Login at Kodi Home

**Karellen** · 2017-12-29, 22:38

Hello themusj

(2017-12-29, 16:42)themusj Wrote: I am curious how to figure out the correct syntax.

The same Naming Convention should work for every show. If it does not work, then there is a problem with either the TV Show name or the episode numbering in TVDB.

(2017-12-29, 16:42)themusj Wrote: Like Series Name - 1x30 - Desperate Minutes

If you can specify which TV Show you had to use Filebot on, and provide the link to the TVDB I can have a look and see what the diffrerence is.

The easiest, and most foolproof way to name your files is as follows...
Zane Grey Theater S01E01

Sure there are other acceptable methods, but the above is the simplest and has the lowest risk of confusing the scraper.

As for the Three Stooges, they would be saved as a TV Show. The TVDB entry is here... https://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=79173&lid=7 It looks a bit of a mess there. There seem to be more Specials than regular episodes, which just seems plain silly to me.

myfranco · 2020-02-09, 01:14

If it helps, this is how i did:

Mr.Robot.S04.1080p..... This never worked. I changed the name several times until i found out date must be added too

Mr.Robot.2015.S04 worked flawless. I discovered that while all the other tv shows had proper naming with date. I only changed the folder name, not episodes.

Longtime Collector · 2021-03-02, 00:51

The url provided by Karellen auto redirects to:
https://www.thetvdb.com/series/the-three-stooges
which when placed into the nfo gives empty results.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
    <movie>
       <title>Three Stooges</title>
   </movie>
https://www.thetvdb.com/series/the-three-stooges

Is this a Matrix issue (I've just upgraded) or an issue for thetvdb.com?
LC

**Klojum** · 2021-03-02, 11:49

(2021-03-02, 00:51)Longtime Collector Wrote: The url provided by Karellen auto redirects to:

TheTVDB reorganized and cleaned up its libraries quite a bit recently, so changes in URLs are to be expected.

**Karellen** · 2021-03-02, 11:55

(2021-03-02, 00:51)Longtime Collector Wrote: https://www.thetvdb.com/series/the-three-stooges

That is a TVDB link. Are you using the TVDB scraper?

Longtime Collector · (This post was last modified: 2021-03-02, 17:17 by Longtime Collector.)

(2021-03-02, 11:55)Karellen Wrote:
(2021-03-02, 00:51)Longtime Collector Wrote: https://www.thetvdb.com/series/the-three-stooges
That is a TVDB link. Are you using the TVDB scraper?

I was not (just TMDb TV Shows). I have since tried each of The TVDB and The TVDB (new) and neither gave any results with a re-scrape of my TV Shows. There was no easy way to disable TMDb TV Shows, so I hope it's not getting in the way.

**Karellen** · 2021-03-02, 21:41

You need to use the correct scraper that matches the link.

Both the TVDB scrapers will be marked as broken soon, so we are no longer supporting and fault finding them, so I am not going to test them.

Find the correct link at TheMovieDB and use that in your Combination NFO file... With TheMovieDB scraper.

(2021-03-02, 17:14)Longtime Collector Wrote: There was no easy way to disable TMDb TV Shows, so I hope it's not getting in the way.

It is not a matter of enabling/disabling/uninstalling, you just add a scraper to your source. Whichever one you selected is the one that is used.

Longtime Collector · 2021-03-04, 01:50

Sorry, it's been a while since I've visited that screen. The procedure I followed is Settings -> Media -> Videos -> Press & Hold on the TV Shows folder -> Edit Source -> Select the TV Shows folder again -> Okay. I was taken to a screen that allowed me to choose The TVDB as the information provider. I went back in to verify The TVDB was selected.
However scraping the database still gives an empty entry for The Three Stooges.
And ... when refreshing from the The Three Stooges information screen and selecting Ignore and refresh from the internet gives the same two incorrect choices I had before from the in-built scraper TMBD TV Shows. Ignoring the internet (since I have an nfo) gives an empty item.

**Karellen** · 2021-03-04, 02:02

@Longtime Collector

Can you provide the following...

1. Debug Log that captures you scraping The Three Stooges
2. The contents of your nfo file pasted to Kodi Paste Site and provide the link.

Longtime Collector · 2021-03-04, 03:27

debug log: https://paste.kodi.tv/iricikoton.kodi
nfo: https://paste.kodi.tv/ozonehehar

Thx for your help.
LC

Longtime Collector · 2021-03-04, 03:34

As an aside, the episodes are names S0#E0# Episode Title. Just to be sure I deleted Episode Title from several episodes to make sure having that additional information wasn't messing up the scrape. At least for the few I tried (S01E01, E02, E03) it made no difference.

**Karellen** · 2021-03-04, 04:05

Ok, I am a little bit confused with your process.

1. You are using <movie> tags in the nfo file, which is not going to work for tv shows... https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files/TV_shows
2. Again I mention this... You are using a TVDB link but using TheMovieDB scraper. That is not going to work. See post #22
3. Are you trying to use a Parsing NFO file or a Combination NFO file? If Combination, then why?... https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files#Parsing_nfo
4. You cannot use a Parsing or Combination NFO file for Episodes. Episodes are scraped via the TV Show and nothing will change that behaviour. Changes to episodes are made after you scrape your library.

If you are having trouble changing scrapers, follow these steps...

Hit me with your questions Smile

Longtime Collector · 2021-03-04, 18:23

As you can see in the attached video the scraper is going to The TVDB. I've changed the nfo to pure parsing (and removed the episode nfo's). Still the results scraped are not for The TVDB episodes, rather for some 'highlights dvd' entry from themoviedb.org.

view of the update process
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tO8KTAu...sp=sharing
tvshow.nfo
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v9Z91XS...sp=sharing
debug log
https://paste.kodi.tv/vopacoqipu.kodi

Thx

**Karellen** · (This post was last modified: 2021-03-04, 21:03 by Karellen.)

(2021-03-04, 18:23)Longtime Collector Wrote: As you can see in the attached video the scraper is going to The TVDB. I've changed the nfo to pure parsing (and removed the episode nfo's). Still the results scraped are not for The TVDB episodes, rather for some 'highlights dvd' entry from themoviedb.org.

I can't view your video, unfortunately. All I get is an endless "loading" spinner.

Open your log above, and scroll down to line 661. Here you can see the start of the scanning process. You can also see that it is using metadata.tvdb.com

Scroll down to line 734 where The Three Stooges is checked. The tvshow.nfo is found, and then the scraper switches to metadata.tvshows.themoviedb.org.python, and that is why your scrape is failing, or is scraping the wrong items, as it does look like there is a bit of scraping around line 1050.

Somehow for this one show, you have set TheMovieDB as the scraper.

First, delete the show from your library. If you don't see it, enable setting 3.6- Show empty TV shows here... https://kodi.wiki/view/Settings/Media/Videos and then delete it.

Follow the directions in the image in my post #27. At Step 3, instead of highlighting the Source folder continue to The Three Stooges folder, then carry out step 4 and the rest of the steps. I think in step 5b, you will discover TheMovieDB has been set, so change this to TVDB.

Let me know if that fixes it.

Longtime Collector · 2021-03-05, 01:05

Success!
Changing the content at the Three Stooges folder level showed it indeed was stuck on TheMovieDB (all the other subfolders were TVDB) ... switching it to TVDB fixed the scrape. I learned a lot. Owe you a beer.
LC