[nathan909]

So I use plex to DVR some shows that I would like to watch using Kodi, snow is there but episodes are not showing up.

First is a daily show "Tucker Carlson Tonight" it can be found
correctly on imdb @
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6238614/epi...=tt_ov_epl
incorrectly (missing current shows) on thetvdb @
https://thetvdb.com/series/tucker-carlson-tonight

Plex saves the episodes as:
\NAS\Media\Recorded TV Shows\Tucker Carlson Tonight\Season 2021\Tucker Carlson Tonight - S2021E55 - Episode 55.ts

I also tried using TMM to create tvshow.nfo and art using local scrap, but episodes will still not display under TV Shows.

xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>

<!--created on 2021-03-19 22:56:08 - tinyMediaManager 3.1.10-->

<tvshow>

  <title>Tucker Carlson Tonight</title>

  <originaltitle/>

  <showtitle>Tucker Carlson Tonight</showtitle>

  <sorttitle/>

  <year>2017</year>

  <ratings/>

  <userrating>0.0</userrating>

  <outline/>

  <plot>Veteran political journalist Tucker Carlson hosts this nightly series that bears his name. Fox News describes the show as an "hour of spirited debate and powerful reporting," with Carlson taking on issues that viewers care about. He is joined by guests to help him discuss issues that don't seem to get much coverage in other parts of the media. Regular segments include Carlson calling out political correctness that goes too far and putting overblown social-media outrage in its place, all done in what the network calls "his signature style."</plot>

  <tagline/>

  <runtime>60</runtime>

  <thumb aspect="poster">http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/8DpGOur6dH43B9JNDpSqUVlbZII.jpg</thumb>

  <fanart>

    <thumb>http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/elP2B4VzVlNd3lkwIcLhMFpEwqx.jpg</thumb>

  </fanart>

  <mpaa/>

  <certification/>

  <id>335340</id>

  <imdbid>tt6238614</imdbid>

  <uniqueid default="false" type="imdb">tt6238614</uniqueid>

  <premiered>2017-01-02</premiered>

  <status>Continuing</status>

  <watched>false</watched>

  <playcount/>

  <genre>News</genre>

  <genre>Talk Show</genre>

  <studio>Fox News</studio>

  <trailer/>

  <dateadded>2021-03-19 22:55:20</dateadded>

  <!--tinyMediaManager meta data-->

  <user_note/>

</tvshow>

other show example is Dateline
plex saved as:
\\NAS\Media\Recorded TV Shows\Dateline NBC\Season 29\Dateline NBC - S29E38 - The Woman with No Name.ts

using a  tvshow.nfo as:

xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>

<!--created on 2021-03-19 22:56:26 - tinyMediaManager 3.1.10-->

<tvshow>

  <title>Dateline NBC</title>

  <originaltitle/>

  <showtitle>Dateline NBC</showtitle>

  <sorttitle/>

  <year>1992</year>

  <ratings>

    <rating default="true" max="10" name="tvdb">

      <value>8.8</value>

      <votes>168</votes>

    </rating>

  </ratings>

  <userrating>0.0</userrating>

  <outline/>

  <plot>Dateline presents in-depth coverage of news stories. Rather than just reading news reports, as most news shows do, the reporters for this show research their subjects and interview the people closely involved to create an informative work of investigative journalism.</plot>

  <tagline/>

  <runtime>45</runtime>

  <thumb aspect="poster">https://artworks.thetvdb.com/banners/posters/70600-3.jpg</thumb>

  <thumb aspect="poster" season="19" type="season">https://artworks.thetvdb.com/banners/seasons/70600-19.jpg</thumb>

  <thumb aspect="poster" season="20" type="season">https://artworks.thetvdb.com/banners/seasons/70600-20.jpg</thumb>

  <thumb aspect="banner" season="21" type="season">https://artworks.thetvdb.com/banners/seasonswide/70600-21.jpg</thumb>

  <fanart>

    <thumb>https://artworks.thetvdb.com/banners/fanart/original/70600-3.jpg</thumb>

  </fanart>

  <mpaa>TV-PG</mpaa>

  <certification>US:TV-PG</certification>

  <episodeguide>

    <url cache="auth.json" post="yes">https://api.thetvdb.com/login?{"apikey":"439DFEBA9D3059C6","id":70600}|Content-Type=application/json</url>

  </episodeguide>

  <id>70600</id>

  <imdbid/>

  <uniqueid default="false" type="zap2it">SH00019155</uniqueid>

  <uniqueid default="true" type="tvdb">70600</uniqueid>

  <premiered>1992-03-31</premiered>

  <status>Continuing</status>

  <watched>false</watched>

  <playcount/>

  <genre>News</genre>

  <studio>NBC</studio>

  <actor>

    <name>Tom Brokaw</name>

    <role/>

    <thumb/>

    <profile/>

  </actor>

  <trailer/>

  <dateadded>2021-03-19 22:55:20</dateadded>

  <!--tinyMediaManager meta data-->

  <user_note/>

</tvshow>

[Karellen]

Are the episodes available on TheMovieDB?

Did you create a nfo file for Tucker Carlson Tonight - S2021E55 - Episode 55.ts?

[nathan909]

Are the episodes available on TheMovieDB?

Did you create a nfo file for Tucker Carlson Tonight - S2021E55 - Episode 55.ts?

"Tucker CarlsonTonight" doesn't show ended and no new episodes.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/74042-tuck...uage=en-US

"Dateline" doesn't show current episodes 
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/78-datelin...uage=en-US

I thought the fix would be just to have my own tvshow.nfo, but that didn't work.

I did not create an .nfo for each episode

[nathan909]

Are the episodes available on TheMovieDB?

Did you create a nfo file for Tucker Carlson Tonight - S2021E55 - Episode 55.ts?

"Tucker CarlsonTonight" doesn't show ended and no new episodes.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/74042-tuck...uage=en-US

"Dateline" doesn't show current episodes 
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/78-datelin...uage=en-US

I thought the fix would be just to have my own tvshow.nfo, but that didn't work.

I did not create an .nfo for each episode

Plex will continue to save episodes, but will not create .nfo for each, so I need a way to display them without creating a new .nfo everyday

[Karellen]

"Tucker CarlsonTonight" doesn't show ended and no new episodes.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/74042-tuck...uage=en-US

"Dateline" doesn't show current episodes 
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/78-datelin...uage=en-US

Bugger. A couple of those long running shows that no-one really wants to take on and maintain. It is almost a full time job...

It is not the tvshow.nfo you want. All that information is already at the scraper site so it is easy to scrape. But having it is no problem, either.

It is the episode nfo files you need, to provide the information that is missing from the scraper sites.

Know how to create them? Here is a template if you need it... https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files/TV_show...late_nfo_2
Or, if you are using TMM, you can create them in that.

[nathan909]

"Tucker CarlsonTonight" doesn't show ended and no new episodes.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/74042-tuck...uage=en-US

"Dateline" doesn't show current episodes 
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/78-datelin...uage=en-US

Bugger. A couple of those long running shows that no-one really wants to take on and maintain. It is almost a full time job...

It is not the tvshow.nfo you want. All that information is already at the scraper site so it is easy to scrape. But having it is no problem, either.

It is the episode nfo files you need, to provide the information that is missing from the scraper sites.

Know how to create them? Here is a template if you need it... https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files/TV_show...late_nfo_2
Or, if you are using TMM, you can create them in that.

Yeah, I can see it being a PIA trying to keep up on a daily run TV show yet alone some boring news stuff. I just assumed Kodi would have a way to display episodes, especially if tvshow.nfo is present and properly folded and named.  Its pretty cut and dry that this file Dateline NBC\Season 29\Dateline NBC - S29E38 - The Woman with No Name.ts IS:
Show: Dateline NBC
Season: 29
Episode: 38
Episode: NameThe Woman with No Name.ts

So we're sure there is no way to state that show is unscapable (hence, show episodes files regardless in proper folders, with an added statement in tvshow.nfo or ...)?

Is they any other way to add show that I'm missing?

Lastly is there some post processing script that can be added to my Linux plex docker that can aid in this?

I just now trying this DVR thing out to cut my cords and if I say in Plex's eco system this is not a problem, but I like kodi and I can see other shows being an issue too.

I did use TMM to create the tvshow.nfo, but as the show is unscrapable it didn't create the additional episode.nfo's

Thanks again for you time!

[Karellen]

So we're sure there is no way to state that show is unscapable (hence, show episodes files regardless in proper folders, with an added statement in tvshow.nfo or ...)?

Yes, if there is no info available, there is no way to scrape it. This is where you need to create nfo files using that simple Template I linked above.

I did use TMM to create the tvshow.nfo, but as the show is unscrapable it didn't create the additional episode.nfo's

When I used TMM a few years ago, it used to have a function that would create nfo files for all episodes, and it would just contain the title from the filename. This is enough to get it into the Kodi library, but you won't have any info attached to it.

Lastly is there some post processing script that can be added to my Linux plex docker that can aid in this?

Sorry, not a Linux user, so no idea. Others will need to advise.

[nathan909]

So we're sure there is no way to state that show is unscapable (hence, show episodes files regardless in proper folders, with an added statement in tvshow.nfo or ...)?

Yes, if there is no info available, there is no way to scrape it. This is where you need to create nfo files using that simple Template I linked above.
 

I did use TMM to create the tvshow.nfo, but as the show is unscrapable it didn't create the additional episode.nfo's

When I used TMM a few years ago, it used to have a function that would create nfo files for all episodes, and it would just contain the title from the filename. This is enough to get it into the Kodi library, but you won't have any info attached to it.

Lastly is there some post processing script that can be added to my Linux plex docker that can aid in this?

Sorry, not a Linux user, so no idea. Others will need to advise.

Thanks again for your reply

TMM did not write the episode.nfo when it did a search/scrape, but I found it DID with a function called "rewrite nfo for selected episodes".  It looks like the CLI might handle as --rewriteNFO, so maybe my best bet is to figure out the best practice and proper command line to use under TMM