2020-03-16, 04:29
I decided to rip my entire DVD (and eventually Blu-ray) library for easy access. Using MakeMKV, I ripped all my movies and am at about half way through the TV when I decided to look at frontends. I think this was likely a mistake not to start there before ripping.
Kodi reads all the movies with no problem. However... The TV Shows are another story. When using MakeMKV to rip my TV shows I ripped them to "X:/TV/SHOW TITLE/SEASON #/DISC #" for easy organization.
Kodi seems to be unwilling to dig that deep into the file structure. When I point it to the TV directory, it sets up the shows easily enough but doesn't give any access to the episodes at all... I've ripped a few hundred TV discs already and it would be insane to redo the entire file structure now, especially when all the episode titles would need to be renamed as well seeing as they all are titled title_t00.mkv title_t01 title_t02 etc..
Is there a plugin that would allow Kodi to parse this? Or a script that would rename/organize such a file structure so that Kodi COULD parse it properly? Does anyone know why Kodi doesn't just look at all the directories by default, especially when it comes to TV series. I didn't think my system of organization was that odd or obscure, but it seems it was.
I'm sure someone on these forums has had this problem before, I tried searching a bunch of different ways but cannot seem to find the right post, so apologies if this has been answered dozens of times.
Kodi reads all the movies with no problem. However... The TV Shows are another story. When using MakeMKV to rip my TV shows I ripped them to "X:/TV/SHOW TITLE/SEASON #/DISC #" for easy organization.
Kodi seems to be unwilling to dig that deep into the file structure. When I point it to the TV directory, it sets up the shows easily enough but doesn't give any access to the episodes at all... I've ripped a few hundred TV discs already and it would be insane to redo the entire file structure now, especially when all the episode titles would need to be renamed as well seeing as they all are titled title_t00.mkv title_t01 title_t02 etc..
Is there a plugin that would allow Kodi to parse this? Or a script that would rename/organize such a file structure so that Kodi COULD parse it properly? Does anyone know why Kodi doesn't just look at all the directories by default, especially when it comes to TV series. I didn't think my system of organization was that odd or obscure, but it seems it was.
I'm sure someone on these forums has had this problem before, I tried searching a bunch of different ways but cannot seem to find the right post, so apologies if this has been answered dozens of times.