To have GuessIt try to guess some information from a filename, just run it as a command:
$ guessit "Movies/Dark City (1998)/Dark.City.(1998).DC.BDRip.720p.DTS.X264-CHD.mkv"
For: Movies/Dark City (1998)/Dark.City.(1998).DC.BDRip.720p.DTS.X264-CHD.mkv
GuessIt found: {
[1.00] "videoCodec": "h264",
[1.00] "container": "mkv",
[1.00] "format": "BluRay",
[0.60] "title": "Dark City",
[1.00] "releaseGroup": "CHD",
[1.00] "screenSize": "720p",
[1.00] "year": 1998,
[1.00] "type": "movie",
[1.00] "audioCodec": "DTS"
}
The numbers between square brackets indicate the confidence in the value, so for instance in the previous example, GuessIt is sure that the videoCodec is h264, but only 60% confident that the title is ‘Dark City’.
You can use the -v or --verbose flag to have it display debug information.
You can use the -p or -l flags to display the properties names or the multiple values they can take.
You can also run a --demo mode which will run a few tests and display the results.
By default, GuessIt will try to autodetect the type of file you are asking it to guess, movie or episode. If you want to force one of those, use the -t movie or -t episode flags.
If input file is remote file or a release name with no folder and extension, you should use the -n or --name-only flag. It will disable folder and extension parsing, and any concrete file related analysis.
Guessit also allows you to specify the type of information you want using the -i or --info flag:
$ guessit -i hash_md5,hash_sha1,hash_ed2k tests/dummy.srt
For: tests/dummy.srt
GuessIt found: {
[1.00] "hash_ed2k": "ed2k://|file|dummy.srt|44|1CA0B9DED3473B926AA93A0A546138BB|/",
[1.00] "hash_md5": "e781de9b94ba2753a8e2945b2c0a123d",
[1.00] "hash_sha1": "bfd18e2f4e5d59775c2bc14d80f56971891ed620"
}
You can see the list of options that guessit.py accepts like that:
$ guessit -h
Usage: guessit.py [options] file1 [file2...]
Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --verbose display debug output
-p, --properties Display properties that can be guessed.
-l, --values Display property values that can be guessed.
-s, --transformers Display transformers that can be used.
-i INFO, --info=INFO the desired information type: filename, hash_mpc or a
hash from python's hashlib module, such as hash_md5,
hash_sha1, ...; or a list of any of them, comma-
separated
-n, --name-only Parse files as name only. Disable folder parsing,
extension parsing, and file content analysis.
-t TYPE, --type=TYPE the suggested file type: movie, episode. If undefined,
type will be guessed.
-a, --advanced display advanced information for filename guesses, as
json output
-y, --yaml display information for filename guesses as yaml
output (like unit-test)
-d, --demo run a few builtin tests instead of analyzing a file