences/advanced/output filename template and I still get 'Title.MKV', or some combination of letters and numbers but not 'Movie123 (1999).MKV'. Any non-alphanumeric characters present in the filenames are acceptable to windows so I don't need any 'cleaning'. I simply want a straight conversion of moviename.ISO to moviename.MKV by opening the file (Ctrl-O or using the File menu) and clicking 'Make MKV' button in the upper right corner. This should not be rocket science. Yes I have purchased the software and am not a Beta user.

[dcoke22]

I am NOT ripping a disc. I want to convert '.ISO' files I already have to '.MKV'. I don't even see an option for batch processing as some have mentioned but that is another issue. If I have the file 'Movie123 (1999).ISO', how do I get the output file to automatically be 'Movie123 (1999).MKV' without a manual copy and paste? I have 'Expert' mode turned on and have tried just about every combination of the {NAME} variables listed in these posts in the preferences/advanced/output filename template and I still get 'Title.MKV', or some combination of letters and numbers but not 'Movie123 (1999).MKV'. Any non-alphanumeric characters present in the filenames are acceptable to windows so I don't need any 'cleaning'. I simply want a straight conversion of moviename.ISO to moviename.MKV by opening the file (Ctrl-O or using the File menu) and clicking 'Make MKV' button in the upper right corner. This should not be rocket science. Yes I have purchased the software and am not a Beta user.

I don't have any experience with messing with this template. It would seem, however, that the people in this post are trying to do the same thing you're trying to do:
https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=73410#p73410

[s8huth]

When I read a DVD, the correct DVD's name is shown i.e. "MY_SWEET_HOME". When I make an mkv-file the saved name is always such like that: B1_t00.mkv. My output file name template is {NAME2}{-:CMNT2}{-:DT}{title:+DFLT}{_t:N2}. It seems that the 'name' variable doesn't take the identifed DVD's name. How to set the DVD's name instead of B1_t00.mkv?

[kncowans]

Hello all

I Hope you are Well.

I have the Output Filename set as:

{NAME1} ({DY})

As I understand it, this should result in a Filename of, for example:

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)

This is the desired result, however, what I get is:

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 ()

When I look at the Metdata Option it does show the Full Date including the Year.

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks in advance

Kevin

[rewind]

I'm hoping I'm wrong, because if not, then this just became a huge headache for me. Is there no variable to pull a DVD's Label into a file/folder name? I see people asking for that as far back as 2020 in this thread, and quick web searches indicate requests back to 2017 in other threads here. Has anyone come up with a script to workaround this missing functionality? I'm ripping a 47 disc set, I am not wasting time manually naming each disc.

[d00zah]

I'm hoping I'm wrong, because if not, then this just became a huge headache for me. Is there no variable to pull a DVD's Label into a file/folder name? I see people asking for that as far back as 2020 in this thread, and quick web searches indicate requests back to 2017 in other threads here. Has anyone come up with a script to workaround this missing functionality? I'm ripping a 47 disc set, I am not wasting time manually naming each disc.

MakeMKV Preferences > Video tab > SemiAuto & provide path to ripping parent dir. It's been a while since I did bulk ripping, but IIRC, MakeMKV automagically created a folder based on each disc label. Try it?

[rewind]

Aha, yes semiauto does put the disc label as a subfolder name. This will make my bulk ripping possible. I'll need to see how Filebot likes this or if I need to script moving everything into one folder.