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Thermos · 2010-01-24, 23:52

My TV Library is driving me nuts. It shows the TV Shows but when i select a show its empty...no seasons or episodes. The only thing i can think that changed around this time is I used Media Companion to grab info and backgrounds and such for my shows.

The structure is just \TV Show\TV Show - S01E01 - Ep Name.avi
and the only thing added to the folders are the files from media companion.
tvshow.nfo, fanart.jpg, folder.jpg, season01.tbn, etc.

I tried deleting the libarary and starting over, i tried removing xbmc and going back to the stable version from the xbmc download page and i am using the default confluence theme now, but none of this helped.

If i dont use library mode the source works fine and everything is there. Can anyone tell me why the TV Shows show up but all my episodes are missing?

rjxxx · 2010-01-25, 10:27

Same issue here actually, first time I am using Media Companion. Was hoping to eliminate all the scanning new content time, as well as gather more pics/info. But it seems any tv show I run it on, now no longer shows any episodes. Quite odd.

billyad2000 · 2010-01-25, 11:38

I have just setup XBMC live and over the last couple of weeks heavily without issue.

I would suggest that you post an example of a tvshow.nfo file that is not scraped, along with the XBMC debug log.

**steelman1991** · 2010-01-25, 13:01

The tvdb has had several instances of 'downtime' over the weekend, this might be part of your problem. Its down at the moment as well.

**Louike** · 2010-01-25, 14:15

I was having problems scraping my local tv-show .nfo's too lately. reverted back to an older build. I dont think it's media companion related.

Thermos · 2010-01-26, 00:57

thanks for the replies. tvdb seems to be back up. ill try again after work and see that was the issue.

rjxxx · 2010-01-26, 05:12

Trying as well, but it didnt seem to be down when I did mine and have same issue. But, worth a try!

Thermos · 2010-01-26, 05:18

ok so it doesnt seem to have anything to do with TVDB. I have a link to my debug log and posted a snippet of my tvshow.nfo. sorry for the post but the nfo trips pastebins filters. the error in the log looks like its..."but we have no episode guide. Check your tvshow.nfo and make sure the <episodeguide> tag is in place."

xbmc debug log
http://pastebin.com/m448d1ca0

tvshow.nfo (i cut out thumb, fanart, and actor info to keep it short)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<tvshow>
<title>30 Rock</title>
<year>
</year>
<rating>8.7</rating>
<plot>Liz Lemon, played by Saturday Night Live's Tina Fey, is the head writer of the fictional TV show, 'The Girlie Show.' When her old boss dies and a new boss comes in, Liz must try to run a successful TV show without losing her mind.</plot>
<thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/posters/79488-6.jpg</thumb>
.....
<fanart>http://thetvdb.com/banners/fanart/original/79488-12.jpg</fanart>
<runtime>30</runtime>
<mpaa>TV-PG</mpaa>
<genre>Comedy</genre>
<premiered>2006-10-11</premiered>
<studio>NBC</studio>
<id>tt0496424</id>
<tvdbid>79488</tvdbid>
<sortorder>default</sortorder>
<language>en</language>
<episodeactorsource>tvdb</episodeactorsource>
<tvshowactorsource>tvdb</tvshowactorsource>
<locked>true</locked>
<actor>
<name>Tina Fey</name>
<role>Liz Lemon</role>
<thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/actors/71286.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
.....
</tvshow>

**steelman1991** · 2010-01-26, 11:40

I occassionally have issues like you've described and these tend to occur at a time when the tvdb has downtime issues. My remedy is to move the series from the 'monitored' folder to the root - add a new series sub-folder in the 'monitored' folder then move the season and episodes only back into the new sub-folder.

Providing you can use the root of the monitored folder to temporarily store the seaon sub-folder, it literally takes a few minutes and so far after each subsequent restart of xbmc, the season and episodes are correctly identified.

Not a permanent resolution I know, but a fairly painless workaround. I view it as a minor irritation and have never sought a remedy - good luck with that.

Thermos · 2010-01-26, 17:11

any other ideas? i dont see the mentioned <episodeguide> in my nfo file created by media companion. is this a requirement and/or the issue?

**Louike** · 2010-01-27, 16:00

I think the tv show searcher is broken, it totally ignores my locally scraped .nfo's i tried MIP and Media Companion seperate. When i revert back to svn 26321 it works again.

Working version (26321):

Code:
41:16 T:4092 M:3008823296   DEBUG: Found matching Full NFO file: smb://LOUIKES/Series A - K/Heroes/Season 4/heroes.s04e17.720p.hdtv.x264-ctu.nfo

41:16 T:4092 M:3008823296   DEBUG: Adding new item to tvshows:smb://LOUIKES/Series A - K/Heroes/Season 4/heroes.s04e17.720p.hdtv.x264-ctu.mkv

41:16 T:4092 M:3008831488    INFO: Caching image from: smb://LOUIKES/Series A - K/Heroes/Season 4/fanart.jpg to special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/Video/Fanart/f0776759.tbn

41:16 T:4092 M:3008114688    INFO: Caching image from: smb://LOUIKES/Series A - K/Heroes/Season 4/heroes.s04e17.720p.hdtv.x264-ctu.tbn to special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/Video/f/f0776759.tbn

41:16 T:4092 M:3008131072   DEBUG: Trying to connect to \\LOUIKES\Series A - K with username() and password(XXXX)

41:16 T:4092 M:3008126976   DEBUG: Trying to connect to \\LOUIKES\Series A - K with username() and password(XXXX)

41:16 T:4092 M:3008118784   DEBUG: CVideoDatabase::GetStackedTvShowList query: select idShow from tvshow where c00 like (select c00 from tvshow where idShow=16) order by idShow

41:16 T:4092 M:3008118784   DEBUG: CVideoDatabase::GetSeasonsNav query: select episode.c12,path.strPath,tvshow.c00,tvshow.c08,count(1),count(files.playCount) from episode join tvshow on tvshow.idshow=tvshowlinkepisode.idshow join tvshowlinkepisode on tvshowlinkepisode.idEpisode = episode.idEpisode join files on files.idFile=episode.idFile  join tvshowlinkpath on tvshowlinkpath.idShow = tvshow.idShow join path on path.idPath = tvshowlinkpath.idPath where tvshow.idShow = 16  group by episode.c12

41:16 T:4092 M:3008278528   DEBUG: CVideoDatabase::GetMoviesByWhere query: select * from movieview join movielinktvshow on movielinktvshow.idMovie=movieview.idMovie where movielinktvshow.idShow = 16

41:16 T:4092 M:3008077824   DEBUG: Found matching Full NFO file: smb://LOUIKES/Series A - K/Human Target/tvshow.nfo

41:16 T:4092 M:3008061440   DEBUG: Adding new item to tvshows:smb://LOUIKES/Series A - K/Human Target/

41:17 T:4092 M:3008012288    INFO: Caching image from: smb://LOUIKES/Series A - K/Human Target/fanart.jpg to special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/Video/Fanart/e497a104.tbn

41:17 T:4092 M:3007541248   DEBUG: Trying to connect to \\LOUIKES\Series A - K with username() and password(XXXX)

41:17 T:4092 M:3007512576    INFO: Caching image from: smb://LOUIKES/Series A - K/Human Target/folder.jpg to special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/Video/e/e497a104.tbn

41:17 T:4092 M:3007393792   DEBUG: Trying to connect to \\LOUIKES\Series A - K with username() and password(XXXX)

41:17 T:4092 M:3007385600   DEBUG: FileCurl::Open(044FDA9C) http://www.thetvdb.com/banners/actors/109641.jpg

41:17 T:4092 M:3007406080   DEBUG: XFILE::CFileCurl::CReadState::FillBuffer: curl failed with code 7

41:17 T:4092 M:3007406080   ERROR: CFileCurl::CReadState::Open, didn't get any data from stream.

41:17 T:4092 M:3007406080   DEBUG: FileCurl::Close(044FDA9C) http://www.thetvdb.com/banners/actors/109641.jpg

41:17 T:4092 M:3007401984   DEBUG: Trying to connect to \\LOUIKES\Series A - K with username() and password(XXXX)

41:17 T:4092 M:3007393792   DEBUG: FileCurl::Open(044FDA9C) http://www.thetvdb.com/banners/actors/109631.jpg

41:17 T:4092 M:3007393792   DEBUG: XFILE::CFileCurl::CReadState::FillBuffer: curl failed with code 7

41:17 T:4092 M:3007393792   ERROR: CFileCurl::CReadState::Open, didn't get any data from stream.

41:17 T:4092 M:3007393792   DEBUG: FileCurl::Close(044FDA9C) http://www.thetvdb.com/banners/actors/109631.jpg

41:17 T:4092 M:3007430656   DEBUG: Trying to connect to \\LOUIKES\Series A - K with username() and password(XXXX)

41:17 T:4092 M:3007422464   DEBUG: FileCurl::Open(044FDA9C) http://www.thetvdb.com/banners/actors/109621.jpg

41:17 T:4092 M:3007422464   DEBUG: XFILE::CFileCurl::CReadState::FillBuffer: curl failed with code 7

41:17 T:4092 M:3007422464   ERROR: CFileCurl::CReadState::Open, didn't get any data from stream.

41:17 T:4092 M:3007422464   DEBUG: FileCurl::Close(044FDA9C) http://www.thetvdb.com/banners/actors/109621.jpg

Broken version (since svn 27045, that i know of, this was 27217)

Code:
51:33 T:3044 M:2977828864   DEBUG: VIDEO::CVideoInfoScanner::DoScan - Finished dir: smb://LOUIKES/Series A - K/Heroes/

51:33 T:3044 M:2977771520   DEBUG: Hash[tvshows,smb://LOUIKES/Series A - K/Human Target/]:DB=[],Computed=[]

51:33 T:3044 M:2977767424   DEBUG: Not adding item to library as no info was found :(

51:33 T:3044 M:2977820672   DEBUG: VIDEO::CVideoInfoScanner::DoScan - Finished dir: smb://LOUIKES/Series A - K/Human Target/

51:33 T:3044 M:2977738752   DEBUG: Hash[tvshows,smb://LOUIKES/Series I - M/]:DB=[0350367EB9A23ECDEF1AC0F36FC0BA21],Computed=[0350367EB9A23ECDEF1AC0F36FC0BA21]

51:33 T:3044 M:2977796096   DEBUG: VIDEO::CVideoInfoScanner::DoScan - Finished dir: smb://LOUIKES/Series I - M/

51:33 T:3044 M:2977738752   DEBUG: Hash[tvshows,smb://LOUIKES/Series I - M/Lost/]:DB=[],Computed=[]

51:34 T:3044 M:2977804288   DEBUG: Not adding item to library as no info was found :(

51:34 T:3044 M:2977861632   DEBUG: VIDEO::CVideoInfoScanner::DoScan - Finished dir: smb://LOUIKES/Series I - M/Lost/

51:34 T:3044 M:2977751040   DEBUG: Hash[tvshows,smb://LOUIKES/Series L - Z/]:DB=[67B0284E10551A2FF101DF975F272004],Computed=[67B0284E10551A2FF101DF975F272004]

51:34 T:3044 M:2977808384   DEBUG: VIDEO::CVideoInfoScanner::DoScan - Finished dir: smb://LOUIKES/Series L - Z/

51:34 T:3044 M:2977751040   DEBUG: Hash[tvshows,smb://LOUIKES/Series L - Z/House/]:DB=[],Computed=[]

51:34 T:3044 M:2977722368   DEBUG: Not adding item to library as no info was found :(

51:34 T:3044 M:2977779712   DEBUG: VIDEO::CVideoInfoScanner::DoScan - Finished dir: smb://LOUIKES/Series L - Z/House/

51:34 T:3044 M:2977771520   DEBUG: Hash[tvshows,smb://LOUIKES/Series L - Z/Nieuw Dier/]:DB=[],Computed=[]

for some reason the newer builds mark my tv shows as corruptive.

mindweaver · 2010-01-27, 20:14

I have the same issues, or at least similar. It ignores TV-shows with local nfo. If I remove the .nfos it scans them fine.

Thermos · 2010-01-27, 22:18

where can i find build 26321 to try? i was going to look at http://sshcs.com/xbmc/ but it's down.

**Louike** · 2010-01-27, 22:30

Dropped a ticket:
http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/8644

The older builds are here: http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/win32/

**mkortstiege** · 2010-01-28, 09:23

Please upgrade to a more recent version of XBMC (nightly) and report back.