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Desisuperman · 2011-06-22, 01:34

I have a tv show that's backed on to discs into iso files. How can I open them with XBMC? I'm operating on Windows 7 Pro. I've googled it and combed through the forums but can't find any info on this. Any info i find is from an older version of xbmc.

Thanks in advance for your input and advice Smile

wes paich · 2011-06-22, 03:34

iso should play fine. my whole library is iso files. are you running a recent build?

**ashlar** · 2011-06-22, 12:52

Desisuperman, if you access the ISOs as files it's enough to select them as you normally do for whatever video file.

If you want them in your library (it's a TV show), I copy from the wiki:

Multi-part Episodes
Handling of multi-part episodes (two part episodes in one file, multiple episodes in DVD images, etc.) is supported. The first matched tvshowmatching regexp and "[-EeXx]+([0-9]+)" will be repeatedly applied against a file name until no more seasons or episodes are found.
This allows for file names such as
foo_s01e01e02e03_s02e01e02
foo104-05-06-201-02
foo1x07x08x09

http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=TV_Shows

**spiff** · 2011-06-22, 12:58

note that we can only play dvd (and in master - bd) iso's. not data cd isos.

**ashlar** · 2011-06-22, 18:13

Oh, spiff is right as usual... the ISOs need to be DVD-Video ISOs. Otherwise what's the point in keeping ISOs if they are just a backup of separate files... Huh

Desisuperman · 2011-06-23, 09:31

hrmm ok.. i tired accessing the files through the library and nothing happens when i click on the files. I am using a recent build. I will try other iso files and see if it makes a difference. it maybe an issue specific to the iso i'm trying to access. i will report back with my findings.

**ashlar** · 2011-06-23, 15:46

Desisuperman... are these ISOs ripped DVDs or are they simple copies of files you put on a DVD? If it's the latter, XBMC does not support it. If you want a single file container you can use RAR... although I've never understood the point in that.

Desisuperman · 2011-09-27, 19:14

just to update i have tried other iso's and it works fine. i was trying to play Arrested Development in an ISO format (disck1, 2, 3) and for whatever reason nothing would happen when i tried playing it.

srj1209 · 2013-01-20, 17:18

(2011-06-22, 12:52)ashlar Wrote: @ashlar
Multi-part Episodes
Handling of multi-part episodes (two part episodes in one file, multiple episodes in DVD images, etc.) is supported. The first matched tvshowmatching regexp and "[-EeXx]+([0-9]+)" will be repeatedly applied against a file name until no more seasons or episodes are found.
This allows for file names such as
foo_s01e01e02e03_s02e01e02
foo104-05-06-201-02
foo1x07x08x09

http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=TV_Shows

I have a problem and need advice. I use XBMC Eden and have an entire tv series as iso. I have them as foo.season1.d1.1, foo.season1.d1.2, foo.season1.d2.1.. and so on. I use VLC as the media player as it plays the iso images outside XBMC. Problems I face -
1. I see the iso for the disks in XBMC but when I click on a image, it shows "external player active. click OK when done". May be it is starting VLC. But I cannot see or hear anything. Does this need any special setup to play ISOs inside XBMC?
2. Downloading fanart - I tried to get fan art for this series through thetvdb.com and nothing is available. Is there a way (instructions) I can get the fanart and update manually?