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rick.ca:
Ouch! Sorry to hear that. :'(

You don't want to hear this, but for my own sake I need to repeat my mantra: "All my backup routines shall be automated, multi-versioned and otherwise idiot-proof. The biggest risk to my data is ME!"

patch:

--- Quote from: rick.ca on October 29, 2008, 07:35:34 pm ---The biggest risk to my data is ME!"

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:)
Yep, I agree. Was just a bit annoyed with myself last night. Oh well, today is another day.

patch:

--- Quote from: nostra on June 11, 2008, 12:33:23 pm ---How do you name your files? Could you post some examples that produce different results?

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--- Quote from: Dadeo on June 12, 2008, 10:08:13 pm ---Usually I name my files as follows:
...\Title\Title.S02E01.episodename.avi

Some of the files are named:
\Title\Season\Title - 1x02 - Episodename - details.avi

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Same however naming is not as consistent as it should be. All TV series files have season & episode indicated but it varies for example season 1 episode 2 may be specified by any of the following
s1e02
s01e02
01x02
1x02
[01x02]
[1x02]
102
In most cases this numbering is proceeded by the series name however the punctuation & captilisation varies. In some the series name is omitted altogether. In some a "series description" follows the numbering, in others just encoding information.

What is consistent is I put all files pertaining to a series in the same directory.
...\Title\s1\
...\Title\s01\
...\Title\Season 1\
Less commonly
...\Title\

IMO
For PVD to have any real chance of picking up all these files it would have to assume once one episode of a TV show has been found in a directory, then the other files in the same directory tree also pertain to the same TV show. This would enable much less stringent matching criterion without confusion from movies (which may spans multiple CD or DVD). Not unlike how vob & similar files from a dvd rip are handled.

This would make adding episode to and existing TV series in PVD much more reliable.
How to respond when PVD first encounters a news TV series is more difficult, as after one is confirmed then other files become additions to an existing series. Might be easiest it users just add one episode first then re-run the file scanner to add all other episodes (unless someone can think of a more elegant solution).

rick.ca:

--- Quote ---For PVD to have any real chance of picking up all these files it would have to assume once one episode of a TV show has been found in a directory, then the other files in the same directory tree also pertain to the same TV show.
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I wouldn't be very happy with that. Most of my episodes go into one directory until viewed, then deleted. If it's too difficult to code a scanner that can understand a variety of different file naming conventions, I'd rather one be imposed. Considering any of the possible sequences of characters that denote season and episode are very unlikely to mean anything else, would it not suffice that the title appear first, followed by the season/episode, and then anything after that is ignored?

nostra:
I think I can manage to make the scanner understand multiple naming formats, not 100% precision but still pretty precise.
Just stay tuned for the next beta ;)

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