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Benedict42
2009-02-23, 23:16
I'm trying to scrape info for a mini-series, specifically, the BBC drama Casanova. I'm familiar with the naming conventions and whatnot, but even following them, I cannot get TVDB (or any other database, for that matter) to recognize the show. Currently, I have the show in its own folder, entitled "Casanova", in which I have a second folder, "Season 1", in which are the three episodes of the series, "S01E01 Episode 1" ... etc. Despite this, I can get no information from the scraper, and, as far as I can tell, I'm adhering to the conventions exactly. Any help?
Enable Debug Logging in the System Settings for XBMC. That will allow for a more verbose output in the log.
Often times when I couldn't get a show to scrape it was due to the website timing out, and not because my filenames were not being recognized. Currently XBMC doesn't do a very good job of telling you that the Website has Timedout. The log, however, should give you some indicator as to what's going on. I remember seeing messages about bout time outs in the log. You should see something similar if the same thing is happening.
According to the wiki the filename may not start with "S01E01"
The wiki has turned out not to be exact though when it comes to TV show naming requirements (someone that can read the code needs decipher the exact current status).
http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=TV_Shows_(Video_Library)#Directory_Structur e_and_File_Names
jmarshall
2009-02-24, 00:20
None of the defaults require anything in the filename prior to the season/episode identifier.
Thus the foo. isn't needed. If something _is_ before the season/episode identifier, then a separator must be there. Generally:
foo<separator1><season and episode identifier><separator2>bar
is what is looked for, where <separator1> can include a directory separator, or dot, underscore, space, dash. <separator2> and bar must not contain a directory separator (i.e. we look at filenames only) so can be dot, underscore, space or dash.
Cheers,
Jonathan
I'm guessing its this series.
http://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=75817&lid=7
Have you tried this.
Main folder with all of your TV shows/
-Casanova/
--Season 1/
---Casanova - S01E01.avi
---Casanova - S01E02.avi
---Casanova - S01E03.avi
Or like always... debug log (http://xbmc.org/wiki/index.php?title=HOW-TO_Submit_a_Proper_Bug_Report)
Benedict42
2009-02-24, 01:20
Solved. Suffice it to say, I am an idiot. Thank you for your help, and especially the debug log suggestion. With that, I was able to track down the problem to an unrelated networking issue (unplugged cable) once I discovered that it was indeed timing out. Thanks again for the help.
Uh, hahahaha
Sorry Im not laughing at you, but with you.
once I discovered that it was indeed timing out.
Yay! Time out saves the day again! :D