[Dawnb]

I have downloaded the complete collection of The Outer Limits (1995) a few months ago and now I'm trying to setup my new 2TB Hard Drive for TV Shows only. So I want to make sure all the TV Shows on there are named correctly before I setup and move it to the Desktop PC.

Here is the issue with the file naming I have just fixed several TV Shows and renamed them correctly. But now I'm having issues with this TV Show.

Here is how the episodes currently look:

Season 1 folder
Episode 1 and 2 look like this> "The Outer Limits - 1x01-02 - The Sandkings.mp4"
Episode 3 looks like this> "The Outer Limits - 1x03 - Valerie 23.mp4"

So here is the issue I'm having:
I use "Rename My TV Series" for renaming TV Shows and Anime and then I use "Media Companion" to grab all the info needed for metadata. I think I could use "Rename My TV Series" to grab the metadata to but not sure if it will have everything needed like "Media Companion" dose normally.

So the issue is there are (3) different places to grab the episode lists from "The MovieDB", "TheTVDB" and "TVMaze".  Now if I choose the "MovieDB" it makes "Valerie 23" episode 2. But if I use "TheTVDB" it dose the same thing. But "TVMaze" makes "Valerie 23" Episode 3 but then I have 2 as "The Sandkings" but I don't have a second video both episodes are on 1 video.


So here is the question should I leave the "Valerie 23" as episode 3 and make it look like I'm missing episode 2 or make "Valerie 23" episode 2 and finish the listing with 21 episodes instead of 22.

How should I rename these episodes?

Wikipedia also lists episode 1 as a 2 part episode which is how it is listed. Valerie 23 is listed as episode 2. So what would be the best option for renaming these episodes?

[Karellen]

You should consider the three providers as incompatible with each other.
A lot of shows have the exact same episode orders at each of the three sites, but there are also a lot of shows that have different orders, different names or just do not exist as they are combined into another tv show.

The best advice I can give you is pick a provider and stick with it for the majority of your shows. Of course, there will be occasion when you prefer the metadata from another provider, so no harm in swapping for that one show and that is easily done by setting content on the tv show instead of the source... https://kodi.wiki/view/Changing_Scrapers...r_Settings

So for your The Outer Limits show... which provider has the best and most complete info? Which one has the best artwork? Once you decide, then rename your episodes according to their listing.
Also be aware of their alternate listings as they can be used also. You know about them?

Some other pointers...
1. Don't use 1x03 as the numbering method. Use S01E03 Your method is the bottom of the regex hierarchy, so it can cause the scraper some grief, especially when the title has other numbers in the filename.
2. Split the two episodes into separate files. While Kodi can deal with multi-episodes in a single file, it is not ideal. Kodi has no idea where each episode starts and stops. So even if you click on E02 to play, it will still start at E01.

[DJ_Izumi]

S00E00E00 numbering will work best in Kodi for files with multiple episodes.

A practical example from my server would be this:
Rugrats S02E13E14 Let There Be Light & The Bank Trick [480i][DVD][Remux].mkv

And you can add more episodes as needed, there are some cartoons with three parts per episode rather than two for example like Garfield and Friends.

[Dawnb]

I decided to delete the series and re-download them later there was just to much going on there was even seasons with episodes from the incorrect seasons. So what I will do is get season by season renaming them in order. Otherwise I'm not having any issues getting the information from the TV shows.

[scott967]

2. Split the two episodes into separate files. While Kodi can deal with multi-episodes in a single file, it is not ideal. Kodi has no idea where each episode starts and stops. So even if you click on E02 to play, it will still start at E01.

Agree that splitting a multi-episode file is best.  After adding the show to the library you can create an episode bookmark for episode 2, which Kodi will use when you play episode 2 from the library but it isn't ideal (you have to skip through to find the episode start, then create the bookmark, and if you play from episode 1 it will play through episode 2 instead of stopping).

scott s.
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