[mythtv-users] Feature Request: Differentiate TV Shows From Movies

[Thomas Boehm]

On 21/05/14 00:37, merc1984 at f-m.fm wrote:
> On Tue, May 20, 2014, at 14:29, Mark Perkins wrote:
>> Essentially for a TV show I have:
>>
>> /Path/to/TV/"Show Title"/"Season ##"/"Title - S##E## - Subtitle.mp4"
>>
>> Where /Path/to/TV/ is a folder defined in my Mythvideo storage group.
> 
> Thank you, but this does not sort the episodes in order in the
> directory.

What do you mean by that? Of course it sorts in the right order. Mike
should have written

"Show Title"/"Season ##"/"Show Title - S##E## - Subtitle.mp4"

to make it more clear, like

Family Guy/Season 01/Family Guy S01E01 Death has a Shadow.mp4
Family Guy/Season 01/Family Guy S01E02 I Never Met the Dead Man.mp4
...

> ~/Videos/Series/Danger Man/01-01 - View from the Villa.mpg 
> ~/Videos/Series/Danger Man/01-02 - Time to Kill.mpg 
> ... etc.  So:  Season-Episode - Name.mpg .  
> 
> How did that other format get accepted when it doesn't sort files in
> order, and uses more directory paths than necessary?  I mean, I don't
> mean to question the way things are, but it doesn't seem optimal.

Because your file name doesn't contain the show title. Myth only parses
the filename and doesn't care about the directory name(s). You can ommit
the season folder if you like.

HTH
Thomas