Exclude Specific Folder (1 Viewer)

[bugmenot]

Hello.
I've got the same problem like Pilgrimon:

I have a folder structure like:

[Drive]\[Series Name]\Staffel [Season]\Series-name.SxExy.[ext]
[Drive]\[Series Name]\Staffel [Season]\old_versions\Series-name.SxExy.[ext]

Now, all i want is to exclude all files that are located in the "old_versions"-folder.

i already tried inkers advice: replace this: "old_versions" with this: "sample" (without quotes and run before matching enabled) but i did not succeed

Can you help me?

 

[RoChess]

Hello.
I've got the same problem like Pilgrimon:

I have a folder structure like:

[Drive]\[Series Name]\Staffel [Season]\Series-name.SxExy.[ext]
[Drive]\[Series Name]\Staffel [Season]\old_versions\Series-name.SxExy.[ext]

Now, all i want is to exclude all files that are located in the "old_versions"-folder.

i already tried inkers advice: replace this: "old_versions" with this: "sample" (without quotes and run before matching enabled) but i did not succeed

Can you help me?

The existing expression does not account for foldernames to contain the word 'sample' to be excluded, only the filename itself. So try something like "old_versions\Series-name.S" -> "sample", as this should kill off the ability for the default expression to find anything.

 

[bugmenot]

Hello.
I've got the same problem like Pilgrimon:

I have a folder structure like:


[Drive]\[Series Name]\Staffel [Season]\old_versions\Series-name.SxExy.[ext]

Now, all i want is to exclude all files that are located in the "old_versions"-folder.

i already tried inkers advice: replace this: "old_versions" with this: "sample" (without quotes and run before matching enabled) but i did not succeed

Can you help me?

The existing expression does not account for foldernames to contain the word 'sample' to be excluded, only the filename itself. So try something like "old_versions\Series-name.S" -> "sample", as this should kill off the ability for the default expression to find anything.

Hey RoChess,

thank you for the quick reply.
What i mentiones above was just an example. I also got some series inside the "old_versions"-folder which are embeded in separate folders each. Example: [Drive]\[Series Name]\Staffel [Season]\Series-name.SxExy\Series-name.SxExy.[ext]

To put them all on the list makes the list grow to much.
Are threre any other options to exclude folders from beeing added to the database?
My idea is: Maybe if there is a specific file (for example: ".nomedia") inside a folder => recursively all deeper folders and files are ignored by tv-series?!

copying just the files i do not want to be added in the database is no option for me, because then i have to struggle with 2 diffenent sturctures of folders to find specific files by browsing. That would mess up everything and leads to chaos

again

 

[RoChess]

What i mentiones above was just an example. I also got some series inside the "old_versions"-folder which are embeded in separate folders each. Example: [Drive]\[Series Name]\Staffel [Season]\Series-name.SxExy\Series-name.SxExy.[ext]

Why not make your life easier then:

[Drive]\TV Shows\[Series Name]\Staffel [Season]\Series-name.SxExy.[ext]
[Drive]\TV Shows (Old)\[Series Name]\Staffel [Season]\Series-name.SxExy.[ext]
​

Make MP-TVSeries use the import folder of "[Drive]\TV Shows\" and move any older/etc version to "[Drive]\TV Shows (Old)\".

Problem solved.

 

[bugmenot]

What i mentiones above was just an example. I also got some series inside the "old_versions"-folder which are embeded in separate folders each. Example: [Drive]\[Series Name]\Staffel [Season]\Series-name.SxExy\Series-name.SxExy.[ext]

Why not make your life easier then:

[Drive]\TV Shows\[Series Name]\Staffel [Season]\Series-name.SxExy.[ext]
[Drive]\TV Shows (Old)\[Series Name]\Staffel [Season]\Series-name.SxExy.[ext]
​

Make MP-TVSeries use the import folder of "[Drive]\TV Shows\" and move any older/etc version to "[Drive]\TV Shows (Old)\".

Problem solved.

well, yes you may think this is okay but it's not the way i prefere

2 Examples:

Because i nearly have got 800 episodes and parts of them have been upgraded to HD content (round about 300). Thus i've got 300 episodes in the "old" folder. I think it's cumbersome to have 2 seperate folderstructures.

if i have a folder-depth of 10 and i want to copy the new HD-episodes and the old ones, i have to copy them one after another and navigate trough many folders before i reach the right folder i want to copy. Maybe i do to forget to copy one of these folders...

OR 2nd example:

i bought new HD content from iTunes and replace some old episodes with this new stuff. I have to create all the folders i have in the "series-folder" inside the folder named "series (old)" before i can start to replace them. If you got a deep structure of folders, that's very annoying.


That are some reasons, why i think that having both types (old/new episodes) in the same navigation and not seperate.

Is it difficult to implement a check wheater a folder contains a "dummy"-file before starting to browse and add it in the TV-S database?!

regards

 

[RoChess]

In the same step you would add the 'dummy' file, you could rename the filename in question and add 'sample' to it.

Otherwise add an enhancement request to the Google Code site, as that is the only place requests like this are taken into consideration, and then start a campaign to find a lot of users who find this useful to 'star' your request. The developers prefer to focus on something that helps 10+ users then something that only helps 1. That does not mean that requests aren't eventually implemented, but it can take a long time on minor issues.

However it is all open source, you can also pick up a C# book and add the code yourself, submit a patch and it will after review be added into the next release.

 

[bugmenot]

okay, thanks RoChess.

Of course i do understand that you will not change the code only because one person want's you to do so.
But i don't have a google account right now. That's why i am not able to add this one enhancement request. Creating such an account just for adding this one request is not worth it.

Perhaps you can help me out and add such an request? That would be awesome!

regards