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<blockquote data-quote="jsimmons" data-source="post: 596911" data-attributes="member: 85374">I installed this plugin yesterday and after struggling for a couple of hours with making the importer give me a no errors on the test import, I had an epiphany.&nbsp; The epiphany is listed first below, but I've added a few other tips for other first timers (like me):0) The key is to use the same format for ALL of your TV series folders.&nbsp; For instance, I had a mix of folder styles, like so:&lt;series&gt;\Season XX\YY - &lt;title&gt;.&lt;ext&gt;&lt;series&gt;\YY &lt;title&gt;.&lt;ext&gt;&nbsp; (Band OF Brothers, FireFly, etc)&lt;series&gt;\Season XX\YY &lt;title&gt;.&lt;ext&gt;The way I made it work was to make them all the same:&lt;series&gt;\Season XX\YY &lt;title&gt;.&lt;ext&gt;...and then add my own &quot;simple parse expression (and disabling all of the other ones).This meant that I had to add some folders, moves some files, and edit a LOT of filenames, but it made importing work the first time out.&nbsp; 1) I tried to use a string replacement of &quot;. &quot; to &quot; &quot;, but it didn't always work, so I stripped the periods out of a handful of filenames.2) Make sure that your series folder name is EXACTLY what the series is called.&nbsp; For instance, if you have the X-Files, make sure your series folder name is &quot;X-Files&quot; (notice the hyphen in the name). The importer didn't recognize &quot;X Files&quot;. The same goes for other series like NewsRadio (instead of &quot;News Radio&quot;), Monty Python's Flying Circus (instead of &quot;Monte Pythons...&quot;).I was able to import 600 TV shows without any problem once I straightened out the issues identified by the importer.Overall, it works pretty well (with the one niggly thing I cited in a previous message).&nbsp; Well done to the guys that came up with this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jsimmons, post: 596911, member: 85374"] I installed this plugin yesterday and after struggling for a couple of hours with making the importer give me a no errors on the test import, I had an epiphany. The epiphany is listed first below, but I've added a few other tips for other first timers (like me): 0) The key is to use the same format for ALL of your TV series folders. For instance, I had a mix of folder styles, like so: <series>\Season XX\YY - <title>.<ext> <series>\YY <title>.<ext> (Band OF Brothers, FireFly, etc) <series>\Season XX\YY <title>.<ext> The way I made it work was to make them all the same: <series>\Season XX\YY <title>.<ext> ...and then add my own "simple parse expression (and disabling all of the other ones). This meant that I had to add some folders, moves some files, and edit a LOT of filenames, but it made importing work the first time out. 1) I tried to use a string replacement of ". " to " ", but it didn't always work, so I stripped the periods out of a handful of filenames. 2) Make sure that your series folder name is EXACTLY what the series is called. For instance, if you have the X-Files, make sure your series folder name is "X-Files" (notice the hyphen in the name). The importer didn't recognize "X Files". The same goes for other series like NewsRadio (instead of "News Radio"), Monty Python's Flying Circus (instead of "Monte Pythons..."). I was able to import 600 TV shows without any problem once I straightened out the issues identified by the importer. Overall, it works pretty well (with the one niggly thing I cited in a previous message). Well done to the guys that came up with this. [/QUOTE]

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