2015-08-10, 23:13
Hello all:
Firstly, a great big thank you to all who work on Kodi - it’s been invaluable to me.
I’ve been succesfully running XMBC / Kodi for a few years now, relying on TheTVDB and IMDB for file information - which has worked great.
However, I’m now trying to organise some recordings I’ve transferred from my Humax PVR. I’ve created a tvshow.nfo file with just the name of the show in it, and individual episode nfo files with data about the individual episodes.
The show folder is picked up, and an episode is shown inside - but none of the data for the individual episode appears to be being read: the episode appears with just the name of the show on it (no date identifier, even though it’s in the file name), and looking at the Info pane shows the following:
TV show: £100k House: Tricks of the Trade
Aired: 31/12/1969
Year: 1969
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Path: /Volumes/Media HD/Hummy2/£100k House_Tric…
My folder structure is this (I’ve set the Hummy2 folder as a Content Source, set to TV Shows with Local Information Only):
Hummy2/
- £100k House_ Tricks of the Trade/
- - tvshow.nfo
- - £100k House_ Tricks of the Trade_2014-09-09.mpeg
- - £100k House_ Tricks of the Trade_2014-09-09.nfo
My tvshow.nfo is:
And the £100k House_ Tricks of the Trade_2014-09-09.nfo is:
Removing the show and rescanning the Hummy2 folder produces this in the debug log file:
21:02:06 T:2954514432 NOTICE: VideoInfoScanner: Starting scan ..
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnScanStarted from xbmc
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 16, from xbmc, message OnScanStarted
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Found matching Full NFO file: /Volumes/Media HD/Hummy2/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade/tvshow.nfo
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Adding new item to tvshows:/Volumes/Media HD/Hummy2/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade/
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnUpdate from xbmc
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 16, from xbmc, message OnUpdate
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Scanning dir '/Volumes/Media HD/Hummy2/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade/' as not in the database
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Found date based match /Volumes/Media HD/Hummy2/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade_2014-09-09.mpeg (09/09/2014) [([0-9]{4})[\.-]([0-9]{2})[\.-]([0-9]{2})]
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: GetEpisodeId (/Volumes/Media HD/Hummy2/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade_2014-09-09.mpeg), query = select idEpisode from episode where idFile=6941
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Found matching Full NFO file: /Volumes/Media HD/Hummy2/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade_2014-09-09.nfo
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Adding new item to tvshows:/Volumes/Media HD/Hummy2/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade_2014-09-09.mpeg
So it looks like the nfo files are being found - but the episode one isn’t being used.
To this end, I have two questions:
1 - What am I doing wrong to prevent the episode information being used?
2 - Am I right in thinking that shows should be listed with their date identifier if it’s provided in the file name?
I realise I can probably find this particular show in TheTVDB - but I have plenty which I know I won't be able to find, so I'll need to solve this problem for them.
I’m running Kodi 14.1 on Mac OS X 10.6.8; unfortunately I have a 32-bit CPU, so I can’t run Kodi 15. :-(
Any input much appreciated - thanks!
Moisie.
Firstly, a great big thank you to all who work on Kodi - it’s been invaluable to me.
I’ve been succesfully running XMBC / Kodi for a few years now, relying on TheTVDB and IMDB for file information - which has worked great.
However, I’m now trying to organise some recordings I’ve transferred from my Humax PVR. I’ve created a tvshow.nfo file with just the name of the show in it, and individual episode nfo files with data about the individual episodes.
The show folder is picked up, and an episode is shown inside - but none of the data for the individual episode appears to be being read: the episode appears with just the name of the show on it (no date identifier, even though it’s in the file name), and looking at the Info pane shows the following:
TV show: £100k House: Tricks of the Trade
Aired: 31/12/1969
Year: 1969
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Path: /Volumes/Media HD/Hummy2/£100k House_Tric…
My folder structure is this (I’ve set the Hummy2 folder as a Content Source, set to TV Shows with Local Information Only):
Hummy2/
- £100k House_ Tricks of the Trade/
- - tvshow.nfo
- - £100k House_ Tricks of the Trade_2014-09-09.mpeg
- - £100k House_ Tricks of the Trade_2014-09-09.nfo
My tvshow.nfo is:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<tvshow>
<title>£100k House: Tricks of the Trade</title>
</tvshow>
And the £100k House_ Tricks of the Trade_2014-09-09.nfo is:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<episodedetails>
<title>£100k House: Tricks of the Trade</title>
<studio>BBC TWO</studio>
<plot>2/6. Kieran Long and Piers Taylor come to the aid of homeowners as they take on ambitious building projects. This time, they help Sue with her previously unloved 1920s semi-detached. Also in HD. [S]</plot>
<aired>2014-09-09</aired>
</episodedetails>
Removing the show and rescanning the Hummy2 folder produces this in the debug log file:
21:02:06 T:2954514432 NOTICE: VideoInfoScanner: Starting scan ..
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnScanStarted from xbmc
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 16, from xbmc, message OnScanStarted
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Found matching Full NFO file: /Volumes/Media HD/Hummy2/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade/tvshow.nfo
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Adding new item to tvshows:/Volumes/Media HD/Hummy2/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade/
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnUpdate from xbmc
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 16, from xbmc, message OnUpdate
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Scanning dir '/Volumes/Media HD/Hummy2/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade/' as not in the database
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Found date based match /Volumes/Media HD/Hummy2/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade_2014-09-09.mpeg (09/09/2014) [([0-9]{4})[\.-]([0-9]{2})[\.-]([0-9]{2})]
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: GetEpisodeId (/Volumes/Media HD/Hummy2/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade_2014-09-09.mpeg), query = select idEpisode from episode where idFile=6941
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Found matching Full NFO file: /Volumes/Media HD/Hummy2/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade_2014-09-09.nfo
21:02:06 T:2954514432 DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Adding new item to tvshows:/Volumes/Media HD/Hummy2/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade/£100k House_ Tricks of the Trade_2014-09-09.mpeg
So it looks like the nfo files are being found - but the episode one isn’t being used.
To this end, I have two questions:
1 - What am I doing wrong to prevent the episode information being used?
2 - Am I right in thinking that shows should be listed with their date identifier if it’s provided in the file name?
I realise I can probably find this particular show in TheTVDB - but I have plenty which I know I won't be able to find, so I'll need to solve this problem for them.
I’m running Kodi 14.1 on Mac OS X 10.6.8; unfortunately I have a 32-bit CPU, so I can’t run Kodi 15. :-(
Any input much appreciated - thanks!
Moisie.