Adding TV shows in the library?

[pInUS]

Hi,

I'm trying to add my TV shows in the library.
My files are named like this :
"TV Show\Season #\tv show name - seas # x ep #.mkv

Example : Lost\Saison 5\Lost - 5 x 05.mkv

I tried with
<regexp>/season[^\w]?(\d{1,2})[^\d]*\/.*?\1[^\w]?x[^\w]?(\d\d?)([^/\\]*)</regexp>
in the advancedsettings.xml (thanks xexe) but it doesn't work. I have a list of the seasons in the library but with no episode in it.

You can see the debug log on http://xbmc.pastebin.com/m5f834ffc

The error is :
DEBUG: could not enumerate file D:\Videos\Séries\Weeds\Saison 4\Weeds - 4 x 01.mkv

If I rename my files like this :
Californication\Saison 1\Californication - s01e01.mkv
it works, but it means that I will have lots of files to rename.

Is anyone have an idea ?

Thanks a lot !

[mason]

i won't get into your problem, but you should check out http://tvrename.com/
this tool is mandatory for a clean library imho .. it pulles the info from tvrage and rename all your files accordingly!

[xexe]

Simply follow this

http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=51614

i won't get into your problem, but you should check out http://tvrename.com/
this tool is mandatory for a clean library imho .. it pulles the info from tvrage and rename all your files accordingly!

Renaming is the absolute last thing you should do ever.

[pInUS]

Hi xexe,

I've already tried with the parameters in your topic, but it doesn't work.
I agree with u, file renaming is evil :-)

[xexe]

Its due to this "Séries". I understand why you wouldnt want to do this but if you were to organize as "Season" instead it should just work.

I have absolutely no idea how to match extended characters reliably as its noy something i would ever face being a native English speaker

[pInUS]

When I saw the log, I tought too that it was not working because of the Séries.
So I renamed my folder to "Series" (without the special character) but it didn't work better. I tried also to change "saison" to "season", with no good result.
And even with the folder named Séries, if my files are like "Californication\Saison 1\Californication - s01e01.mkv", it works perfectly. So I imagine the problem is elsewhere, maybe in the regexp string.

Sorry for my english, it's not my native language.

[mason]

whats the problem with renaming? If you like a clean consistent setup .. renaming is mandatory in my eyes ...

[pInUS]

Because I have hundreds of files to rename. And because I dont' see why i should have to rename, i know lots of people using my naming scheme.
So if anyone has an idea... Let me know !

Thanks

[xexe]

As soon as you work out the correct way to tell XBMC regex about special characters i can help you.

[spiff]

it's fed utf-8 and hence your adv.xml needs to be utf-8 formatted. apart from that i don't see what would be different?

[pInUS]

As I told in my previous message, i renamed my folder "Séries" to "Series" (so with no special character). And to be sure, i rename "saison" to "season". But it's still not working, so it seems not to be a problem with my special character.
Any idea?