Series with '&' in the name (1 Viewer)

[robteifi]

Every time I set up My TV series or rebuild the database I have to do a custom search for series that have an ampersand (&) in the name, but where the filenames use 'and'

Any chance of an enhancement that will also search for '&' when 'and' is in the name? I have looked through a number of messages here, but couldn't find anything obvious.

I know that I could rename the files using Renamer or similar, but with ongoing series that gets to be a real pain.

Thanks

 

[mastyman]

What are some example series with '&' your having problems with?

What is your version of MP-TVSeries?

 

[mr viggo]

Brothers and Sisters gets a wrong match for example. But if you set a replace thingy in tvseries setup with: .and. to .&. and check the box for "run before matching" the problem is solved. That's what I do and it works every time.

 

[robteifi]

mrviggo:
Ah, thanks for the tip, I hadn't investigated those

mastyman:
Multiple versions of the program, running on either MP 1.1.3 or MP 1.2.0 beta.

As Mr Viggo says, "Brothers & Sisters" also Will & Grace, Gavin & Stacey, Jam & Jerusalem spring to mind.

I'm a little worried that the "replace thingy" suggested by mrviggo, might cause as many problems as it solves e.g. where the correct version of the series name does indeed use 'and'

 

[RoChess]

The best way is to add string replacements that simply remove " & " and " and " because with those removed, the API still gets the correct results.

Examples:

Will & Grace = http://www.thetvdb.com/api/GetSeries.php?seriesname=will+grace
Winners & Losers = http://www.thetvdb.com/api/GetSeries.php?seriesname=winners+losers
Brothers & Sisters = http://www.thetvdb.com/api/GetSeries.php?seriesname=brothers+sisters
Kourtney And Khloe Take Miami = http://www.thetvdb.com/api/GetSeries.php?seriesname=kourtney+khloe