TV Rename TVDB Scraper
This tool is designed for TV Rename users. It will use you TV Rename settings
to scan your collection of TV shows, and download relevant assets from The TVDB.
It will download:
For each series:
folder.jpg
fanart.jpg
season-all.tbn
tvshow.nfo
For each season:
seasonXX.tbn
For each episode:
EPISODE_NAME.nfo
EPISODE_NAME.tbn
The tool requires you to have a folder for each TV series, and within that a folder for each Season.
It will respect the settings you have in TV Rename, including "Use DVD Order".
You can force the use of DVD order by using the command line option "/dvd".
I have developed this tool for my own use, but if people find it useful
I am willing to improve on it or release the source code.
SETUP:
During installation you should be prompted for the path to your TVRename settings file.
This is an XML file created by TVRename, usually found in your userdata folder,
e.g. C:\Users\{USERNAME}\AppData\Roaming\TVRename\TVRename\2.1\TvRenameSettings.xml
You should locate this file and copy and paste the path, including the file name, into
the dialog box when prompted. You can alter the path at any time by editing the config file
in the installation directory. This tool will not modify your TVRename settings XML file.
You can create a copy of your settings file and use that instead.
OTHER OPTIONS:
There are some other options you can alter in the config file in the installation directory:
- Logging - you can turn on logging by altering the line
to
- Disabling actions - you can stop this tool from creating any assets in your
library by setting the DisableAllActions value to true.
- Delays - you can add either a delay at the end of the program, or after each series
has been processed, to give you time to examine the console output. You can
edit the values of the PostCompletionDelay and PostSeriesDelay keys.
They should be values in milliseconds (0 for none).
History:
v1.0.0.0 - Released
This tool uses SharpZipLibrary:
SharpZipLibrary samples
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This tool uses log4net, which is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
Copyright 2011 Paul Houghton
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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All assets created by this tool are download from http://www.thetvdb.com, using
their excellent API. Please support their good work by contributing
images via their website!
This tool would, of course, not be possible without TV Rename,
which is an excellent piece of software and should be supported at
http://www.tvrename.com.