Media\Show Directory

[mvallevand]

Sub, would it be possible to create a PluginHelperFactory() function to normalize filenames for storing to the Media\Show folder. Using this there would be a consistent way to write and look files in the folder?

Some of the things I would like it to do,

- ToLower();
- parse out invalid path and filename characters.
- remove trailing "®"
- TrimEnd(' ');
- Replace(" and ", " & ");

Marti

[whurlston]

This will normalize filenames by removing invalid characters and trimming whitespaces from the start and end:

Code:

private static string FixedFilename(string inString)
        {
            while (inString.IndexOfAny(System.IO.Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars()) != -1)
            {
                inString = inString.Remove(inString.IndexOfAny(System.IO.Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars()), 1);
            }
            return inString.Trim();
        }

[mvallevand]

Yes, I have something similar, but I was hoping sub could provide something a bit more functional.

Martin

[whurlston]

I really need to just start prefixing my posts with "Workaround" so you can ignore them.

[mvallevand]

No it's very good for discussion. I am not even sure if sub support's the Trim() so it's worth getting the points out there so he can correct us (or provide a helper)

Martin

[mvallevand]

I'm bumping this thread because I'm not still quite sure what logic is used. A Canadian show "Dragons' Den" appears as "Dragons Den" in NextPVR even though the apostrophe is valid in files and folders.

Martin

[mvallevand]

Bumped again almost a year later for the same reason, NextPVR removes the apostrophe in "Under the Dome: Inside Chester's Mill" Sub do you know if there are other valid path/file characters that you exclude?

Martin

[pkscout]

Yea, I noticed that with Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. too.

[sub]

It's a little difficult for me to check at the moment. I'm out of the country for a couple of weeks.

From memory there is a dozen or so special characters removed from the recording directory name when creating a recording, which ultimately leads to the name it looks for in media\shows. ie %<>|.?*`'\" etc.

[mvallevand]

That's a good memory there are three allowed characters `, ', and % and of course the pesky ellipsis which is removed but really just not valid at the os level the end of the directory.

Are you in New York and did you bring us this heat wave? Last winter it was the cold snap.

Martin