template

set template <format>

Sets the format used to construct filenames for output video files. This format string may contain the following substitution variables:

program

The name of the program the episode belongs to

id

The output of the id_template setting. This typically contains the season number and episode number

season

The number of the season the episode belongs to

name

The name of the episode itself

now

The current date and time

ext

The extension of the selected file format (“mp4” or “mkv”)

Each of these substitution variables use the Python format-string syntax. After a separating “:” (colon), additional fields may be specified customizing the output. The following table shows several example values for this field, and the resulting output for Red Dwarf episode 2 of season 3, “Marooned”, assuming id_template is set to its default of {season}x{episode:02d}:

Value	Output
{program} - {id} - {name}.{ext}	Red Dwarf - 3x02 - Marooned.mp4
{program}/Season {season}/{id} - {name}.{ext}	Red Dwarf/Season 3/3x02 - Marooned.mp4

See also id_template, output_format, target