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Five websites are available for you to check for episode titles. IMDB, TV.com, theTVDB and EPGUIDES.com.
A database is your personal file for storing shows and their respective IDcode.
The IDcode is the ID code number for a particular show in IMDB.com and theTVDB.com.
For TV.com and EPGUIDES.com, it's a section of the URL page.
When you drag shows to theRenamer, it first checks your database for the ShowName/IDcode.
IF the show is not listed in your database, it will try to google for it.
Once a successful file is renamed, theRenamer automatically adds the ShowName/IDcode to your database.
There is NO NEED to add the ShowName/IDcode for every show.
theRenamer does a great job in finding your show automatically, even with spelling errors in your file's ShowName.
However, there might be some cases whereby it gets the wrong episode titles.
1) Shows that can be called in different ways.
A show like CSI, has many spin-offs, and CSI itself can be named by "Crime Scene Investigation"
CSI, CSI Las Vegas, CSI LasVegas
CSI NY, CSI New York
CSI Miami
2) Show that is a remake and have the same show name.
Bionic Woman (1970s / 2007)
Battlestar Galactica (1970s / 2003)
Knight Rider (1980s / 2008)
3) US and UK versions.
"The Office" has US and UK versions. Both shows have the same show name, but totally different episode titles.
These are some rare cases theRenamer might not be able to get the correct episode title.
Whatever reason it may be, all you need to do is add in the showname and IDcode manually in the database.
How to find the IDcode?
Example, the file you wish to rename is:
CSI New Yorky.S1E01.whatever junk text behind.avi
IMDB.com:
First, go to IMDB.com and look for the correct show page.
This page MUST have a "Seasons link" section (Seasons: 1 | 2 | 3.......).
The correct page is this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395843/
Here's an example of a wrong page for Knight Rider (2008):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1114258/
It looks correct, but notice it DOES NOT have the "Seasons:" section.
The correct page is
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1213404/
--------> For the other website database:
TV.com:
First, go to TV.com and look for the correct show page.
The correct page is this:
http://www.tv.com/csi-ny/show/24125/summary.html
(the ID code is "csi-ny/show/24125", ignore the front and end parts.
theTVDB.com:
First, go to theTVDB.com and look for the correct show page.
The correct page is this: http://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=seasonall&id=73696&lid=7
(the ID code is "73696", ignore the front and end parts.
EPGUIDES.com:
First, go to EPGUIDES.com and look for the correct show page.
The correct page is this: http://epguides.com/csiny/
(the ID code is "csiny", ignore the front parts.
--------> Continue with IMDb database:
In your IMDB Database, type in "CSI NewYorky" in the Showname column,
"tt0395843" in IDCode column
(for TV.com Database, type in
"csi-ny/show/24125" in IDCode column).
What you've done is tell theRenamer - Any shows named "CSI New
Yorky", use "tt0395843".
theRenamer will not only be able to get the episode title, but also fix the show name's spelling
after renaming.
For theTVDB database, there's 2 extra options for scanning filenames.
These options need to be checked in other
for it to work.
1) Absolute Number (No).
Commonly used for Anime shows, an absolute number is used to represent
the episode number (no seasons).
2) Air Dates (Yr).
Commonly used for talk shows that are aired daily like 'The Jay Leno
Show' or 'Late Show with David Letterman'.
AirDate formats include:
YYYY_MM_DD
example: 2009.01.18 (. can be anything)
MM_DD_YYYY
example: 18.01.2009 (. can be anything)
MMDDYY
example: 011809
Manual Scraping
Only useful for TV Shows that do not contain the TV Showname.
Forces any files dragged/fetch into theRenamer to use specific IDcode.
Just enter the IDcode of your TVShow and start dragging your files
in.
DO NOT CLOSE the window or Manual Scraping will be Canceled.