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<blockquote data-quote="mp.user" data-source="post: 830167" data-attributes="member: 115064">MediaPortal Version: 1.2.1.0MediaPortal Skin: PureVision HDDear community,I have a question concerning the parsing of video titles.If I understand correctly, the lookup of video metadata is made of 2 steps:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Parse path and name of a file and find the video title</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Request metadata from a database, e.g. IMDB</li>
</ol>The first step doesn't work for my video collection because I have a folder structure that is not quite common. Here are a few examples:My Videos\Fictional\English\Film Series\Lord of the Rings\DVD\[Warner - Z5 Y15527] The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)\DVD 1\Side A\VIDEO_TSMy Videos\Fictional\English\Feature Films\-\DVD\[Warner - Z5 12648] Falling Down (1999)\DVD 1\VIDEO_TSMy Videos\Fictional\German\Feature Films\-\TV\[2011-08-07 einsfestival] Berlin Calling\Berlin Calling.tsWhen I update the video database, most of my videos are called &quot;DVD 1&quot; or similar. Thus I have to edit each video entry manually (which is quite uncomfortable, of course). Now my question: Can I customize the movie name parsing somehow? The MPTV Series plugin offers good capabilities for custom folder structures (e.g. by supporting variables for folder levels and regular expressions). Can I use something like this for &quot;My Movies&quot;?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mp.user, post: 830167, member: 115064"] [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: 1.2.1.0 [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: PureVision HD Dear community, I have a question concerning the parsing of video titles. If I understand correctly, the lookup of video metadata is made of 2 steps: [LIST=1] [*]Parse path and name of a file and find the video title [*]Request metadata from a database, e.g. IMDB [/LIST] The first step doesn't work for my video collection because I have a folder structure that is not quite common. Here are a few examples: [i]My Videos\Fictional\English\Film Series\Lord of the Rings\DVD\[Warner - Z5 Y15527] The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)\DVD 1\Side A\VIDEO_TS[/i] [i]My Videos\Fictional\English\Feature Films\-\DVD\[Warner - Z5 12648] Falling Down (1999)\DVD 1\VIDEO_TS[/i] [i]My Videos\Fictional\German\Feature Films\-\TV\[2011-08-07 einsfestival] Berlin Calling\Berlin Calling.ts[/i] When I update the video database, most of my videos are called "DVD 1" or similar. Thus I have to edit each video entry manually (which is quite uncomfortable, of course). Now my question: Can I customize the movie name parsing somehow? The MPTV Series plugin offers good capabilities for custom folder structures (e.g. by supporting variables for folder levels and regular expressions). Can I use something like this for "My Movies"? [/QUOTE]

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