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[FAQ] Series added - asks for title for every single episode!
Happy2k:
--- Quote from: rick.ca on August 10, 2010, 02:15:26 am ---
--- Quote ---Scanning the folder adds the episodes with no problem - but again, all seasons are present, which is not wanted.
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So you're saying it works perfectly, except that it includes a season that you don't want to see. Rather than select that season and press delete, you'd rather do a completely different way which I've already explained isn't nearly as effective. Yes, you are getting kinda annoying.
Posting a screen shot of an exception notification doesn't tell us anything. If you're concerned about it, use the "send bug report" button.
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Its not episodes i dont want to see - its episodes that i dont own! So when adding 3500 episodes, i will have no clue about how many "fake" episodes i have. I only want the list to contain what i actually got - just like with the movies.. which btw works fine. 1 movie scanned, 1 movie added - thats the way.
Again, let me use this example: You add the first Harry Potter movie, and PVD automaticly adds the remaining 5 movies. You then have a list of six movies, where you actually only own one of them.. Is this a feature you like? Let say you add 1x Harry Potter, 1x Resident Evil, 1x Transporter, 1x Rambo, 1x Rocky... idealy you would have 5 movies on your list - and so you do! Because movies import works just fine. But when adding a series, i dont want anything else, but the episodes i scan in my folder.
When i then use the other method, that adds just the episodes i have and nothing more - no info is added, the episodes are named #1.1, #1.2 etc., and im unable to update. Thats what the screenshot was for - to show that the updater failed. So of course i'd like a mix of those two - where i can scan a folder, and only the present episodes are added to the list, with info and correct episode name.
Also, i think there's a small bug - because when importing and "poster" is unticked, a poster is downloaded and added anyway.
--- Quote from: deazo on August 10, 2010, 06:37:50 am ---
One small detail Happy2k, kind off stupid but you might have not noticed it:
I have recently used these scripts (Imdb and TVDB) to update series, and I too had the problem of the episode title being displayed as #1.1, #2.2 and so on.
However I had noticed that the episode title was properly displayed in the information card (the list on the left however would still show #1.1, #2.2 etc.)
Restarting pvd made them all appear poperly.
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The information card says #1.1 here. I tried closing and opening like you suggested - nothing changed.
What i did when adding the series, was:
1) Scan folder (the folder contains 3 seasons)
2) Get information from IMDB (to get the cross reference with actors)
3) Choose "Eureka" 2006 from the list
4) Only the episodes in the folder is added - just like you would want
5) File info is read correctly, and is added to the info card
Here's what doesnt work then:
- Info card is blank, no info at all
- Episodes are named #1.1, #1.2 etc.
- Importing info from IMDB does not work - says: "No movies found :("
- Importing info from theTVDB works better, but it asks for series title at every episode.
- Even after importing info with theTVDB, the title of the episode is still #1.1 etc.
How have you done it, since yours work?
I also tried this method:
1) Add "New movie master" - added the title "Eureka".
2) Scanned the folder with three seasons.
x) All the episodes are correctly added, but like i said earlier, so are all the other episodes not present in that folder.
So what doesnt work with this method:
- Adds episodes to the list, that are not in the scanned folder.
- Some episodes have no description.
- Updating info gives a pop-up for every episode.
So what do i do wrong? Must be something..
deazo:
OK this is how I do it (see all screens attached to this message and the next one, ' in each).
The TVdb script does not ask me for series titles, and I did not set the plugins to silent mode. I attached a screen of the settings of that plugin.
When running the imdb script it asks me once or twice to confirm the episode, that's because the title is quite common. I can set it to silent mode though.
Hope this helps.
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deazo:
OK I forgot to add that I scanned the files first, just like you.
NOTE: I restarded PVD between screen 4 and 5
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rick.ca:
--- Quote from: Happy2k on August 10, 2010, 09:17:50 am ---Its not episodes i dont want to see - its episodes that i dont own!
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So what do i do wrong? Must be something.
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What you're doing wrong is assuming you understand how the program works or doesn't work or should work, and then not listening to the advice you're being given. I told you before there's a filter for media "owned." With that set, only the episodes that you own would be visible. How can you possibly object to that? It would only take about 1/2 second per season to delete them, but there's no good reason to do that. The information provides a complete history of the series, and might even be used if additional seasons are acquired later.
The other method—as you've discovered—is hopelessly inefficient and a PITA. While it's understandable you would want it to work this way, your inability to accept that it doesn't is not. Considering the recommended method is effective and is always going to be more efficient, it seems very unlikely any development effort will be wasted on improving it.
Happy2k:
deazo --> Gonna give it a shot in a few minutes! Thanks!
EDIT: If i do it like you, i still get asked for the title at every episode. Could it have something to do with im running in "portable mode" ?
When the info is updated, the episode name doesnt change, it says with #1.1 etc.
--- Quote from: rick.ca on August 10, 2010, 11:20:17 am ---
--- Quote from: Happy2k on August 10, 2010, 09:17:50 am ---Its not episodes i dont want to see - its episodes that i dont own!
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So what do i do wrong? Must be something.
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What you're doing wrong is assuming you understand how the program works or doesn't work or should work, and then not listening to the advice you're being given. I told you before there's a filter for media "owned." With that set, only the episodes that you own would be visible. How can you possibly object to that? It would only take about 1/2 second per season to delete them, but there's no good reason to do that. The information provides a complete history of the series, and might even be used if additional seasons are acquired later.
The other method—as you've discovered—is hopelessly inefficient and a PITA. While it's understandable you would want it to work this way, your inability to accept that it doesn't is not. Considering the recommended method is effective and is always going to be more efficient, it seems very unlikely any development effort will be wasted on improving it.
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Yes, you told me i could filter that - but i asked if it were possible to setup the PVD to not add them at all. Thats what i would prefer - thats what seems most logical to me. But it sounds like that isnt possible, so i will have to try the filter you talk about.
Okay, so i figure its the filter called "Movies on Hard drives"? That seems to work ok. I gotta say, the opposite filter can actually help me locate missing episodes - so this might be a better solution. Thanks for holding out so long ;)
But i still have an "info" problem. s03e14 to s03e18 and the entire season 4, got not info - rest is loaded the first time. Bug maby? When importing, i will get a pop-up at every episode.
If i use silent mode, that will mean, that if it guesses wrong on a movie title - it will name it with a wrong title?
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