Studio

The Studio is the main screen of CineRename: this is where you preview and validate each renaming. Any destructive operation first goes through here.

Screen anatomy

• Drop zone — in the center, accepts files, folders, and archives.
• Virtual list — displays up to thousands of files without slowdowns (Svelte 5 virtualization).
• Details panel — when you click on a row, displays found metadata, alternatives, and output format.
• Actions — buttons Rename, Clear list, Export report.

Media recognition

CineRename uses a multi-pass heuristic:

1. Filename parsing — season/episode (S01E02, 1x02, Episode 2...), year, quality, codec, language.
2. Type identification — movie, series, anime — via patterns + databases.
3. Metadata query — TheTVDB for movies/series, TVmaze for TV series as a fallback, internal database for animes.
4. Scoring — all candidates are scored. The best one is selected, the others remain available in the selector.

Manual editing

For each entry, you can:

• Force a match — manually select the right movie/episode among the candidates.
• Edit the title — typo, extended version ("Director's Cut")...
• Ignore a row — exclude from the final renaming (useful for .txt, .nfo that slipped in).

Naming presets

Configure in Settings → Naming templates. Each template has a language:

Mode	When to use it
Tokens	Simple substitution patterns: {title} - S{season}E{episode} - {episode_title} — covers 95% of cases. Integrated FileBot format importer to retrieve existing patterns.
JavaScript	Advanced patterns: ternaries, regex, closures, string manipulation. The embedded QuickJS engine is immediate and much faster than FileBot's Java virtual machine. See JavaScript Templates.

Variables available in both modes:

Variable	Description
{title} / title	Media title
{media_kind} / media_kind	Type (movie, episode or anime)
{year} / year	Release year
{season} / season	Season number (zero-padded in tokens)
{episode} / episode	Episode number (zero-padded in tokens)
{absolute_episode} / absolute_episode	Absolute number (anime)
{episode_title} / episode_title	Episode title
{resolution} / resolution	Resolution (1080p, 4K, 720p...)
{source} / source	Source (BluRay, WEB-DL, HDTV...)
{video_codec} / video_codec	Video codec (x265, HEVC, AV1...)
{audio_codec} / audio_codec	Audio codec (DTS-HD, Atmos...)
{dynamic_range} / dynamic_range	Dynamic range (HDR10, DV...)
{bit_depth} / bit_depth	Bit depth (8bit, 10bit...)

Plex friendly

The default preset is calibrated for Plex and Jellyfin. If you change it, verify with your library scanner that the files are still recognized.

DVD / BluRay linear pairing

If you import a disc rip folder (VTS_01_1.VOB, 00001.m2ts, BDMV/STREAM/…), the Studio detects these files and displays a Linear pairing… button in the toolbar.

The workflow:

1. Search for the series in the metadata search bar (TheTVDB / TVmaze)
2. Select the correct candidate and the relevant season
3. (Optional) Start at an episode other than 1 — useful for discs containing the second half of a season
4. (Optional) Filter small fragments (< 50 MB) to ignore DVD menus / intros
5. Click Generate plan — each file (sorted alphabetically) is paired to episode[i] and the current batch is replaced by the result

You then validate via the usual Rename button.

File operations

In Settings → Pipeline, choose what CineRename does when you validate a renaming:

Mode	Effect
Move (default)	Moves the file to the new path / name. Classic behavior.
Copy	Copies the file keeping the original intact. Useful for preserving a seedbox.
Hardlink	Creates a hard link — zero extra bytes on the disk (same filesystem required).
Symlink	Creates a symbolic link — the original is referenced.

For Move, undo via the History restores the original name. For other modes, the original is unchanged so undo simply deletes the created copy / link.

Checksums

Select one or more entries and click Calculate checksums to generate CRC32 / MD5 / SHA-1 / SHA-256 hashes, exportable as a sidecar manifest (.sfv, .md5, .sha1, .sha256). The Verify a manifest… button in the same dialog rereads an existing manifest and flags altered or missing files. See Checksums.

Security

• No disk writes before validation.
• Atomic renaming — if a file cannot be renamed (permissions, name conflict), the operation stops cleanly and nothing is left half-done.
• Conflicts detected — if two files would result in the same output name, CineRename refuses to continue and reports the conflict.

Keyboard shortcuts

Action	Windows / Linux	macOS
Select all	Ctrl + A	Cmd + A
Start renaming	Ctrl + Enter	Cmd + Enter
Clear the list	Ctrl + Backspace	Cmd + Delete
Open Settings	Ctrl + ,	Cmd + ,
Move through the file list	↑ / ↓ / Page Up / Page Down	Same
Select the focused file	Space	Same
Open the focused file review	Enter	Same
Open the focused file menu	Menu or Shift + F10	Same