Cant install Phoenix Renamer

[imanewbe]

I have downloaded Phoenix Renamer from http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58024. I am running windows 7 pro. I extracted the files from, there was 3. I ran the .exe I also tried running it as administrator. After doing this I then tried to use the Phoenix Renamer by opening my cmd and typing phoenix-renamer -? and it sait that it was not recognized as an internal or external command.

Do I need to do something different to get this to work?

Thanks

[sflamm]

change directory in your cmd prompt to the directory that contains the .exe

[imanewbe]

Thanks. That seems to have worked, sort of. What it did is created a pheonixhome folder. I am now trying to run the command phoenix-renamer c:r --renameDirectories and all that happens is it gives me two lines of info:
phoenix home: ...
phoenix standalone is online and ready for commands.

Do I need to change directory into the home directory or do anything else to get this command to run?

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by imanewbe

Thanks. That seems to have worked, sort of. What it did is created a pheonixhome folder. I am now trying to run the command phoenix-renamer c:r --renameDirectories and all that happens is it gives me two lines of info:
phoenix home: ...
phoenix standalone is online and ready for commands.

Do I need to change directory into the home directory or do anything else to get this command to run?

When your run the command with -? or --help it will show a command help of all the parameters and what they do.

the renamer renames one or more files passed on the command line, and the --renameDirectories command basically renames the directory that contains the media file. It doesn't scan directories.

so, to rename a single file

phoenix-renamer MY_VIDOE_FILE.mkv

to rename all mkv files in the current directory

phoenix-rename *.mkv

if you have a file like...

Movies/T2/Terminator 2.avi

and you call

phoenix-renamer --renameDirectories Movies/T2/Terminator 2.avi

the end result will be

Movies/Terminator 2 (year)/Terminator 2 (year).avi

ie, the rename directories renames the parent directory of the movie file. Should only be used when you have one movie file per directory.

[imanewbe]

Ok. Thanks. That makes sense.
I have it working perfectly now. I have a batch I put in any directory and the run and it renames all the files in there. Yay.

Thanks for the help.

Just for a reference for anyone who is looking here is the script
cd C:\Program Files\Phoenix Rename
phoenix-renamer %~dp0*

[imanewbe]

Hi Stuckless

I have been using this program for ages now and it works so well. I love it. I am having trouble with one of my series though. Brothers and Sisters. There is a 1979 series and a 2006 series. When I run Phoenix Renamer it always renames to the 1979 series. Is there a way to get it to rename correctly?

Thanks

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by imanewbe

Hi Stuckless

I have been using this program for ages now and it works so well. I love it. I am having trouble with one of my series though. Brothers and Sisters. There is a 1979 series and a 2006 series. When I run Phoenix Renamer it always renames to the 1979 series. Is there a way to get it to rename correctly?

Thanks

The only way to do this, is to use a MediaTitles.xml entry for the renamer. I use a few of these myself. If you need help let me know.

[imanewbe]

Ok. Cool. Thanks
I had a look but am not sure where I need to put the file/how to reference it when running the rename?

[imanewbe]

Ok Cool. I got it. I just made a copy of the example and it worked.
Another question I have is is it possible to get it so it uses a different tv series name when renaming? I have House but I want it to be House M.D. so the episodes are being renamed
House - 1x01 - Episode Name.avi But what I wanted is to have it rename to :
House M.D. - 1x01 - Episode Name.avi
I tried putting that in the title field but that didn't seem to work?

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by imanewbe

Ok Cool. I got it. I just made a copy of the example and it worked.
Another question I have is is it possible to get it so it uses a different tv series name when renaming? I have House but I want it to be House M.D. so the episodes are being renamed
House - 1x01 - Episode Name.avi But what I wanted is to have it rename to :
House M.D. - 1x01 - Episode Name.avi
I tried putting that in the title field but that didn't seem to work?

From what I recall, no The title that is used, is actually pulled from TVDB... when you add a title to the MediaTitles.xml that is used ONLY to help it find the title on TVDB, and it is not an override, in that the title provided gets written back to the metadata.