

Ticking Scheduled scan… will force a repeat scan every “X” hours. Ticking Scan on Startup tells TV Rename to perform the selected scan when the program starts. The scans also check the locations specified in Options>Preferences - Search Folders for any matching media files. Scan the shows that have aired recently and have a missing episode in the library. FullĪ Scan of all the shows that have aired recently (as specified in “X” days count as recent above). The “Scan Type” radio buttons tell TV Rename the type of scan to perform when searching for new shows.
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The Share critical Logs to help defeat bugs option if ticked, gives TV Rename permission to copy some anonymous crash statistics to the SolarWinds “papertrail” Log Management Tool to aid in debugging, as mentioned in the License Agreement. If you select “Beta”, TV Rename will offer you “Beta” and “RC” updates as well as the “Production” updates as and when they become available. In “Beta” mode a new menu called Beta appears between Tools and Help in the menu bar which gives you access to preview upcoming additions and enhancements. In “Production” mode the application looks and behaves as normal. The Mode: drop-down can be set to “Production” or “Beta” and allows you to preview Beta functionality that is being worked on but not yet ready for the mainstream releases. TV Rename will request “English” If the selected language is not available. The Preferred language: drop-down sets the language for returned data when requesting information from TheTVDB API. “yyyy-MM-dd”, “dd-MM-yyyy”, “MM-dd-yyyy”, “yy-MM-dd”, “dd-MM-yy” and “MM-dd-yy”Īnd the “date separators” can be any of: - /. Look for air date in filenames, if ticked, provides a second method of identifying show episodes by looking for a date (in a number of formats) in the shows filename and comparing that against the air-date. This speeds up local data updates if major changes are made to a show on The TVDB. Refresh entire series if “X” % of episodes are updated sets the point at which TV Rename refreshes the entire series data from The TVDB rather than just the episode data. “X” days count as recent specifies how many days are listed for the “Aired in the last N days” section of the When to watch tab.ĭownload up to “X” shows simultaneously from The TVDB sets the number of concurrent connections to TheTVDB API. The General Tab controls TV Renames’ Download and Scan behaviours.
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If Automatic Background Download is enabled any action that reads data from the cache will also trigger an update from The TVDB, additionally updates will be performed at regular intervals.Įach of the tabs in “Preferences”, are discussed in detail below. Return to Top Automatic Background Download This will stop TV Rename attempting to update.
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If Offline Operation is enabled TV Rename will firstly prompt you to make sure you wish to go offline, and if you click Yes it will run on locally cached data from The TVDB. Luckily the “out-of-the-box” defaults work well, and, should you wish to change any of the options or preferences at some future time all the stuff you can “fiddle” with is described here. For the newcomer especially, it’s very easy to get “lost” in the plethora of options and preferences, and give up. One of TV Rename’s strongest (and most confusing) features is its configurability.
