How do i fix The system cannot find the file specified

Question

i have a lop of video file and rename them so they look better e.g "show name s01e01" rather than "showname.s01e01.ggeeewg.mp4" so i created a program that could do it quicker than doing it by hand. code below

import os
import fnmatch
import time

file_path = 'C:\\Users\\Selene\\Videos\\Foundation\\Season 1 - Copy\\'
files_to_rename = fnmatch.filter(os.listdir(file_path), '*')

def season1():
    chose = input(" 1 for quality removed, 2 for . removed, 3 for .mkv, 4 for capital S")
    if chose == "1":
        season1_1()
    elif chose == "2":
        season1_2()
    elif chose == "3":
        season1_3()
    elif chose == "4":
        season1_4()

def season1_1():
    for file_name in files_to_rename:
        os.rename(file_path + file_name, file_path + file_name.replace('.2160p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.HDR.HEVC-CasStudio', ''))
    print("done")
    season1()

def season1_2():
    for file_name in files_to_rename:
        os.rename(file_path + file_name, file_path + file_name.replace('.', ' '))
    season1()

def season1_3():
    for file_name in files_to_rename:
        os.rename(file_path + file_name, file_path + file_name.replace(' mkv', '.mkv'))
    season1()

def season1_4():
    for file_name in files_to_rename:
        os.rename(file_path + file_name, file_path + file_name.replace('s01e', 'S05E'))
    season1()


season1()

But after i do the first rename i get the error "The system cannot find the file specified. i think this is because the loaded file list is no longer the same but i could be wrong. how do i fix this error do i need to reload the directory. Error code below

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Selene\Documents\FileRename\main.py", line 41, in <module>
    season1()
  File "C:\Users\Selene\Documents\FileRename\main.py", line 11, in season1
    season1_1()
  File "C:\Users\Selene\Documents\FileRename\main.py", line 23, in season1_1
    season1()
  File "C:\Users\Selene\Documents\FileRename\main.py", line 13, in season1
    season1_2()
  File "C:\Users\Selene\Documents\FileRename\main.py", line 27, in season1_2
    os.rename(file_path + file_name, file_path + file_name.replace('.', ' '))
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified: 'C:\\Users\\Selene\\Videos\\Foundation\\Season 1 - Copy\\Foundation.S01E01.The.Emperors.Peace.2160p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.HDR.HEVC-CasStudio.mkv' -> 'C:\\Users\\Selene\\Videos\\Foundation\\Season 1 - Copy\\Foundation S01E01 The Emperors Peace 2160p ATVP WEB-DL DDP5 1 HDR HEVC-CasStudio mkv'

After calling `season1_1()`, all of the files have been renamed, so the `files_to_rename` list isn't valid anymore. You need to regenerate this list before calling the other functions. — John Gordon, Mar 11 '22 at 22:25
how would i do that. would i add in "files_to_rename = fnmatch.filter(os.listdir(file_path), '*')" to each def. — Selene, Mar 20 '22 at 07:01

How do i fix The system cannot find the file specified

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