Destiny Theme (Detail & Thumbstrip View) does not Count TV seasons & episodes correctly

The problem here is if media (.AVI,..MKV, etc…) exists in the folder of the season level then you are not following the standard hierarchy.

The second problem in counting of sub folders, the core routine to do the counting only cares about how many forlders and not the naming convention. This might be quite challenging to some how identify specials as such since it’s not require for users to use keywords like ‘Specials’ or even numbers to break apart their season folders.

The problem here is if media (.AVI,..MKV, etc…) exists in the folder of the season level then you are not following the standard hierarchy.

The Big Bang Theory had 2 unaired pilots one of which only exists on P2P sites one was included as a special. I initially decided to display them in this fashion but that can be changed and they can be included in the designated folder for specials.

This brings me to the handling of the folder for Specials or Extras. Note this quotation from the FAQ section.

Specials

As of Media Browser 2.2.2 (codename Thunderblade) there is support for TV Series Specials.

To use Specials support, do the following:

* Create a folder in the series folder called “Season 0”.
* On the TVDB Website, lookup the information about your series.
* Place all your specials in the “Season 0” folder.
* Number the episodes the same way they are numbered in TVDB.

Media Browser will display “Specials” as the name of the folder and pull all the metadata if using Internet Providers.

This is the structure I am using for all my TV episodes. I have gone through quite some efforts to make my folder structure harmonize with the recommendations in the FAQ section. There is bound to be a Name Attribute for folders when querying for them and if there is & ONLY if there is a “Season 0” folder -1 could be subtracted from the count of folders to give the correct numbers of seasons.

I hope that this is possible in a future update.

Thanks for your comments and support for your themes.

Ok I think I’ve got this licked, I will make it so that it will not count “Specials” folder as part of the seasons.

Thank you very much I have modified all my TV shows to have a Season 0 folder for anything that could be considered special airings. No more media in the TV series root folder, just Season 0 for “Specials / Extras” and “Season 1 to N”.

Thanks again for your support of your products, that alone is worth the expense.

I tested my TV shows that have “Season 0” folders and all do show the correct season numbers except Fringe. Below are the screen caps of the BBT folders and the Fringe folders and the only difference that I can see is the Fringe Season 0 folder has a “folder.xml” file in it. BBT shows 5 Seasons but Fringe shows also 5 Seasons in the pop up box of the Kismet Poster view as well as the List view.

BBT Top folder

BBT Season 0 Folder

Fringe Top Folder

Fringe Season 0 Folder

Content of the Folder.xml File:

> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
> <Title>   
> <LocalTitle>Fringe PatternAnalysis</LocalTitle>  
> <OriginalTitle>Fringe PatternAnalysis</OriginalTitle>  
> <SortTitle>Specials Fringe</SortTitle>
> <ForcedTitle></ForcedTitle>  
> <IMDBrating></IMDBrating>  
> <ProductionYear></ProductionYear>  
> <MPAARating></MPAARating>  
> <Added>3/24/2011 3:16:05 PM</Added>  
> <IMDbId>tt1119644</IMDbId>  
> <RunningTime></RunningTime>  
> <TMDbId></TMDbId>  
> <CDUniverseId></CDUniverseId>  
> <Language>English</Language>  
> <Country>USA</Country>   
> <Persons>
>     <Person>
>       <Name>Anna Torv</Name>
>       <Type>Actor</Type>
>       <Role>Olivia Dunham</Role>
>     </Person>
>     <Person>
>       <Name>Joshua Jackson</Name>
>       <Type>Actor</Type>
>       <Role>Peter Bishop</Role>
>     </Person>
>     <Person>
>       <Name>John Noble</Name>
>       <Type>Actor</Type>
>       <Role>Dr. Walter Bishop</Role>
>     </Person>
>     <Person>
>       <Name>Mark Valley</Name>
>       <Type>Actor</Type>
>       <Role>John Scott</Role>
>     </Person>
>     <Person>
>       <Name>Lance Reddick</Name>
>       <Type>Actor</Type>
>       <Role>Phillip Broyles</Role>
>     </Person>
>     <Person>
>       <Name>Jasika Nicole</Name>
>       <Type>Actor</Type>
>       <Role>Astrid</Role>
>     </Person>
>     <Person>
>       <Name>Blair Brown</Name>
>       <Type>Actor</Type>
>       <Role>Nina Sharp</Role>
>     </Person>
>     <Person>
>       <Name>Kirk Acevedo</Name>
>       <Type>Actor</Type>
>       <Role>Charlie Francis</Role>
>     </Person>
>     <Person>
>       <Name>Seth Gabel</Name>
>       <Type>Actor</Type>
>       <Role>Lincoln Lee</Role>
>     </Person>   
> </Persons>   
> <Genres>
>     <Genre></Genre>   
> </Genres>   
> <Description> The Fringe Pattern
> Analysis mixes Fringe's science with expert commentary, show notes, photos,
> and diagrams. There are select scenes from six different Season 1 episodes
> that are analyzed. &#10;  
> • The Ghost Network 
> • Power Hungry 
> • The Equation
> • Safe 
> • The Transformation 
> • Unleashed</Description>  
> <IMDB>tt1119644</IMDB>  
> <Budget>0</Budget>  
> <Revenue>0</Revenue>   
> <Studios>
>     <Studio></Studio>
>     <Studio></Studio>   
> </Studios>   
> <Type>None</Type>
> </Title>

This has been applied to all themes now, I’m unsure why the one specific folder you have is not showing up properly.