[stapper56]

Hello Karellen,

I removed game of thrones from my server.
Checked Kodi video/files/tvshows.... no game of thrones there any more.

made a that file with your HTML code in it saved it's the not an .txt file anymore but a .nfo
made a folder at volume1/film/series called game of thrones
put in there your .nfo and a subfolder with the first season of game of thrones...

Question: I have sub folders for each season, because i'n also using videostation from synology and that needs subfolders for each season... Your nfo file was placed in the main folder game of thrones..
Is that correct or do I have to put in in the subfolder game of trones S01 and in each season sub folder a copy?

I did a rescan... kodi did not scrape it....

[Karellen]

made a folder at volume1/film/series called game of thrones

Made a folder? No it should just go into your existing folder. If the address I copied from your log is wrong, then ignore it. Place it inside the Game of Thrones folder.

Nothing goes into the Seasons folders. Just one file named tvshow.nfo. That is the name of the file, do not name it gameofthrones.nfo or anything else

If it does not work, then I will need a Debug Log again that captures you trying to scrape the show.

[stapper56]

Hello Karellen,

Sorry it took a while... did some study with the wiki, and your HTML script
i'm just an hobbyist, but needed to understand what was going on.

I did not delete it correctly from the database...
and with some experimenting from my part and you're brilliant help... it works like a charm !!!!
Still have just one season in that folder but I presume the rest will work fine....

Thank you very much !

if it's ok i have some questions.....

i studied the solution they are doing on that topic with the sql database about chaning the field, but I'm convinced that's not ok, because with an update you will loose that settings, so that is not a good way to approach the problem I think.

Your solution however is the safest way to do it, and it works great !

I have to more tv shows, same problem, known problems I saw in a topic.
One is Docter who, and the other is The walking dead.

The database that kodi uses can handle all that fan art, but mariadb not.

Can I adapt that script of yours, or get them somewhere?
is it wise with tv show's once there in the database to exclude them from the scan? I mean if there is coming more fan art in time, that the same problem will not happen with that tv shows?

I will study kodi more, still have a few issues, with the fact that youtube is not working, but that is because I have the database running from the nas and has to do with the pvr manager.
So before i come overhere for help, i will do some study, good for the brain and the learning curve

For now,,,, thank you very much.

best regards

[Karellen]

Hello @stapper56

You are welcome. Glad it all worked.

I did not delete it correctly from the database...
and with some experimenting from my part and you're brilliant help... it works like a charm !!!!
Still have just one season in that folder but I presume the rest will work fine....

Oh, good that you found the problem, otherwise you would have had me scratching my head wondering what was wrong.

I have to more tv shows, same problem, known problems I saw in a topic.
One is Docter who, and the other is The walking dead.

I just looked at my copy of Doctor Who and confirm there is a lot of artwork, so no surprise that is not working either.

Here is my tvshow.nfo... https://paste.kodi.tv/kemokeyawe But, I have not deleted any artwork. I will leave that for you as a bit of practice. The artwork are the lines that start with <thumb aspect= and then you will see the aspect= all the different types of artwork, like poster, landscape, clearart etc. All you need to do is delete some from each of those different types. About half from each should be enough.

The database that kodi uses can handle all that fan art, but mariadb not.

Correct. It is a MySQL / MariaDB problem only. That means you could scrape with the Kodi database, then export (wiki) to NFO Files, edit the NFO File and import into MySQL. It is not ideal, but a workaround.

Can I adapt that script of yours, or get them somewhere?

See my comments and nfo file above

is it wise with tv show's once there in the database to exclude them from the scan? I mean if there is coming more fan art in time, that the same problem will not happen with that tv shows?

It won't hurt, but it won't do anything either. Once a show is in the library, it is ignored in future scans.

Let us know if you have more questions.

[stapper56]

Thanks mate,

i will study it....
Your solution is very good and its much saver, changing the database is not ok for me because i have a lot of sites running over there..

If I have more questions, i come back
I like this forum!

best regards

[Karellen]

@stapper56

I am sorry, but I have given you the wrong nfo file in my previous post. That nfo file won't work, so if you have already tried to scrape it, delete it from the library and try again with this one. The previous one had no <episodeguide> URL.

https://paste.kodi.tv/iyacukicas

[stapper56]

thanks @Karellen I will check it out next week

[stapper56]

@Karellen  I'm sorry it took a long time, before I could see to the NFO files again..

It is a tricky part to understand and I was not sure if Kodi was my thing.
I have it running now for some time on my 4 k tv and it is amazing...
Got the TV of the Wi-Fi its on the router now with a cable, and my NAS nor kodi has a problem with 4 k it works like a charm

So i want to stop completely with using DS Video from synology...
Kodi nearly runs everything, but there are a few tv shows that need an NFO file

I understand i must get rid of some fanart links in that file, so the field of maria db can "take it"

Only thing i do not understand is how do i get the nfo file to delete that items from?
Are you using a manager for that? Or can i get if from kodi as a NFO file?

how do i do that?

Best regards,