ImageGrab Lite & Episode Names & XBMC

[smajor]

That's correct. Should I not use the --rename and just use --nfo then? That will "fix" XBMC's ability to determine the proper series name, but will it be able to then determine the episode name with the way NPVR names recordings? I just want to make sure we're on the same page:

Code:

2014-01-06 23:27:02.754    [DEBUG][1]    Changing Castle * to Castle (2009)

^ IGL doing this just fine.

Code:

R:\RECORDINGS\Castle\Castle (2009).S06E11.Under Fire

^ Directory looks like this. XBMC is keying off the directory name "Castle" and getting the series for its database wrong.

If I just use --nfo it will look like:

Code:

R:\RECORDINGS\Castle\Castle_20140106_22012300.ts

^ XBMC will get the series correct, will it be able to decipher the episode name like this?

Ideally, we could do an NFO *and* rename -OR- rename the directory so that XBMC sees it correctly e.g.

Code:

R:\RECORDINGS\Castle (2009)\Castle (2009).S06E11.Under Fire

Does this make sense?

The same happens if you record "Battlestar Galactica (2003)" since there was the original series "Battlestar Galactica" in the 70s.

[smajor]

Is you livetv buffer also R:\RECORDINGS\

Martin

No, it is C:\temp

[smajor]

One more point. This only happens with series that have had a previous series name years before. NPVR makes its directories based off the show name and usually XBMC can deal with this IF there never has been more than one series with the same name.

The sticky part happens when the newest show is denoted with a year in parenthesis by TheTVDb. Shows that have problems in this situation that I've seen are "Battlestar Galactica (2003)", "Castle (2009)", "Once Upon a Time (2011)", "Doctor Who (2005)" and "The Newsroom (2012)". NPVR would name each show directory without the year causing XBMC to not find it, or in the case of Battlestar Galactica, actually list the 2003 version's season one episodes as the original series episode names!

[mvallevand]

See section 2 http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=NFO_files/TV_shows this is what iGL does.

Martin

[mvallevand]

And here is how mine looks after scanning note K:\Castle for the folder

XBMC.log shows as

23:45:26 T:10296 DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 16, from xbmc, message OnUpdate
23:45:27 T:10296 DEBUG: scraper: NfoUrl returned <url cache="83462-en.xml">http://thetvdb.com/api/1D62F2F90030C444/series/83462/all/en.zip</url><id>83462</id>
23:45:27 T:10296 DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Found matching URL NFO file: K:\Castle\tvshow.nfo
23:45:27 T:10296 DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Fetching url 'http://thetvdb.com/api/1D62F2F90030C444/series/83462/all/en.zip' using The TVDB scraper (content: 'tvshows')
...

Martin

[smajor]

Thanks, I understand that is what it does for the TVShow info.

What is still not clear to me, which I've asked twice, is if the recorded episode is NOT renamed, can XBMC then determine the specific episode info too since it will have the NPVR name: Castle_20140106_22012300.ts

I'll just give it a go and see what happens.

[mvallevand]

Feel free to use just --nfo for XBMC if you'd like you can even do that in pre-processing because it should have the appropriate episode info (I don't test that though). I personally like files renamed so that when I look at files in the video library in NextPVR they are ordered in a meaningful manner. There is no harm in having both.

Martin

[smajor]

Feel free to use just --nfo for XBMC if you'd like you can even do that in pre-processing because it should have the appropriate episode info (I don't test that though). I personally like files renamed so that when I look at files in the video library in NextPVR they are ordered in a meaningful manner. There is no harm in having both.

Martin

I'd like both, both, but if IGL finds a match with the --rename flag it doesn't create the NFO. Which causes problems with the series using (yearnamehere) in their titles.

I did a test recording with just the --nfo and it answered my question: an nfo is created for both the series name and the episode, so this should solve my problem. I did this in post-processing which worked just fine.

[mvallevand]

I'd like both, both, but if IGL finds a match with the --rename flag it doesn't create the NFO. Which causes problems with the series using (yearnamehere) in their titles.

It works as designed for me (ie both work) but if you are happy no problem.

Martin

[mvallevand]

I thought about it and the --nfo design was to create the nfo in pre processing and then the --nfo option in post processing didn't delete it. I will update the wiki with something that creates the required tvshow.nfo file when it is renamed in post-processing.

Martin