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wuho Offline
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Hello everyone

I'm kinda new to xbmc, but I figure things out and it was working well until now.
Im having trouble to get the TV show "storm chasers" to show up. using the scrapper thetvdb. ( and have tryed the other ones)
Without anny luck.

the tv show is on the homepage, but why is it that xbmc would load it?
I tryed to search thrue the web, but didn find something.

Im running Xbmc bunto. Smile if it has anny influence.

i hope you guys can help.

thanks... Big Grin
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Welcome to the XBMC forums.

Did you organize your show's folder and episode files as outlined here and did you name your show's episodes using the season and episode numbers based on what's shown on tvdb.com for this show? For example:
Code:
Storm Chasers.S05.E07.xxx
for the season 5, episode 7 ("The Storm Within").
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You can also use the naming convention

Storm Chases 507.Confused

Or if you'd also like the episode title in the filename, (not required, but personal preference on my part) you can do this

Storm Chasers 507 - The Storm Within.Confused
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(2012-07-11 02:11)artrafael Wrote:  Welcome to the XBMC forums.

Did you organize your show's folder and episode files as outlined here and did you name your show's episodes using the season and episode numbers based on what's shown on tvdb.com for this show? For example:
Code:
Storm Chasers.S05.E07.xxx
for the season 5, episode 7 ("The Storm Within").

Thanks for the quick respond.

Okay i have not tried to rename all episodes like they are named on thetvdb.
my episodes are named like this right now.
storm.chasers.s05e07.avi

and are placed: Storm chasers - Season 5 - storm.chasers.s05e07.avi

but i can try to rename them, i will respond back Smile

(2012-07-11 04:10)activoice Wrote:  You can also use the naming convention

Storm Chases 507.Confused

Or if you'd also like the episode title in the filename, (not required, but personal preference on my part) you can do this

Storm Chasers 507 - The Storm Within.Confused
thanks for the respond

I will go and try it out Smile
(This post was last modified: 2012-07-11 08:45 by wuho.)
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wuho Offline
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I just tried this.

Storm chaser - Season 1 - storm chaser episode 1.avi

and thetvdb thinks the whole thing is Formula 1 racing ? Confused

even tried to rename them different.
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artrafael Offline
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Did you try either of the naming conventions activoice and I suggested in our posts above?

Also, the name of the show is "Storm Chasers".
(This post was last modified: 2012-07-11 09:11 by artrafael.)
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wuho Offline
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yes i tried them Sad

I just miss typed.
It's named Storm chasers on the media center Smile

should I make some screenshots?
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What are you trying to represent with the dashes in your example?
Code:
Storm chaser - Season 1 - storm chaser episode 1.avi

Are you trying to show your directory/file hierarchy for this show is as follows:
Code:
Storm chaser (directory name)
     |
     |____ Season 1 (subdirectory name)
              |
              |_____ storm chaser episode 1.avi (episode filename)

Or is this the actual file name for this episode?
Code:
Storm chaser - Season 1 - storm chaser episode 1.avi
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wuho Offline
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(2012-07-11 09:31)artrafael Wrote:  What are you trying to represent with the dashes in your example?
Code:
Storm chaser - Season 1 - storm chaser episode 1.avi

Are you trying to show your directory/file hierarchy for this show is as follows:
Code:
Storm chaser (directory name)
     |
     |____ Season 1 (subdirectory name)
              |
              |_____ storm chaser episode 1.avi (episode filename)

Or is this the actual file name for this episode?
Code:
Storm chaser - Season 1 - storm chaser episode 1.avi

Right now i did like this.

Storm chasers (directory name)
|
|____ Season 1 (subdirectory name)
|
|_____ storm chasers.S01.E01.avi (episode filename)

And it went up with FORMULA 1 racing. Huh
http://thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=248164&lid=7
(This post was last modified: 2012-07-11 09:47 by wuho.)
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artrafael Offline
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(2012-07-11 09:40)wuho Wrote:  Right now i did like this.

Storm chasers (directory name)
|
|____ Season 1 (subdirectory name)
|
|_____ storm chasers.S01.E01.avi (episode filename)

In order for the scraper to work correctly, you need to be organized, precise and consistent. Try the following and pay special attention to your spelling and capitalization of the directories and file names.
Code:
Storm Chasers (directory name)
     |
     |____ Season 01 (subdirectory name)
              |
              |_____ Storm Chasers S01E01.avi (episode filename)

Be sure you scrape from the top-level directory ("Storm Chasers") to pick up all your episodes.
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