Naming Conventions

[CameraMan]

I've tried searching and can't find an answer. Maybe I have just not hit upon the best search terms yet.

Anyway...  Any tips on how would I got about naming multiple disc collections such as 'The Best Of Johnny Carson' or 'Bob Hope - The Ultimate Collection' ? Many of these do not have a IMDB or TMDB entry. I've tried  just naming each disc and file/episode/show on the discs manually. But I am wondering if there is an easier way.

A similar question is finding images to use for these 'collections', short of scanning the DVD box on my trusty old Epson scanner.

Thanks for any and all suggestions.

[schnappi]

The below naming schemes may be what you want...

Folder name - "The Best Of Johnny Carson"
Folder name - Season01
"The Best Of Johnny Carson - S01E01.mkv"
"The Best Of Johnny Carson - S01E02.mkv"

or (I suspect the above option will be more of what you want, but you should try both)

Folder name - "The Best Of Johnny Carson"
"The Best Of Johnny Carson - Episode 1 720p.mkv"
"The Best Of Johnny Carson - Episode 2 720p.mkv"

[TheDreadPirate]

So the way this should work is that you name the folders and episodes as if this was a plain Johnny Carson boxset instead of a "Best Of" compilation.  My wife has a "Best Of" boxset for the old show "Dragnet".  You just need to treat it like the original show and name the episodes properly.

Code:

Dragnet/
├── Season 01
│  ├── s01e01.mkv
│  ├── s01e05.mkv
│  └── s01e11.mkv
├── Season 02
│  ├── s02e04.mkv
│  ├── s02e07.mkv
│  ├── s02e11.mkv
│  ├── s02e19.mkv
│  ├── s02e26.mkv
│  └── s02e28.mkv
├── Season 03
│  ├── s03e04.mkv
│  ├── s03e16.mkv
│  ├── s03e17.mkv
│  ├── s03e19.mkv
│  ├── s03e21.mkv
│  ├── s03e28.mkv
│  ├── s03e29.mkv
│  ├── s03e31.mkv
│  ├── s03e34.mkv
│  └── s03e39.mkv
├── Season 04
│  ├── s04e01.mkv
│  ├── s04e03.mkv
│  ├── s04e04.mkv
│  └── s04e08.mkv
├── Season 05
│  └── s05e09.mkv
└── Season 07
    └── s07e28.mkv

It is all over the place, in terms of incomplete seasons, but that's what you have to do. As you stated, TMDB/IMDB/TVDB doesn't consider Best Of compilations as their own entity, because they aren't.