Adding a Documentary's Folder

stealthy1 · 2012-03-16 23:45

Hey guys. I got this to work by creating a smart playlist inside of xbmc. Setting it to a rule where the path contains the word docos. After a few different trys. It works a treat. Thanks for your help.

shinner · 2012-03-17 08:32

It's easier to use GUI and create the smart playlist inside XBMC, isn't it? XD

stealthy1 · 2012-03-17 09:44

Yeah is a hell of a lot easier.

Jetster · 2012-03-17 09:49

I have a Documentary folder / Movie folder and TV Folder. My Documentary folder is scraped by IMDB and it work fine. About 98% of them get scraped. I don't know what documentaries you have

cd492 · 2012-04-11 13:32

When I create two smart playlist's

1. genre: not documentary = movies
2. genre: documentary = documentaries

do the widgets (recently added etc.) work on the movies?

8Days · 2012-08-23 00:38

...or use Plex, it got everything you ask for and then some! Streaming movies to you phone who cool isnt that!

I have used Plex for several months before I got hooked on XBMC, must admit XBMC is alot of fun, but when it comes to media management and scraping XBMC doesnt stand a chance. U can practical throw anything at the Plex scraper and it will find it you also have the feature to create your own "folders" and then add the content type you see fit, ie movie, tv-shows, documentary film and documentary series which I really miss now.

Im gonna try the smart play list but I find "Recently added" "In progres" really helpful.

If your not into all the addon and all the option you get with XBMC I definitely recommend Plex.

phil65 · 2012-08-23 00:49

(2012-08-23 00:38)8Days Wrote: ...or use Plex, it got everything you ask for and then some! Streaming movies to you phone who cool isnt that!

I have used Plex for several months before I got hooked on XBMC, must admit XBMC is alot of fun, but when it comes to media management and scraping XBMC doesnt stand a chance. U can practical throw anything at the Plex scraper and it will find it you also have the feature to create your own "folders" and then add the content type you see fit, ie movie, tv-shows, documentary film and documentary series which I really miss now.

Im gonna try the smart play list but I find "Recently added" "In progres" really helpful.

If your not into all the addon and all the option you get with XBMC I definitely recommend Plex.

so you signed on to this forum just to promote plex? Huh

**thrak76** · 2012-08-23 00:50

I was wondering the same thing!

**artrafael** · 2012-08-23 00:51

Welcome to the XBMC forums.

(2012-08-23 00:38)8Days Wrote: ...or use Plex, it got everything you ask for and then some! Streaming movies to you phone who cool isnt that!

That is not a very helpful post. The OP was asking for help on how to do something within XBMC and not for alternatives to XBMC. It's as if you asked for help on how perform a certain function within the Windows operating system and I told you to use Linux instead because then it would be much easier to do that function.

8Days · 2012-08-23 01:21

At the moment Im an avid XBMC promoter (not long ago it was Plex) but it is abit more work to get everything where you want it, which is fine by me, smart PL was really nifty. So all I wanted to say is that there are alternatives... and plex is really good if you just want to keep you movies and series in order.

sorry... pls remove my post if it suits you.

stealthy1 Junior Member Posts: 5 Joined: Mar 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-03-16 23:45 Post: #11 Hey guys. I got this to work by creating a smart playlist inside of xbmc. Setting it to a rule where the path contains the word docos. After a few different trys. It works a treat. Thanks for your help. (This post was last modified: 2012-03-17 00:30 by stealthy1.)
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shinner Member Posts: 52 Joined: Jan 2012 Reputation: 2	2012-03-17 08:32 Post: #12 It's easier to use GUI and create the smart playlist inside XBMC, isn't it? XD
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stealthy1 Junior Member Posts: 5 Joined: Mar 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-03-17 09:44 Post: #13 Yeah is a hell of a lot easier.
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Jetster Fan Posts: 419 Joined: Sep 2011 Reputation: 4 Location: Oregon	2012-03-17 09:49 Post: #14 I have a Documentary folder / Movie folder and TV Folder. My Documentary folder is scraped by IMDB and it work fine. About 98% of them get scraped. I don't know what documentaries you have My HTPC // My Keyboard
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cd492 Senior Member Posts: 136 Joined: Feb 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-04-11 13:32 Post: #15 When I create two smart playlist's 1. genre: not documentary = movies 2. genre: documentary = documentaries do the widgets (recently added etc.) work on the movies? (This post was last modified: 2012-04-11 13:34 by cd492.)
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thrak76 Moderator Posts: 1,102 Joined: Mar 2011 Reputation: 21 Location: Lake Michigan Shoreline	2012-08-23 00:50 Post: #18 I was wondering the same thing! Quick Links: [Debug Log] [userdata] [advancedsettings.xml] [Add videos to the Library] [Import/Export]
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