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The MKV Episode Matcher is a tool for identifying TV series episodes from MKV files and renaming the files accordingly.

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MKV Episode Matcher

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Automatically match and rename your MKV TV episodes using The Movie Database (TMDb).

Features

  • 🎯 Automatic Episode Matching: Uses TMDb and OpenSubtitles to accurately identify episodes
  • 🔊 Speech Recognition: Uses OpenAI Whisper for accurate episode identification
  • ⬇️ Subtitle Downloads: Integration with OpenSubtitles
  • Bulk Processing: Handle entire seasons at once
  • 🧪 Dry Run Mode: Test changes before applying

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.9-3.12
  • FFmpeg installed and available in system PATH
  • TMDb API key (optional, for subtitle downloads)
  • OpenSubtitles account (optional, for subtitle downloads)

Quick Start

  1. Install the package:
pip install -U mkv-episode-matcher
  1. Run onboarding to set up your configuration (first-time users or to update credentials):
mkv-match --onboard
  • You will be prompted for:
    • TMDb API key (for episode matching)
    • OpenSubtitles API key, Consumer Name, Username, and Password (for subtitle downloads)
    • Show Directory (main directory of your show)
  • If a config value already exists, you can accept the default or enter a new value.
  1. a. If you setup the TMDb and Opensubtitles credentials above, automatically fetch subtitles with the --get-subs flag. b. Alternatively, manually download .srt subtitles files to ~/.mkv-episode-matcher/cache/data/Show Name/

  2. Run on your show directory:

mkv-match --show-dir "path/to/your/show"

Onboarding & Configuration

The onboarding process will prompt you for all required configuration values if you run with --onboard or if no config file exists. You can re-run onboarding at any time to update your credentials or show directory.

Required information:

  • TMDb API key (for episode matching)
  • OpenSubtitles API key (for subtitle downloads)
  • OpenSubtitles Consumer Name (for subtitle downloads)
  • OpenSubtitles Username (for subtitle downloads)
  • OpenSubtitles Password (for subtitle downloads)
  • Show Directory (main directory of your show)

If a value already exists, it will be shown as the default and you can accept it or enter a new value.

Directory Structure

MKV Episode Matcher expects your TV shows to be organized as follows:

Show Name/
├── Season 1/
│   ├── episode1.mkv
│   ├── episode2.mkv
├── Season 2/
│   ├── episode1.mkv
│   └── episode2.mkv

Reference Subtitle File Structure

Subtitle files that are not automatically downloaded using the --get-subs flag should be named as follows:


~/.mkv-episode-matcher/cache/data/Show Name/
├── Show Name - S01E01.srt
├── Show Name - S01E02.srt
└── ...

On Windows, the cache directory is located at C:\Users\{username}\.mkv-episode-matcher\cache\data\

Reference subtitle files should follow this naming pattern: {show_name} - S{season:02d}E{episode:02d}.srt

Contributing

  1. Fork the repository
  2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
  5. Open a Pull Request

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

Acknowledgments

  • TMDb for their excellent API
  • OpenSubtitles for subtitle integration
  • All contributors who have helped improve this project

Documentation

Full documentation is available at https://jsakkos.github.io/mkv-episode-matcher/

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for a detailed list of changes.

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