[AEnterprise]

Hi, i hope this is the right place to ask for help with this.

Basically i'm trying to add some old pokémon episodes in kodi but instead of Pokémon (https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/60572-pok-...uage=en-US) it is detected as Pokémon Chonicles (https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/13230-pok-...uage=en-US)

I've already looked at the wiki and naming conventions and suggestions but no matter what i try it keeps showing up as chronicles

The folder structure i have:

Code:

(source folder for tv shows)
--- Pokémon (1997)
------ Season 1 - Indigo League
--------- Pokémon - S01E01 - Pokémon, I Choose You
--------- Pokémon - S01E02 - Pokémon Emergency
--------- ...
------ Season 2 - Orange Island Adventures
--------- Pokémon S02E01 - Pallet Party Panic
--------- Pokémon S02E02 - A Scare In The Air 
--------- ...

i've Tried renaming the episode files to "Pokémon (1997) SxEx - name", "Pokémon (year of season) Sx-Ex - name", renaming the pokemon folder to "Pokémon (1977-2019)" and a bunch of other variants on those things but it keeps showing up as chronicles

If i manually search for "Pokémon" on the site then chronicles is the first search result showing up so i guess that's what's causing this? is there any way i can force it to use the correct one?

Any help would be much apreciated

[Karellen]

Try using a Parsing NFO file... https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files#Parsing_nfo

[AEnterprise]

Try using a Parsing NFO file... https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files#Parsing_nfo

I just tried that but it doesn't work either, am i doing something wrong?

i made a info.nfo file that only contains the link https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/60572-pok-mon in it

i placed that in the pokemon folder and scanned, didn't work. i then placed a copy of that file in each season subfolder and scanned again, still not working.

[Karellen]

info.nfo

Where did that come from?

tvshow.nfo

[AEnterprise]

info.nfo

Where did that come from?

tvshow.nfo 

the page you linked never said anything about filenames or that it needed to be called tvshows.nfo, only that the extention has to be nfo

also renamed all the files to tvshow.nfo but it's not picking up anything at all, not showing up in the library at all after a clean and scan

[Karellen]

4. Save the file and ensure it is correctly named. See the nfo sub-pages listed above for correct naming.

Has to be read in conjunction with the main tvshow NFO page here... https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files/TV_shows

Check out the first image on that page, and ensure your setup is the same. If you cannot see the problem, provide a Debug Log which captures you trying to scrape the show.

Also, which program did you use to create the actual file? Ensure the file encoding is UTF-8

[AEnterprise]

ok my bad for not reading the documentation better, i missed the subpages but now i'm even more confused as the documentation of the episode subpage is either written very confusing or seems wrong

this page is contradicting itself in the requirements: https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files/TV_shows

it first says it needs an nfo file per episode but then right below that it says that it will import from online if it can't find an nfo file? what is the correct info here? do i need an nfo file per episode or not?

it also doesn't mention the linking as the main page mentions is this valid to use for episode files? aka can i just have a file tvshow.info with a link to the tv show in the root with as content just the link to the series and then do i need an nfo file per episode in the season folders and if yes can that just as content only have the url to the episide on the tv db (https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/60572/season/1/episode/1 for example)?

[Karellen]

Two separate processes which is why they are on separate pages. I am only referring you to naming of the tv show file.

The sub page deals with Metadata nfo files. You only want the Parsing nfo file. Just look at the naming, forget everything else that is confusing you.

[AEnterprise]

Two separate processes which is why they are on separate pages. I am only referring you to naming of the tv show file.

The sub page deals with Metadata nfo files. You only want the Parsing nfo file. Just look at the naming, forget everything else that is confusing you.

alright debug file is here: https://paste.kodi.tv/pokiramaxe.kodi

i'm guessing the url parse failed errors are the issue here? also i created the file with sublime text and already made sure it's utf-8 with "file > save with encoding > utf-8"

[Karellen]

It is not finding the nfo file at all. I just tested it and it works here.

Can you provide a screenshot of your Pokemon tv show folder so I can see the contents and the nfo file.

If the image is on your computer, use button 19.
If the image has already been uploaded to a public image hosting site, right click the image and select Copy image location then use button 14 and paste the link

[AEnterprise]

sure:

[Karellen]

hmmm, well that looks fine. Last two possible issues I can think of

1. Enable setting 3.6 here... https://kodi.wiki/view/Settings/Media/Vi...y_TV_shows
Then go back into your library and look for the pokemon show. If it is there, delete it from the library. Rescan

2. Check the tvshow.nfo file encoding to ensure it is UTF-8

[Karellen]

Also, just check you have the correct scraper active. You are using TheMovieDB links, so you should have TheMovieDB-TV Show scraper active for the Source.

[AEnterprise]

i've checked the file with several programs and all of them say the file is utf 8 and i saved it again with multiple programs as utl 8 to make absolutely sure

the option is on and it still doesn't show up, not on kodi, not in the web interface, not in the remote app i use (yatse)

the scraper was indeed different, i moved it to a new source folder with the moviedb as apointed scraper and tried again, sadly it did not work either, made a new debug log in case it shows something new: https://paste.kodi.tv/enayazevip.kodi

[Karellen]

One more...

If you navigate to Videos>Files>Your Source>Pokemon. Call up the Information Page. Does the correct show appear in the box as shown in my image below. Should be the second show in the list.