Ascending episode number problem (Seinfeld) (1 Viewer)

[wenkman]

Hi there,

iI have a little problem importing my Seinfeld episodes in My TV Series. They are named like this:

Seinfeld - 008 - The Jacket.mpg
Seinfeld - 055 - The Visa.mpg
Seinfeld - 134 - The Foundation.mpg

So they are in an ascending episode number without the season listed.

Any ideas how to put this in the importer (simple/regexp).

Thanks.

W.

 

[kiwijunglist]

You have to rename all 100+ files manually!
I did this myself for my seinfeld collection, it took about 15 minutes
Unfortunately the numbering system doesn't correspond to dvd season or aired season order.

Alternatively there may be a renaming program that can grab the episode title from the file name, search the tvdb then find out the S##E##, but i think your pretty unlikely to find such a program.

 

[wenkman]

ok. so, it's bad news!? any other ideas?

 

[Inker]

Doesnt seem to correspond to the absolute order option either, as the Foundation is supposed to be 135 acc to thetvdb.com, so you'll never get automatic matching.

However you can try to find the discrepency (I'M guessing a double episodes is one in your naming but two on thetvdb.com) and then add a string replacement To Transform "Seinfeld - " to something like "Seinfeld - S01E" that runs before matching. Then tweak the default regex to allow for 3 digit episode numbers (search the forum) which should keep the parser happy. Lastely make sure "automatically choosed aired order" is disabled, run the import and choose the absolute episode order option when asked during import.

That should work I think.

 

[kiwijunglist]

yeah a simple renaming string replacement wont work because you have to rename the double episodes, just manually rename them all to match tvdb.com

 

[wenkman]

Thanks so far! But what about taking the name of the episode for reference "Seinfeld - 134 - The Foundation.mpg" -> "The Foundation" and trying to match it with tvdb without using the episode number? Is there a way maybe with regexp?

Thanks!

 

[Inker]

No, we dont match by episode name (yet).

An overhaul of the entire import workflow is in progress though which might include this, but it'll be a while so don't hold your breath.