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fluentdesigns · 2011-10-03, 23:07

Would this be sufficient

Movie.Title.year\
-----^-Movie.Title.year.mkv
-----^-Movie.Title.year.nfo
-----^-Movie.Title.year.jpg
-----^-Movie.Title.year-fanart.jpg?

use .jpg instead of .tbn is there any advantage to using .tbn?

**Martijn** · 2011-10-03, 23:26

Well this can be very confusing when to use what extension.
According to Wiki: movie.title.year.tbn

Here's the link.
wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Thumbnails

clubwerks · 2011-10-04, 01:05

fluentdesigns Wrote:Would this be sufficient

Movie.Title.year\
-----^-Movie.Title.year.mkv
-----^-Movie.Title.year.nfo
-----^-Movie.Title.year.jpg
-----^-Movie.Title.year-fanart.jpg?

use .jpg instead of .tbn is there any advantage to using .tbn?

It just seems like you're trying to buck the system. You have all your movies in individual folders, why the fancy naming scheme? What happens if you change the movie or the movie name? All those files have to be renamed.

movie.whatever.mkv
movie.nfo
movie.tbn
fanart.jpg
movie-trailer.<ext>

Boom, you're done and now you have the rest of the day to relax.

fluentdesigns · 2011-10-04, 03:50

Why is that when Ember asks me to choose my cover art it doesnt download the one I select?

clubwerks · 2011-10-04, 05:11

fluentdesigns Wrote:Why is that when Ember asks me to choose my cover art it doesnt download the one I select?

Maybe you're doing something wrong or you have some settings set wrong. I have over 900 movies that I've managed with Ember and every one of them has the cover, fanart and extrathumbs that I set in Ember.

fluentdesigns · 2011-10-05, 07:28

So this is my file lineup now.

extrathumbs/
2012 (2009).mkv
2012 (2009).nfo
2012 (2009).tbn
2012 (2009)-fanart.jpg

**Hitcher** · 2011-10-05, 08:29

Still wrong. Why on earth is EMM putting them in extrathumbs?

**Martijn** · 2011-10-05, 08:37

Think he means:

2012 (2009)/extrathumbs/ (filled with thumbs)
2012 (2009)/2012 (2009).mkv
2012 (2009)/2012 (2009).nfo
2012 (2009)/2012 (2009).tbn
2012 (2009)/2012 (2009)-fanart.jpg

NightStormWolf · 2011-10-05, 09:02

I use Ember as well. Here's what i have in my movie folders.

Example: Avatar

Code:
Avatar/

Avatar/extrathumbs/

Avatar/Avatar.mkv [b](Movie File)[/b]

Avatar/Avatar-trailer.mkv [b](Movie Trailer)[/b]

Avatar/Avatar.nfo [b](Info File)[/b]

Avatar/Avatar.tbn [b](Movie Poster)[/b]

Avatar/Avatar-fanart.jpg [b](Movie Fanart)[/b]

I copy the data to XBMC and update library. My system will pull form the internet first as well, but you can open the info menu for the movie and select "Refresh". XBMC should state "Locally stored information found. Ignore and refresh from the internet?". Select "No" and your system should pull in all your selected images and information.

Also, i can simply rename .tbn files to .jpg and they open as .jpg just fine. I think it's really just an extension change rather then a different file type.

**Martijn** · 2011-10-05, 09:32

NightStormWolf Wrote:I copy the data to XBMC and update library. My system will pull form the internet first as well, but you can open the info menu for the movie and select "Refresh". XBMC should state "Locally stored information found. Ignore and refresh from the internet?". Select "No" and your system should pull in all your selected images and information.

Also, i can simply rename .tbn files to .jpg and they open as .jpg just fine. I think it's really just an extension change rather then a different file type.

If you have nfo files xbmc must use those and it should not first scrape from internet. If it does there's something wrong.

JPG and TBN are different filetypes. Most programs will just recognize what's inside the file so that's why it opens if you rename the extension.

**Hitcher** · 2011-10-05, 17:47

It's probably because it says 'Downloading...' that people think it's ignoring their local files.

Arcanthur · 2011-10-05, 17:57

Are your files stored locally, mapped drive, ftp, or smb share? I've noticed that if you are using SMB shares XBMC will not scrape the local files but instead use its own scraper.

I'm not sure why (and I hope its fixed) but that may well be your issue.

**Martijn** · 2011-10-05, 18:00

Never had that problem with smb://
Not to rule that out that it's possible.

fluentdesigns · 2011-10-05, 18:09

EMM is not putting them in extrathumbs that is just a folder it is creating with more fanart

fluentdesigns · 2011-10-05, 18:12

My shares are from a Freenas system with CIF shares