[Stieffers]

Download: Google Code - Video Buddha

Video Buddha is a crossplatform application developed using Python and wxWidgets which allows for easy mass renaming of video files. Users are able to enter a set of definition matches so that files are renamed based on user-generated patterns. With a wide range of customizable options, Video Buddha gives you full control of how your files are renamed. This application started as a Python console script but has evolved into something much more powerful. Originally developed to make scraping with XBMC easier, Video Buddha is now powerful enough to take on much more sophisticated renaming tasks.

I have tested it heavily on Windows, but haven't gotten a chance to try it out on OSX or Linux. So any bug reports filed with the Google Code project page would be greatly appreciated. Feature requests are also welcome.

Main Window


Example Usage

Say you have a number of video files all named in a similar fashion -- "top.gear.12x01.hdtv.720." Not the prettiest of filenames. So you enter a new definition into the definitions database where "top.gear." is replaced with "Top Gear (UK)." Now all instances of the show are changed accordingly. But wait, theres more! You can also specify how you want the season and episode information to appear. The old filename now becomes "Top Gear (UK) - s12e01", and if you want to keep the trailing information you can even end up with "Top Gear (UK) - s12e01 - HDTV.720." Buddha gives you all the options you need to clean up your video files.

Features

• Renaming based on variable declaration
  
• A file can be renamed by its respective sections
  
• %t -> Title
  
• %se -> Season and episode
  
• %i -> Ending information
  
• Ex: "%t - %se - %i" becomes "Top Gear - s14e01 - HDTV.avi"
  
• Season episode reformatting (examples based on season 1, episode 1)
  
• S01E01
  
• s01e01
  
• 01x01
  
• 101
  
• Support for writing per episode NFO files
  
• Searching based on designated extensions
  
• Inclusion or exclusion of trailing information such as "HDTV.720"
  
• Full per-session logging support to see which files were renamed
  

More Screenshots

Definitions window | Options window

[t2ffn]

Is there a need for this over others such as Bulk Renamer?

[Stieffers]

Maybe, maybe not. It's open source and cross platform, so hopefully someone finds it useful.

[Stieffers]

Update: I've added NFO writing support. It's still a bit experimental, but it does the job. It'll search the 'title' of the filename, which is usually the first segment of the filename prior to the season and episode information. It uses TheTVDB for lookups, and then writes the information to the appropriately named nfo file. Also, it's only available if you get the latest source, not from the downloads page.

[ubuntuf4n]

Thanks Stieffers,

this looks quite handy.

Gonna check this out.

[danz0l]

Haven't tried this yet but would be of more benefit if it including a movie renamer ? Theres so many tv renamers now, and sickbeard itself does a stirling job in this department. Things like source and maybe audio to be included, example DIVX, XVID, AC3, x264 etc ....

[Stieffers]

I'm hoping to eventually work this into a full fledged media manager that can handle movies and TV shows. That may be a ways off, but I've been making some major progress, so hopefully I can find time to implement such features as you suggested.

[JackieBrown]

This looks pretty cool.

And there is always a need for another way of doing something

I am glad the xbmc guys didn't say what is the point when we have windows media center - especially since I am a linux user