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Yes ".bc!" files are bitcomet incomplete downloaded files. The bitcomet placed an extension to the files until it is completed. Technically it should not be detected by Jav-it as a movie file. Apparently Jav-it still detects it as movie file which is a bug. The multiple files are created by Jav-it using a single command. Those ".bc!" files get downloaded with "*.mp4.nfo" or "*.mp4.tbn". Subsequently after the files completed download by bitcomet and changed to .mp4 extension, running Jav-it the second time on these files (using the same command) will download additional files with "*.nfo" or "*.tbn". Plex do not add extra files to the import. Ideally stopping Jav-it from detecting ".bc!" extensions or any other extension other than movie extension will solve this issue. 

I only use this command, jav-it.exe catalog -d u:\Downloads --alt-naming-method="original" but it will come out multiple files from the same set of movies. For example "KCDA-296.mp4.bc!" was the initial file, running Jav-it will get "KCDA-296.mp4.nfo". Subsequently "KCDA-296.mp4", when running Jav-it again will have "KCDA-296.nfo". 

Yes under alternate naming conventions with Jav-It, existing cataloged files under different naming conventions are not removed is correct, but I'm using the same naming convention. Extra files still get generated but with a "*.mp4.nfo" naming. 

As for missing titles, I have no idea how to reproduce it because it happens randomly. I will try to delete all the files using your method and try to generate with a clean base and see how it goes.

This is how KODI formatted looks like in Plex. Initially after running jav-it for the first time it seems ok with some minor issues like no DVD-ID and actor image. Subsequently running it over the same folder a few times (due to the new updates) many issues came. Titles become missing from the nfo. Some items got additional as the program thought that the trailer were also the actual movie and generate additional nfo fanart etc. The first time I didn't change to preserve original file names and subsequent runs it generates again and preserves files names but includes the previous generated items. Also when partially downloaded files ending with .bc will still be considered as a movie file and the items gets downloaded. After movie file download completed and running a second time the items gets re-downloaded. My local folder are also full of messy duplicate files. That's why I recommended that the jav-it can have a roll-back function to delete whatever generated previously before running it again so that such issues can be avoided.

 
extra files re-generated due to incomplete files with .bc! extension previously were detected as movie files

titles become missing in random nfo files 

As for the tag called "JAV" it is important to some users because they didn't sort their files correctly in the first place. Only JAV movies require jav-it to be scraped hence it doesn't make sense for them to include their other collection in the same folder. The default shouldn't include this tag. It looks weird having to organise in movie type yet another tag for the same movie type. It isn't important just that OCD people will get annoyed by it.

Thanks jav-it for the actor image. A step closer to making it Plex friendly. I am almost certain that Plex is a better option for JAV. Just look at the screen capture below the amount of metadata it can display, specify, sort, filter and categorise. The below is using a Plex agent called PlexJav18.bundle GitHub - alxpnt2/PlexJav18.bundle scraping method which does not add additional files to our local drive. I have compared both, however it has limitations which includes:

1. it doesn't keep a copy in your drive just in case the metadata got erased in r18 (unlikely but possible). 

2. It does not include trailer. 

3. The folder image is lesser resolution than jav-it which will look blur when expanded. 

4. It doesn't change the censored title ***** into actual words.

So jav-it have complemented on these which is great but still need tweaks to make it perfect. i.e. The title to include DVD-ID for easier sorting and searching. There is really no need to have a tag called "JAV" because it will look like a main category instead of sub-category in Plex. We can add a main category ourselves by adding another movie tab, which will look cleaner if we want to have multiple types of other movies in Plex. ^^

Thanks for your clarifications. Not sure why is Plex isn't displaying the actor image when it is stored locally.  But if can scrape the nfo to include the thumb url instead it can display on both KODI and Plex so downloading the image will become optional. For example like this below.

<actor>               
  <name>Nishimiya Yume</name>                     
  <thumb>https://pics.r18.com/mono/actjpgs/nisimiya_yume.jpg</thumb>    
  <role>Actress</role>       
</actor>

The interface for Plex and KODI is very different. Plex is more suitable for PC using with keyboard and mice whereas KODI is more for TV with remote. They are both very dominant and have their own userbase. Plex is a great enhancement for KODI for those who prefer PC. It has more metadata to display, better sorting and filtering etc. You should explore Plex and give it a try, if possible support for both. Thanks!

Hi the fix works for me now.  Thank u so much! It does picks up the right ID for those files. As for the leaving the original filenames I have tried using the code --alt-naming-method="original" it does effect on both filenames and foldernames so there is no problem now.

As for Plex there is a free version if u no need the extra features. I did use an importer called XBMCnfoMoviesImporter to load the KODI formatted nfo and it does load most of the items except for the actor image. Since it doesn't load can just have the option to disable downloading of actor image? Another reason is because there will be too many duplicate actor images under different folders as each actor can have many DVDs. To serve different users requirement u can fix to allow display of actors image for Plex and also disable downloading altogether? There is no need to have a tag genre for 'JAV' since the entire folder is JAV, hope I can disable it. Also same goes to the .tbn file which is essentially the folder.jpg in different format only use for KODI. In essence I only require the poster, fanart, thriller, nfo and everything else can remain as original. As for the title it will be good to add the DVD ID on the front so the I can search via DVD ID. Something like MIDE-123 Title...

Lastly if can rollback on the items that was done that will be good. ^^

Thanks for your reply! Right now I still got many issues getting this to work for me. There are many files with names 'hhd800.com@' at the front and the program cannot search from the actual DVD ID. I have to manually edit the names but it will be too time consuming. There are few hundreds of these. I hope I can retain the original file names so that I can continue to seed.

And can these work for Plex?  I tried loading with Plex but many metadata was not displayed correctly.

It will be good to have a gui interface instead of command prompt so that we can select all the features with a few clicks?