Dear MrC,
What I want to achieve, in words, is to have displayed in Theatre View at Season level (i.e. the level below Series level), when there are more than one season so the season must be selected, not just the season number (X) but the text "Season X", so my wife understands what the number means. I have managed to do this now, see attached screen grab. However, in terms of "programming" or whatever you call setting up all the parameters of import, library tools etc, my solution is very inelegant, as it requires me to name the Season Art with the word "Season" repeated in the title of the jpeg (so the file name for My Name IS Earl Season 1 image is "My Name Is Earl - Season Season 1.jpg".
My file paths are like this:\\READYNASULTRA6\Video\Shows\My Name Is Earl\Season 1\Disc 1\VIDEO_TS.IFO for the file start start play of Disc 1 of Season 1 of my Name Is Earl. My system is disc based rather than episode based since all my content is ripped from my own DVDs using AnyDVD, rather than downloaded episodes from the internet or recorded TV shows.
So, the name of the Season, not just the number, is there in the path. During the running of Library Tools - Fill Properties From Filename (which I need to run to rename each of my discs from the filename VIDEO_TS.IFO to the more useful Disc X, where X is the number of the disc in multiple disc DVD sets), the nanm "Season" was stripped from the folder name of the disc in question, so the folder called "Season X" simply became "X". The reason for this I believe is the syntax of this line: \\READYNASULTRA6\Video\Shows\[Series]\Season [Season]\[Name]\
By changing the line to read: \\READYNASULTRA6\Video\Shows\[Series]\ [Season]\[Name]\ I managed to not strip the word "Season", so now Season 1 reads Season 1 and not just 1 in Theatre View at the season level. So far, so good. However, this means, like I predicted previously, that the Season Art names would not be matched to the season any more, because it seems that the matching of the Season and image name is done by stripping the word "Season" from the image name. I have no idea where that is done, or whether it can be changed. So I overcame this by adding an extra "Season" to the image name, so "My Name Is Earl - Season Season 1.jpg" becomes "My Name Is Earl - Season 1.jpg" after the mysterious stripping, and then matches the text for Season 1, which is now "Season 1" rather than just "1".
However, this is all very roundabout and inelegant. I would be much more elegant, and easy, if I could somehow just add the word "Season" before the season number on the season level of Theatre View. However, since I don't know where to do that, this is the best I've come up with so far.
Obviously, if I either knew how to do this in a better way, or explain it in a shorter post, I would do so. I am sure it is frustrating for you to read how someone does things in such stupid ways, but I have little choice but to experiment and ask. With my learning curve, if I did one change, or asked one question, then waited for a positive response or answer before moving to the next problem, I will be dead long before my wife has a Media Center she can understand and operate...