2013-07-23, 17:34
Hello,
I researched this but the terms are so common it makes it hard to find an answer. This should be an easy question.
Background:
1. Movies have a separate folder for each movie with the tbn, fanart, movie, nfo file within the appropriate folder.
2. Folder names are the same as file names.
3. Folder names try to correspond to online database names for scraping.
4. Movies are kept in separate usb external drives.
5. Not all movies are on the same drive.
6. On the drives live the source folders - "Movies A to K", "Movies L to S", "Movies T to Z", "D List"
Functions:
1. XBMC ignores "the" and "a" when sorting.
2. WIndows 7 does not ignore "the" and "a" when sorting.
3. XBMC sorts by title in NFO file which may be different than title of folder after scraping.
Objective:
To get external source folders aligned with how XBMC sorts.
Questions:
1. If I remove "the" from the title of a movie folder, do I have to also rename the files inside the folder?
For example, if I change the folder name "The Alamo (2004)" to "Alamo (2004)" can I leave the files as "The Alamo (2004).mp4, The Alamo (2004).tbn, The Alamo (2004)-fanart.jpg, The Alamo (2004).nfo?
2. If I remove "the" from the title of a movie folder, will the scraper care? Will it still locate and scrape the movie?
Thanks for the help. I am reorganizing my database to accomplish a number of things and knowing these answers will help a lot.
I researched this but the terms are so common it makes it hard to find an answer. This should be an easy question.
Background:
1. Movies have a separate folder for each movie with the tbn, fanart, movie, nfo file within the appropriate folder.
2. Folder names are the same as file names.
3. Folder names try to correspond to online database names for scraping.
4. Movies are kept in separate usb external drives.
5. Not all movies are on the same drive.
6. On the drives live the source folders - "Movies A to K", "Movies L to S", "Movies T to Z", "D List"
Functions:
1. XBMC ignores "the" and "a" when sorting.
2. WIndows 7 does not ignore "the" and "a" when sorting.
3. XBMC sorts by title in NFO file which may be different than title of folder after scraping.
Objective:
To get external source folders aligned with how XBMC sorts.
Questions:
1. If I remove "the" from the title of a movie folder, do I have to also rename the files inside the folder?
For example, if I change the folder name "The Alamo (2004)" to "Alamo (2004)" can I leave the files as "The Alamo (2004).mp4, The Alamo (2004).tbn, The Alamo (2004)-fanart.jpg, The Alamo (2004).nfo?
2. If I remove "the" from the title of a movie folder, will the scraper care? Will it still locate and scrape the movie?
Thanks for the help. I am reorganizing my database to accomplish a number of things and knowing these answers will help a lot.