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# Transcode the first disc. | # Transcode the first disc. | ||
# Adjust the MakeMKV's <b><code>Output file name template</code></b> for the second disc | # Adjust the MakeMKV's <b><code>Output file name template</code></b> for the second disc | ||
## The template will use a "pattern" that offsets from where the last disc transcoded left off. | |||
## Since the prior transcode stopped at three(3), the offset is "4". | |||
# Transcode the second disc. | # Transcode the second disc. | ||
# From CLI, move the second disc's episode to conform with Kodi's TV Show naming conventions. | # From CLI, move the second disc's episode to conform with Kodi's TV Show naming conventions. | ||
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{{divbox|green||'''Note:''' This same strategy can be applied to Windows platforms, | {{divbox|green||'''Note:''' This same strategy can be applied to Windows platforms, | ||
however this example does not attempt to spell out a Windows/Powershell (or other scripting approach such as Python). }} | however this example does not attempt to spell out a Windows/Powershell (or other scripting approach such as Python). }} | ||
# Adjust MakeMKV for the first disc. | |||
## Change the pattern in the output file template from: <br/> {NAME1}{-:CMNT1}{-:DT}{title:+DFLT}{_t:N2}</code> | |||
## To: <br/> <code>{NAME} S1E{M2}</code> | |||
## Set the "name" of the disc to: <code>My Foobar Honey (2005)</code> | |||
# Transcode the first disc. | |||
## The result, using our example setup, will result in three files: | |||
My Foobar Honey/ | |||
My Foobar Honey/Season 1 | |||
My Foobar Honey/Season 1/My Foobar Honey (2005) S1E01.mkv | |||
My Foobar Honey/Season 1/My Foobar Honey (2005) S1E02.mkv | |||
My Foobar Honey/Season 1/My Foobar Honey (2005) S1E03.mkv |
Revision as of 01:00, 30 January 2022
Do you use MakeMKV for transcoding from different formats (i.e., DVDs, Blu-Rays, etc.) into Matroska Multimedia Container (aka "MKV") formats?
If so, you may have struggled with transcoding a TV show from a DVD into a file that Kodi can properly integrate into your.
This HOW-TO article provides a step-by-step approach to manage MakeMKV-to-named-for-Kodi TV show episodes.
Overview
When using MakeMKV to transcode a disc that contains multiple TV show episodes, manually renaming things is fairly trivial. What is problematic is when that TV Show has multiple seasons and episodes, the renaming of the various "MKV" files can becoming daunting.
This HOW-TO article provides a general strategy with a specific example done using MakeMKV-with-Linux solution.
General Strategy
MakeMKV has a, "preferences" dialog, allowing end-users to change different settings. On the "Advanced" tab, there is an entry titled, Output file name template
:
TODO - show default template
By combining the use of the "name" of the disc with different Output Filename Template patterns, one can ease how TV show episodes are named.
Assumptions for this HOW-TO
- You are going to transcode a TV show named, "My Foobar Honey"
- With Season 1(one), produced in the year 2005.
- The recommended approach for naming a TV show episode can be found at Naming video files/TV shows.
- Which means that the first episode of the first season would be named:
My Foobar Honey (2005) S01E01
- Season 1(one) of the show is delivered with two discs. Both discs have three episodes each.
High level outline of the steps taken
- Adjust MakeMKV to save the first disc conforming to Kodi's TV Show naming conventions.
- Setup the
Output file name template
for the first disc. - Set the name of the disc to the TV Show name, year of the season being transcoded.
- Setup the
- Transcode the first disc.
- Adjust the MakeMKV's
Output file name template
for the second disc- The template will use a "pattern" that offsets from where the last disc transcoded left off.
- Since the prior transcode stopped at three(3), the offset is "4".
- Transcode the second disc.
- From CLI, move the second disc's episode to conform with Kodi's TV Show naming conventions.
- BONUS: Reset MakeMKV's default template pattern!
Example using Linux
- Adjust MakeMKV for the first disc.
- Change the pattern in the output file template from:
{NAME1}{-:CMNT1}{-:DT}{title:+DFLT}{_t:N2} - To:
{NAME} S1E{M2}
- Set the "name" of the disc to:
My Foobar Honey (2005)
- Change the pattern in the output file template from:
- Transcode the first disc.
- The result, using our example setup, will result in three files:
My Foobar Honey/ My Foobar Honey/Season 1 My Foobar Honey/Season 1/My Foobar Honey (2005) S1E01.mkv My Foobar Honey/Season 1/My Foobar Honey (2005) S1E02.mkv My Foobar Honey/Season 1/My Foobar Honey (2005) S1E03.mkv