[josiahrulez]

So, im using the AniDB scrapper for my anime collection, its detecting the shows ok (well most of them) and downloading the show info. But when i go into them there are no episodes listed.

My anime collection is named like this

->Anime>Naruto>Naruto 480p 001.mkv

How can i fix this?

[PatK]

The actual episodes need to be named to the list in the online db..with season and episode designated for each file and without the extraneous extras like 480p etc... Check out theRenamer.com you'll find it invaluable for this task.

e.g. TVdb uses this convention http://thetvdb.com/index.php?tab=series&id=78857&lid=7

>Anime>Naruto>Season1>Naruto s01e01.mkv

[josiahrulez]

The actual episodes need to be named to the list in the online db..with season and episode designated for each file and without the extraneous extras like 480p etc... Check out theRenamer.com you'll find it invaluable for this task.

e.g. TVdb uses this convention http://thetvdb.com/index.php?tab=series&id=78857&lid=7

>Anime>Naruto>Season1>Naruto s01e01.mkv

Yeh but i have alot of anime, i don't want to rename all the files, as it is im having to create a tvinfo.nfo with an anidb link so it pulls the right show.

Is there anyway i can get it to use my naming scheme? I can't be the only person with this issue, anime is never named like that, its always "Anime Show 01"

[PatK]

You can use the advancedsettings http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Adv...atching.3E to match your naming convention.
Here's a link to additional reg edits. http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=51614

I'd suggest using theReanmer.com it's drag & drop whole folders (very quick) and renames the lot properly. The issue is that not all your anime shows are referenced on TVdb and you will have to use some sort of manual renamer program http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Sup...ls/Windows ; but I do think you will have a lot of luck, after they have been named with some consistency you'll find most scrapers will work like a charm.

I'd mention that a lot of video databases are user driven, the more volunteers, the better the quality of information for everyone. If you find a series not listed... why not list it, and everyone who has that series will enjoy your effort.

[josiahrulez]

You can use the advancedsettings http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Adv...atching.3E to match your naming convention.
Here's a link to additional reg edits. http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=51614

I'd suggest using theReanmer.com it's drag & drop whole folders (very quick) and renames the lot properly. The issue is that not all your anime shows are referenced on TVdb and you will have to use some sort of manual renamer program http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Sup...ls/Windows ; but I do think you will have a lot of luck, after they have been named with some consistency you'll find most scrapers will work like a charm.

I'd mention that a lot of video databases are user driven, the more volunteers, the better the quality of information for everyone. If you find a series not listed... why not list it, and everyone who has that series will enjoy your effort.

The TVDB/ MovieDB has issues detecting the correct movies aswell, so i'm goingto add a movieinfo.nfo & tvinfo.nfo (with a link directing it to the correct show/movie) to each TV series/Movies and one again for anime with a link directing it to the correct AniDB page.

I tried playing around with the advancesettings.xml, but it didn't work, so i don't think i did it right.

[scudlee]

You should check out my AniDB scraper Mod thread. Not only does it have a movie scraper, I also provide some renaming rules to use with the AniDB Client and corresponding tvshowmatching rules for your advancedsettings.xml.

Aside from Suzumiya Haruhi (2009), I haven't had to manually rename any files or add any tvshow.nfos (although I did have to manually refresh two mismatched titles).

[josiahrulez]

You should check out my AniDB scraper Mod thread. Not only does it have a movie scraper, I also provide some renaming rules to use with the AniDB Client and corresponding tvshowmatching rules for your advancedsettings.xml.

Aside from Suzumiya Haruhi (2009), I haven't had to manually rename any files or add any tvshow.nfos (although I did have to manually refresh two mismatched titles).

Yeh i had a look at that, and tried the advancesettings.xml thing, but it didnt work. It picked up the tv show but didnt detect the episodes.

This was my test anime, i tried using the advancesettings.xml from the thread you linked me to but it didnt work. It only detected the Fate Zero 2012 720p S01E02.mkv episode.

Code:

Z:\Users\Josiah\Desktop\Anime\Fate Zero 2012 720p (Complete)\
animeinfo.nfo
Fate Zero 2012 720p 01.mkv
Fate Zero 2012 720p 03.mkv
Fate Zero 2012 720p 04.mkv
Fate Zero 2012 720p 05.mkv
Fate Zero 2012 720p 06.mkv
Fate Zero 2012 720p 07.mkv
Fate Zero 2012 720p 08.mkv
Fate Zero 2012 720p 09.mkv
Fate Zero 2012 720p 10.mkv
Fate Zero 2012 720p 11.mkv
Fate Zero 2012 720p 12.mkv
Fate Zero 2012 720p S01E02.mkv

I made a text document and renamed it to advancedsettings.xml and put it here \\HTPC\c$\Users\Josiah\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata
http://www.mediafire.com/?dzu1uevnksi64sn

But it didn't work, so could you have a look at my advancedsettings.xml file and see if im doing it correctly?

[scudlee]

Those tvshowmatching rules are specifically tailored for use after renaming the files with the AniDB client. They require the episode number to be in the format *space* *dash* *space* *episode number* *space* *dash* *space* (with optional version number and multi-episode numbering thrown in). That doesn't match your format.

If you want to match yours, try this:

Code:

<advancedsettings>
  <tvshowmatching action="prepend">
    <regexp> ()(\d+)((?:-\d+)*)(?:v\d+)?\.[^\\/.]+$</regexp>
  </tvshowmatching>
</advancedsettings>

I can't say I particularly recommend it, the potential for false positives is huge; any filenames with numbers directly at the end will treat them as their episode number. It matches *space* *episode number* *period* *file extension* (with the same extra stuff as above).

[josiahrulez]

Those tvshowmatching rules are specifically tailored for use after renaming the files with the AniDB client. They require the episode number to be in the format *space* *dash* *space* *episode number* *space* *dash* *space* (with optional version number and multi-episode numbering thrown in). That doesn't match your format.

If you want to match yours, try this:

Code:

<advancedsettings>
  <tvshowmatching action="prepend">
    <regexp> ()(\d+)((?:-\d+)*)(?:v\d+)?\.[^\\/.]+$</regexp>
  </tvshowmatching>
</advancedsettings>

I can't say I particularly recommend it, the potential for false positives is huge; any filenames with numbers directly at the end will treat them as their episode number. It matches *space* *episode number* *period* *file extension* (with the same extra stuff as above).

Thanks its works well with anime, and it seems to pick up normal TV ok aswell. Thanks heaps for the help.

[Franz24]

EDIT: moved to another thread: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=142835&page=10