MP-TVSeries v4.3.6 Release [2020-01-24] (3 Viewers)

[framug]

it does become very tiresome to have to name each episode...

Hello,
I use the freeware ant renamer for that, it's very fast.

 

[joecrow]

Hello,
I use the freeware ant renamer for that, it's very fast.

What I actually said was:-

but it does become very tiresome to have to name each episode with the series name when it is already located in a folder of the series name and sub folder of the season

I accept that there are workarounds for this including the one for me which is to stop using "Season" subfolders but if this plugin is still supported(?) it would be good to have this confirmed as a bug and maybe get a fix. Or???

 

[framug]

Please, try this freeware, you will see you will be able to work with files but also, with an entire folder/subfolder (Season folder in this case)

 

[bta489]

I have had the MP- TV Series plugin for many years but do not import very much or very often. For import I have always had to manually enter series, name, season and episode data into the importer despite using a filename including the season and episode and locating it in a folder of the series/season name which I believe should work automatically ( and from memory that does work in Moving Pictures). If I add the series name to the file name then the importer does pick up everything automatically. see attached screenshots.
What am I doing wrong???

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@joecrow I just tested it, it should recognize your files if you simply add new parsing strings to the importer to match your naming scheme. In the Settings > Import Tab > Parsing Expressions add the following entry:

<series>\Season<season>\S<season>_E<episode> <title>.<ext>

type "simple" and remember to set the checkmark in the "enabled" column. If all your files are named like this, you could move the entry to the top of the list, so it is the first one the importer will use. It should work just fine at the bottom of the list, though.

You could make it more robust with regular expressions (I noticed an extra dot character after "E04" in your screenshot), but if you stick to your naming conventions this should work just fine.

 

[joecrow]

I will try that when I get home after xmas and report back. Thanks

 

[joecrow]

@joecrow I just tested it, it should recognize your files if you simply add new parsing strings to the importer to match your naming scheme. In the Settings > Import Tab > Parsing Expressions add the following entry:

<series>\Season<season>\S<season>_E<episode> <title>.<ext>

type "simple" and remember to set the checkmark in the "enabled" column. If all your files are named like this, you could move the entry to the top of the list, so it is the first one the importer will use. It should work just fine at the bottom of the list, though.

You could make it more robust with regular expressions (I noticed an extra dot character after "E04" in your screenshot), but if you stick to your naming conventions this should work just fine.

Tried that but still not working., see attached screenshots.

 

[bta489]

Well, it appears you're file naming is rather inconsistent. The latest file is named yet again differently from the previous ones (whitespaces where previously there were none, this time no episode title), so a single "simple" expression won't catch all. To match this specific file this should work:

<series>\Season <season>\S<season>_E<episode>.<ext>

Let me try to come up with a regular expression, that tolerates these inconsistencies.

Try this (this time type "regexp"):

(?<series>[^\\]+)\\Season\s*(?<season>\d+)\\S(?<season>\d+)\s*_E(?<episode>\d+)\s*(?<title>.*?)\.(?<ext>[^.]*)$

It matched all unmatched filenames you provided so far on my machine:

 

[joecrow]

It matched all unmatched filenames you provided so far on my machine:

Confirm same for me see screenshot.Sorry for the inconsistences which were part of my attempts to come up with a naming scheme that would work in a "Season" subfolder as were all the other file names I have so far shown here. In fact the real problem is that the downloaded file name includes the episode number and name but neither the series name or season number. I had thought that adding them to a season number subfolder in the series name folder would work as well as keeping things tidy but found it did not even if I appended the season number. You have fixed that, many thanks and at the risk of pushing my luck could you take a look at the highlighted filename in the screenshot (which is as downloaded) and if possible suggest an expression that would work for it?
Many thanks again and Happy New Year

 

[bta489]

A Happy new Year to you as well

This should work for all filenames mentioned so far (also type "regexp"):

(?<series>[^\\]+)\\Season\s*(?<season>\d+)\\(S(?<season>\d+)\s*_E)*(?<episode>\d+)\.*\s*(?<title>.*?)\.(?<ext>[^.]*)$

 

[joecrow]

Fantastic, thankyou thankyou.