Now I've added IMDB support, so the new flow is:
FIRST, MCEBuddy extracts the basic the showname, original air date, episode name etc in the following order
FIRST, MCEBuddy extracts the basic the showname, original air date, episode name etc in the following order
a. If WTV/DVRMS - then extract the metadata from file itselfInternet Download Series Information Matching flow:
b. If it finds an XML file with the same name (e.g. MediaPortal generates an XML file) - it uses that to extract the metadata (currently supporting nPVR and MediaPortal formats)
c. If its a MP4, AVI or other container format it tries to extract the metadata from the container
d. If non of the above provide a Showname, it tries to parse the filename in the following format SHOWNAME_AIRDATE_AIRTIME.<ext> where AIRDATE is in YYYYMMDD format and AIRTIME is in HHMMHHMM (Start and End) format
There is limited approximate match, (case insensitive and ignoring whitespace/special characters). Thus if you're getting a wrong match, you can force the imdb id or tvdb id in the conversion task settings page.
- Match TheTVDB
a. (optional) - if tvdb id or imdb id is given, for match using that instead of showname
b. Match Show name and Episode name (case insensitive), IF that fails
c. Match Show name and Show first air date, IF that fails- Match IMDB
a. (optional) - if imdb id given, then force match using that
b. Match movie name, case insensitive (optional, if movie year is available, additional filtering)- Match TheMovieDB
a. (optional) - if imdb id given, then force match using that
b. Match movie name, case insensitive (optional, if movie year is available, additional filtering)