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8 years ago If your episodes were all in absolute numbering even if they were in their own folder and you use tvdb2, tvdb3, or tvdb4, The scanner would add them into Plex with the tvdb season the absolute numbering episode is in. Plex would then combine them into a single entry as they would all be updated with the same series title.
I do this with:
Dragon Ball Z Kai [tvdb4-88031]
`=- Contains episodes 01->98 which is season 1/2/3/4
Dragon Ball Z Kai - The Final Chapters [tvdb4-88031]
`=- Contains episodes 99->159 which is season 5/6So even though they are in separate folders, they are all using the abs numbers for file naming and all gets combined into a single Plex entry after inital metadata load (which usually needs a manual refresh post everything is combined for it to see everything in a single refresh).
So as long as your first episode in your "Bakuman. (2011)" folder actually started numbering at 26, the scanner will see it needing to be added as a season 2 episode assuming you use either of the tvdb2/3/4 modes.
If your setup cannot name the files as their absolute episode number and each folder starts back as episode 1, I can see where there will be an issue as all scanner modes will see ep1 as a season 1.
If we would want to consider having the season defined also in the id as you suggested, you do add some risk of metadata not being loaded/found. For instance when you say something should be season 2 but tvdb has only one season. Like "Seraph of the End" (the reason tvdb4 was created where we disagree with the tvdb defined seasons) as the anidb "Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign" second season does not exist in tvdb. Or if you say season 1 is ep1-13 but tvdb has season 1 as ep1-12 (so no meta for ep13).
I see a possibility of doing two things to the base 'tvdb' mode (not the abs ep number modes) that could help you in your setup: (1) A season flag (would not use the tvdb season id as that would have to be interpreted) where the season number is just stated as ep1 would be added into Plex as s2e1 if a season flag of '2' was seen (if it was not in a season folder) (2) A episode offset flag (like SotE) where ep1 file would be added into plex as ep13 if an offset flag of '12' was seen. (if it was not in a season folder)
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saitoh183
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im experimenting with the TVDB 2,3 settings on my test library and i was wondering if it would be possible to use the season id instead of just the tvdb id for people that have each season as there own show and dont want to group them.
I use Japanese Media Manager for renaming and moving my anime to its final location. It uses anidb as source and uses hash info from file to determine what the show is and where it goes. So this means that shows like SOA/Fate stay night..etc are all in there own folder for each part of the series. Movies are also in there own folder since anidb treats every movie as its own show.
seeing this new way of adding content with the different profiles is a big thing since it doesn't necessitate movie around folder structure (in certain cases) or renaming files to fit tvdb.
Example: here i some test data http://pastebin.com/sqQAG96t
My Bakuman is each in its own folder...since tvdb also has season ids, could you do something like Bakuman [tvdb-193811_326091] [tvdb-ShowID_SeasonID]. This would tell scanner that this is season 1 ...Bakuman. (2011) [tvdb-193811_473098] equals season 2 and so on..this could be a tvdb5 :) Of course i dont know what this type of request requires in code change but i thought i would shoot the idea.