SubDude – Auto Rename Subtitles To Match Movie, TV Show Video File Name

A couple of days ago we featured on this blog theRenamer, a great software the could rename downloaded movie and TV show video files by automatically inserting episode names, titles, etc to the file name. While the software did an excellent job on renaming video files, it did not rename any associated subtitle files. As you might know, most computer applications, built in media players on DVD, Blu-Ray players & modern TVs require subtitle file names to match those of video file names for subtitles streams to display properly. When file names are mismatched, you will be left with the painstaking task of renaming each file manually, which can take quite some time if you are dealing with something like a TV show with multiple seasons. SubDude is a useful little utility that can automate this rename process and save you a lot of time.

To clear any confusion, SubDude does not only work with video files renamed using theRenamer. You can use it to automatically rename even downloaded subtitles. Following table shows how SubDude will rename the subtitle file of a single TV episode:

	Before SubDude	After SubDude
Video Filename	The.Sopranos.s03e01.avi	The.Sopranos.s03e01.avi
Subtitle Filename	The-Sopranos3x1.srt	The.Sopranos.s03e01.srt

How this software works is pretty simple. It matches the season and episode numbers in video and subtitle files using regular expressions (RegEx) and renames the matches accordingly. Below are some instructions on how to use the app, in case you didn’t figure it out already":

1. Move all your subtitle files and video files inside a single directory (see notes below for additional details).
2. Launch SubDude. In the ‘Rename’ tab, browse and point to the directory with files you created in Step 1.
3. If you want to later undo the rename actions, check ‘Create and unDude file’ checkbox.
4. Press Go.

Important Notes (Quoted from developer page):

• SubDude assumes that every files in the folder are from the same show and checks season and episode numbers only.
• Subdude uses regular expressions to detect season and episode numbers. Most common patterns (TVShow-s04e01, TVShow-4x1 etc) are handled, however Subdude will eventually fail to detect season and episode numbers on certain files (TVShow401 etc). This problem is being worked on.

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[Click Here] to download the latest version of SubDude (Direct Download)

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theRenamer – Automatically Rename & Organize Downloaded TV Episodes & Movies

Pretty much all of us download TV shows and movies from the internet (let it be from file sharing sites such as BitTorrent trackers, direct download link forums or even by a legitimate means) and store them on our desktops, laptops, portable hard drives or media player PCs. However, most of the downloaded files have different kinds of naming conventions – for example, some shows have merely the season and episode numbers while some others carry episode name as well. What if you want to rename all your media files to a standard you like? Manually doing this for each file would be a tedious task (think about a show with several seasons). The is where theRenamer comes in. It’s an excellent utility that helps you automatically rename your media files. And it’s not just a batch rename tool either; give theRenamer a file (or a set of files) which just has the episode and season number and the app will automatically fetch the episode name online and rename the file accordingly.

You can fully customize the way your video files are renamed. Under default settings, theRenamer will strip off release group name and video quality details in file and add the episode name if its missing. theRenamer is able to fetch media information from four different online sources; IMDB, TV.com, TheTVDB and EPGuides.com. Below are some examples of renamed files (using default settings, without changing anything in the app after a fresh install):

Original	Auto Renamed
The.Simpsons.S22E01.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION	The Simpsons.S22E01.Elementary School Musical
The.Big.Bang.Theory.S04E19.PROPER. HDTV.XviD-LD	The Big Bang Theory.S04E19.The Zarnecki Incursion
frasier.622-med	Frasier.S06E22.Visions of Daphne

Usage of theRenamer is very simple. To rename a file, all you have to do is the drag and drop and the app will do the rest. If you are dealing with multiple files, simply select all and drag them in – this tool is able to perform batch operations and will reformat all your file names in a couple of seconds.

A full list of theRenamer features can be found below (quoted from official site page):

• A user interface that's idiot proof - using Drag & Drop.
• Fuzzy Logic sorts out the Show name, Season/Episode numbers (S1E1, 1x1 or 101 formats).
• Queries the most advanced search engine – Google
• Automatically grabs the official show name and episode titles from the most comprehensive movie database on the web - IMDb.com, TV.com, theTVDB.com and EPGUIDES.com.
• Database: Simple and automatic table for keeping track of TV website's ID number.
• Force show names: Lets you customize how the Show Name is named (if you prefer shorter names).
• Fetch Folder: Scans all files in that directory. Point it to your 'Download Complete' folder. For people who are
  too lazy to Drag & Drop.....I love it :)
• Auto Move: Automatically moves files to your TV Show Archive after it's renamed.
• Fully automate the entire rename and move process with parameter (theRenamer.exe -fetch and -fetchmovie)
• MOVIES! theRenamer now supports Movie files as well.
• Auto creates IMDb shortcut link to IMDb movie webpage.

Despite being an excellent utility, like all software out there this is not a perfect application. I got an “EPISODE TITLE MISSING” error for some files I tried to rename – this bug is apparently fixed now but I still got the error in the latest build (v7.5). Either way it’s just a minor annoyance and the fact remains this is a highly useful tool for anyone who downloads shows and movies online.

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[Click Here] to download the latest version of theRenamer from official page

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