Care to explain? The reason there's an INI file and the data is not hard coded into the program is so the user can edit it as they need to. Just open the INI file in notepad, change what you need.
I cannot test it against every known TV show. (ok I probably can, but I'm not, that's silly! The whole point of this program is to be adaptable to the old and new.) So if anyone wants to contribute an addition of a host regular expression or a name correction they can message me here and I can add it in the next version.
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Is there any documentation for the contents of the .ini file? If not would you please explain the purpose of the 1=iU)href= and 2=iU)href= entries and how to determine them for new sites.
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1) Add an entry to torrent.ini which is the default directory for scan folder when the browse for folder opens. I've found it useful to create a directory hierarchy with subdirectories for each day of the week.
2) When the torrent name doesn't match the show name, have the dialog box display the non-matching name so that the user can make an informed decision. Also could the delay time for the default decision be in torrent.ini?
3) When a torrent is found, display the torrent name and ask the user if they want to download this torrent. If yes continue with existing logic, if no continue searching for next possible torrent and or host.
Thanks for a very useful program!
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#1 is a good idea, or even a recent folder list. It is a bit of a pain to look every time.
#2 I thought it did that.. been awhile since I've had a fail. Can look into it.
#3 This breaks the 'one click' automation idea, but can be a future option, there are circumstances I've had where it would be useful.
You are most welcome :)
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3 need not break the 'one click' automation idea, just use a timeout in the dialog box for the default case as you apparently did in the dialog box when the show names do not match.
I am seeing a lot of undesirable matches, especially with shows having a single word name, such as Alphas. Any recommendations on how to reduce 'false' matches?
How do you specify shows with special characters which are not allowed in file names e.g. the colon in CSI: NY? Just ommitting the special character sometimes results in 'false' matches.
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you can always try: 'search from browser' on the right click menu to see what actually shows up in the searches. By default DBTV uses 'Quality: good' (default) for searches. Verified gives way less results, but may yield better matches.
You can click
edit -> search
then edit 'search string' as you see fit to change the way it searches.
As for the CSI thing, generally the non-alphanumeric characters are not required at all for most search engines. Although I may have to tweak the AI to accept the : character in the matching process.
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One show that I am having problems with is Hawaii Five-O (2010). I can right click and find it via a search from browser. If I try to use the guide it is not found because epiguides lists it as: http://epguides.com/HawaiiFiveO_2010. My txt file is for example: Hawaii Five-O (2010) S03E12.txt. I tried explicitly inserting the underscore: Hawaii Five-O_(2010) S03E12.txt but the underscore gets stripped out. Is there an escape sequence or other way to get around this problem?
Thanks
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The program is meant to be generic and simple. Thus some shows will not follow the rules of this programs logic.
The [guide] section in the .ini file is for tweaking to the guides naming convention. The latest version of the program has some examples on how to do this. Just open the .ini file in notepad. There is no way yet to edit the guide from the program. Although v2.8 lets you view the edits.
I really need a better way to match show names and guide names, without having to list thousands of shows in a database.
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Care to explain? The reason there's an INI file and the data is not hard coded into the program is so the user can edit it as they need to. Just open the INI file in notepad, change what you need.
I cannot test it against every known TV show. (ok I probably can, but I'm not, that's silly! The whole point of this program is to be adaptable to the old and new.) So if anyone wants to contribute an addition of a host regular expression or a name correction they can message me here and I can add it in the next version.
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Is there any documentation for the contents of the .ini file? If not would you please explain the purpose of the 1=iU)href= and 2=iU)href= entries and how to determine them for new sites.
Check out 'RegEx torrent.ini' section under general discussion
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Some suggested enhancements:
1) Add an entry to torrent.ini which is the default directory for scan folder when the browse for folder opens. I've found it useful to create a directory hierarchy with subdirectories for each day of the week.
2) When the torrent name doesn't match the show name, have the dialog box display the non-matching name so that the user can make an informed decision. Also could the delay time for the default decision be in torrent.ini?
3) When a torrent is found, display the torrent name and ask the user if they want to download this torrent. If yes continue with existing logic, if no continue searching for next possible torrent and or host.
Thanks for a very useful program!
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#1 is a good idea, or even a recent folder list. It is a bit of a pain to look every time.
#2 I thought it did that.. been awhile since I've had a fail. Can look into it.
#3 This breaks the 'one click' automation idea, but can be a future option, there are circumstances I've had where it would be useful.
You are most welcome :)
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3 need not break the 'one click' automation idea, just use a timeout in the dialog box for the default case as you apparently did in the dialog box when the show names do not match.
I am seeing a lot of undesirable matches, especially with shows having a single word name, such as Alphas. Any recommendations on how to reduce 'false' matches?
How do you specify shows with special characters which are not allowed in file names e.g. the colon in CSI: NY? Just ommitting the special character sometimes results in 'false' matches.
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you can always try: 'search from browser' on the right click menu to see what actually shows up in the searches. By default DBTV uses 'Quality: good' (default) for searches. Verified gives way less results, but may yield better matches.
You can click
edit -> search
then edit 'search string' as you see fit to change the way it searches.
As for the CSI thing, generally the non-alphanumeric characters are not required at all for most search engines. Although I may have to tweak the AI to accept the : character in the matching process.
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I've had problems with some shows but not others.
One show that I am having problems with is Hawaii Five-O (2010). I can right click and find it via a search from browser. If I try to use the guide it is not found because epiguides lists it as: http://epguides.com/HawaiiFiveO_2010. My txt file is for example: Hawaii Five-O (2010) S03E12.txt. I tried explicitly inserting the underscore: Hawaii Five-O_(2010) S03E12.txt but the underscore gets stripped out. Is there an escape sequence or other way to get around this problem?
Thanks
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The program is meant to be generic and simple. Thus some shows will not follow the rules of this programs logic.
The [guide] section in the .ini file is for tweaking to the guides naming convention. The latest version of the program has some examples on how to do this. Just open the .ini file in notepad. There is no way yet to edit the guide from the program. Although v2.8 lets you view the edits.
I really need a better way to match show names and guide names, without having to list thousands of shows in a database.