An updated version of TVCollection Manager is available at TVCollection Manager Setup 0.12

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issue with TV Series with no episodes (FluoDude - ASPE issue)
• Fixed issue with bad data in episodes (Madhatr - The Drew Carey Show)
• Fixed issue with exporting with no data (Madhatr request - BroadcastDateTime, OriginalChannel, OriginalRunTime)
• Fixed issue with exporting movies if no movie collection available

New Feature:

• Changed import screens to allow skipping of entries by checking complete button (Madhatr request)

An updated version of TVCollection Manager is available at TVCollection Manager Setup 0.11

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issue with " ' ".  The bug is a problem with the movie-xml.com site that doesn't handle them correctly. Trapping the error now.  You will need to remove the " ' " from the movie name to get the proper movie until the site is fixed.
• Movie patterns now saving correctly.

New Features:

• Added editing of banners and covers of TV Series

An updated version of TVCollection Manager is available at TVCollection Manager Setup 0.10

Bug Fixes:

• Corrected regular expressions for movies(Schlep issue)
• Corrected regular expressions for tv series (Vyp3R issue)

Currently in development(in order of current development):

• Windows Service to update episodes
• Editing of movie data
• Banner/Cover image add/delete/change

An updated version of TVCollection Manager is available at TVCollection Manager Setup 0.9

Bug Fixes:

• Import not handling season folders correctly
• Issue with choosing editing covers with movie collection
• Updated several screens to display correct data
• Stopping processing of imports caused program to crash
• Issue with tv banners not exporting correctly if series has no seasons directories

New Features:

• Streamlined import process to more user friendly
• Add imdb ID to movies import to help identify which movie to import

An updated version of TVCollection Manager is available at TVCollection Manager Setup 0.8

Bug Fixes:

• Import not processing all directories
• Export not handling runtime field correctly (error - input string was not in correct format)
• Added several error traps to bypass incorrect invalid data files

An updated version of TVCollection Manager is available at TVCollection Manager Setup 0.7

Bug Fixes:

• Movie collection causing crashes during exports
• TV collection disappearing after closing and reopening program
• Sorted Import Match list alphabetically

Added Features:

• Added more details to xml files for detail screen(nework, actors)

An updated version of TVCollection Manager is available at TVCollection Manager 0.6

Updated search engine to allow for quicker imports from thetvdb.com and movie-xml.com

Note: Thanks to ahelseth at thegreenbutton.com for his suggestions in optimizing the searches.

An updated version of TVCollection Manager is available at TVCollection Manager Setup 0.5

Added Features:

• Import Movies collections from www.movie-xml.com
• Export to TVLibrary with options for image types(Banners,Covers,None)

An updated version of TVCollection Manager is available at TVCollectionManager Setup 0.3

If you are updating from previous betas, it will be necessary to import and overwrite your existing collection.

Bug Fixes:

• Changed saving of episodes from seriesname to seriesID
      Issue #ScottPearce1 - Episodes with invalid characters in name ie ":" in "Star Trek:Enterprise"
• Changed to readonly grid for import status
      Issue #ScottPearce3 - Import Status screen editable
• Fixed issue with refreshing of banners and covers
• Changed collection location to include \TVCMData directory for clean location of files

Added Features:

• Importing multiple directories
• Importing multiple times without overwriting existing collection
• Importing of episodes has option of only new episodes or overwrite all episodes
• Adding/Editing/Deleting of collection data
      right-click on series to edit or delete series
      right-click in series grid to add series

Future Features:

• Adding/Editing/Deleting Banner images
• Update dvr-ms metadata from episode data

An updated version of TVCollection Manager is available at TVCollection Manager 0.2

Bug Fixes in version:

• Fixed an issue if there were no banner/covers available for the series/season would cause a program crash(invalid type error message)
• Fixed an issue with collection data not updating correctly if you import an episode that didn't exist or you skipped (startindex cannot be less than zero)

 The beta version of TVCollection Manager is available at TVCollection Manager Setup

The current beta only includes exporting to TVLibrary.  Other exports will include Big Screen TV, update meta-data in dvr-ms and other apps if the need the export.

Process for import tv series:

1. Click Import Tab
2. Choose TV Series Folder that contains directories of TV shows ie(C:\TV\Hereos, C:\TV\24)
3. Click Import
4. Follow wizard  -  click process when you would like to begin (Process could take several minutes depending on your folder size)

Process for export data to TVLibrary:

1. Click Export Tab
2. Verify that Episodes pattern matches your tv episode naming convention - The default convention is 1x1.avi (you can change it based on your naming conventions using regular expressions)
3. Verify that Episodes extensions include the extensions of the your tv episodes - you can have as many extensions as you need
4. Verify the Seasons in Folder is checked if you have numbered seasons of your episodes in folders -- This wil copy the necessary files for the season covers for the episodes
5. Click Export

Please feel free to email me at benwoodring@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Screenshots:

Main Screen

Import Screen

Export Screen(TVLibrary)

Here is a screenshot of my TV Collection Manager for Big Screen TV by Nial Ginsbourg at mobilewares.net (and other MCE apps possible).

The program is still in early stages with the above screenshot showing the general layout of the app.  Most of the data importing from thetvdb.com is complete.