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Create file in scraper that points to alternate orders on a show [ENHANCEMENT] #27

Open antheaezzell opened 1 year ago

antheaezzell commented 1 year ago

User request for an enhancement from the Kodi forums here

Is there any way with TVDBv4 to have an alternate season order automatically selected during scraping? For example... The show Firefly (2002). I have the episodes ripped from my Blu Rays and in the intended (DVD) order. When TVDBv4 scans it, it selects the aired order (default) and the names don't match the episodes. I have the problem with some other shows also.

I see I can go and edit the individual show by "change content" and then re-scrape it, but that's a hassle every time I setup a new device and I can't always remember which shows I have to go change stuff on. Is it possible to have a file in the show folder (like a tvshow.nfo) that points to or selects the desired order automatically during scraping? I saw the wiki has this for TMDB as the scraper, but I like TVDB better and would rather use that.

Hlsgs commented 1 year ago

A big +1 from me to this, as it would be a killer feature. Unfortunately, thetvdb.com doesn't change URLs when first browsing specific orders, so this would either have to be done by using an extra NFO file, or require users to browse to any season in their preferred order and add the full URL to their parsing NFOs e.g. https://thetvdb.com/series/dallas/seasons/dvd/5.