New Tool: episodescanner - adds series and episodenumbers to your MP or 4TR EPG (2 Viewers)

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I wasn't able to download either.

The file server was stuck on "Your download is starting.."
 

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    AW: New Tool: episodescanner - adds series and episodenumbers to your MP or 4TR EPG

    For me it is working fine. Could you please retry?
     

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    Still not working for me :(

    With my download manager I just get an index html and if I do "save as" it reverts to "mediafire_com.htm"
     

    disaster123

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    AW: New Tool: episodescanner - adds series and episodenumbers to your MP or 4TR EPG

    new version online
     

    Andrew H

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    First time user has results and questions...

    This is an interesting utility to obtain Series & Episode numbers when they're missing. TV-Series relies on them to obtain data from theTVDB. I just tried it with mixed results. Attached is a debug log and config file. I'm not sure what the errors are, what didn't get processed and/or why. Although I do have comments/questions:

    1. I notice this populates the SeriesNum with the Season which is using a bit of latitude
    2. IF there is an EpisodeNum already present it doesn't update anything. Could there be an option to populate even if existing?
    3. Do I understand correctly the end of the config.txt that if you say YES you will delete the TV shows from the MP database if they're in the TV-Series DB?
    4. I couldn't get the regexp posted on page 1 to work - it would parse the episode NAME as the Series & Episode, so I'm trying a few other structures...
    5. They are now calling Law & Order: Los Angeles --> Law & Order: LA which this can't locate in theTVDB. Are substitutions allowed in this utility?
    6. I don't know why How I Met Your Mother can't populate the S/E but they seem to be blank...
    7. My first log (no debug) had a bunch of lines with "de.." followed by "en.." - was it searching in two languages or what was that about?

    Thanks for providing such an important tool! Is there any guide to further assist a novice on usage/options? I think I have it right (in my config.txt) --> MySQL, English in US, and I don't want to delete any entries in the Recorded-TV until I really trust TV-Series
     

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    RICHARDG

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    I just tried it.
    Gives me an error about connecting to mysql..I even tried MSSQl..no go.
    Also noticed the log isn't writing out the error message

    DBI connect<'database=MpTvDb:hostname=192.168.1.200\sqlexpress','sa,...> failed
    :unknown MySql server host '192.168.1.200\sqlexpress' <11004> at cavaexecscript
    /episodescanner.pl line 148
    Can't connect to MYSQL:Unknown MySql server host 192.168.1.200\sqlexpress


    thats all I can read

    I tried MSSQL just to be safe..pretty much the same thing.
    I know its me..but any help would be appreciated.

    fixed it.
    but now its wanting to backup the DB to a drive that doesn't exist

    I did a subst and created an "O" drive
    But now I get a file not found - *.db3
     

    RICHARDG

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    well I am making progress. I need to learn more about the config file...that solved the backup issue..doh
    Well at least some of it..it still gives me the file not found error...no idea why yet

    also it give me
    use of uninitialized value in substitution <s///> at cavaexecscript/episodescanner.pl line 418.

    its all greek to me
     

    Andrew H

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    I too meant to ask about the O:\ drive reference in the config.txt file.... I was hoping by posting my files you could coach me toward understanding if I'm doing things correctly, close or what else I need to do/create to understand the basic capability of this utility.

    Thanks
     

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    Hi, disaster123!
    Maybe you could also add season and episodeinfo to TV plugin GUI in "title SXXEXX" format instead of "title" now?
    Thanks!
     

    Andrew H

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    Could we have a new option?

    Hi, disaster123!
    Maybe you could also add season and episodeinfo to TV plugin GUI in "title SXXEXX" format instead of "title" now?
    Thanks!
    Do you mean into the TV-Server (Series/Movie) Filename format tab? This can be assembled already with the sum of the parts. Or am I missing your point?

    Personally I'd like to see an option to lookup all Series/Episode numbers (of those series scheduled to be recorded) regardless if they're populated in the MP database... this would look at theTVDB for the value it'll be using (under TV-Series) and overwrite any incorrect values I may have gotten from my EPG source (which filter down to inaccurate filenames and... well, you get the point).
     

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