Wed Aug 04, 2021 7:22 pm by atc98092
When dealing with a TV series, I find that using the IMDB ID tag in the folder name is more successful than within the file name. I've recorded a number of TV episodes of the old comedy Hee Haw, and the metadata was always iffy. So for the folder that contains these files I changed the name to "Hee Haw tt0063908" and it's been completely successful since. I don't use the ID tag in any of the episode files themselves. I've also improved the metadata retrieval if I add the year of the series. It's particularly necessary when you have a series with same/similar names, such as your example. I also have Doctor Who (1963 and 2005), Dragnet (1951, 1967) and The Twilight Zone (1952, 1985). By adding the year to the folder name, these all keep the metadata squared away.
Dan
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