Scraping issue

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Idgeinc Offline
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Small problem,
I'm trying to scrape Star Trek: The Next Generation from thetvdb.com, the thing is I cannot name my folder Star Trek: The Next Generation since WIndows doesnt allow special characters in it folder structure, how am I suppose to get Star Trek: The Next Generation scraped?

Any tips?
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artrafael Offline
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Have you tried scraping with the colon omitted from the folder name (and maybe the file names too)?
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Ned Scott Offline
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Name it "Star Trek - The Next Generation"

You can make easy links to the XBMC wiki using double brackets around words: [[debug log]] = debug log, [[Add-on:YouTube]] = Add-on:YouTube, [[Adding videos to the library]] = Adding videos to the library, [[userdata]] = userdata, etc
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sylvantrails Offline
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Add-ons to this question:

--do we have to name every episode "Star Trek - The Next Generation"
--do we have to put the title on every episode

Or, will the scrapers do it?

I.e. Can I do this:
\Star Trek - The Next Generation
\Season 1
S01E01.avi
or, do I have to do this:
\Star Trek - The Next Generation
\Season 1
Star Trek - The Next Generation S01E01 "Encounter at Farpoint".avi

(Thanks, Idgeinc, for asking the question, I was just coming to do the same thing. Smile )
And, thanks to the others for your answers!
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steelman1991 Online
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Post: #5
s01e01 is perfectly acceptable for scraping purposes - no need to have the show name and/or episode title in the filename. In fact the Season folder is superfluous as well providing you have a season number in the file which with your eample you will.

For neatness if nothing else its sometimes better to have the season folder as well.

You might also want to try the scrape omitting the : and replacing with a space, Star Trek The Next Generation.
(This post was last modified: 2012-07-22 23:31 by steelman1991.)
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