Hi
I've been using popcorn hour C-200, with YAMJ for over a year, and was always happy with it.
Now that I got a new PC, I thought of moving to XBMC, BUT...honestly, I'm very confused.
All my movies are stored in Z:\multimedia\movies
each in a folder (the folder names are not clean...e.g. "The Next Three Days 2010 720p BRRip AC3 x264 MacGuffin")
within Z:\multimedia\movies, I have a folder "TV Shows", where each TV Show is stored in it's folder within that.....
Each movie folder, has the media file, along with an .nfo (sample attached), posters, fanart, subtitle...etc.
I've always managed my media via Ember Media Manager. I even created Sets, also have many movies/documentaries, which I created myself, and the data is not available online.
a sample naming of all my files within a folder is:
a sample content of the *.nfo is:
Issues
1.) now, as I set my content location in XBMC, it's scanning all content within "movies", even the content of "TV Shows" folder.
2.) Another issue, it's never picking up the correct poster, it's always selecting a snapshot of the movie as the poster....
So how can I get this right and make it work?
Since I already have all my media with the associated files organized and ready, can't I continue organizing them with Ember Media Manager, and somehow, XBMC will create it's database from these local files, instead of searching online?
I seriously appreciate your help.
Thanks
I've been using popcorn hour C-200, with YAMJ for over a year, and was always happy with it.
Now that I got a new PC, I thought of moving to XBMC, BUT...honestly, I'm very confused.
All my movies are stored in Z:\multimedia\movies
each in a folder (the folder names are not clean...e.g. "The Next Three Days 2010 720p BRRip AC3 x264 MacGuffin")
within Z:\multimedia\movies, I have a folder "TV Shows", where each TV Show is stored in it's folder within that.....
Each movie folder, has the media file, along with an .nfo (sample attached), posters, fanart, subtitle...etc.
I've always managed my media via Ember Media Manager. I even created Sets, also have many movies/documentaries, which I created myself, and the data is not available online.
a sample naming of all my files within a folder is:
a sample content of the *.nfo is:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<movie xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<id>tt1458175</id>
<title>The Next Three Days</title>
<originaltitle>The Next Three Days</originaltitle>
<year>2010</year>
<releasedate>11/19/2010</releasedate>
<rating>7.4</rating>
<votes>28,180</votes>
<mpaa>Rated PG-13 for violence, drug material, language, some sexuality and thematic elements.</mpaa>
<certification>USA:PG-13 / UK:12A / Switzerland:12 / Switzerland:12 / Sweden:11 / South Korea:15 / Singapore:PG / Portugal:M/12 / Philippines:PG-13 / Malaysia:PG-13 / Canada:14A / Brazil:14 / Australia:M / Argentina:16</certification>
<genre>Crime / Drama</genre>
<studio>Lionsgate</studio>
<director>Paul Haggis</director>
<credits>Paul Haggis / Fred Cavayé</credits>
<tagline>Lose who you are to save what you love.</tagline>
<outline>A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder.</outline>
<plot>Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss whom she had an argument with. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family especially her son gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a way.</plot>
<runtime>133 mins</runtime>
<trailer>rtmp://amazonimdb.fcod.llnwd.net/a2643/o25/s/theaters/MV5/BMT/k5O/DE3MV5BMTk5ODE3MTM0NV5BNl5BZmx2XkFtZTcwNzkwNjc5Mw4040?e=1304578191&h=c8b6d127556c1036c847eb95406747d5</trailer>
<actor>
<name>Russell Crowe</name>
<role>John Brennan</role>
<thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTk2NTkxOTc4NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjA0NzgwNA@@._V1._SY275_SX400_.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Elizabeth Banks</name>
<role>Lara Brennan</role>
<thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTUxMTkyMDQ1M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjk3NTczNA@@._V1._SY275_SX400_.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Michael Buie</name>
<role>Mick Brennan</role>
<thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjk5NjgyNDU3MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTM0MzQ3NA@@._V1._SY275_SX400_.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Moran Atias</name>
<role>Erit</role>
<thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTk0MDI0NzkyN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTgxMzA4Mg@@._V1._SY275_SX400_.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Remy Nozik</name>
<role>Jenna</role>
<thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTY5NTcxMjg3NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzE1NTI2Mw@@._V1._SY275_SX400_.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<fileinfo>
<streamdetails>
<audio>
<channels>6</channels>
<codec>ac3</codec>
</audio>
<video>
<aspect>2.353</aspect>
<codec>h264</codec>
<duration>133 mins</duration>
<height>544</height>
<scantype>Progressive</scantype>
<width>1280</width>
</video>
</streamdetails>
</fileinfo>
</movie>Issues
1.) now, as I set my content location in XBMC, it's scanning all content within "movies", even the content of "TV Shows" folder.
2.) Another issue, it's never picking up the correct poster, it's always selecting a snapshot of the movie as the poster....
So how can I get this right and make it work?
Since I already have all my media with the associated files organized and ready, can't I continue organizing them with Ember Media Manager, and somehow, XBMC will create it's database from these local files, instead of searching online?
I seriously appreciate your help.
Thanks
