Mailia
10-04-2012 01:25:48
I have primarily used TVRename to rename anime shows easily into my media library and have XBMC then scan them and have run into a problem with using it with anime.
Unfortunately, Japan and western countries have different ideas of how seasons work and Japan doesn't really subscribe to the idea of seasons. In western countries, shows usually have one season and then come back under the same name for a new season and TheTVDB updates the shows under one name with different seasons, like it goes.
In Japan however, a lot of "new seasons" are released under a new name for various reasons. These however get populated in TheTVDB under one name but in different seasons. As an example of this.. The anime Bakemonogatari is an adaptation of popular light novels in Japan and it was the first anime adaption of the novel series. It is in TheTVDB as Bakemonogatari, season 1. Nisemonogatari is the second adaption of the novels and it's in TheTVDB as Bakemonogatari, season 2.
This doesn't really work well with TVRename, since instead of Nisemonogatari 01, it's looking for Bakemonogatari S02E01 or Bakemonogatari 16. A potential way to fix this would be to make a similar option as Manual/Additional Folders in the Advanced tab of Add/Edit Shows, where you could name the season number and give it a name which it would look for new files.
This would be a huge help for people that like to use TVRename with anime, since additional seasons with different names is a commonplace practice with anime and TVRename doesn't work on them.
Unfortunately, Japan and western countries have different ideas of how seasons work and Japan doesn't really subscribe to the idea of seasons. In western countries, shows usually have one season and then come back under the same name for a new season and TheTVDB updates the shows under one name with different seasons, like it goes.
In Japan however, a lot of "new seasons" are released under a new name for various reasons. These however get populated in TheTVDB under one name but in different seasons. As an example of this.. The anime Bakemonogatari is an adaptation of popular light novels in Japan and it was the first anime adaption of the novel series. It is in TheTVDB as Bakemonogatari, season 1. Nisemonogatari is the second adaption of the novels and it's in TheTVDB as Bakemonogatari, season 2.
This doesn't really work well with TVRename, since instead of Nisemonogatari 01, it's looking for Bakemonogatari S02E01 or Bakemonogatari 16. A potential way to fix this would be to make a similar option as Manual/Additional Folders in the Advanced tab of Add/Edit Shows, where you could name the season number and give it a name which it would look for new files.
This would be a huge help for people that like to use TVRename with anime, since additional seasons with different names is a commonplace practice with anime and TVRename doesn't work on them.