Recordings File Format

Doctor Eggs

HTS Tvheadend 4.2.2-32 ~ LibreELEC Tvh-addon v8.1.111

When I try to record something, the filename is not in the format that I can use to scrape into my library. It is missing underscores between the title, date/time, and the season/episode information.

Here is the way that it is currently recording files:

The Drew Carey Show2017-06-2012-00-S06E13.ts

And this is the way I would like it to record files:

The Drew Carey Show_2017-06-20_12-00-_S06E13.ts

It was recording with the underscores in 4.0 but I can't seem to figure out how to get that same configuration in 4.2.

Is there a setting that I'm missing?

Thanks

mpmc

You can change the format, check the Help for the DVR profile.

Doctor Eggs

Thank you.

Turns out I didn't have my User interface level set to Expert (default: Advanced) so I was not getting all of the options.

I went to Configuration >> General >> Base

Changed User interface level to Expert and clicked Save.

Then I went to Configuration >> Recording >> Default Profile

Changed the Format String: $t/$t_$e_%F_%R$n.$x

Thanks again.

Chess Player

Hi,

I just had the very same problem (see here:
https://tvheadend.org/d/5300-recording-parameters-for-file-names-missing
) and figured it out myself right before I stumbled upon this post... :P

Anyway, if someone (like me) wants a more VDR-like naming style, especially for series recordings, here is the format string I use:

$t/$50s/$e%F.%R.$x

This will result in a folder (title = $t for the series) with a sub-folder for every episode (subtitle = $s), where the length is limited to 50 chars (important here in Germany, since subtitles/episode names sometimes contain the whole summary of the episode ...). $e should give season and episode (like s02-e03 for season 2, episode 3 of a series), but that does not work with my self-grabbed EPG either.

Cheers,

chessplayer