[dbgt]

Hi

This is my problem, Spartacus Blood and Sand- and -Spartacus Gods of the Arena, appear on the same list in XBMC, i dont have this problem with other anime or series.... Gods of the Arena, shows up on TVDB as special.... but i dont get the special folder on xbmc, its just mixed with Blood and Sand... how can i separate them??

here is a picture, "SX" is Gods of Arena, the others are Blood and Sand

[ArieS]

Works fine for me. I have it as 2 separate shows.
Here's my nfo. Maybe you can copy it and create a folder for Gods of the Arena

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<tvshow>
<title>Spartacus: Gods of the Arena</title>
<showtitle>Spartacus: Gods of the Arena</showtitle>
<rating>9.500000</rating>
<epbookmark>0.000000</epbookmark>
<year>0</year>
<top250>0</top250>
<season>-1</season>
<episode>6</episode>
<displayseason>-1</displayseason>
<displayepisode>-1</displayepisode>
<votes></votes>
<outline></outline>
<plot>The House of Batiatus is on the rise, basking in the glow of its infamous champion Gannicus, whose skill with a sword is matched only by his thirst for wine and women. These are the times a young Batiatus has been waiting for. Poised to overthrow his father and take control, he’ll freely betray anyone to ensure his gladiators are in the highest demand. And he’ll have his loyal and calculating wife Lucretia by his side for every underhanded scheme, drawing on the brazen talents of her seductive friend Gaia when it counts. Together, they will stop at nothing to deceive the masses, seize power, and bleed Capua dry in this audacious prequel to “Spartacus: Blood and Sand.”</plot>
<tagline></tagline>
<runtime></runtime>
<thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/graphical/207341-g2.jpg</thumb>
<thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/graphical/207341-g.jpg</thumb>
<thumb type="season" season="1">http://thetvdb.com/banners/seasons/207341-1-2.jpg</thumb>
<thumb type="season" season="1">http://thetvdb.com/banners/seasons/207341-1.jpg</thumb>
<thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/posters/207341-2.jpg</thumb>
<thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/posters/207341-1.jpg</thumb>
<thumb type="season" season="-1">http://thetvdb.com/banners/posters/207341-2.jpg</thumb>
<thumb type="season" season="-1">http://thetvdb.com/banners/posters/207341-1.jpg</thumb>
<fanart url="http://thetvdb.com/banners/">
<thumb dim="1920x1080" colors="" preview="_cache/fanart/original/207341-3.jpg">fanart/original/207341-3.jpg</thumb>
<thumb dim="1920x1080" colors="" preview="_cache/fanart/original/207341-2.jpg">fanart/original/207341-2.jpg</thumb>
<thumb dim="1920x1080" colors="" preview="_cache/fanart/original/207341-1.jpg">fanart/original/207341-1.jpg</thumb>
<thumb dim="1920x1080" colors="" preview="_cache/fanart/original/207341-4.jpg">fanart/original/207341-4.jpg</thumb>
<thumb dim="1920x1080" colors="" preview="_cache/fanart/original/207341-5.jpg">fanart/original/207341-5.jpg</thumb>
</fanart>
<mpaa>TV-MA</mpaa>
<playcount>6</playcount>
<lastplayed></lastplayed>
<episodeguide>
<url cache="207341.xml">http://www.thetvdb.com/api/1D62F2F90030C444/series/207341/all/en.zip</url>
</episodeguide>
<id>207341</id>
<genre>Action and Adventure</genre>
<genre>Drama</genre>
<genre>Mini-Series</genre>
<premiered>2011-01-21</premiered>
<status></status>
<code></code>
<aired></aired>
<studio>Starz</studio>
<trailer></trailer>
<actor>
<name>Peter Mensah</name>
<role>Oenomaus</role>
<thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/actors/129091.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>John Hannah</name>
<role>Batiatus</role>
<thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/actors/129051.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Lucy Lawless</name>
<role>Lucretia</role>
<thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/actors/129041.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Dustin Clare</name>
<role>Gannicus</role>
<thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/actors/246501.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<resume>
<position>0.000000</position>
<total>0.000000</total>
</resume>
</tvshow>

Hope this helps...

[dbgt]

Thanks for your help Aries, i have my episodes separated into different folders (gods of the arena and blood and sand), and still xbmc shows it like this

How do i create a NFO? and do i put it inside gods of the arena folder, and the update the library?

[DDDamian]

You can just use Notepad++ (google it) and save in the same folder with the .nfo extension, then re-scrape. For more info see the wiki

[Ardalista]

I've got a feeling your file names may be playing a part in this issue.

can you post the actual file name you have (one example from each show should be enough)

Export your database to seperate files if you havn't done so already and grab this part of the .nfo file for each of the examples you post above (from both tvshow.nfo & also the episode .nfo)

For example...

Gods of the Arena

Tvshow.nfo

Code:

<title>Spartacus: Gods of the Arena</title>
<showtitle>Spartacus: Gods of the Arena</showtitle>

Spartacus Gods of the Arena - S01E01 - Past Transgressions.nfo

Code:

<title>Past Transgressions</title>
<showtitle>Spartacus: Gods of the Arena</showtitle>

Blood and Sand / Vengeance

Tvshow.nfo

Code:

<title>Spartacus: Blood and Sand</title>
<showtitle>Spartacus: Blood and Sand</showtitle>

Spartacus - S01E01 - The Red Serpent.nfo example

Code:

<title>The Red Serpent</title>
<showtitle>Spartacus: Blood and Sand</showtitle>

[gbandit]

Looks to me like it scraped gods as the regular spartacus. I'd try manually setting the shows folder to gods before messing around with nfo files.

[dbgt]

Hi! Sorry for late reply, and thank you all for your help. I always rename my video files using "filebot" and i separate every tv show, movie, anime into different folders.

So i exported the database as you recommended, and here is the nfo

TV Show Nfo:
<title>Spartacus</title>
<showtitle>Spartacus</showtitle>

I only got 1 tv show nfo for the 2 seasons, even though i have the episodes separated into 1 different folders like this: (the TV show info appears inside the Spartacus folder, with the 2 season folders)

Spartacus/Spartacus Blood and Sand
Spartacus/Gods of the Arena

Blood and Sand:

Spartacus - 1x01 - The Red Serpent.nfo

Tv show nfo:
<title>The Red Serpent</title>
<showtitle>Spartacus</showtitle>

Gods of the Arena

Spartacus - 0x1 - Past Transgressions.nfo

Tv Show Nfo:
<title>Past Transgressions</title>
<showtitle>Spartacus</showtitle>

I just want to separate the tv show into 2 different season, not 2 different tv shows

[Martijn]

Specials are always listed inside other seasons as well. This depends on how they are listed

[Ardalista]

The showtitle label for your gods of the arena is different to mine...

In your case the reason the shows are all grouped together it is because the showtitle is spartacus for both, compare to my example above and you wil lsee what I mean.

You can remove the show from XBMC, edit the .nfo tags manually and correct the showtitle then import again and it would then split the shows into two.

I also have my folders named like this...

Spartacus - Blood and Sand
Spartacus - Gods of the Arena

Rather than nested like you have.

[thrak76]

...And just to further complicate things...

I have my Spartacus seasons nested inside the root Spartacus folder, and each season has its own tvshow.nfo. So, it's each season treated as a separate show, but contained within the root tvshow. I did this so that I could assign different art to each of the seasons, since spartacus does not go with the "season 1, season 2, etc.". That is similar to what Ardalista is doing, but all contained within one Spartacus folder.