Interesting,
The trouble is that the program should be able to make a decision based on predetermined rule.
If the rule says “'any time you find 3 digits, please consider that the first is the season number and the 2 last the episode number”, then that’s fine.
But that implies that “301” is Season 3 and Episode 1… and that nobody would use “0301” to identify the same episode, or even “31”. The obvious limitation is for the shows where more than 9 seasons exist (The Bold and the Beautiful comes to mind).
Another limitation is the case of titles including 3 digits, such as " 100 per cent"; the program would consider it as Season 1, Episode 0.
Some developers have moved the problem towards the end-user, who have to pre-specify the rule to use in a list of pre-specified formats. That is what I’d like to avoid, as this would make the software more difficult to use and more intimidating.
Last, if the rule says the same as the one mentioned above but add another condition : the 3 digits must be within 2 “_” , then I can do it. Let me know what you think.
Chris,