NOTE While SABnzbd supports a number of ways to rename files, external tools (like Sonarr, Radarr, etc.) allow for much more extensive automated download management. These tools can automatically search, add and handle renaming in almost every possible way!

Overview of available Automation Extensions for SABnzbd.

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Series Sorting

For SABnzbd to know a downloaded nzb is part of a series, it needs to be named in a certain way. SABnzbd requires the show name followed by the episode number and series number in the name of the nzb. It should be either in the format 1x01 (SeriesxEpisode) or S01E01 (SseriesEepisode)

Examples

Show Name - 1x01 - Episode Name.nzb
Show.Name.S01E01.RLS.nzb
ShowName.1x01.nzb
(Note: ShowName1x01.nzb will currently not work due to the support for specials (eg. Sx01))

Episode Names are special in that they only work when separated after the series/episode number with a - such as in
Show Name - 1x01 - Episode Name.nzb

Sorting

Sorting is done using replaceable values such as %sn for the show name.

Key

Meaning	Pattern	Result
Show Name	%sn	Show Name
	%s.n	Show.Name
	%s_n	Show_Name
Season Number	%s	1
	%0s	01
Episode Number	%e	5
	%0e	05
Episode Name	%en	Episode Name
	%e.n	Episode.Name
	%e_n	Episode_Name
File Extension	%ext	avi
Original File Name	%fn	filename
Original Job Name	%dn	foldername
Lower Case	{TEXT}	text

You can use these values to construct any type of path/filename combination, however there are some recommended presets.

Presets

1x01 Season Folder:
%sn/Season %s/%sn - %sx%0e - %en.%ext
Example: Show Name/Season 1/Show Name - 1x05 - Episode Name.mkv

S01E01 Season Folder:
%sn/Season %s/%sn - S%0sE%0e - %en.%ext
Example: Show Name/Season 1/Show Name - S01E05 - Episode Name.mkv

1x01 Individual Episode Folder:
%sn/%sx%0e - %en/%sn - %sx%0e - %en.%ext
Example: Show Name/1x05 - Episode Name/Show Name - 1x05 - Episode Name.mkv

S01E01 Individual Episode Folder:
%sn/S%0sE%0e - %en/%sn - S%0sE%0e - %en.%ext
Example: Show Name/S01E05 - Episode Name/Show Name - S01E05 - Episode Name.mkv

Job Name as Folder Name:
%dn.%ext
Example: Job Name.mkv

If you do not wish for any renaming to be done, just do not include that part of the path, such as instead of:
%sn/Season %s/%sn - S%0sE%0e - %en.%ext
use:
%sn/Season %s

Affected Categories
Control/Shift+Select the categories you want this sorting to be used in.

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Movie Sorting

This sorting will rename large files based on the nzb name. It has support for naming files in a sequence such as CD1/CD2/CD3 A/B/C 1/2/3. Requires categories to be set-up and used.

Key

Meaning	Pattern	Result
Title	%title	Movie Name
	%.title	Movie.Name
	%_title	Movie_Name
Year	%y	2000
Extension	%ext	avi
Decade	%decade	00
	%0decade	2000
Original File Name	%fn	filename
Original Job Name	%dn
Lower Case	{TEXT}	text
Part Number	%1	1

Keep loose downloads in extra folders	If the download file contains an extra folder (such as VIDEO_TS ect), it will not move the final download to the parent folder. If your downloaded jobs do not end up in their own folders, but dumped in a single folder, then enable this. It is basically to stop messy downloads cluttering up your folder full of downloads
Affected Categories	Control/Shift+Select the categories you want this sorting to be used in.
Sort String	The naming to use, and any extra folders for the sorting, see examples below.
Multi-part label	If there is a sequence of files (such as CD1/CD2) what to to insert into sort string before .%ext. The default is " CD%1"(no quotes) which will add " CD1" before the extension for the first CD.

Presets

In folders:
%title (%y)/%title (%y).%ext
CD%1
Example: Movie Name (2000)/Movie Name (2000) CD1.mkv

No folders:
%title (%y).%ext
CD%1
Example: Movie Name (2000) CD1.mkv

Decades 1:
%0decade/%title (%y).%ext
CD%1
Example: 2000/Movie Name (2000) CD1.mkv

Decades 2:
%decade/%title (%y).%ext
CD%1
Example: 00/Movie Name (2000) CD1.mkv

Job Name as Folder Name:
%dn.%ext
Example: Job Name.mkv

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Date Sorting

Date sorting will allow for renaming, and sorting of files that contain dates in their nzb name.

Detection

Supports the following date naming:
MM-DD-YYYY/MM.DD.YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD/YYYY.MM.DD

Eg: Show.Name.12.12.0008.HDTV-RLS.nzb

Key

Meaning	Pattern	Result
Show Name	%t	Show Name
	%.t	Show.Name
	%_t	Show_Name
Year	%y	2009
Month	%m	1
	%0m	01
Day of month	%d	2
	%0d	02
Decade	%decade	00
	%0decade	2000
Original File Name	%fn	filename
Original Job Name	%dn
Lower Case	{TEXT}	text

Affected Categories	Control/Shift+Select the categories you want this sorting to be used in.
Sort String	The naming to use, and any extra folders for the sorting, see examples below.

Presets

Show Name folder:
%t/%t - %y-%0m-%0d - %desc.%ext
Example: Show Name/Show Name - 2009-01-02 - Episode Name.mkv

Year-Month folders:
%y-%0m/%t - %y-%0m-%0d - %desc.%ext
Example: 2009-01/Show Name - 2009-01-02 - Episode Name.mkv

Daily folders:
%y-%0m-%0d/%t - %y-%0m-%0d - %desc.%ext
Example: 2009-01-02/Show Name - 2009-01-02 - Episode Name.mkv

Job Name as Folder Name:
%dn.%ext
Example: Job Name.mkv