Naming video files/TV shows
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Since build 8044, date: 2007-03-08 XBMC has had the ability to lookup and present information on TV Shows in the Video Library. TV show support is through new scrapers and requires a connection to the internet.
The the information gathered is cached locally so that it is later available when you are offline. In order to get the most out of your video library, you need to scan your TV shows and retrieve the information about them from sites like tv.com.
TV show filenaming conventions
The TV show lookup relies on the following naming conventions in order to work as intended.
Directory Structure & File Names
The directory structure and filenames for tvshows have to be matched by the regular expressions set in tvshowmatching.
The defaults will match the following structures/filenames:
foo_[s01]_[e01] foo.1x09* foo.s01.e01, foo.s01_e01 foo.103*
Defaults for two-parters will match:
foo_[s01]_[e01-02] foo.s01.e01-02 foo.1x09 1x10
Custom Directory Structure & File Names
When enumerating episodes for a series, XBMC only cares about the season and episode, so when designing regexps you should only be concerned with these things.
Here are several common naming schemes and corresponding regexps and examples.
\Season #\## (Season# is at very end of directory name, and filename starts with episode name, neither have to be a specific number of digits) : <xml> <tvshowmatching>
<regexp>Season[\._ ]([0-9]+)[\\/]([0-9]+)[^\\/]*</regexp>
</tvshowmatching> </xml> Example : \Battlestar Galactica\Season 3\01 - Occupation.avi (Season 3, Episode 1)
### ([season#][episode#] with nothing in between all in filename, assumes episode number is always 2 digits) :
<xml>
<tvshowmatching>
<regexp>([0-9]+)([0-9][0-9])[^\\/]*</regexp>
</tvshowmatching>
</xml>
Example : \24\Season 6\601 - 6:00am to 7:00am.avi (Season 6, Episode 1)
Example 2 : \Lost\Season 1\Lost - 101.avi (Season 1, Episode 1)
Example 3 : \24\601 - 6:00am to 7:00am.avi (Season 6, Episode 1)
##x## ([season#]x[episode#] all in filename :
<xml>
<tvshowmatching>
<regexp>([0-9]+)x([0-9]+)[^\\/]*</regexp>
</tvshowmatching>
</xml>
Example : \Scrubs\Season 1\1x01.Pilot.avi (Season 1, Episode 1)
If you use leading 0's (for example, \Scrubs\01x01 - Pilot.avi instead of 1x1), and are having difficulty getting the TV Show scraper to work, try
##x## ([season#]x[episode#] all in filename : <xml> <tvshowmatching> <regexp>[0]*([0-9]+)x[0]*([0-9]+)[^\\/]*</regexp> </tvshowmatching> </xml> Example : \Scrubs\Season 1\01x01.Pilot.avi (Season 1, Episode 1) which simply strips leading 0's from the result.
s##e## (s[season#]e[episode#] at beginning of filename) <xml> <tvshowmatching> <regexp>[\\/]s([0-9]+)e([0-9])+</regexp> </tvshowmatching> </xml> Example videos\mytv-comedy\Scrubs\season 1\s01e01 - Pilot (hdtv.xvid).avi
See Also
http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25349
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expressions
Regular Expression Testing:
http://www.regextester.com/