2021-12-29, 20:22
I'm having trouble adding a number of DVDs of tv shows to Kodi where the episode order is radically different from the Aired order.
Here's is just one example.
I've got the original UK specific DVD of Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock, which consists of just 12 episodes in the following order:
The problem with this is that 1) it doesn't reflect the DVD itself as the episode order is different, and 2) it causes this title to be split over two separate seasons in Kodi:
Season 1
16. The Day the Music Died
Season 2
2. Boober Rock
6. Boober's Dream
7. Mokey and the Minstrels
10. A Friend in Need
13. Red's Club
14. The Secret of Convincing John
16. Junior Sells the Farm
18. The Day the Music Died
19. Doomsday Soup
23. Boober's Quiet Day
24. The Invasion of the Toe Ticklers
Of course I can use the 'All seasons' entry in Kodi to get around the episodes listing being split over two separate seasons, and accept that the scraped order is actually the correct order, but I'd like to have Kodi reflect my actual DVD collection, not the original aired order.
I've tried exporting my library to generate NFO files, but I get limited results with editing the NFO files and refreshing the entries with the local changes. Editing tvshow.nfo results in the number of episodes listed under the TV Show Information as 12. I've changed the season and episode numbers in each episode's individual NFO file, but these do not get reflected in Kodi. To see if the modified episode NFO files get read back at all I've tried changing the description, and those changes do get reflected in Kodi.
It's not a unique case though, I have similar problems with DVD rips of Ducktales, Scooby-Doo, and the Smurfs, where the DVD releases are not reflected in TVDB or TMDB. Studios often release "complete" collections that are anything but complete (Ducktales), or compilations that pull together various episodes from different seasons, e.g. all Christmas episodes of a given series (Smurfs), or a best of (Scooby-Doo New Movies).
I'm hoping to initially use the scrapers to get the episode descriptions, artwork, actor info, etc., then apply some manual fixes to reflect the actual DVD release without losing the scraped information. Is this possible?
Here's is just one example.
I've got the original UK specific DVD of Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock, which consists of just 12 episodes in the following order:
- The Secret of Convincing John
- Capture The Moon
- Boober's Dream
- Mokey & the Minstrels
- The Day the Music Died
- Boober's Quiet Day
- Invasion of the Toe Ticklers
- A Friend in Need
- Booberock
- Red's Club
- Doomsday Soup
- Junior Sells the Farm
The problem with this is that 1) it doesn't reflect the DVD itself as the episode order is different, and 2) it causes this title to be split over two separate seasons in Kodi:
Season 1
16. The Day the Music Died
Season 2
2. Boober Rock
6. Boober's Dream
7. Mokey and the Minstrels
10. A Friend in Need
13. Red's Club
14. The Secret of Convincing John
16. Junior Sells the Farm
18. The Day the Music Died
19. Doomsday Soup
23. Boober's Quiet Day
24. The Invasion of the Toe Ticklers
Of course I can use the 'All seasons' entry in Kodi to get around the episodes listing being split over two separate seasons, and accept that the scraped order is actually the correct order, but I'd like to have Kodi reflect my actual DVD collection, not the original aired order.
I've tried exporting my library to generate NFO files, but I get limited results with editing the NFO files and refreshing the entries with the local changes. Editing tvshow.nfo results in the number of episodes listed under the TV Show Information as 12. I've changed the season and episode numbers in each episode's individual NFO file, but these do not get reflected in Kodi. To see if the modified episode NFO files get read back at all I've tried changing the description, and those changes do get reflected in Kodi.
It's not a unique case though, I have similar problems with DVD rips of Ducktales, Scooby-Doo, and the Smurfs, where the DVD releases are not reflected in TVDB or TMDB. Studios often release "complete" collections that are anything but complete (Ducktales), or compilations that pull together various episodes from different seasons, e.g. all Christmas episodes of a given series (Smurfs), or a best of (Scooby-Doo New Movies).
I'm hoping to initially use the scrapers to get the episode descriptions, artwork, actor info, etc., then apply some manual fixes to reflect the actual DVD release without losing the scraped information. Is this possible?
