"Produces invalid file names" error when using square bracket sets in Anime Episode Format advanced field

[rux616]

I just got Sonarr tonight and so far I’m liking it, however I’m having an issue when attempting to set the Anime Episode Format field.

Right now, the working format string is “{Series Title} - S{season:00}E{episode:00} ({absolute:000}) - {Episode Title} - ({Quality Full}) ({Release Group})”. If I add a complete set of square brackets, say around the {Quality Full} tag, instead of parentheses, I can’t save the changes as the field yells at me with the error message “Produces invalid file names”.

However, if I use only one bracket, such as “[{Quality Full}” or “{Quality Full}]”, validation passes and the settings are saved. This is not an issue with either the Standard Episode Format or Daily Episode Format strings, as they are able to have sets of brackets without issue.

I’m running Sonarr on my Synology DS1512+ with DSM 5.2-5565 Update 2 (the latest), and using the latest version (2.0.0.3243) of Sonarr as well.

If any more information is needed, please let me know.

[markus101]

Square brackets can cause issues as its used as an indication that that there is a hash or release group in there (as often is the case with anime releases. I’d recommend avoiding [] in all file names as it can cause issues with standard episodes as well (especially when the episode title contains a 2 or 3 digit number).

I’ll try to see if there is anything we can do in this case.