New Post: IMDB and Thetvdb match requirements

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 itself
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
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

Internet Download Series Information Matching flow:

1. Match TVDB
   a. (optional) - if seriesid or movieid 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
2. Match MovieDB
   a. (optional) - if moviedb id given, then force match using that
   b. Match movie name, case insensitive (optional, if movie year is available, additional filtering)
   

There is no approximate match, it needs to be exact in the order given above (case insensitive). Thus if you're getting a wrong match, you can force the moviedb id or tvdb id in the conversion task settings page.

I've added the option in the eMail settings page to send an eMail if a series download failure takes place