A bash script that does the following
- take a source folder, ideally your torrents download folder where your audiobook files are
- recursively find all the M4B files in it, and for each file
- pull and parse metadata information
- create a tree structure on the target folder, ideally your media folder (like your abs audiobook library folder)
- and hardlinks all files from the parent folder of the M4B file to the target folder
./myxrename.sh -t "Torrent Directory" -m "Media Directory" -o [f|e] -f "Output filename"
| Flag | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
| -t | is ideally your torrent directory | /data/torrents/completed/audiobooks |
| -m | is ideally your media or audiobookshelf directory | /data/media/audiobookshelf |
| -f | is the output filename. | myxrename_YYMMDDHHMMss.sh |
| -o | if set to e, it will actually execute the script, otherwise, it's a dry run with the commands in the outputfile | f |
It takes the following tags
- tags:artist = Author
- tags:title = Title
- tags:album = Subtitle
- tags:SERIES = Series
- tags:PART = Series part or number
If the SERIES and PART tags are available, it uses those. Otherwise, the Subtitle is assumed as the series.
It also takes the following for future usage
- tags:composer = Narrator
- tags:isbn = ISBN
- tags:audible_asin = ASIN
It builds the following heirarchy on the target folder
- /Author/Title (If there is no series information)
- /Author/Series/SeriesPart - Title
Q: What if there are no tags?
A: The file is skipped
Q: What if there's no author/artist tag?
A: Author is set to "Unknown"
Q: What if there's no title tag?
A: The file is skipped
Requires ffprobe (which comes with ffmpeg) to work Note that hardlinks only work if the source and target directories are in the SAME volume