Introduction

Tvdb2File is a .NET command line program that renames MP4 files after episodes.

Copyright

Copyright (c) Justin Welsch All rights reserved.

Objective

Retrieve TV series episode information from thetvdb.com and use it to automatically name files in the local file system.

Project Parameters

• Only one season can be processed at a time.
• The app expects a certain directory structure.
• The app will only rename MP4 files.
• MP4 files are expected to be in the same order as they appear in the season.

File System Structure

This is an example of the structure of the file system containing series, seasons, and episodes.

.\
 |- Series A
           |- Season 1
                     |- Episode 1.mp4
                     |- ...
                     |- Episode n.mp4
           |- ...
           |- Season n
 |- Series B
           |- Season 1
                     |- Episode 1.mp4
                     |- ...
                     |- Episode n.mp4
           |- ...
           |- Season n

Command Line Arguments

Tvdb2File.exe -season "path to season" [[-search "series search term"]|[-seriesId xxxxx]] [-forceUpdate] [-collapseMultiPart]
  -season: (Mandatory) Relative or absolute path to the directory containing the season to rename.
  -search: (Optional) Terms to use to search for the series.  If not supplied, the name of the series directory will be used.  This argument is mutually exclusive with -seriesId.
  -seriesId: (Optional) ID of the series to use for episode naming.  This argument is mutually exclusive with -search.
  -forceUpdate: (Optional) Include to force an update of the local episode database from thetvdb.com.
  -dryRun: (Optional) Does everything except do the actual file renaming.
  -collapseMultiPart: (Optional) Attempts to automatically collapse episodes specified as multipart into one local file.