I have a video learning course with 54 lessons and about 10 to 50 episodes per lesson.
I want this course to be recognized as a series so that I can resume the lessons after a break. At the moment I have to search the folder every time and fight my way through the menu.
With the TV series it is very practical that it is displayed per season and I can continue this season at any time. The season is also shown under “last seen”.
That’s exactly what I want for my learning course.
Is there already a possibility if I rename it correctly? I tried it with “Course Lesson S01EXX” but unfortunately without success.
I hope I expressed myself clearly. If you have any questions, please ask.
The XML file is handy and I was able to change episode details with it. Like author, cast etc.
I also changed in the XML file the media type from movie to TV Show.
Unfortunately, this didn’t change the fact that it is not recognized as a TV show.
mofa2016 could be right.
I also tried different filename variations.
show-name_s01e02.mkv
show name/any folder/S01E02.mkv
show name/season 1/episode 02.mkv
Unfortunately the only result was that the folder in Infuse was ignored and that all videos were visible now. It didn’t recognize it as a TV show and didn’t collect the files.
What do I have to do to make it recognized as a TV show?
I don’t think it is but I’m not 100% sure. There’s a thread discussing TV xml and a response by James that makes me think it’s not possible here. Naming and displayin TV Shows - #2 by james
Just a thought, from what I can gather if there’s a series on tvdb you can then override the artwork and text with an xml file and still have it show up in the library. Maybe find a TV show with a name that fits your needs or close and then just re-write the metadata in an xml file. I haven’t tried it but it may work as long as you use a name that tvdb recognizes.
Add XML files for each episode (this will be used for the descriptions, title, etc…)
Navigate to your series in Infuse, and use the Edit button and search for any series available on TheTVDb (it doesn’t matter which one).
Infuse will use the underlying metadata from the TheTVDb to organize the series, but then use your manually added data to override what appears in Infuse. This should allow you to view the series in the TV Shows section of the Library.