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Help with the TVDB scraper and multi-episode files - xenonism - 2014-08-15 Hi, I'm struggling to get XBMC to scrape a series correctly and I'm trying to understand how TVDB and the scraper work, but now I'm basically stuck. I'll try to depict a general case, simple scenario and hopefully some can help me. Let's say that I have a series which consists of only one season. The series was aired as ten weekly episodes, but released on DVD as eight, like this: Code: Pilot -> Air Ep. 01 -> DVD Ep. 01 -> Ep. 1.0 on TVDB (DVD order) In other words, aired episodes 03 and 04 are two separate stories that were combined for whatever reason in the DVD release; aired episodes 07 and 08 are one single story that was split in two on TV but recombined on DVD. Let's say that I have files from the DVD: obviously I need the TVDB to use DVD order, but what else? Is it enough to name the files appropriately or is it necessary to use .nfo files? If a .nfo file is needed, does it have to contain a bookmark entry to be scraped as two different episodes? If naming is enough, how should I name the DVD episode 03 so that it shows up as two separate episodes in XBMC? In conclusion, referring to my made-up example, what should I do to get one entry for Christmas, one for Friends and one for Enemies, so that XBMC shows nine episodes and obviously the whole season is correctly scraped? Thanks in advance! |