Fuzzy stacking back

jmarshall,
i agree with you entirely that we should only have one method of stacking. there is no need for fuzzy stacking. most of my files stack correctly, but there are a few that do not. i am having a difficult time figuring out how my files should be named, i can usually get them to work, but sometimes they do not. perhaps a solution to all of this madness would be a file naming tutorial for different circumstances. i mean like a tutorial outlining how to name movies that are broken into two parts, tv series with multiple episodes, etc. my main issue is with imdb lookups, sometimes it reports back with the correct name and writing, but 90% of the time it is wrong. i am almost certain this is due to my files being named incorrectly, so a guide would be beneficiary to a lot of people and would definately help with the people complaining.
also, what about a naming convention for downloaded files since there are a lot of users that get most of their media from downloading. basically what i mean is something built into (the ftp client?) that would be able to distinguish from several different naming standards since there are typically standards associated with naming pirated files. (i know piracy is not condoned, but it happens and there a a good chunk of xbmc users that do use it.) i hope what i am saying makes sense. basically it would look at the files extension and determine it to be a video file then it would know different naming standards and rename the file for xbmc appropriately. it would never be able to work 100%, but would be a good start in automating this process so users won't have to check every file to be sure it meets the standards to use all of the power of xbmc.

hi los93sol,

the online manual is there for you all to add this sort of stuff to.

the changes i've made to the method should have fixed most "normal" methods that are used for naming stuff.

note that there is a cleaning procedure that is run before the file is looked up on imdb. this uses a bunch of stuff - you can see it in imdb.cpp. this will be externalized at some point so that it's a user-editable list. no doubt there are a few strings that need adding to that list.

cheers,
jonathan

awesome, thanks for that info. i am searching the forums now gathering all the information i can about filenaming and once i have a good understanding of every aspect of it, i will attempt to write a guide. xbmc has done a lot for me, and i am a far cry from a programmer so its the least i can do, just thought i would suggest it to see if people wanted it before i put it together. thanks again.

(jmarshall @ mar. 30 2005,19:16 Wrote:ok, support for regexps is in cvs now.

by default, filenames of the form:

*_part #*
*_part.#*
*_cd #*
*_cd.#*

where * is any string, _ is a space, period, dash, or underscore, and # is a number (multi-digit).

well, if put this into regexps,

*_ #*
*_.#*

will tv series like the one listed below be supported in stacking? if not, what code will do if i hope to stack everything of consecutive numbers in the same folder?

scenes.from.a.marriage.1973.tv.scene.1.dvdrip.xvid-fragment
scenes.from.a.marriage.1973.tv.scene.2.dvdrip.xvid-fragment
scenes.from.a.marriage.1973.tv.scene.3.dvdrip.xvid-fragment
scenes.from.a.marriage.1973.tv.scene.4.dvdrip.xvid-fragment
scenes.from.a.marriage.1973.tv.scene.5.dvdrip.xvid-fragment
scenes.from.a.marriage.1973.tv.scene.6.dvdrip.xvid-fragment

to do *.#* in a regexp, it would be:

\.[0-9]*

this will match any occurance of a period followed by any number of numerals. for the particular case you are after, you could do:

scene\.[0-9]*

and it would just stack those that look like *scene.#* where the * and # are as in my previous post.

cheers,
jonathan

thanks.

and i wanted to say thanks to all xbmc team members, you guys should be proud of yourselves, 'cauze you guys use your forte to improve the way all the xbox players around the world lead their lives, and that's a marvellous achivement to remember!

much respect to all the heroes on xbmc team!

keep on good work!