[mythtv-users] Mythlink, season & episode data, and specials

[Michael]

Hello,

I am using mythlink with MythTV 0.27.5 on Fedora 23 x86_64 using 
packages from rpmfusion.

With the recent updates to mythlink, it has the ability to create output 
including season and episode.  This is most useful if you also consume 
mythtv content in xbmc, plex, etc.  It is a great addition.

One gap that I have noticed though is the handling of special episodes.

I usually use this format: "%T/%T - S%ssE%ep - %S" to give output like: 
The X- Files/The X- Files - S10E01 - My Struggle.mpg

if the season and episode data is non existent, which is represented by 
0 and 0 in the database, you get links like:

The X- Files/The X- Files - SE - My Struggle.mpg which is ok, but not great.

However, in the case of special episodes, those are usually season 0, 
but with an episode number: American Ninja Warrior/American Ninja 
Warrior - SE03 - USA vs. the World.mpg

You end up with plex trying to parse the name.  It seems to find the 
episode and guessing season 1 for the season.

I am hoping this is a simple patch to mythlink such that if the episode 
is not zero, but the season is 0, then go ahead and print the 0 season 
anyway.

Thoughts?

Michael