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RE: [RELEASE] [MOD] AniDB.net scrapers for TV shows and Movies - ehquestions77 - 2018-01-18

Seeing as this is the only anidb scraper i could find anywhere. Any reason why this is not in the official repository?


RE: [RELEASE] [MOD] AniDB.net scrapers for TV shows and Movies - olympia - 2018-01-18

can someone send me a folder/file structure I can test this scraper with? Then I will have a look if we can add this to the official repo.


RE: [RELEASE] [MOD] AniDB.net scrapers for TV shows and Movies - ZERO <ibis> - 2018-01-19

I can try when I have some time you can also do this:

1) Create a folder called Planetes
2) Inside the Planetes folder create a file called "tvshow.nfo" with the contents: aid=895
3) Inside the Planetes folder create a file called "Planetes s01e01.mkv"
4) Scrap Planetes with anidb scrapper.

You can also do the same with any other show on anidb.net to get the aid value just look at the end of the url when viewing an anime on their website. You can use the above method to create as many shows and series for testing as you need.

The problem you will find right away if you test with lets say more than 25 shows and guaranteed if your trying to scrap a few hundred is you will get banned from anidb without my previously posted edits. You will not get any notice that you have been banned other than shows not scrapping and when you check the cache log from the scrapper you will find banned. Once you are unbanned (after an hour) if you try to scrap the shows it will still not work because the cache files need to be manually deleted first.


RE: [RELEASE] [MOD] AniDB.net scrapers for TV shows and Movies - olympia - 2018-01-19

So this scraper doesn't find the series at all in its own and needs to be fed by tvshow.nfo in each case?


RE: [RELEASE] [MOD] AniDB.net scrapers for TV shows and Movies - ZERO <ibis> - 2018-01-19

No, but many anime have multiple series with almost the exact same name so in instances such as that it can case issues. Such shows will often error out or not get scrapped or get scrapped incorrectly. If you are trying to scrap hundreds of shows it is easier to just create the simple tvshow.nfo file for each show than scrap each manually. This also resolves issues of ever needing to re scrap a show.

Here are some examples of anime show names:
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o!
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! 2
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! Kono Subarashii Choker ni Shukufuku o!
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! 2: Kono Subarashii Geijutsu ni Shukufuku o!

Now I believe the scrapper does have fixes for popular shows like this where it can auto correct but you also need to remember that some of those shows could have also been names any of the following by users:
Konosuba: God`s Blessing on This Wonderful World!
konosuba
konosuba OAD 2
konosuba OAD
Konosuba: God`s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 2
konosuba 2

I have even seen series where people do not generally agree on the spelling of the title. Or take Gintama and Gintama' those are two different series. Also as you may have noticed above series titles in anime like to use : which can not appear in file names. Having needed to scrap hundreds of series and do so multiple times I can assume you having a system that works 100% of the time in every case is preferred and the only way it ever works is by creating that tvshow.nfo file. Even if you were scrapping shows individually would you rather be given a prompt to select the correct option and prey you select the correct thing or just have the tvshow.nfo file and be done with it.

I can say that generally you can scrap without the tvshow.nfo file. However, once you run into an issue you are going to want to use it and that that point you were better off just using it to start with and save your self the trouble. I suppose you can say that if you want to scrap over 100 shows it is recommended but less than that if you do not really watch much anime it does not matter. The problem comes up when you have massive collections and get one series that did not scrap or scrapped incorrectly, trying to find it can be difficult and it takes less time to just do the tvshow.nfo method.

Also I do recall in rare cases the show title actually being changed on anidb after there was what I can assume to be some big issue back in japan about the spelling of the title or how they wanted it. In some cases there can be a lot of back and forth from the studio as to what the official title of the show is when written in romaji.

There can also be instances where the only difference between two different shows is an illegal character in file names so you got to name it something else and then it is just not going to scrap without tvshow.nfo

Lastly, sometimes users want to title the show something other than the exact official title and the only way around this is to use the tvshow.nfo file as this will act as an override.

The tvshow.nfo thing popped up a long time ago:
(2013-01-26, 23:58)ZERO <ibis> Wrote: Feature suggestion.

To aid in preforming a full db update from scratch without needing any additional human input I propose the detection of a .txt file or something that can hard link a folder to a particular series.

For example a series like K instead of just relying on the title of the folder the scrapper can look for a file called anidb.txt and read the first line for a9043

The scrapper would then know that the data in this folder is for a9043 making scrapping 100% successful at finding the correct series.

Is there any way to implement such a feature where as we would have the "adi" declared from our file system directly as to ensure that the scrapper always gets it right 100% of the time?
 
(2013-01-27, 00:09)scudlee Wrote: This is already possible. Just create a file called tvshow.nfo (exactly that, don't replace "tvshow" with the title of the show) and place in it "aid=9043". Technically, you should include the entire URL to the page on AniDB.net, but only the "aid=..." part is searched for. That will short-cut the title search and jump straight to getting the details for that show, regardless of the folder name.

Check the wiki for details.
 
(2013-01-27, 01:57)ZERO <ibis> Wrote: Cool, I will try that method in the future

If you read the thread starting from one of the quotes above you can get some insight into why many of us started using the tvshow.nfo method.


RE: [RELEASE] [MOD] AniDB.net scrapers for TV shows and Movies - Karellen - 2018-01-19

The link in the previous post goes to import-export.

In case others are looking for instructions on the tvshow.nfo option, it is a parsing nfo located here... http://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files


RE: [RELEASE] [MOD] AniDB.net scrapers for TV shows and Movies - nightblanket - 2018-01-20

So I have been trying to use the tvshows.nfo solution from this thread and created an .nfo file containing the aid of a show used for test

The contents of the tvshow.nfo file is:
Code:
aid=13259

Then I went into the system and refreshed the episode list for the unrecognised folder and it recognised the series (new one) however nothing was returned.  After looking into the debug log I found that the aid was being lost after 19:23:44.031 T:15272, since subsquent requests (see 19:23:44.032 T:14280) returns no ID in the chain function call and all anidb.net url are missing the aid?  Does anybody know how I can fix this?

Debug log from the important section:
Code:
19:23:44.031 T:15272   DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Found matching URL NFO file: smb://terra3-vault/anime/(active)/Darling in the FranXX/tvshow.nfo
19:23:44.031 T:15272   DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Fetching url 'http://api.anidb.net:9001/httpapi?request=anime&client=xbmcscrap&clientver=1&protover=1&aid=13259' using AniDB.net [MOD] scraper (content: 'tvshows')
19:23:44.031 T:14280   DEBUG: Thread VideoInfoDownloader start, auto delete: false
19:23:44.031 T:14280   DEBUG: ADDON::CScraper::GetVideoDetails: Reading movie 'http://api.anidb.net:9001/httpapi?request=anime&client=xbmcscrap&clientver=1&protover=1&aid=13259' using AniDB.net [MOD] scraper (file: 'C:\Users\<edited>\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\metadata.tvshows.anidb.net.mod', content: 'tvshows', version: '2.4.0')
19:23:44.032 T:14280   DEBUG: scraper: GetDetails returned <details><url function="GetPersonalAnimeMapping" cache="pers-anime-list.xml">https://<editedsite>/anidb/pers-anime-list.xml</url><url function="LoadAnimeMapping" cache="anime-list.xml">https://raw.github.com/ScudLee/anime-lists/master/anime-list.xml</url><chain function="GetIDByIDChain"></chain><chain function="GetTitleByIDChain"></chain><chain function="GetOriginalTitleByIDChain"></chain><chain function="GetStartDateByIDChain"></chain><chain function="GetRatingByIDChain"></chain><chain function="GetGenresByIDChain"></chain><chain function="GetPlotByIDChain"></chain><chain function="GetCastByIDChain"></chain><chain function="GetWritersByIDChain"></chain><chain function="GetDirectorsByIDChain"></chain><chain function="GetStudiosByIDChain"></chain><chain function="GetArtworkByIDChain"></chain><chain function="GetTVArtworkByIDChain"></chain><episodeguide><url gzip="yes" cache=".xml">http://api.anidb.net:9001/httpapi?request=anime&client=xbmcscrap&clientver=1&protover=1&aid=</url></episodeguide></details>
19:23:44.032 T:14280   DEBUG: scraper: GetPersonalAnimeMapping returned <details></details>
19:23:44.040 T:14280   DEBUG: scraper: LoadAnimeMapping returned <details><url function="PrepareTVDBSearch" cache=".xml">&</url></details>
19:23:44.040 T:14280   DEBUG: scraper: PrepareTVDBSearch returned <details><url function="CheckTVDBResults" cache="tvdb-s-.xml">http://www.thetvdb.com/api/GetSeries.php?seriesname=</url></details>
19:23:44.041 T:14280   DEBUG: scraper: CheckTVDBResults returned <details><chain function="TVDBSearchLoop">&</chain></details>
19:23:44.041 T:14280   DEBUG: scraper: TVDBSearchLoop returned <details></details>
19:23:44.041 T:14280   DEBUG: scraper: GetIDByIDChain returned <details><id></id></details>
19:23:44.041 T:14280   DEBUG: scraper: GetTitleByIDChain returned <details><url function="ParseTitle" gzip="yes" cache=".xml">http://api.anidb.net:9001/httpapi?request=anime&client=xbmcscrap&clientver=1&protover=1&aid=</url></details>
19:23:44.041 T:14280   DEBUG: scraper: ParseTitle returned <details></details>
19:23:44.042 T:14280   DEBUG: scraper: GetOriginalTitleByIDChain returned <details><url function="ParseOriginalTitle" gzip="yes" cache=".xml">http://api.anidb.net:9001/httpapi?request=anime&client=xbmcscrap&clientver=1&protover=1&aid=</url></details>
19:23:44.042 T:14280   DEBUG: scraper: ParseOriginalTitle returned <details></details>
19:23:44.042 T:14280   DEBUG: scraper: GetStartDateByIDChain returned <details><url function="ParseStartDate" gzip="yes" cache=".xml">http://api.anidb.net:9001/httpapi?request=anime&client=xbmcscrap&clientver=1&protover=1&aid=</url></details>
19:23:44.042 T:14280   DEBUG: scraper: ParseStartDate returned <details></details>
19:23:44.042 T:14280   DEBUG: scraper: GetRatingByIDChain returned <details><url function="ParseRating" gzip="yes" cache=".xml">http://api.anidb.net:9001/httpapi?request=anime&client=xbmcscrap&clientver=1&protover=1&aid=</url></details>
19:23:44.043 T:14280   DEBUG: scraper: ParseRating returned <details></details>
19:23:44.043 T:14280   DEBUG: scraper: GetGenresByIDChain returned <details><url function="ParseGenres" gzip="yes" cache=".xml">http://api.anidb.net:9001/httpapi?request=anime&client=xbmcscrap&clientver=1&protover=1&aid=</url></details>
19:23:44.045 T:14280   DEBUG: could not parse input XML
19:23:44.045 T:14280   DEBUG: XSLT: xslt transformation failed
19:23:44.045 T:14280   DEBUG: could not parse input XML
19:23:44.045 T:14280   DEBUG: XSLT: xslt transformation failed

Additional I did notice that the name of the series is missing from the list so I also created a personal anime list and enabled it in the pulg-in, it's contents was:
xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<anime-list>
  <anime anidbid="13259" tvdbid="337017" defaulttvdbseason="1">
    <name>Darling in the FranXX</name>    
  </anime>
</anime-list>

I thought that since it wasn't on the list it wouldn't be recognised and that could cause the issue however still no luck.

Any thoughts? Any illumination will be helpful and also if you need the full debug log please let me know.


RE: [RELEASE] [MOD] AniDB.net scrapers for TV shows and Movies - ZERO &lt;ibis&gt; - 2018-01-23

did you clear your cache after adding the tvshow.nfo file?

I tested and it worked for me.
I created a folder named "Darling in the Franxx"
created a txt file and renamed it to Darling in the Franxx s01e01.mkv
created a txt file with the content aid=13259 and then renamed it to tvshow.nfo
successfully scrapped the show without issue.

Also I got to pickup that show now, very interested to see where Nishigori Atsushi takes this...


RE: [RELEASE] [MOD] AniDB.net scrapers for TV shows and Movies - Kuenaimaku - 2018-01-24

Just ran into this after happily using the scraper for a long time without issue, until this new season. Yuru Camp isn't being scanned in. I've checked the xml file in the cache for the show and it exists - and it can find the episode, but it seems to not find the information for it..

For the parser, i'm using the aniadd.jar file with the minified settings from the first page. I also have the advancedsettings.xml set.

I haven't dug deep into the debug logs, but should the api url be missing the anime id? here's the debug log.


Code:

22:26:34.215 T:4692  NOTICE: Starting Kodi (17.4 Git:20170822-7fc6da0). Platform: Windows NT x86 32-bit
22:26:34.215 T:4692  NOTICE: Using Release Kodi x32 build
22:26:34.215 T:4692  NOTICE: Kodi compiled Aug 22 2017 by MSVC 190024215 for Windows NT x86 32-bit version 10.0 (0x0A000000)
22:26:34.215 T:4692  NOTICE: Running on Windows 10, kernel: Windows NT x86 64-bit version 10.0
...
22:34:47.974 T:4716   DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 16, from xbmc, message OnScanStarted
22:34:47.980 T:14488   DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Scanning dir 'F:\Videos\TV Shows\Yuru Camp\' as not in the database
22:34:47.981 T:14488   DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Found episode match F:\Videos\TV Shows\Yuru Camp\Yuru Camp - 01 - Mount Fuji and Curry Noodles [HorribleSubs][www][1280x720][h264][D1ABFBC2].mkv (s1e1) [ - ()(\d+)((?:-\d+)*)(?:v\d+)? - [^\\/]*$]
22:34:47.981 T:14488   DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Found episode match F:\Videos\TV Shows\Yuru Camp\Yuru Camp - 02 - Welcome to the Outdoor Activities Club! [HorribleSubs][www][1280x720][h264][41660B74].mkv (s1e2) [ - ()(\d+)((?:-\d+)*)(?:v\d+)? - [^\\/]*$]
22:34:47.981 T:14488   DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Found episode match F:\Videos\TV Shows\Yuru Camp\Yuru Camp - 03 - Mount Fuji and Relaxed Hot Pot Camp [HorribleSubs][www][1280x720][h264][539F4086].mkv (s1e3) [ - ()(\d+)((?:-\d+)*)(?:v\d+)? - [^\\/]*$]
22:34:47.983 T:14488   DEBUG: CVideoDatabase::GetEpisodeId (F:\Videos\TV Shows\Yuru Camp\Yuru Camp - 01 - Mount Fuji and Curry Noodles [HorribleSubs][www][1280x720][h264][D1ABFBC2].mkv), query = select idEpisode from episode where idFile=266
22:34:47.983 T:14488   DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: No NFO file found. Using title search for 'F:\Videos\TV Shows\Yuru Camp\Yuru Camp - 01 - Mount Fuji and Curry Noodles [HorribleSubs][www][1280x720][h264][D1ABFBC2].mkv'
22:34:47.983 T:14488   DEBUG: ADDON::CScraper::GetEpisodeList: Searching 'http://api.anidb.net:9001/httpapi?request=anime&client=xbmcscrap&clientver=1&protover=1&aid=' using AniDB.net [MOD] scraper (file: 'C:\Users\kuena\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\metadata.tvshows.anidb.net.mod', content: 'tvshows', version: '2.4.0')
22:34:47.993 T:14488   DEBUG: CurlFile::Open(119AF118) http://api.anidb.net:9001/httpapi?request=anime&client=xbmcscrap&clientver=1&protover=1&aid=
22:34:47.993 T:14488    INFO: XCURL::DllLibCurlGlobal::easy_aquire - Created session to http://api.anidb.net
22:34:47.998 T:13880   DEBUG: Skin Helper Service --> Kodi_Monitor: sender xbmc - method: VideoLibrary.OnScanStarted  - data: null
22:34:48.101 T:14488   DEBUG: CScraperUrl::Get: Using "UTF-8" charset for XML "http://api.anidb.net:9001/httpapi?request=anime&client=xbmcscrap&clientver=1&protover=1&aid="
22:34:48.104 T:14488   DEBUG: scraper: GetEpisodeList returned <episodeguide><chain function="StartDelayLoop">&</chain></episodeguide>
22:34:48.105 T:14488   DEBUG: scraper: StartDelayLoop returned <details><chain function="DelayLoop">&</chain></details>
22:34:48.105 T:14488   DEBUG: scraper: DelayLoop returned <details><chain function="DelayLoop">&</chain></details>
22:34:48.106 T:14488   DEBUG: scraper: DelayLoop returned <details></details>
22:34:48.106 T:14488 WARNING: No information found for item 'F:\Videos\TV Shows\Yuru Camp\', it won't be added to the library.
22:34:48.107 T:14488   DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: No (new) information was found in dir F:\Videos\TV Shows\Yuru Camp\
22:34:48.131 T:14488  NOTICE: VideoInfoScanner: Finished scan. Scanning for video info took 00:00
22:34:48.131 T:4716   DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnScanFinished from xbmc
22:34:48.131 T:4716   DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 16, from xbmc, message OnScanFinished

i've also tried including a tvshow.nfo file in the directory, clearing my cache, and rerunning the scan on the single folder.

Hopefully its something dumb that someone can point out to me. :)


RE: [RELEASE] [MOD] AniDB.net scrapers for TV shows and Movies - ZERO &lt;ibis&gt; - 2018-01-25

What is the content of your tvshow.nfo file? It appears the scrapper is not finding the aid value for the show.

You can see the error here:
Code:
22:34:47.983 T:14488 DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: No NFO file found. Using title search for 'F:\Videos\TV Shows\Yuru Camp\Yuru Camp - 01 - Mount Fuji and Curry Noodles [HorribleSubs][www][1280x720][h264][D1ABFBC2].mkv']

It is looking for a tvshow titled "F:\Videos\TV Shows\Yuru Camp\Yuru Camp - 01 - Mount Fuji and Curry Noodles [HorribleSubs][www][1280x720][h264][D1ABFBC2].mkv" because it did not find an nfo file or an nfo file with appropriate content in the directory. Obviously a search for that title is not going to have any results.

The content of your tvshow.nfo file should be:
aid=12743


RE: [RELEASE] [MOD] AniDB.net scrapers for TV shows and Movies - __B__ - 2018-01-30

Can we have a meaningful debug message when the nfo is found, but not in the format the scraper is expecting instead of a generic "No NFO file found."?

I've seem different suggestions, one says to use "aid=12743" in a tvshow.nfo, others say to use the full anidb url, how do I know which format is supported?


RE: [RELEASE] [MOD] AniDB.net scrapers for TV shows and Movies - __B__ - 2018-01-31

Can someone help me why I can't scrape a famous anime, Cowboy Bebop?

log:
23:02:55.515 T:1660801792   DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Scanning dir '/mnt/hd/Anime TV Shows/Cowboy Bebop/' as not in the database
(...)
23:02:55.554 T:1660801792   DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Found episode match /mnt/hd/Anime TV Shows/Cowboy Bebop/Cowboy Bebop - S01E26 - The Real Folk Blues (Part II) [480p x264 AAC 2ch].mkv (s1e26) [s([0-9]+)[ ._x-]*e([0-9]+(?Sad?:[a-i]|\.[1-9])(?![0-9]))?)([^\\/]*)$]
23:02:55.569 T:1660801792   DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: No NFO file found. Using title search for '/mnt/hd/Anime TV Shows/Cowboy Bebop/Cowboy Bebop - S01E01 - Asteroid Blues [480p x264 AAC 2ch].mkv'
23:02:55.569 T:1660801792   DEBUG: GetEpisodeList: Searching 'http://www.thetvdb.com/api/1D62F2F90030C444/series/76885/all/en.zip' using AniDB.net [MOD] scraper (file: '/root/.kodi/addons/metadata.tvshows.anidb.net.mod', content: 'tvshows', version: '2.4.0')
23:02:55.615 T:1660801792   DEBUG: scraper: GetEpisodeList returned <episodeguide><chain function="StartDelayLoop">&</chain></episodeguide>
23:02:55.616 T:1660801792   DEBUG: scraper: StartDelayLoop returned <details><chain function="DelayLoop">&</chain></details>
23:02:55.617 T:1660801792   DEBUG: scraper: DelayLoop returned <details><chain function="DelayLoop">&</chain></details>
23:02:55.618 T:1660801792   DEBUG: scraper: DelayLoop returned <details></details>
23:02:55.619 T:1660801792 WARNING: No information found for item '/mnt/hd/Anime TV Shows/Cowboy Bebop/', it won't be added to the library.

There's a tvshow.nfo file, with only aid=23 but it keeps saying there's no nfo file. Can someone help me debug all this mess?


RE: [RELEASE] [MOD] AniDB.net scrapers for TV shows and Movies - chibichiii - 2018-02-12

Okay,

So I know this forum has not been updated in a while and I'm unsure if the AniDB Scraper MOD is still being maintained.
However I figured I could share a few tips and tricks as of how I handle my Anime Library and which problems I am currently running into.

So the first problem as I stated is that it is unsure if the anidb plugin is still being maintained, after having read every single forum entry here I think not.
Currently I read the issue that the scraper itself get's you banned from the anidb website if you scan entire libraries or folders at once.
So the solution would be to scan every anime on your hard drive seperately.

Seeing as this is just as much work as renaming all your episodes to fit with the TVDB scraper I would say go with that instead as it's a more durable solution.
I use a programm called Bulk Rename Utility to add S##E## format to all my episodes. Also when I get my anime I make sure to sort them into seasons immediatly.
For example, the anime Natsume's Book of Friends, has 6 seasons. On the AniDb each season  is seen as a seperate anime.
Therefor I prefered to use the tvdb  scraper to get all the episodes scraped into one show.

So I've done things like this:

1) I renamed my anime with the Bulk Rename Utility and placed them into seasonal folders matching the information for the show found on thetvdb.org
2) I scanned my anime folder with tvdb (most of the shows are then already indexed)
3) I look which shows have not been indexed correctly and set the content of these specific folders to scan with the mod anidb scraper.
4) Some shows are unavailable on tvdb especially the 18+ content seems to have trouble being scraped so I have these in a seperate sub folder and scan this one with anidb mod.
4b) EDIT: Since for me the anidbMOD scraper was no longer working I used the TMM Media Manager suggested by Karellen beneath to make nfo files for the shows that refused to scrape.
5) I set up smart playlists using the anime path which are than added into my kodi main menu to have seperate TV Shows and Anime points.

I do hope the anidb mod will again be added to the official kodi repository, because installing it was quite a pain in the ass.
After having added the repository mentioned in the first post it would not let me install the plugin and kept saying there were missing dependancies.
I solved this problem by using the Github browser @Karellen-Banned Add-on removed
After having installed the Github browsers I had to install the dependancy metahandlers first and than I was able to install the anidbMoD.

But seeing as quite a portion of my library cannot be scanned by tvdb and simply NEEDS the AniDBMoD scraper it's quite a necesarry plugin for many anime fans.

I haven't tried the nfo tips, might do that in the future but for now using a combination of tvdb for normal shows and anidb for less common shows works best.
Don't expect a solution like for the tv shows that you can simply turn on your scanner overnight and let it scan the entire library cause with anime that rarely ever works.
It takes work and time to get the anime library sorted, luckily this is usually a one time job.
Also another tip... be sure to back-up your kodi library after your done scanning saves a lot of work if you can just place back a back-up instead of having to rescan the entire library.


RE: [RELEASE] [MOD] AniDB.net scrapers for TV shows and Movies - Karellen - 2018-02-12

Hello @chibichiii

A nice write up. It's good to see members that have a strong understanding of scraping and organising their media, then sharing their knowledge. We have tried many, many times to point people in the direction you have gone.

I had to remove half a sentence though, for mentioning a banned add-on. Best you familiarize yourself with the Forum_rules (wiki)

You can also use one of the Media Managers (I use TMM) and they can also scrape from TVDB and create NFO Files. The beauty of it is that you can immediately edit the NFO in a nicely laid out screen and adjust any errors, or modify to fit your seasons. Link is here... https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=142723

Also links to NFO Files are in My Signature below.

Not a lot of activity in this thread. It seems to have fallen on the shoulders of ZERO &lt;ibis&gt; to help out in this thread. Unfortunately I have no clue when it comes to Anime.


RE: [RELEASE] [MOD] AniDB.net scrapers for TV shows and Movies - Uthred - 2018-02-14

Is there any automated anidb specific nfo file creator? Because honestly the thought of doing several hundred series by hand does not appeal.

Edit: Using the aid=blah format some shows still arent scraping for some reason.

Edit 2: Well got most things working, really only Shomin Sample refuses to be scraped, even with a full nfo file.