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renamerOnUpdate

Using metadata from your Stash to rename/move your file.

Table of Contents

Requirement

Installation (manually)

  • Download the whole folder 'renamerOnUpdate' (renamerOnUpdate_config.py, log.py, renamerOnUpdate.py/.yml)
  • Place it in your plugins folder (where the config.yml is)
  • Reload plugins (Settings > Plugins > Reload)
  • renamerOnUpdate appears

❗ Make sure to configure the plugin by editing renamerOnUpdate_config.py before running it ❗

Installation (via manager)

  • Go to Settings > Plugins
  • Find Available Plugins and expand the package called Community (stable).
  • Select renamerOnUpdate and click Install

❗ Make sure to configure the plugin by editing renamerOnUpdate_config.py before running it ❗

Usage

  • Everytime you update a scene, it will check/rename your file. An update can be:

    • Saving in Scene Edit.
    • Clicking the Organized button.
    • Running a scan that updates the path.

  • By pressing the button in the Task menu.

    • It will go through each of your scenes.
    • ⚠️ It's recommended to understand correctly how this plugin works, and use DryRun first.

Configuration

  • Read/Edit renamerOnUpdate_config.py

    • Change template filename/path
    • Add log_file path

  • There are multiple buttons in Task menu:

    • Enable: (default) Enable the trigger update
    • Disable: Disable the trigger update
    • Dry-run: A switch to enable/disable dry-run mode

  • Dry-run mode:

    • It prevents editing the file, only shows in your log.
    • This mode can write into a file (dryrun_renamerOnUpdate.txt), the change that the plugin will do.
      • You need to set a path for log_file in renamerOnUpdate_config.py
      • The format will be: scene_id|current path|new path. (e.g. 100|C:\Temp\foo.mp4|C:\Temp\bar.mp4)
      • This file will be overwritten everytime the plugin is triggered.

Custom configuration file

Due to the nature of how plugin updates work, your renamerOnUpdate_config.py file will get replaced with the fresh copy resetting it to default values. To work around that you can create a custom config file and use it instead.

  • Create a copy of renamerOnUpdate_config.py
  • Rename your copy to config.py
  • Use the config.py(it will default to renamerOnUpdate_config.py if not found)

Note: Since config.py file is not tracked it won't get updated with new configuration options, so you will need to update it manually.

renamerOnUpdate_config.py explained

Template

To modify your path/filename, you can use variables. These are elements that will change based on your metadata.

  • Variables are represented with a word preceded with a $ symbol. (E.g. $date)
  • If the metadata exists, this term will be replaced by it:
    • Scene date = 2006-01-02, $date = 2006-01-02
  • You can find the list of available variables in renamerOnUpdate_config.py

In the example below, we will use:

Filename

Change your filename (C:\Temp\QmlnQnVja0J1bm55.mp4)

Priority : Tags > Studios > Default

- Based on a Tag

tag_templates  = {
	"rename_tag": "$year $title - $studio $resolution $video_codec",
	"rename_tag2": "$title"
}
tag new path
rename_tag C:\Temp\2008 Big Buck Bunny - Blender Institute 1080p H264.mp4
rename_tag2 C:\Temp\Big Buck Bunny.mp4

- Based on a Studio

studio_templates  = {
	"Blender Institute": "$date - $title [$studio]",
	"Pixar": "$title [$studio]"
}
studio new path
Blender Institute C:\Temp\2008-05-20 - Big Buck Bunny [Blender Institute].mp4
Pixar C:\Temp\Big Buck Bunny [Pixar].mp4

- Change filename no matter what

use_default_template  =  True
default_template  =  "$date $title"

The file became: C:\Temp\2008-05-20 - Big Buck Bunny.mp4

Path

Change your path (C:\Temp\QmlnQnVja0J1bm55.mp4)

- Based on a Tag

p_tag_templates  = {
	"rename_tag": r"D:\Video\",
	"rename_tag2": r"E:\Video\$year"
}
tag new path
rename_tag D:\Video\QmlnQnVja0J1bm55.mp4
rename_tag2 E:\Video\2008\QmlnQnVja0J1bm55.mp4

- Based on a Studio

p_studio_templates  = {
	"Blender Institute": r"D:\Video\Blender\",
	"Pixar": r"E:\Video\$studio\"
}
studio new path
Blender Institute D:\Video\Blender\QmlnQnVja0J1bm55.mp4
Pixar E:\Video\Pixar\QmlnQnVja0J1bm55.mp4

- Based on a Path

p_path_templates = {
	r"C:\Temp": r"D:\Video\",
	r"C:\Video": r"E:\Video\Win\"
}
file path new path
C:\Temp D:\Video\QmlnQnVja0J1bm55.mp4
C:\Video E:\Video\Win\QmlnQnVja0J1bm55.mp4

- Change path no matter what

p_use_default_template  =  True
p_default_template  =  r"D:\Video\"

The file is moved to: D:\Video\QmlnQnVja0J1bm55.mp4

- Special Variables

$studio_hierarchy - Create the entire hierarchy of studio as folder (E.g. ../MindGeek/Brazzers/Hot And Mean/video.mp4). Use your parent studio.

^* - The current directory of the file. Explanation:

  • If: p_default_template = r"^*\$performer"
  • It creates a folder with a performer name in the current directory where the file is.
  • C:\Temp\video.mp4 so ^*=C:\Temp\, result: C:\Temp\Jane Doe\video.mp4
  • If you don't use prevent_consecutive option, the plugin will create a new folder everytime (C:\Temp\Jane Doe\Jane Doe\...\video.mp4).

Advanced

Groups

You can group elements in the template with {}, it's used when you want to remove a character if a variable is null.

Example:

With date in Stash:

  • [$studio] $date - $title -> [Blender] 2008-05-20 - Big Buck Bunny

Without date in Stash:

  • [$studio] $date - $title -> [Blender] - Big Buck Bunny

If you want to use the - only when you have the date, you can group the - with $date Without date in Stash:

  • [$studio] {$date -} $title -> [Blender] Big Buck Bunny