Adding series from DVD iso with local info

[cdsys73]

Hi I had to reset my library on one of my shield devices. Cleared the library, added the proper source and used the local nfo's. Worked fine except that for series that are on multiple dvd's only one episode per dvd per show is visible in mrmc. For example disk one "24 S01E01E02E03E04.iso" uses "24 S01E01E02E03E04.nfo" and has the information of 4 episodes of 24. This is the content of the nfo (had to cut some part for the message since it would be to long):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<episodedetails>
<title>12:00 A.M. - 1:00 A.M.</title>
<showtitle>24</showtitle>
<ratings>
<rating name="tvdb" max="10" default="true">
<value>7.400000</value>
<votes>102</votes>
</rating>
</ratings>
<userrating>0</userrating>
<top250>0</top250>
<season>1</season>
<episode>1</episode>
...
<dateadded>2012-01-15 18:11:53</dateadded>
</episodedetails>
<episodedetails>
<title>1:00 A.M. - 2:00 A.M.</title>
<showtitle>24</showtitle>
<ratings>
<rating name="tvdb" max="10" default="true">
<value>7.400000</value>
<votes>75</votes>
</rating>
</ratings>
<userrating>0</userrating>
<top250>0</top250>
<season>1</season>
<episode>2</episode>
...
<dateadded>2012-01-15 18:11:53</dateadded>
</episodedetails>
<episodedetails>
<title>2:00 A.M. - 3:00 A.M.</title>
<showtitle>24</showtitle>
<ratings>
<rating name="tvdb" max="10" default="true">
<value>7.600000</value>
<votes>65</votes>
</rating>
</ratings>
<userrating>0</userrating>
<top250>0</top250>
<season>1</season>
<episode>3</episode>
...
<dateadded>2012-01-15 18:11:53</dateadded>
</episodedetails>
<episodedetails>
<title>3:00 A.M. - 4:00 A.M.</title>
<showtitle>24</showtitle>
<ratings>
<rating name="tvdb" max="10" default="true">
<value>7.500000</value>
<votes>69</votes>
</rating>
</ratings>
<userrating>0</userrating>
<top250>0</top250>
<season>1</season>
<episode>4</episode>
...
<dateadded>2012-01-15 18:11:53</dateadded>
</episodedetails>

For playing the video this is not an issue since the 4 episodes are on the same dvd iso. But in the interface 24 only has 6 episodes (instead of 24). This happened with all my series that are on dvd images after the new import...

Thx in advance for the feedback and stay safe and healthy.

[amet]

I would try to remove NFO file, see if that would scan the relevant episodes in. "name s01e01e02.ext" is correct naming and scraper should pick it up as 2 episodes(or as 4 in your case).

having a look at the debuglog while you are scanning in the episodes using NFO file might reveal some issues with it also

EDIT: looks like you are missing "<uniqueid type="xxxx" default="true"></uniqueid>" which I believe is required in <episodedetails></episodedetails>

[cdsys73]

All episodes in the file have their own id's. Here an example of the two first episodes:
...
<id>189255</id>
<uniqueid type="imdb">tt0502165</uniqueid>
<uniqueid type="tvdb" default="true">189255</uniqueid>
...
<id>189256</id>
<uniqueid type="imdb">tt0502167</uniqueid>
<uniqueid type="tvdb" default="true">189256</uniqueid>
...

I could probably change the source scraper from local to tvdb and rescan the shows. My setup is that I use a kodi version on my pc as master to scan my NAS for changes, export the new nfo's only and I import that on my two nvidia shielsd using local info from the NAS (that way I can rebuild my collection much quicker from scratch if need be). The NFO for 24 for example was created back in januari 2019 and it worked fine in the past. I will try to have a look at the debuglog. Thanks for the quick reply .

[amet]

since you have a nas and more than one installation, maybe you should try mysql setup

[cdsys73]

I uploaded 11CVJ.log (after removing 24 from library as an example, turning on logging, scanning series for changes with the local info, having a look that 24 was added again with 6 instead of 24 episodes...).

[cdsys73]

For the DB solution I have to think about that. My movie/tv shows collection on my NAS is a iso dump off all my blue rays and dvd's (took me about a year to physically do it as my spouse didn't like to see bookshelves full of films ). At the time I did that I was using two popcorn hours with their database on the NAS (I had an editor on the PC). Once popcorn stopped updating those devices (and newer blue ray audio and such didn't work) I moved to NVidia Shield TV/Kodi setup because with the larger eco system I hope for longer support and updates . And I hope with the nfo aproach it would be simpler to migrate if need be in the future, though I hope android TV/kodi/mrmc will be ok for the next decade

[amet]

I dont see any errors in the log... what scraper have you selected? Local media?

try selecting TVDB , it will still use NFO file to import it. I am just trying to establish why it worked before and now its not

[cdsys73]

Yes it was Local information only, cleaned it from library, turned logging on set scraper to the Tvdb and refreshed, same result. New log file is SXTWA.LOG

6 Episodes I see in UI are 1.1, 1.5, 1.9, 1.13, 1.17 and 1.21

[amet]

and if you remove the NFO files and let TVDB scan it in?

I wonder if it doesnt pickup the multi part naming correctly, can you try changing one of the iso files to "name s01e01-s01e02-s01e03-s01e04.ext" just to see what goes on

[cdsys73]

Changing the name didn't help. I then changed all the shows .nfo to .nfo.bak and let TVDB scan. That works. So the pattern name of the iso files doesn't seem to be the problem. I'll let my computer recreate the nfo files for the show and will have a look if there are some changes to the .bak versions (maybe something changed in the format with newer kodi builds... I'll keep you informed).