Ability to read multiple-episode NFO files

[Former user]

Would like to see the ability for SERVIIO to parse multiple episode NFO files. This goes along with forum discussion found at http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2970.

I have an AVI file that contains Episodes 1 and 2 for Season 3 of "Star Wars - The Clone Wars". My NFO file is setup according to XBMC NFO standards (http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Import_-_Export_Library#TV_Episodes)

Multiple episodes will be just like normal single episode files, only difference is... "For multi-part episodes, simply add multiple <episodedetails> XML blocks in succession."

Here is an example of my NFO file for my file "Star Wars-The Clone Wars.S03E01E02.Clone Cadets.ARC Troopers.avi"

{{{

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <episodedetails> <filenameandpath>m:\tv shows\star wars - the clone wars\season 3\Star Wars-The Clone Wars.S03E01E02.Clone Cadets.ARC Troopers.avi</filenameandpath> <title>Clone Cadets</title> <rating>7.7</rating> <season>3</season> <episode>1</episode> <plot></plot> <thumb>m:\tv shows\star wars - the clone wars\season 3\Star Wars-The Clone Wars.S03E01E02.Clone Cadets.ARC Troopers.jpg</thumb> <director>Brian Kalin O'Connell</director> <premiered>2011-02-04</premiered> <aired>2011-02-04</aired> <mpaa>TV-G</mpaa> <studio>Cartoon Network</studio> <actor> <name>Cat Taber</name> </actor> <actor> <name>Tom Kane</name> </actor> <actor> <name>Tom Kenny</name> </actor> <actor> <name>Nika Frost</name> </actor> <actor> <name>Dee Bradley Baker</name> </actor> <actor> <name>Matthew Wood</name> </actor> <credits> <writer>Christian Taylor</writer> </credits> <fileinfo> <streamdetails> <video> <width>624</width> <height>352</height> <codec>mpeg4</codec> <aspect>39:22</aspect> </video> <audio> <codec>mp3</codec> <channels>2</channels> </audio> </streamdetails> </fileinfo> </episodedetails> <episodedetails> <filenameandpath>m:\tv shows\star wars - the clone wars\season 3\Star Wars-The Clone Wars.S03E01E02.Clone Cadets.ARC Troopers.avi</filenameandpath> <title>ARC Troopers</title> <rating>7.7</rating> <season>3</season> <episode>2</episode> <plot></plot> <thumb>m:\tv shows\star wars - the clone wars\season 3\Star Wars-The Clone Wars.S03E01E02.Clone Cadets.ARC Troopers.jpg</thumb> <director>Brian Kalin O'Connell</director> <premiered>2011-02-04</premiered> <aired>2011-02-04</aired> <mpaa>TV-G</mpaa> <studio>Cartoon Network</studio> <actor> <name>Cat Taber</name> </actor> <actor> <name>Tom Kane</name> </actor> <actor> <name>Tom Kenny</name> </actor> <actor> <name>Nika Frost</name> </actor> <actor> <name>Dee Bradley Baker</name> </actor> <actor> <name>Matthew Wood</name> </actor> <credits> <writer>Christian Taylor</writer> </credits> <fileinfo> <streamdetails> <video> <width>624</width> <height>352</height> <codec>mpeg4</codec> <aspect>39:22</aspect> </video> <audio> <codec>mp3</codec> <channels>2</channels> </audio> </streamdetails> </fileinfo> </episodedetails> }}}

[Former user]

I am also facing this issue - any update?

[Former user]

Original post back in 2011 :(

I to would love to see this added! Please! Currently multi episode NFO and filename format eg. s01e01e02 does not parse... If anyone knows of a fix or workaround please let us know.

[Leopold X]

in my fact, this works fine with Serviio: Stargate SG1 - 1x01-02 - Das Tor zum Universum.mkv but it shows only the first episode.

[Former user]

Petr can you please advise if this will be looked into in the not to distant future. I have a number of series that contain multi part episodes. Serviio is unable to serve the content since its not parsed which is very frustrating. I have noticed numerous threads relating to this issue dating back many years and am concerned that its not going to be addressed. I would have thought this issue would be affecting more people?

If it can parse filenames; yamj - https://code.google.com/p/moviejukebox/wiki/TVSeriesNaming#Multiple_Episode_Files_/_Disks

xbmc - http://kodi.wiki/view/Naming_video_files/TV_shows#Multi-episode

or read an xbmc nfo http://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files/TV_episodes "For multi-part episodes, simply add multiple <episodedetails> XML blocks in succession."

otherwise im not sure how to get it to work...short of splitting the files themselves?

Thanks!

[Petr Nejedly]

So is this to parse XML or parse the file names (assume it's for online databases).

How is this supposed to be renderer to the devices? It will have to be a single file I guess (it is a single avi after all). So the name of the file would use the name of one of the episodes?

[Hans Joergensen]

Hi Petr,

I'm facing this issue on 1.6.1 when using metadata from external XBMC nfo files, it's a single file that contains one or more episodes - so it should be presented as a single episode to the devices e.g. with concatenated values from the "title" tags separated by forward slash e.g. for "Seinfeld - 4x03-04 - The Pitch and The Ticket.nfo" this could be shown as "03-04. The Pitch / The Ticket"