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shms · 2013-01-05, 00:34

Hi, i was reading the wiki about nfo files and stumbled upon this http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Imp...Episodes_2 it says not currently supported, is it in the works? Would make it alot easier for ppl to add missing eps into library.

~~Ned Scott~~ · (This post was last modified: 2013-01-05, 05:26 by Ned Scott.)

Not sure. I looked and that note was added a few years ago, so it might be supported now. I'll try to find out and update the page accordingly.

Also, just to be clear, that's just talking about using URLs in an nfo file to point to the correct scraper data.

shms · 2013-01-05, 13:02

(2013-01-05, 05:25)Ned Scott Wrote: Not sure. I looked and that note was added a few years ago, so it might be supported now. I'll try to find out and update the page accordingly.

Also, just to be clear, that's just talking about using URLs in an nfo file to point to the correct scraper data.

but if i got an ep that xbmc wont find/scrape, then it will work? pointing it in the right direction

shms · 2013-01-11, 05:42

bump bump

shms · 2013-02-26, 04:40

any news?

shms · (This post was last modified: 2013-09-14, 11:14 by shms.)

no updates on this?

xbmc needs a way to manually scrape episodes like you can do with tv series by pressing "i".

~~Ned Scott~~ · 2013-09-14, 12:08

I'm not sure I see when there would be a situation where you couldn't point to a TV show URL, but you could point to an episode URL.

The more common situation is having a TV show entry/URL, but the episode isn't listed on the site, or in a way that isn't desired. In that case, a normal manual NFO file for the episode would be used.

shms · 2013-09-15, 09:53

How do you mean? Iam trying to scrape the eps for http://thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=82186&lid=7 but it doesnt find any eps, so it would be nice if it was possible to scrape them manually without having to make a nfo and insert all the information, like you can with tv shows.

**Kib** · 2013-09-15, 16:57

So you create a NFO file for the series, which contains the tvdb id. Then you name your episode S01E01 and presto it is found.
No need to link to an individual episode at all.

shms · 2013-09-16, 21:21

(2013-09-15, 16:57)Kibje Wrote: So you create a NFO file for the series, which contains the tvdb id. Then you name your episode S01E01 and presto it is found.
No need to link to an individual episode at all.

yes that would be the easiest solution, but i dont want to alter the release names so that is not an option, thats why i (and probobly alot of others) need a feature that lets me scrape individual episodes within a series.

~~Ned Scott~~ · 2013-09-17, 00:12

It won't work even with NFO files with the URL, not with the naming convention you are using. XBMC has to enumerate the episodes before it even loads info. To do what you want to do, you need to modify the regex patterns that XBMC uses to detect episodes: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Vid...file_names

nickr · 2013-09-17, 06:32

Name your shows the XBMC/TVDB way. If you don't want to do that, don't use XBMC.

Or if you want it to work a different way, then patches are welcome.

Some people don't want to change filnames becasue they want to continue to seed the files to a torrent tracker. Although i am sure you are not indulging in such illegal activities, a known solution is to download the files outside your TV storage path, then symlink the proper names into the place where XBMC expects to find them.

shms · 2013-09-19, 20:57

i love xbmc, ive been using it since 2003 on my first xbox, and i will never replace it with anything. I just know this feature would be welcomed, and not just by me.
And i dont use torrents.

nickr · 2013-09-19, 21:49

Well do the symlink thing then.