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{{eyecatch|Note|When using [[Avdump]] make sure you defined an API Key in your {{ProfileLink}} profile -> account -> set api key}}
{{eyecatch|Note|When using [[Avdump]] make sure you defined an API Key in your {{ProfileLink}} profile -> account -> set api key}}


* Get [http://static.anidb.net/client/avdump-gui.msi Avdump GUI]
* Get [http://static.anidb.net/client/avdump-gui.msi Avdump GUI].
* Set your AniDB username and API password in the options menu.
* 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
* 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: files or folders.
* 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
* Go to the entry of the [[Content:Anime|Anime]] in AniDB you want to add a release for
* Scroll down to the groups block on the page and click [[Mass add:Files|add new release]]
* Scroll down to the groups block on the page and click [[Mass add:Files|add new release]].
* Open the log file from the path you set in Avdump. It should contain various lines of text starting with '''ed2k://'''.
* Open the log file from the path you set in Avdump. It should contain various lines of text starting with '''ed2k://'''.
* Copy and paste those lines into the big text area in the AniDB website in [[Mass add:Files|add new release]]
* Copy and paste those lines into the big text area in the AniDB website in [[Mass add:Files|add new release]].
* Set the group and language options
* Set the group and language options.
* Click ''next''
* Click ''next''.
* 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%
* 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%.


===Step 4 (optional)===
===Step 4 (optional)===
In case a file spans multiple episodes you should add the file to the first episode it spans completely. Afterwards you will have to do one more thing:
In case a file spans multiple episodes you should add the file to the first episode it spans completely. Afterwards you will have to do one more thing:
* go to the entry of the file where you can see all the file related details like bitrate, codec etc.
* Go to the entry of the file where you can see all the file related details like bitrate, codec etc.
* at the bottom of that page you will find a link called <b>add new episode relation</b>
* At the bottom of that page you will find a link called '''add new episode relation'''.
* choose the other episode this file belongs to and hit add. (you might have to repeat this process depending on how many episodes it spans)
* Choose the other episode this file belongs to and hit add. (you might have to repeat this process depending on how many episodes it spans).