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diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/NameParser.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/NameParser.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers
+{
+    public static class NameParser
+    {
+        static readonly Regex[] NameMatches = new[] {
+            new Regex(@"(?<name>.*)\((?<year>\d{4})\)"), // matches "My Movie (2001)" and gives us the name and the year
+            new Regex(@"(?<name>.*)(\.(?<year>\d{4})(\.|$)).*$"), 
+            new Regex(@"(?<name>.*)") // last resort matches the whole string as the name
+        };
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Parses the name.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="name">The name.</param>
+        /// <param name="justName">Name of the just.</param>
+        /// <param name="year">The year.</param>
+        public static void ParseName(string name, out string justName, out int? year)
+        {
+            justName = null;
+            year = null;
+            foreach (var re in NameMatches)
+            {
+                Match m = re.Match(name);
+                if (m.Success)
+                {
+                    justName = m.Groups["name"].Value.Trim();
+                    string y = m.Groups["year"] != null ? m.Groups["year"].Value : null;
+                    int temp;
+                    year = Int32.TryParse(y, out temp) ? temp : (int?)null;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}