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

[Jim Oltman]

On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 23 May 2014 01:57, Jim Oltman <jim.oltman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Forgive me, but the method you suggest seems to be a waste of filename
> > space.  You already have the name of the show in the path.  Why does it
> also
> > need to be in the filename too?  This is something I go through with
> music
> > as well:
>
> and how would it know for sure that the name of the show is in the
> path? at what level?
>

I'm just pointing out how it's done elsewhere.

>
> You don't have to put it in a subdirectory containing the show name.
> Could have been in TV/showname.sXXeYY for all it cares.
>
> > There is a justifiable duplication here.  Sometimes the track artist is
> > different than the album artist.  Lots of times, that's not the case.
> > However, in this example:
>
> and you can know 100% for sure that this never happens with a show name?


Because the show name in my example has the year in which it's released.


>  > That's just extra, unnecessary characters in an already very long file
> name.
> > Heck, it could be easier since there's already a Season 01 to make the
> > filename:
>
> > These are just some ideas.
>
> Awesome... I will now await for your patch, with a mind guessing
> algorithm on how the user *wanted* the show to appear and be guessed.


I never meant to offend.  Just offering my opinion.
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