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Hi -

I have Windows Mediacenter (with Win7) recording a bunch of TV shows all to a drive on the MCE box. I then convert all the WTV files to DVR-MS files so they can be played back from other systems like XBMC Live.

Is there a TV Scraper that can scan the share where the DVR-MS files are stored and properly import them to the TV library?

I've tried all the default TV scrapers in default XBMC Live.

The following are examples of File name formats:

05/31/2010 01:58 AM 910,127,076 Caillou_TREEC_2010_05_27_12_58_00.dvr-ms
05/08/2010 05:06 PM 2,303,478,346 CSI- Miami_ARTSC_2010_05_03_16_00_00.dvr-ms
05/08/2010 05:14 PM 2,419,024,397 CSI- Miami_CFTO_2010_05_03_20_00_00.dvr-ms
05/10/2010 09:03 PM 2,418,952,516 CSI- Miami_CFTO_2010_05_10_20_00_01.dvr-ms
05/17/2010 11:39 PM 2,496,875,007 CSI- Miami_CFTO_2010_05_17_19_58_00.dvr-ms
05/08/2010 05:17 PM 2,415,807,350 CSI- Miami_SHCASEC_2010_05_04_02_00_05.dvr-ms
05/28/2010 03:15 AM 2,464,415,744 CSI- Miami_SHCASEC_2010_05_28_01_58_00.wtv
05/31/2010 11:03 PM 2,457,553,309 CSI- Miami_WIVB_2010_05_31_21_59_00.dvr-ms
05/31/2010 02:00 AM 1,613,728,132 ER_CKVR_2010_05_27_13_58_00.dvr-ms
05/31/2010 02:12 AM 1,691,651,962 ER_CKVR_2010_05_28_13_58_00.dvr-ms
05/31/2010 05:13 PM 1,612,739,878 ER_CKVR_2010_05_31_13_58_00.dvr-ms
05/29/2010 09:10 PM 2,828,009,472 Flashpoint_WIVB_2010_05_29_20_00_01.wtv
05/29/2010 10:47 PM 2,969,829,376 Flashpoint_WIVB_2010_05_29_21_00_00.wtv
05/08/2010 05:01 PM 1,571,765,023 Gene Simmons Family Jewels_ARTSC_2010_05_02_21_30_00.dvr-ms
05/08/2010 04:49 PM 1,524,645,485 Gene Simmons Family Jewels_ARTSC_2010_05_02_22_58_00.dvr-ms
05/08/2010 04:51 PM 1,619,607,073 Gene Simmons Family Jewels_ARTSC_2010_05_02_23_30_00.dvr-ms
05/31/2010 03:45 PM 1,570,776,918 Gene Simmons Family Jewels_MOMUSIC_2010_05_31_15_00_00.dvr-ms
05/28/2010 01:17 AM 2,922,381,312 Grey's Anatomy_CKVR_2010_05_27_20_58_00.wtv
05/31/2010 11:03 PM 3,145,809,216 Grey's Anatomy_WKBW_2010_04_08_20_58_00.dvr-ms
05/31/2010 11:03 PM 3,145,873,982 Grey's Anatomy_WKBW_2010_04_15_20_58_00.dvr-ms

Any idea what might work to import these ino the library?

Thanks,
Xinud

Bumping up...

Does anyone have a recommended scraper or configuration to capture in a Library (TV SHOWS) the series recordings being made from a Windows Mediacenter?

I would like to use XBMC as my ultimate media player (Videos, Movies, Pictures, etc) but TV recorded from MCE is the last mile for me.

How to effectively display a library (as opposed to file listing) of recordings is my challenge? Any previous victories I can learn from?

Thx
X

Clearly you don't grasp how the scrappers work. File format is irrelevant, they all use filenames, but since MediaCenter gives it's recordings ribbushing filenames, no scrapper will be ever able to import MediaCenter recordings. Your options are.

1. Make you own plugin that somehow talks to MediaCenter directly (HA, good luck)
2. Remove the recording from MediaCenter manually and change their names manually (eg ShowName.S01E01).

I found this tool was pretty close to what you are looking for...

http://dvrmsrenamer.codeplex.com/

You will get files mostly renamed (show name folders might be needed), although it seems like a bit of tinkering is still needed.

This will at least convert the file names to S01E01 and this is a file pattern the default scrapers should pick up.

YMMV