[angrycamel]

I had problems running this new version, my xml that worked previously got no response. I first deleted the 1.3.1 then I used just the LIB folder in the new release and that worked. It did allow me to scan shows that weren't named properly into the 'generic' folder. Is there a way for the generic filter to use the season folders it finds the strm files in, or even include the season folder name in the file name?

Generic is intended to be used for content that is not like episodes, meaning it will not know anything about seasons. Generic simply allows you to scrape content that matches the filter, override the sub directory the strm files are put into under the Generic directory (by using the force_series attribute), and parse out where the name of the video should be pulled from that name by using the parser regex. See below for an example.

PHP Code:

        <!-- TED Talks Streaming Videos -->
        <TED path="plugin://plugin.video.ted.talks" recursive="true" >
            <!-- All of the Newest Talks into a generic folder (no tvdb lookups) and force group it to a "TED Talks" folder -->
            <subfolder name="Newest Talks" type="generic" suffix=" (TED)" force_series="TED Talks" >
                <parser>
                    <!-- Put the entire video name into the second pattern group to use as the episode name -->
                    <regexp>()([\w\s*'-:]*)</regexp>
                </parser>
            </subfolder>        
        </TED> 


I used the new version and it worked great. I only had a problem with one show: News Radio on Crackle from Free Cable. The shows are labeled in a way that My.Library just gets real confused and skips the show. I did not try the generic scraping method because I didn't think the shows would get the season info and hence would not scrape properly into the library. If you know of a regex example that might help the both of us, I would be grateful. Again, thanks for all of the hard work from both of you. The tool has progressed nicely! Cant wait to see what your new project is AC. Thanks.

I didn't see anything weird about the Crackle episode names in the News Radio directory, so I threw together a quick test. The way that I have been creating the subfolder filters is to use the Logical OR since that is much simpler in the XML and does not require as much duplication. I use the subfolder name to get MyLibrary to drill down to the directory I'm interested in right away (this is faster than looking at everything to see if it matches). Then I list the shows I'm interested in as a contains folder with each show separated by double pipes. Finally I add my runtime filter to get only full episodes (over 20 minutes or whatever your want). Here is my config and it retrieved 29 strm files across seasons 1 and 2.

PHP Code:

        <!-- BlueCop FreeCable Streaming TV Network Content -->
        <FreeCable path="plugin://plugin.video.free.cable" recursive="true" prefix="(F) " >
            <subfolder name="Crackle/Television/Comedy" type="episodes" >
                <filter>
                    <runtime>GT|1200</runtime>
                    <contains>Seinfeld || News Radio</contains>
                </filter>
            </subfolder>
        </FreeCable> 


How did you get Crackle working, just a subfolder filter? I was able to use 'All Shows' as a Free Cable subfolder, and this gets most shows. The missing ones need their own subfolder filter.

I tried using Filebot to rename the episode names so they can be scanned to the library but they won't work with just an episode name. I'm going to try epNamer next. Does anyone know of an episode renamer that can work from episode titles with out the 's01e01'[?

I would suggest that you start with the subfolder filter from above then modify as you see fit. For instance, you could change the target directory from /comedy to /all shows then just put the shows your interested in, in the double pipes delimited contains filter. That way you don't have to do multiple subfolder filters for each genre or category. That doesn't always work because not all have that neat and clean directory structure with the convenient "all shows" folder too like Crackle does.

Yeah, I have regular subfolder for most of my shows. I'm picky and want only the shows I'm interested in my library. Seinfeld, Married with Children, and All in the Family pull in just fine. News Radio has problems. There are others that even with their own subfolder and forced series name, they dont pull info. PBS is a good example where some of the naming conventions are off (The War by Ken Burns being one).

I am picky too, that's why I made that double pipes Logical OR contains feature. List only the shows you're interested in and it will only grab those. Combine it with the runtime filter and you're gonna get an automated pull of your favorite full episodes with a single directory filter.