Problems With Missing Check

Hi

With the lastest version I am seeing in my missing tab episodes that are not missing, They are in the correct directory and the file names have been renamed by tvrename as an when they were d/l . Has anyone else come across this?

Tvrename doesn't seem to be able to see or rename the specials folders, but this problem is happening on normal season folders now.

Can you tell me the show name (and the thetvdb id code), and the exact name+extension of the file as it is on disk?

Are you using a custom naming template, and/or have edited your filename processors? If the filename processors aren't set up to recognise the format of the name you are renaming to, they'll show up as missing.

If you do a Help->Bug Report, turn on "Folder Scan", and have a look through the output you'll see each of the files in the directories it is looking in, and the seas/ep it is recognising them as in brackets afterwards, e.g.: "BattleStar Galactica - S03E04 - Blah (Y,3,4)". The "Y" means that it successfully found the season and episode numbers.

If you want, do a Bug Report, turn on "Settings Files" and "Folder Scan", and email the output to tvrename [at] tvrename.com, and I'll have a look at it when I get a chance in the next few days.

(and now.. I should get back to real work )

Thanks Fixed it, I think

The show was Merlin (2008) It was thinking that the 2008 was season 20 ep 08! From what you said to look at I managed to fix it , which in turn fixed the specials failing to check for Battlestar.

Thanks
Mike

One other quick question, If I need to reinstall the os, what TVrename files do I need to keep from where, to save all these settings?

Good you got it sorted out. I've had an idea I'll put into future versions that'll help more with shows that have years in their names.

You can also avoid the problem by altering one of the filename processors (Options menu). If you don't want to be able to recognise "2008" as Season 20, Episode 8, or "305" as Season 3, Episode 5, you can change the first filename processor from:


(^|[^a-z])s?(?<s>[0-9]+)[ex]?(?<e>[0-9]{2,})[^a-z]

to:


(^|[^a-z])s?(?<s>[0-9]+)[ex](?<e>[0-9]{2,})[^a-z]

i.e. Remove the question mark after the "[ex]".

To back up your TVRename data, it is in: \Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\TVRename\TVRename\2.1\ (Windows XP), or \Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\TVRename\TVRename\2.1\ (Vista). Grab the four XML files (TVRenameSettings.xml, TheTVDB.xml, Statistics.xml, and Layout.xml). The other numbered files are just automatic backups of those. Once you've installed TVRename on your new system, run and quit TVRename, so it'll create the folder, and then copy the saved files into it, replacing anything already there.

The first of those are your actual settings, shows, and everything that takes time and effort to set up. TheTVDB.xml is a local copy of the episode information for your shows, so if it goes missing it will be downloaded again. "Statistics.xml" stores what is shown in "Help->Statistics", and the last file keeps track of the window's position, size, and column widths.

I might do a "Save/Restore Settings" menu option one day.

I might do a "Save/Restore Settings" menu option one day.
...or you could just make the portable edition

Hehe.. the portable edition is fairly high on my to-do list now. Should be finished in the next 1-2 months, with testing/beta versions sooner.