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I'm sorting through my video files which are currently on separate external hard drives before transferring them to my HTPC and I know that movies have to be in separate folders, but I was wondering with TV shows, especially anime and tokusatsu (Japanese superheroes) ones if each episode needs to be in separate folders within the one for the main series or can I just have all the episodes for each show within the main folder for each show; for example, a show like "Pani Poni Dash!" and have the software recognise a show that way?
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The only thing that has to be in a separate folder is per show. After that, you can have every episode in a single folder, even if it has more than one season. Even movies don't require separate folders. So you should be fine.
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2013-07-04, 17:43
(This post was last modified: 2013-07-04, 17:44 by whitebelly.)
You can have multiple TV show episodes in one folder with the name of the series. No need for subfolders, key is to name stuff properly. I think you misread Ned's comment.
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2013-07-04, 17:45
(This post was last modified: 2013-07-04, 17:47 by ConfusedTA.)
Media\Anim\Pani Poni Dash!\
-----S01E01.avi
-----S01E02.avi
----- ...
-----S01E29.avi
-----S02E01.avi
Media\Anim\Next Show Name\
-----S01E01.avi
etc
The bolded bits are the important bits - show name as folder name, and then some way for it to know series and episode.
Personally, I do the following:
\Media\TV Shows\Show Name\Season XX\Show Name - SXXEYY - Episode Name.avi
