I have my TV series organized in three dirs:
* Complete (I have all episodes)
* Incomplete (I'm missing some episodes)
* Running (still running)
Under these dirs, each series has a subdir, with a subdir for each season.
Now, when I scan this structure, what happens is that the scraper picks up on "complete", thinks it's the series "Complete Savages" and don't scan the real series in that dir.
How do I bypass this behavior, without having to have three top level media folders (I want it neat, with one top level dir each for movies, TV, documentaries, porn, music videos, wrestling, et cetera)?
Yes if you really must use those directories there is a way.
create advancedsettings.xml with something like.
Note: Bare in mind when you
include or change advancedsettings XBMC need to be restarted.
Code:
<advancedsettings>
<video>
<excludefromscan>
<regexp>Complete</regexp>
<regexp>Incomplete</regexp>
<regexp>Running</regexp>
</excludefromscan>
</video>
<advancedsettings>
or
Code:
<advancedsettings>
<video>
<excludefromscan>
<regexp>/Complete/</regexp>
<regexp>/Incomplete/</regexp>
<regexp>/Running/</regexp>
</excludefromscan>
</video>
<advancedsettings>
You will need to remove these Complete Savages from library and try.
for more reading see
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Adv...romscan.3E
uNi
Yep, I really need that structure, with som 35 000 episodes, I need order.
Also, I use that structure a lot in my own programs, to automatically find missing episodes and such.
Tried the advancedsettings.xml, but it didn't work. Same result as before. Tried both variants, as well as a <regexp>Complete/</regexp> variant.
Also tried using the <excludetvshowsfromscan>, same result.
Well, that worked so that it found all the shows, but then, as you said, I lost the structure.
Looks like I'll have to bite the bullet and have three top level entries...
Well you could add each folder as a separate source, but you will only get that level of granular control if you use file view for those.
Library will still only care about what it cares about.
uNi
I always use file view anyway. I have a very strict structure which is very helpful to me, and I try to stick to that. That's one reason I threw several other media center solutions out.
That settles this then
add a source for complete another source for incomplete and another source for running, and scrape all, this way you get some art/fanart for the shows in fileview.
And dont use library view then.
If you really want to take things one step further you can add custom menu entries with smart playlists. idk how to do that though.
uNi
I just had a thought... It is possible to change the content settings on the sub-folders in a source, so something like this should work:
Add the top level folder as source, set content as 'none'.
Highlight the Complete folder inside the source, press 'c' or right-click to bring up the context menu, select Change content, and change the content to TV shows. Let it update.
Rinse, repeat for Incomplete and Running.
...I think that should work.
Just set content on each of the three and scan. You can then browse by file along with all the pretty metadata should you wish to have the categories, else you could create smartplaylists/filter nodes for Frodo if you want library views of the same.
Quote:I just had a thought... It is possible to change the content settings on the sub-folders in a source, so something like this should work:
Add the top level folder as source, set content as 'none'.
Highlight the Complete folder inside the source, press 'c' or right-click to bring up the context menu, select Change content, and change the content to TV shows. Let it update.
Rinse, repeat for Incomplete and Running.
Thanks, worked like a charm. You are now my hero!