Don't create folder for seasons that have no shows yet

Deimos

24-05-2010 07:59:08

I just came to post this exact problem.

Personally I think the problem is on TVDBs end. I really don't know why they allow empty seasons to exist but from what the admins over there have told me, it is TVDB policy to allow the creation of an empty season as soon as the previous season is over. So unfortunately the solution rests on your shoulders now Steve. I know there's a ton of features you're working on but I hope this one isn't too difficult or time-consuming to implement.

DedTV

27-05-2010 12:50:20

Yeah. It's a TVDB thing. You can always choose to do "Ignore Once" when you do a scan or ignore always until the season begins for now.
And of course you could always try to convince The admins of TVDB to change the policy of allowing people to create seasons that haven't began yet. It'd probably be easier than having Steve try to code around it ;)

Deimos

28-05-2010 04:10:07

Oh I brought it up on the TVDB forum and the first admin response agreed with me. The admin went in and deleted the empty seasons. The next two responses were from other admins who said policy allows new season creation as soon the previous season ends. So I don't really think it will be easier to convince them to change policy.

I'm not saying this is a must need feature. For now I'm ignoring seasons or just ignoring my own folder structure. I just thought I'd put it out there in hopes that Steve could drop it in sometime soon.