Rename based on original nzb/directory name instead of the default filename

Love drone so far, it’s better in almost every way than sickbeard. There are some great requests already like srrDB integration that would solve all my issues but that is no simple task so for now I have a relatively easy request to implement in mind.

Often the file names are obfuscated (random strings) which makes the resulting filenames useless. This is incredibly annoying. The renaming might work but I want to keep the original scene filenames. I am currently using video sort script in nzbget but that causes issues like sometimes adding numbers in brackets after the filename.

In short I would love it if there was an option to use the nzb name instead of the filename. Ideally this would be per indexer but a global option would work quite well I think.

Yes, definitely an issue and it is already on the Trello board: https://trello.com/c/dx9LDfal/645-use-folder-name-instead-of-file-name-for-scene-name

Is trello a preferred location for requests? It seems very limited and hard to navigate to me… Shame it is a low priority, any idea on ETA?

I’m just working on a fix to store the correct scene name based on the Nzb name in the DB. I could take a look and see if it’s something can include as part of this fix.

FYI. if you want to use the NZB name (once it’s implemented) you need to make sure you are using the new import method

Ok, so looking at the code my existing fixes should start naming the episode using the NZB title instead of the file name IF you are using the new completed download handling.

@kayone

That sounds great, what else does your fix add/change? I assume it doesn’t use external api’s like srrDB…?

It paves the way for subtitle search and srrdb or something similar.