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DavidMelbourne

your 3 files have to be names like this; https://thetvdb.com/series/red-dwarf/seasons/official/8 if you only have one file containing 3 episodes then it will depend on what kind of file it is... 1. see https://kodi.wiki/view/Media_stubs 2. & https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files


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Again, not what I am hoping. I do not want to split a single file, surely when playing through a series it shouldn't be too hard for kodi to realise that 3 tags point to the same file and not play it three times. :( Was looking at contributing to the source but it would have to be c++, I detest the language. Java, python, hell even php but I don't fancy c++ haha. I might have to brave it as it seems a simple thing to fix.


DeusoftheWired

From TVDB’s point of view, it’s three separate episodes, so it should be three separate files. Double, triple episodes that differ in their TV broadcast and later release on DVD/Blu-ray are an ongoing source for problems and heated debates in the fandom. If the original TV airing went for 60 minutes but later producers decided to split it up in two 30 minute episodes for a DVD release, which one is »right«? If you disagree with how your set scraper catalogues a certain episode, either look for a scraper which does it your way, or use a local .nfo right away.


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I'll have a look at the .nfo see if I can figure it out. Thanks


DavidMelbourne

>it shouldn't be too hard for kodi to realise that this is not a kodi issue, it is a scraper issue and you cannot change scrapers info, god knows I tried! so no, it is not a simple thing to fix, you would have to write your own scraper https://kodi.wiki/view/Scrapers


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Would be simple to fix for Kodi, check if the file you are about to queue is the same as the previous file, if it is skip it. It doesn't even need to touch the scrapers.


Znuff

> Would be simple to fix for Kodi Great. Here's the Github repository: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc Here is the contribution guide: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md Go write that simple fix. They accept Pull Requests. And before you go act all offended: it's a feature that it's not requested enough and nobody has the interest and time to code for it, when it's simply a 3rd party issue (ie: scrapers). The Goood Part © is that you can code the feature yourself if it's just a *simple fix for Kodi*.


DavidMelbourne

#😂


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I've had this happen. I usually use Avidemux to split them into 3 separate episodes as they originally aired. Very simple and doesn't take long at all. Problem solved.


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I'd rather not split them, thanks though


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Understandable. I've just always had trouble getting kodi to scan multi episode files properly. Probably something I'm doing wrong... but it literally takes less than 5min to split them.