Add local info/artwork for movie sets.

Have noticed recently that getting artwork for movie sets can be a hassle. With all the great new views and skins coming out it would be helpful to have all the artwork and info for moviesets so that they integrate seamlessly with our libraries. For example, currently if you want to display a logo instead of a poster for a movieset it can only be achieved via coding which is beyond a lot of the users.

The same goes for moviesets info/synopsis/plot. As I understand it, currently the only way to get this is for the given set to be present at tmdb. If it's a set you've created outside of that, you're out of luck. Having locally stored .nfos and artwork for moviesets and it be seen by XBMC could eliminate this.

+1 to this

How?

(2012-07-10 00:02)jmarshall Wrote:  How?

I'm not a coder (barely amateur at best) and don't know the architecture of XBMC. If I knew how to do it, I would have done it already. It's just a problem that has arisen that I thought was valid enough to be posted here.

The coding bit is the simple bit - that's not what I was referring to

For Movie Sets maybe this folder structure for Example:


or

Have The Set nfo in the same folder as the first scanned movie

where all else fails a person can place the MovieSet files in all folders pertaining to that set.

This layout assumes that you know how the set is gonna look.
This is fine for sets that already existent. However if you have a movie and they sudden decide there will be a sequel you need to change your folder structure. Also the 'first' scraped one can differ.
It needs some thought to get this right. Problem is that a set doesn't have a fixed path like a movie has.

On a slightly related note, is there a file naming convention for set box art and set fan art which will be automatically picked up and used by scrapers such as IMDB, so that when performing a full scan it isn't necessary to go through and manually fix the box art/fan art for each set (it defaults to the art associated with the first movie)?

I manually group my collections into folders, eg. "Alien Anthology" and would like to set suitable cover art/box art for the collection.

Testing with 12.0-ALPHA5 on Raspbmc.

I like this one:

(2012-07-10 04:46)isamu.dragon Wrote:  

Code:

Batman.set\set.nfo
Batman.set\set.tbn or set.jpg
Batman.set\set-fanart.jpg
Batman.set\Batman (1966)\Batman (1966).dvdrip.avi

And then i assume the folder \Batman (1966)\ contains it's own nfo and art ect?
But have my doubts about making something like .set mandatory in a folder name (If you were even being so specific?).

(2012-08-06 08:52)MassIV Wrote:  And then i assume the folder \Batman (1966)\ contains it's own nfo and art ect?

Correct

(2012-08-06 08:52)MassIV Wrote:  But have my doubts about making something like .set mandatory in a folder name (If you were even being so specific?).

I was just using my own filesystem as an example. But I assume that alot of people that use sets have a folder for individual sets.