How does WD recognize TV Show? Firmware Version 3.00.28

[Friday949]

I've changed all my TV Show file names so that the Auto Get Info process works correctly.  The only thing I notice is that the shows aren't in correct chronological order.  For example, as you move from left to right in the episodes, it goes:

S01E01, S01E10-19, S01E02-24, S01E03, S01E04, S01E05, S01E06, S01E07, S01E08, S01E09

I played around with sorting by name or date, but I still cannot get file #1 to be episode #1, and so on.  

Is there a way to get it in order S01E01 - S01E24 using firmware 3.00.28?

[TonyPh12345]

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Friday949 wrote:

Is there a way to get it in order S01E01 - S01E24 using firmware 3.00.28?

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You'll have to modify the TITLE TAG in the XML to put a leading zero before the episode numbers in episodes 1-9.

[dudeman316]

Tony, what is the best method for editing an XML file? Also, how do you get the auto scan to actually run, seems mine is running some times at random intervals & getting tv info & then at other times, just does nothing.

[TonyPh12345]

I used a tool called TEXTCRAWLER, a free download, to change all SINGLE-DIGIT Episode Numbers to TWO-DIGIT Episode Numbers with a leading zero.

Use the INPUT FOLDER tab.

I set the FILE FILTER to "*.xml"

START LOCATION set to the ROOT of the share, so that it does them ALL at the same time.

UNCHECK Case Sensitive, Multi-line Anchors, and Dot Matches Newline.

Use the REGULAR EXPRESSION tab.

Set RegEx to:  (\d)\s-\s(\d)\s

Set "Replace" to:  $1[space]-[space]0$2[space]

Make sure you change [space] to an actual SPACE when you type.

Also, that character BEFORE the "$2" is a ZERO, not an OH.

So, in TEXT, that Replace String is spelled "Dollar One Space Hyphen Space Zero Dollar Two Space"

Then click the REPLACE button, and follow the prompts.

I would recommend you copy all your XML files to a safe place before starting.   That way if you mess it up, you can just restore them back.

If you just want to do it by hand, use Microsoft's XML Notepad (Another free download.)

[dudeman316]

thanks Tony, very good info, much appreciated, any ideas as to why the get info for TV Show autoscans pretty much when it wants? Is there a trigger for this or something I need to do specifically to get it started?

[TonyPh12345]

I'm not sure when the auto intervals do the scanning.   If you want to FORCE a rescan, just go to the folder, select OPTION, and select RESCAN.

However, if you've modified XML, a RESCAN does NOT mean Re-IMPORT.    If you re-do your XML, you'll need to clear the media library completely.  That is the only way I know of the re-import the XML.

[dfrench]

Hi Tony,

I think I'm missing at least one critical step in getting my TV series episodes to show in Gallery view in correct sequential order.

I have episode files named "MacGyver.S01E01.iso" through "MacGyver.S01E22.iso". I performed Get Info on all of them which found all episode info correctly. The resulting display was out of order in that S1 E1 was followed by S1 E10, etc. I then edited each of the 01-09 XML files to change the TITLE areas from "MacGyver Season 1 - 1 Pilot" to "MacGyver Season 1 - 01 Pilot" as appropriate. The resultant displayed order did not change. I can see the screen flick quickly from "1 Pilot" to "01 Pilot" as I scroll but things are still out of order.

Can you tell me which steps I'm leaving out?

Thanks for all your help.

"Not Richard"

[dfrench]

Nevermind!  lol.

My question post was started a few minutes ago but not sent until you replied to someone else and answered my question.

I need to clear the libary and recreate it... 

"Not Richard"

[dudeman316]

I have done the Folder, option & rescan, & again it just scans & gets info when it wants to

[dudeman316]

Im using XML Notepad  to add a leading Zero to tv show xml files, but they are still not going in numerical order, do I need to reset or something for this to take effect? Thanks