Sort files given a list of {original path -> target path}

[philamp]

I'd like to ask for the ability to sort files in folders and subfolders following an editable list of original paths -> target paths, /movies/plain-defaut-path/filename.mp4 -> library/strutured/path/to/file.mp4 example: /shows/tvshow.s02/episodeS02e01.mp4 -> /Library/shows/tvshow/s02/episodeS02e01.mp4

Would it be possible ?

I think it would be in a 4th folder called "SortedLibrary" or something like that, while keeping the 3 others (movies/shows/default)

The purpose is to be able to sort these files following the plex library sorting

Its basically a way to leverage plex sorting to make the folder sorting cleaner for direct file-system browsing (NFS/SMB/ etc...) It could be up to plex (with a plexapi python script for example) or anything else to do the sorting.

Moreover it would allow jellyfin/emby to finally be able to properly sort tv shows

Why ? : Given that realdebrid cloud is read only, it's impossible to move files an organized way in custom folders/subfolders. This improvement would fill the usability gap between a read-only cloud (such as real-debrid) and a writable cloud.

I would be happy to help.

...And thank you for this project ! Amazing stuff!

[itsToggle]

we could even automatically populate the list using plex_debrid. nice idea, someone on discord is already working on something similar using rclone filtering rather than a built-in method. rclone filtering would be very limited though, as technically you would need to start an instance of rclone for each folder you want to create.

Perhaps I can write the built in method in a way that could use a rclone filtering txt file, so that I dont need to write two methods for plex_debrid.

[itsToggle]

another addition to this would be to allow renaming and moving folders from one location to another. With a list of the edits that were made this would certainly be possible.

[philamp]

"we could even automatically populate the list using plex_debrid" -> yeap 👍

On my side I still use *arr apps (even though I tested plex_debrid and it's awesome) so I made a Python plexapi script to recreate the folder structure + symlinks ( but the downside is that embedded systems usually don't display symlinks (on SMB or NFS share), for instance the OPPO udp-203 does not display symlinks, maybe Kodi or Android does)

[philamp]

BTW, I think it would be great if it could refresh the folder structure from the list without having to restart the rclone mount

[itsToggle]

Hey, so I've got file renaming and folder renaming+ folder moving working already. If you join our discord server you can check out the progress in the development channel :)

[itsToggle]

It's updated in Realtime and connected to the actual "move" and "rename" method used by your OS, so you could even use existing programs to sort your folder structure.