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===What is it? | ===What is it?=== | ||
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A multi-episode file is a file with at least 2 episodes. Those are troublesome as AniDB can only associate 1 episode to 1 file at the moment. | A multi-episode file is a file with at least 2 episodes. Those are troublesome as AniDB can only associate 1 episode to 1 file at the moment. | ||
===How to add them to | ===How to add them to AniDB?=== | ||
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* If a group releases all | * If a group releases all episodes in multi-episode files (e.g. [http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=330 Future Boy Conan]), these files should be added to specials | ||
* If a group releases just | * If a group releases just ''some'' files that contain multiple episodess (e.g. the dual episodes in [http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=56 Prince of Tennis]), these files should be added to the first episode they contain. | ||
In both cases, people of course still have to add generic files to their lists. That workaround can't be avoided. | In both cases, people of course still have to add generic files to their lists. That workaround can't be avoided. | ||
In any case, it is important to have a consistent naming | In any case, it is important to have a consistent naming scheme for titles of special episodes and file comments that is easy to understand both for humans and programs. We came up with this: | ||
:* Naming | :* Naming scheme for specials: "Episode[s] X-Y: (Titles of episodes)", where X and Y can, if necessary, be followed by a letter (a,b,c,...) to indicate partial/split episodes. | ||
::<u>Examples:</u> | ::<u>Examples:</u> | ||
:: "Episode 1-3: [...]" (contains three eps) | :: "Episode 1-3: [...]" (contains three eps) | ||
:: "Episode 1-2a: [...]" (contains complete first | :: "Episode 1-2a: [...]" (contains complete first episode, part of the second episode) | ||
:: "Episode 2b: [...]" (contains second part of the second | :: "Episode 2b: [...]" (contains second part of the second episode)[/list] | ||
:* Naming | :* Naming scheme for file comments: "contains ep[s] X-Y" with the same rules as above | ||
===Additional note to reduce confusion=== | ===Additional note to reduce confusion=== | ||
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<big>'''Why is Ebichu 24 episodes (was aired 2 episodes at a time) when Azumanga Daioh is 26 episodes? (was aired 5 episodes at a time)'''</big> | |||
This question can be answered pretty fast by checking their japanese homepages.<br> | This question can be answered pretty fast by checking their japanese homepages.<br> | ||
:* Ebichu is mentioned on the page as having 24 episodes. It was also released on 4 DVDs with 6 episodes per dvd. Can be seen here: [http://www.gainax.co.jp/anime/awaawa/] and more clearly here (purple box): [http://www.gainax.co.jp/soft/awadvd/index.html] | :* Ebichu is mentioned on the page as having 24 episodes. It was also released on 4 DVDs with 6 episodes per dvd. Can be seen here: [http://www.gainax.co.jp/anime/awaawa/] and more clearly here (purple box): [http://www.gainax.co.jp/soft/awadvd/index.html] | ||
:* Azumanga Daioh is | :* Azumanga Daioh is '''very''' clearly marked as 26 episodes with 5 chapters per episode. Can be seen here: [http://www.imagica.com/shop/azumanga/episode/ep_index.html] | ||
[[Category:Definitions]][[Category:Guidelines]] | [[Category:Definitions]][[Category:Guidelines]] | ||