ToName

Overview

ToName is a Ruby library which parses media filenames and extracts metadata (e.g. name and year)

e.g.

• Primer.2004.DVDRip.x264.AC3.avi become Name => 'Primer', year => 2004
• ManMen.S01E01.720p.HDTV.x264-CTU.mkv becomes Name => 'ManMen', series => 1, episode => 1

Most media file names sourced from P2P sites are not immediately machine readable, however, they generally have a fairly consistent naming scheme. ToName applies some simple parsing rules to extract enough information so that the movie/tv show can be looked up in a metadata database (e.g. IMDB). ToName does not claim a 100% success rate, however, it's generally good enough to find a match on IMDB.

Features

• Extract movie name and year
• Extract TV show series and episode
• Will look at the parent folder name if media name looks like it has been abbreviated
• Works with both media and torrent filenames

Installation

gem install toname

Examples

ruby-1.9.2-preview3 > require 'to_name'
 => true 
ruby-1.9.2-preview3 > info = ToName.to_name('Primer.2004.DVDRip.x264.AC3.avi')
 => Primer (2004) 
ruby-1.9.2-preview3 > info.name
 => "Primer" 
ruby-1.9.2-preview3 > info.year
 => 2004 
ruby-1.9.2-preview3 > info = ToName.to_name('ManMen.S01E01.720p.HDTV.x264-CTU.mkv')
 => ManMen S: 1 E: 1 
ruby-1.9.2-preview3 > info.name
 => "ManMen"
ruby-1.9.2-preview3 > info.series
 => 1 
ruby-1.9.2-preview3 > info.episode
 => 1 

Licence

MIT

Contact

Sam Cavenagh (cavenaghweb@hotmail.com)