INFO. Had a scenario where there were several of the same programme (different Series and Episode numbers) under the one folder. This made browsing this folder on the Humax very slow as there were many files, some were duplicates. Also was a nightmare trying to find which episode to watch. I did not know about Sweeper until around a few months ago.
So here is the set of rules I run manually and use for organizing programmes into order for any recorded show that has the Series and Episode number available.
Code:
# If episode already exists in a Series Folder move it to Duplicates folder
fileexists {Series %series/Ep%episode-%asfilename:%epname:.ts} action {movecreate %folder/_duplicates}
# Rename Recording Files to Episode Number-Name
action {renamefile Ep%episode-%asfilename:%epname:}
# Rename Displayed Recording Title with Episode Number-Name
action {settitle {Ep%episode - %epname}}
# As episode does not exist already in the Series Folder move it there
action {movecreate {%folder/Series %series}}
After a show (or more) has been recorded it's sitting in the folder you would expect when recording a series for that show, and it will still have the original unique filename.ts. (See example picture below). I then run the rule at this point to tidy it away.
The rules will create a "Series N" folder and have the episodes relative to that Series number.
If there is a duplicate already stored among the "Series" folders then it shoves them into a "_duplicates" folder with the <original filename>.ts.
You can delete the "_duplicate" folder at your leisure as it will create this folder every time any duplicates are found.
If it is not a duplicate then the displayed title for the Humax and the programme filenames are renamed to "<Episode No.>-<Episode Title>" and then shoved into the relevant Series folder.
Hope you find this useful. To the creators of Sweeper -
"I salute you! Thank you"
