(2012-09-11, 04:08)Arlene468 Wrote: As I wrote in the other thread for the older version, is there a way for MC3 to create a "extrafanart" folder and save multiple or all 1920x1080 fanart to it? This folder is used by some XBMC skins for displaying random fanart.

(2012-05-03, 18:33)AgeOfPanic Wrote: OK, I have a little bit more information about my problem and I'm starting to think this might be a XBMC problem. I removed all information MC scraped (nfo and tbn etc) and let XBMC scrape everything itself. Everything was fine and new episodes got scraped automatically. Then I removed the source, let MC rescrape everything, and readded the source to XBMC. XBMC uses all the information and metadata that MC scraped.
I added a new episode to my Series folder without MC scraping information about it. XBMC doesn't show the new episode after updating the library or scanning for new content. Then I let MC scrape the episode. XBMC still does not see the episode after updating the library, but it does after scanning the specific show for new content.
What do you think? A XBMC problem or a MC bug? I'd like to use MC, because I need to syncronize the thumbnails between multiple instances of XBMC and having a central folder on my Home Server is slowing the library down too much. Thank you.

(2012-09-28, 10:40)evoactivity Wrote:

(2012-05-03, 18:33)AgeOfPanic Wrote: OK, I have a little bit more information about my problem and I'm starting to think this might be a XBMC problem. I removed all information MC scraped (nfo and tbn etc) and let XBMC scrape everything itself. Everything was fine and new episodes got scraped automatically. Then I removed the source, let MC rescrape everything, and readded the source to XBMC. XBMC uses all the information and metadata that MC scraped.
I added a new episode to my Series folder without MC scraping information about it. XBMC doesn't show the new episode after updating the library or scanning for new content. Then I let MC scrape the episode. XBMC still does not see the episode after updating the library, but it does after scanning the specific show for new content.
What do you think? A XBMC problem or a MC bug? I'd like to use MC, because I need to syncronize the thumbnails between multiple instances of XBMC and having a central folder on my Home Server is slowing the library down too much. Thank you.

I've been suffering from this exact issue since I started using Media Companion, I've also been looking for anyone else having the same issue to see if it was something I had done or a problem with MC/XBMC. Essentially using MC has made it so I'm now managing my library in a more manual way than before, the opposite of what I wanted lol.

(2012-10-09, 15:37)creagrox Wrote: Hello.
what a wonderful thing xbmc is! Just installed it, so surprised why i didnt use it before,
However, while organizing with media companion(which i think is most feature rich), its taking eons to even get a movie scraped.
to give you an idea, scraped 28 movies in three hours(yeah, definitely not a typo)
how come? (using 3.504b)
settings are left on default.
EDIT: why is it only scraping fanart, actors, cover? no plots whatsoever

(2012-08-06, 02:59)HueyHq Wrote:

(2012-08-03, 22:09)jamesk9 Wrote: Is there a way for MC to append the filenames of ALL movies in your collection to include the source, so that xbmc can display the propper dvd/bluray/divix/3D bluray cases in the library.

Basically I need to rename, for example ' topgun.mkv ' to ' topgun bluray.mkv ' or to ' topgun dvd.mkv ' (whichever video source the file uses)

I have since began renaming my new movies but having a problem getting existing movies renamed easily. Trying to take advantage of certin skins being able to recognize the video source without having to manually rename 1000+ of them.

Thanks..
Great program BTW!

Hi James,

A while ago somebody asked for something like this.
I've implemented the ability to add this to the NFO file as the <videosource> tag, which I believed, at the time, was used by XBMC. Turns out this was not the case, and I may have been looking at some very old documentation.

My point is, you can tell MC what the source is, but it doesn't really do anything with it!
So you can add the source from a drop-down box for each movie in the main screen, or en masse by using the table view. The drop-down list is also customisable in advanced preferences, I think, from memory.

There is also a rename function but I'm fairly sure that it only triggers while scraping.

So what I think is the proposal, is to be able to add the source 'tag' to the rename template, and then allow the user to execute that. Does this sound about right? I don't know about what XBMC does as I don't use those features. Also bear in mind that all files will be renamed as per the template provided.
There are probably some other small idiosyncrasies to deal with as well! Let me know what you think.
Cheers,
Huey

[EDIT: the rename tags currently allowed are movie title, year, IMDbID, premiere date, rating, and runtime - are there any others you would like to see other than the source?]

(2012-08-03, 22:09)jamesk9 Wrote: Is there a way for MC to append the filenames of ALL movies in your collection to include the source, so that xbmc can display the propper dvd/bluray/divix/3D bluray cases in the library.
Basically I need to rename, for example ' topgun.mkv ' to ' topgun bluray.mkv ' or to ' topgun dvd.mkv ' (whichever video source the file uses)
I have since began renaming my new movies but having a problem getting existing movies renamed easily. Trying to take advantage of certin skins being able to recognize the video source without having to manually rename 1000+ of them.
Thanks..
Great program BTW!

(2012-11-18, 03:58)Kelemvor Wrote: Howdy,

How does Media Companion work with XBMC and what benefits does it have over just letting XBMC update its own library from wherever it gets its data?

1. MC stores all the metadata it scrapes in the same location of the media
   
2. XBMC creates a separate library of all metadata
   

Quote:Is there a tutorial on how to use the two programs together so XBMC gets its data from Media Companion?

1. Set MC up to monitor the folders where your movies and TV shows are
   
2. Set XBMC to first look in the folder location for information before searching the web
   
3. Whenever you add shows or movies to your library use MC to scrape the info first.
   
4. Once MC has found and processed the new media you can then tell XBMC to update it's library. It will now use the .nfo scraped by MC instead of searching the web
   

(2012-11-18, 21:47)TH3 M0L3 Wrote: Hi

Yes, MC does monitor sub folders.

My structure is as follows

MC watches Y:/ TV

Every TV show is in a sub-folder named after the show

eg:
Y:/TV/Lost

so when I add a new episode of "Lost" to the folder MC will scrape the info for it when you ask it

The same is true for my movies. One Parent folder called "movies" and each movie in its own folder.

As for setting XBMC, I can't tell you right now as I don't have access to my setup at the moment because the Mrs is watching something.

Your best bet is to hope someone can answer before me. Or just have a look at the settings menu. It's been ages since I set mine up so can't remember!

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Actually, thinking about it, XBMC will always check the local folder for information first before attempting to download it from The Internet, so you can ignore number 2 from my list!