[Musta78]

Having a hard time getting the library to find my dvd's that are tv-show and are built with a folder structure. How can I name the folder so XBMC can find them.

This iso. and img. is easy, but I can't figure out why it doesn't work the same way when the files are placed in folders.

Thinking of making an image of them, but thought I try here first!

[KidKiwi]

Best to rip each episode as a single ISO file (IMO ). I use the naming convention "TVshow Name.S01E01.Episode name.iso" Hope this helps.

[Gamester17]

See http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=36797
\TV Shows\TV Show name\SomethingWhatever\SomethingWhatever.S01E01-02-03-04.SomethingWhatever.iso
\TV Shows\TV Show name\SomethingWhatever\SomethingWhatever.S01E05-06-07-08.SomethingWhatever.iso

...or re-encode them in a other format separating the episodes.

[Musta78]

I know how to rename a Iso. But I have several DVD's that have the folder structure like "Stargate_Atlantis_S1/ VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS" folder.
So if I can rename the folder it would be great.

Or maybe make a scrapper or nfo file my self, any tips on how the easiest way to solve this?

[bartje006]

Would like to know it too, otherwise I have to rip all my Futurama DVDs to single episodes.

[sho]

Can a dev please confirm if the Video_TS folder in the example above could be renamed to a multi-ep foldername?
I tried with Beta 3 and was not able to make it work.
And if the code does not support it, should it? (ie is this a bug?)

[RickDeckard]

I know how to rename a Iso. But I have several DVD's that have the folder structure like "Stargate_Atlantis_S1/ VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS" folder.
So if I can rename the folder it would be great.

Or maybe make a scrapper or nfo file my self, any tips on how the easiest way to solve this?

Renaming the VIDEO_TS folder or the one above it doesn't work.
I just created ISOs out of the DVDs for which I have a VIDEO_TS file structure and used the naming sche suggested above.

[Spaff]

See http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=36797
\TV Shows\TV Show name\SomethingWhatever\SomethingWhatever.S01E01-02-03-04.SomethingWhatever.iso
\TV Shows\TV Show name\SomethingWhatever\SomethingWhatever.S01E05-06-07-08.SomethingWhatever.iso

...or re-encode them in a other format separating the episodes.

You just re-invented my XBMC experience - now I get the idea of library mode! Thanks! :-)

[dizzy72b]

everything was fine with 9.11 and now dharma...rc2...thankyou!!

got here tons of decompressed iso's wh tv-shows...

structure: v:\shows\tv-show\1x01x02x03\video_ts\video_ts.ifo

what tool do i use best to recompress to iso's wh windows se7en?

just tried folder2iso - did not work with xbmc (was fine wh zoom player)

anyone?

rgdz, dc.

[boykster]

I'm not sure this is necessary with Dharma, but this is how I have mine setup (video_ts folder based). I added this to my advancedsettings.xml file:

Code:

- <tvshowmatching append="no">
  <regexp>\[[Ss]([0-9]+)\]_\[[Ee]([0-9]+)\]?([^\\/]*)(?:(?:[\\/]video_ts)[\\/]video_ts.ifo)?</regexp>
  <regexp>[\._ \[\-\\/]([0-9]+)x([0-9]+)([^\\/]*)(?:(?:[\\/]video_ts)[\\/]video_ts.ifo)?</regexp>
  <regexp>[Ss]([0-9]+)[\.\-]?[Ee]([0-9]+)([^\\/]*)(?:(?:[\\/]video_ts)[\\/]video_ts.ifo)?</regexp>
  <regexp>[\._ \-\\/]([0-9]+)([0-9][0-9])([\._ \-][^\\/]*)(?:(?:[\\/]video_ts)[\\/]video_ts.ifo)?</regexp>
  </tvshowmatching>

And my folder structures are like this:

\TVShowName\TVShowName.s01.e01\video_ts.ifo

example:

V:\TV_Series\Monty.Pythons.Flying.Circus\Monty.Pythons.Flying.Circus.s01.e07\VIDEO_TS.IFO

I don't have a VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS subfolders, but each episode is in it's own seperate folder.

I can't remember where I got the regexp settings info - either from the forums or the wiki.

Oh, and I DID use DVDShrink to seperate each episode into its own folder - these aren't video_ts folder contents for the full DVD's

[dizzy72b]

yes - dark! i can remember "darkish" i'll once tweaked "ol" 9.11 wh some code snippet...

promise to try this later today.

tnx dude!!

dc.

[frank_jarle]

See http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=36797
\TV Shows\TV Show name\SomethingWhatever\SomethingWhatever.S01E01-02-03-04.SomethingWhatever.iso
\TV Shows\TV Show name\SomethingWhatever\SomethingWhatever.S01E05-06-07-08.SomethingWhatever.iso

...or re-encode them in a other format separating the episodes.

Maybe its just me, but i prefer to separate each episode to one file, i find it easier to maintaine that way :-)

[GJones]

Maybe its just me, but i prefer to separate each episode to one file, i find it easier to maintaine that way :-)

Yep, MakeMKV can split those out into individual episodes fairly easily from the DVD folder structure...or HandBrake if you want to transcode.

[dizzy72b]

tryed yesterday (the code-snippet addon) and found: not working wh "dharma". first there is no advancedsettings.xml and when i put one in the xbmc root - it seems to have no effect?! maybe someone wh a hint for a programm (freeware?!) to iso my folders again?!

uups! there comes to mind, i tweaked the dvd region to "2" for a not so working iso of captain nemo ... maybe ill have to reset this?! ed: nope didnt work either.

ed: found that "CD Burner XP" works fine for me to "reISO" the VIDEO DVD's...

NEXT QUESTION: assuming i have an ISO wh 3 movies on it? like batman one, two, three - how do i do that?
up until now i scraped batman one and renamed the entry "batman I, II, III" - thaz kinda bull...

tnx!

dc.

[boykster]

If you don't have an advancedsettings.xml file, you can create one. It goes in your \userdata folder (where the guisettings.xml file is). The file also needs to have the correct open/close tags. Here's my current one with more info other than just the TV show regexp

Code:

<advancedsettings>
<network>
<disableipv6>true</disableipv6>
</network>
<remoterepeat>600</remoterepeat>
<videodatabase>
  <type>mysql</type>
  <host>dbhost</host>
  <name>xbmc_video</name>
  <user>user</user>
  <pass>password</pass>
</videodatabase>
  
<useddsfanart>true</useddsfanart>
  <handlemounting>true</handlemounting>
  <tvshowmatching append="no">
    <regexp>\[[Ss]([0-9]+)\]_\[[Ee]([0-9]+)\]?([^\\/]*)(?:(?:[\\/]video_ts)[\\/]video_ts.ifo)?</regexp>
    <regexp>[\._ \[\-\\/]([0-9]+)x([0-9]+)([^\\/]*)(?:(?:[\\/]video_ts)[\\/]video_ts.ifo)?</regexp>
    <regexp>[Ss]([0-9]+)[\.\-]?[Ee]([0-9]+)([^\\/]*)(?:(?:[\\/]video_ts)[\\/]video_ts.ifo)?</regexp>
    <regexp>[\._ \-\\/]([0-9]+)([0-9][0-9])([\._ \-][^\\/]*)(?:(?:[\\/]video_ts)[\\/]video_ts.ifo)?</regexp>
  </tvshowmatching>

<videolibrary>
    <cleanonupdate>true</cleanonupdate>
    <recentlyaddeditems>50</recentlyaddeditems>
</videolibrary>


</advancedsettings>