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===Step 1=== | ===Step 1=== | ||
* | * Verify that the group you want to add a release for has already been added (see [[Content:Groups|Groups]]). | ||
* If not, add the group details before continuing. | |||
===Step 2=== | ===Step 2=== | ||
<i>To add a | <i>To add a group's release to anidb you need [[ed2k-link]]s of the files. There are multiple ways to generate those. One of the simplest, that also provides AniDB with a lot of metadata (hashes, length, bitrate- & codec info etc.), is avdump.</i> | ||
<b> | <b>Note! While this step provides details for avdump, any application that can generate [[ed2k-link]]s can be used.</b> | ||
* | * Get [http://static.anidb.net/client/avdump-gui.msi avdump GUI] | ||
* Set your | * Set your AniDb username and API password in the options menu. | ||
* | * Activate the checkbox in front of the "export ed2k links to file" option and set a path in the field next to it where the file should be saved | ||
* Save the options. | * Save the options. | ||
* Select what you want to scan from the main menu | * Select what you want to scan from the main menu: files or folders. | ||
* Select the stuff you want to scan (... Button) (you can select multiple files at once) | * Select the stuff you want to scan (... Button) (you can select multiple files at once) | ||
* Click Start. | * Click Start. | ||
===Step 3=== | ===Step 3=== | ||
* | * Go to the entry of the [[Content:Anime|Anime]] in AniDB you want to add a release for | ||
* | * Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click [[Mass_add:Files|MASSF]] | ||
* | * Open the log file from the path you set in avdump. It should contain various lines of text starting with <b>ed2k://</b>. | ||
* | * Copy and paste those lines into the big text area in the AniDb website in [[Mass_add:Files|MASSF]] | ||
* | * Set the group and language options | ||
* | * Click <i>next</i> | ||
* | * Set the episodes the files belong to. AniDb tries to recognize some parameter from the file names, but this is not guaranteed to work 100% | ||