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EDIT: log files: http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=247542 and http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=247543.
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I just added >100 new (to me) Tom and Jerry (theTVDB 72860) shows. I named them consistently and then had Sickbeard run over the folders, creating NFO files for the series and every video. The files are stored in three subfolders ("Season 1940," "Season 1950" and "Season 1960") under the "Tom and Jerry" folder. The season folder names are odd like that, because that is how theTVDB has them listed. When Sickbeard crawled the folders, it did not have any trouble recognizing a single video file.

But XBMC 13.1 (using theTVDB as my tv scraper) finds none.

What's the deal? How can I fix this?

TheTVDB lists several different Tom and Jerry show series:
* Tom and Jerry (1940-1967), tvdb # 72860
* The Tom and Jerry Show (1975), tvdb # 133691
* Tom and Jerry Tales (2006-2008), tvdb # 82837
* Tom and Jerry Kids Show (1990-?), tvdb # 77973
* The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980-?), tvdb # 83056
* The Tom and Jerry Show (2014), tvdb # 280446

I'm quite sure that I have correctly identified my material.

My series NFO file contains this:

Code:
<tvshow>

  <title>Tom and Jerry</title>

  <rating>9.2</rating>

  <year>1940</year>

  <plot>This is all the Tom and Jerry shorts, from 1940 to 1967. The first 114 are from the Hanna-Barbera era (1940 ΓÇô 1958), the next 13 are from the Gene Deitch era (1960 ΓÇô 1962), and the last 34 are from the Chuck Jones era (1963 ΓÇô 1967).</plot>

  <episodeguide>

    <url>http://thetvdb.com/api/9DAF49C96CBF8DAC/series/72860/all/en.zip</url>

  </episodeguide>

  <episodeguideurl>http://thetvdb.com/api/9DAF49C96CBF8DAC/series/72860/all/en.zip</episodeguideurl>

  <mpaa>TV-G</mpaa>

  <id>72860</id>

  <genre>Animation</genre>

  <premiered>1940-02-20</premiered>

  <studio>CBS</studio>

  <actor>

    <name>Lillian Randolph</name>

    <role>Mammy Two-Shoes</role>

    <thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/actors/307707.jpg</thumb>

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Daws Butler</name>

    <role />

    <thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/actors/20800.jpg</thumb>

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Mel Blanc</name>

    <role />

    <thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/actors/20799.jpg</thumb>

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>June Foray</name>

    <role />

    <thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/actors/20798.jpg</thumb>

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>George O'Hanlon</name>

    <role />

    <thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/actors/20797.jpg</thumb>

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Janet Waldo</name>

    <role />

    <thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/actors/20796.jpg</thumb>

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Dick Beals</name>

    <role />

    <thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/actors/20795.jpg</thumb>

  </actor>

</tvshow>

Make a backup of your TVshow.nfo file and remove

Code:
<episodeguide>

    <url>http://thetvdb.com/api/9DAF49C96CBF8DAC/series/72860/all/en.zip</url>

  </episodeguide>

  <episodeguideurl>http://thetvdb.com/api/9DAF49C96CBF8DAC/series/72860/all/en.zip</episodeguideurl>

I think that may fix it...

Also, when you set your content, did you tell it to use Local NFOs or you told it to use TheTVDb scraper? Obviously it should be set to the local NFO scraper.

-Pr.

Reread your post and answered my own question! Set it to use local NFOs not TheTVDb...

>>> Set it to use local NFOs not TheTVDb...

Where is this setting located? Is this a per-folder setting, per-share setting or system-wide? Is this what the system is asking about when you "refresh" a tv series and xbmc asks you whether to "ignore local content" (or something like that)?

Highlight the Root folder containing all the TV Show folders and Press "C"

Then choose "Set Content"

Choose TV Shows and the "Local information only"

soonerlater

Pr.Sinister

soonerlater

Pr.Sinister