2014-10-21, 10:54
Ok, firstly I know im going to get various feedback for my naming but I have various devices connected in various ways and its the only way to get it to display correctly on good old fashioned unintelligent file lists programs.
I will choose one show so you can see the issue but this is an issue in other shows as well, Dr Who, the show has various seasons with lots of specials in between the seasons which progress the story and so needed to be watched in order. My files are therefore sorted and named like this -
Doctor Who (2005) - 0112 - Bad Wolf - Part 1.avi
Doctor Who (2005) - 0113 - The Parting of The Ways - Part 2.avi
Doctor Who (2005) - 0113b - Born Again (Children in Need).avi
Doctor Who (2005) - 0114 - (Special) The Christmas Invasion.avi
So i basically tag a letter onto it if it is between episodes or make it a new number if its at the end etc. This as you can imagine makes the scrapped go no nuts and tries its best to cope.
I thought the solution would be simply to create an nfo file for each one with a url pointer, but can I get it work, can I hell! for example, the born again one, I created the nfo file, put it in the same folder as the episode (although I have also tried the root folder of the season) with the url only it (http://thetvdb.com/index.php?tab=episode...&id=306975) the scrapper just adds it as another copy of 0113
Im probably doing something stupid (other than using a non standard naming) but it makes life so much easier if the kids and partner can simply just choose the next file down on the devices that arent as clever as xmbc and I get so much less nagging, its ok for the pc in the front room as it has xbmc on it once its indexing it correctly
Many thanks in advance
Oh and the nfo file is named exactly as per the episode but ends in nfo, and I get the same result in Kodi
I will choose one show so you can see the issue but this is an issue in other shows as well, Dr Who, the show has various seasons with lots of specials in between the seasons which progress the story and so needed to be watched in order. My files are therefore sorted and named like this -
Doctor Who (2005) - 0112 - Bad Wolf - Part 1.avi
Doctor Who (2005) - 0113 - The Parting of The Ways - Part 2.avi
Doctor Who (2005) - 0113b - Born Again (Children in Need).avi
Doctor Who (2005) - 0114 - (Special) The Christmas Invasion.avi
So i basically tag a letter onto it if it is between episodes or make it a new number if its at the end etc. This as you can imagine makes the scrapped go no nuts and tries its best to cope.
I thought the solution would be simply to create an nfo file for each one with a url pointer, but can I get it work, can I hell! for example, the born again one, I created the nfo file, put it in the same folder as the episode (although I have also tried the root folder of the season) with the url only it (http://thetvdb.com/index.php?tab=episode...&id=306975) the scrapper just adds it as another copy of 0113
Im probably doing something stupid (other than using a non standard naming) but it makes life so much easier if the kids and partner can simply just choose the next file down on the devices that arent as clever as xmbc and I get so much less nagging, its ok for the pc in the front room as it has xbmc on it once its indexing it correctly
Many thanks in advance
Oh and the nfo file is named exactly as per the episode but ends in nfo, and I get the same result in Kodi