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new to xbmc... question about local meta info - todhuntj - 2010-06-08
Hi everyone,
I am thinking of making the switch to XBMC from media browser. A few things are confusing me about adding media to my library. When I add a source and set the content, it seems the only way for the media to show up in my library is if I scan the new media. The problem is that I would like to use local meta info stored with my media that i gather from ember media manager. When I scan the new source to get it to show up in the library, it downloads the info from the internet.
Is there a way to scan my new media source without scraping the internet?
Sorry if i'm being stupid and missing something obvious. Thanks in advance for any help.
- kraqh3d - 2010-06-08
Yes and no. While you have to pick a scraper, Xbmc should only scrape the remote site if it doesn't find an nfo file as any local meta data from nfo files is supposed to take priority.
- todhuntj - 2010-06-08
That's what I thought was supposed to happen. I set up my movie collection based on the examples in this thread: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=50120. It is still downloading new fanarts and posters.
- compcentral - 2010-06-08
what build of xbmc are you using? fanart scraping has been broke in most of the latest nightly builds.
- todhuntj - 2010-06-08
9.11
- >>X<< - 2010-06-08
Is the artwork different or is it your just getting the downloading notification because that's normal even if your using local artwork, it always says downloading
I wouldn't go by that link you only really need movie.tbn and fanart.jpg