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<blockquote data-quote="arion_p" data-source="post: 583534" data-attributes="member: 45945">MP and TV Server have no problem with non-numeric episode numbers (although some characters will be replaced). Only WebEPG does not support non-numeric episode numbers because it was initially built around XMLTV (and still outputs to that format). In XMLTV there are two episode numbering formats: onscreen an NS. Onscreen format is a simple non-interpreted string format. This means it is not possible to extract season and episode number separately. In NS format (which is the one WebEPG uses when outputting to XMLTV) the episode numbering follows this pattern:[code][season[/seasons count]].[episode[/episodes count]].[part[/parts count]][/code]All components (season, episode etc.) are zero based integers. Anything enclosed in [] is optional. So the 4th episode of the 2nd season (which has 23 episodes in total) would be 1.3/23.In order to be able to output in NS format WebEPG needs to allow only integer episode/season numbers and it has no use for episode/season counts as these cannot be stored in the database.Regarding documentation for building grabbers, unfortunately there isn't anything (other than the outdated wiki). Your best bet is asking in the forums and experimenting. That is how I started and I have to say that our community is very helpful and supporting of each other.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="arion_p, post: 583534, member: 45945"] MP and TV Server have no problem with non-numeric episode numbers (although some characters will be replaced). Only WebEPG does not support non-numeric episode numbers because it was initially built around XMLTV (and still outputs to that format). In XMLTV there are two episode numbering formats: onscreen an NS. Onscreen format is a simple non-interpreted string format. This means it is not possible to extract season and episode number separately. In NS format (which is the one WebEPG uses when outputting to XMLTV) the episode numbering follows this pattern: [code] [season[/seasons count]].[episode[/episodes count]].[part[/parts count]] [/code]All components (season, episode etc.) are zero based integers. Anything enclosed in [] is optional. So the 4th episode of the 2nd season (which has 23 episodes in total) would be [B]1.3/23.[/B] In order to be able to output in NS format WebEPG needs to allow only integer episode/season numbers and it has no use for episode/season counts as these cannot be stored in the database. Regarding documentation for building grabbers, unfortunately there isn't anything (other than the outdated wiki). Your best bet is asking in the forums and experimenting. That is how I started and I have to say that our community is very helpful and supporting of each other. [/QUOTE]

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