TheTVDB.com Scraper absolute_number for Anime?

Quick question, how does this effect "Specials" Episodes that are named S0Exx, because those do not have absolute numbers, but are within the same folder?

afaik nothing change wrt to specials...

I just checked, Special episodes are ignored, so when adding by absolute number, Season 0 episodes are not added to the library. Is there any way to add them?

Well ... This is my next part of "the plan"

I want that when in absolute_number mode, the episodes without absolute_number should be returned with thier usual season numbers. Instead of being ignored.

Which should mean S0Exx and S01xxx should be available ...

I'll keep up asap !

acaranta Wrote:Well ... This is my next part of "the plan"

I want that when in absolute_number mode, the episodes without absolute_number should be returned with thier usual season numbers. Instead of being ignored.

Which should mean S0Exx and S01xxx should be available ...

I'll keep up asap !

Sweet. I dont know if you read my comment before you posted that, but if you did then... alright I contributed a little to xbmc

If not then

But thanks for the Great work absolute numbering was a much needed addition to the scraper (i'm surprised it wasn't in there before)

Great idea I did not think of going that route. Over the last month I have been working on a script to rename tv series using TheTVDB. It is working out very well, but still has a few cases it does not catch.

What problems did you have with anidb.net? I was considering looking into writing a scraper for it as well as using it as the source for my renaming program.

Keep in mind also that renaming files is often not an option for some users. Torrents require grouped file names to be absolute. Also some torrent sites require file names stay true to their originals released by the group. I wouldn't mind "renaming" the entry that is shown by XBMC but I would definitely have to either, be able to select multiple episodes at once, or select a folder and apply all in a recursive manner.

I would use this, it would also be nice to create thumbnails for each episode at that time too.

I can understand that some users may not want to rename the files. I also think any torrent group "requiring" torrent names to stay the same is laughable. Once I have the file downloaded I will do as I please and they have no clue what's going on.

If it was possible to inform XBMC of the information through a property setting or some other manner that would be a great idea and easy to implement.

Sorry I did not mean to take this thread away from it's original intent, but to finish answering your question. The project I was working on currently functions by looking into a folder and parsing out data from the file name then doing a lookup of that data and for most things named in the manner of [group] Series name # (info).avi as long as it has Series name followed by a # it will automatically detect it for you and rename it and move it to a folder with the series name as the folder name. For anything else in say the format of .. let me find a real example.. "[Eclipse] Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 - 01 (XviD) [43EEA862].avi" The program will bring you to an interface where it parse out all data and seperates it and will present you with a list of the data as follows
"Eclipse
Code
Geass.. etc

you then would select from the list Code Geass and it would rename all episodes that are in the format of that episode and grab the episodes numbers. So if i have the entire season of code geass I must only tell the parser one time what words to use for the name, unless of course each episode was taken from a different source and the name formatting is different.

Now to return you to your scheduled program.

I love the automated absolute numbering idea.

Right ... to keep up with what I said previously ...

I modified 'again' the tvdb.xml scraper.

Previously my changes to use absolute_numbers with a single season (1) were ignoring seasons 00 (Specials) and other seasons ...

With tonight changes when the "Absolute_Numbering" options is checked :
-All episodes with and 'absolute_number' are returned to XBMC as S01Exxx
-AND episodes WITHOUT 'absolute_number' are also returned as SxxxEyyy (which allows single season serie to be tagged and specials to be tagged too )

The Patch Ticket has been created

Now to answser thing that were said ...
*concerning anidb.net scraper ... I have a fully working scraper at home ... BUT they do not allow scraping their website ... so you can use it but after a certain number of accesses ... you get banned for 24h ... which is not something I call practical for every users. Moreover, Anidb do not provide a easy API ... from my point of view, I would need to code a xmlAPI-to-anidbUDPAIP ... but I would be the only entry point ... therefore, A nice SPOF, and regarding the anidb rules (once again) I would be banned every day ... Finally, anidb does not provide the marvellous icons, banners, poster and fanart TVDB provides.

*The problem of renaming files ... well I got over it using the magical "rename" command under linux and its wonderfull regexp function Renaming all my Naruto files took me about 30 seconds ... and this has no price

*I'm glad my changes can be usefull for people ... This is actually my first commit to an open source project ... and it feel great

For example ... the changes allow Cowboy bebop anime to be nicely tagged even with the "absolute_numbering" option active

I actually wonder if this option is really needed ... what happens if a scraper return several times the same episode ?

What would happen if absolute_numbered episode AND normal episodes were returned all the time ?

I guess (ok it's 2am here in France) I shouldn't be a problem ... I have to test this
It could really be classy to have such an automatic thing ! no ?