[JJohnson74656]

I have Big Bang Theory in both German and English, along with several other shows, and I would like them to be separated in my TV Show collection within Kodi.  They are separate in the file folders, just grouped in Kodi.  Does anyone know how I can separate them out to be two separate entries?

Thanks!

[Karellen]

It takes a bit of work, but can be done.

Do you want both shows in the same language or do you want one show with German metadata and the other show with English metadata?

[JJohnson74656]

I was hoping to have one show with German metadata and the other with English metadata.  I know both are the same show, technically, but the audio is certainly different, so keeping them separate is helpful for binge watching.

[Karellen]

Ok. Follow these steps...

1. If the two shows are in your library, delete them from the library and run a Clean Library
   
2. Scrape the first show
   
3. Run an Export to Separate Files which will create NFO Files (see my signature below for link)
   
4. Delete the show from the library again.
   
5. Open the tvshow.nfo file and look for the following entries (they may vary depending on the show and which scraper you used but you should have two uniqueid entries)...
   

xml:
    <id>71728</id>

    <uniqueid type="tmdb" default="true">71728</uniqueid>

    <uniqueid type="tvdb">328724</uniqueid>

7. Delete <id>71728</id>
8. Then swap the default="true" entries so it looks like this...

xml:
    <uniqueid type="tmdb">71728</uniqueid>

    <uniqueid type="tvdb" default="true">328724</uniqueid>

9. Now change the title from <title>The Big Bang Theory</title> to something like <title>The Big Bang Theory-German</title>
10. Save the file and scan the show back into the library
11. Scrape the other show, making sure you change languages in the scraper setting.

Let us know if that worked.

[JJohnson74656]

Thanks for helping out on this, I appreciate it.

I've done the following:
-export the library to get tvshow.nfo in the english BBT folder
-clean library
-removed the english version and looked in the nfo file.

This was in the english BBT nfo file:

 <id>80379</id>
    <uniqueid type="imdb">tt0898266</uniqueid>
    <uniqueid type="tvdb" default="true">80379</uniqueid>
    <genre>Comedy</genre>
    <premiered>2007-09-24</premiered>
    <year>2007</year>

There's no tmdb entry - should I remove the default="true" from tvdb instead and then re-import?

[Karellen]

There's no tmdb entry

Yep that is fine. Which is why I wrote They may vary depending on the show and which scraper you used but you should have two uniqueid entries

As long as you have two ID's (any two) then you simply swap them around so the default="true' id becomes different to the German version of the show you scrape next. It is this default="true' that keeps combining the two shows, so as long as they are different, they won't be combined.

Remember to delete the <id>xxx</id> entry.

[JJohnson74656]

Ok, I've deleted the ID entry, switched 'default = true', and put it back into the TV Shows folder, and added it back, but it's still merged together into one show.

[Karellen]

Let me look into it. Maybe I made a mistake. I will test and let you know shortly.

[Karellen]

Ok. Hopefully this works.

It is the same steps as above, but in addition you have to also change the title to something like this for one of the shows <title>Young Sheldon-German</title>. If both titles are the same, then they will be combined.

I have tested that twice and that should work. Kodi was designed to allow you to have split tv shows ie episodes on one hdd, which has become full over time so you start adding episodes to another folder in another hard drive and Kodi looks for this to combine them. So it takes a bit of fiddling to fool Kodi so they are not combined.

[Harro]

Ok. Follow these steps...

1. If the two shows are in your library, delete them from the library and run a Clean Library
   
2. Scrape the first show
   
3. Run an Export to Separate Files which will create NFO Files (see my signature below for link)
   
4. Delete the show from the library again.
   
5. Open the tvshow.nfo file and look for the following entries (they may vary depending on the show and which scraper you used but you should have two uniqueid entries)...
   

xml:
 <id>71728</id>

<uniqueid type="tmdb" default="true">71728</uniqueid>

<uniqueid type="tvdb">328724</uniqueid>

7. Delete <id>71728</id>
8. Then swap the default="true" entries so it looks like this...

xml:
 <uniqueid type="tmdb">71728</uniqueid>

<uniqueid type="tvdb" default="true">328724</uniqueid>

9. Now change the title from <title>The Big Bang Theory</title> to something like <title>The Big Bang Theory-German</title>
10. Save the file and scan the show back into the library
11. Scrape the other show, making sure you change languages in the scraper setting.

Let us know if that worked. 

Working on this but it is easier said than done, when the exporting takes 15 minutes or longer.

[Karellen]

15 minutes? You must have a massive library. My 6000 tv episodes and 700 movies exports in under 2 minutes across local and smb drives

I don't know any simpler easier way. Editing the DB directly with the above changes is another way, but not one I recommend unless you are comfortable with SQL

[Harro]

21000 episodes, 4000 movies

[Karellen]

@JJohnson74656
@Harro

Just thought of another possible way to achieve this. Please follow conversation here... https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid...pid2899907

[trogggy]

21000 episodes, 4000 movies

It would probably be quicker to set up a portable windows install, just add the shows you want to mess with as sources and scan / export those.
It would certainly be a lot quicker by the time you've done it twice.

[Harro]

@JJohnson74656
@Harro

Just thought of another possible way to achieve this. Please follow conversation here... https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid...pid2899907

I did finally get them to work.
I removed them, ran clean database, went to 4k source files and scanned each one in one at a time but set the scanned to use the default tmdb, once scanned exported, then removed again. Then I started on the standard tv folders, did all the same expect used the tvdb for scanner. Each have separate id's now but show in library as another show. There certainly has to be an easier way. I once has asked for a separate export function to split the movies and tv export up but that never got much interest. It certainly would help those that have a large library though.