2012-08-15, 03:51
Hi all -- I have been working with a small test installation of XMBC to see if it can work at home. As many noobs before, I have struggled with the naming conventions, especially when it comes to TV Shows from DVD rips (VIDEO_TS folders, specifically). I know that it is much preferred to convert the VIDEO_TS into something more granular (i.e. Handbreak), but I have limited time resources and don't want to spend hours editing my media library.
Things I have working now:
• Movies ripped from DVDs (using the VIDEO_TS folders) -- these are placed in a Movie folder on my drive, and if named correctly (MovieName (year)), there is nothing more to do than update the library -- very smooth!
• DVD Special Feature DVDs (also using the VIDEO_TS folder) -- these I have placed in a Special Feature folder on my drive, where I use a Media Manager (ViMediaManager) to manually look-up the meta information, change the title to 'MovieName Disc 2' or MovieName Bonus Disc' -- then take the poster art JPG and throw it on a PS droplet that adds a "Special Feature' triangle in the upper right corner (see my sample). This then shows up right next to the movie in the library. This, too, is not too bad, as a cost of time.
Things I am stumbling over:
• TV Shows -- I can get the TV shows to work, mostly. I have followed the wiki and forum posts and edited my advancedsettings.xml to show the season series. If the folder containing the VIDEO_TS folder is named correctly, the shows will appear. However, because the DVD order and the aired order are usually at odds, there is some amount of work that has to be undertaken in order for the shows to be correct. Additionally, special features on the DVDs are sometimes listed on TheTVDB.com, sometimes not (usually depending on the criteria if it was aired, not created for the DVD, I think).
Questions:
• Is there any way I can treat my TV Show DVD rips (VIDEO_TS folders) as Movies and just scrape the meta-info for just the season? I could then create a similar corner triangle logo with "Season 1, Disc 1" and edit the meta-info plot notes as to what is really on there (i.e. copy the DVD season information from an online source). This would be much more accurate and save scads of time.
• If that is unpossible, can I create a custom episodeguide.nfo file for my VIDEO_TS folder? Would this need to be in the VIDEO_TS folder, or above? and if I created a custom episodeguide.nfo, would I still have to name my enclosing folder "s01e01e02e03..." or would the custom episodeguide.nfo override this?
Thanks!
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Things I have working now:
• Movies ripped from DVDs (using the VIDEO_TS folders) -- these are placed in a Movie folder on my drive, and if named correctly (MovieName (year)), there is nothing more to do than update the library -- very smooth!
• DVD Special Feature DVDs (also using the VIDEO_TS folder) -- these I have placed in a Special Feature folder on my drive, where I use a Media Manager (ViMediaManager) to manually look-up the meta information, change the title to 'MovieName Disc 2' or MovieName Bonus Disc' -- then take the poster art JPG and throw it on a PS droplet that adds a "Special Feature' triangle in the upper right corner (see my sample). This then shows up right next to the movie in the library. This, too, is not too bad, as a cost of time.
Things I am stumbling over:
• TV Shows -- I can get the TV shows to work, mostly. I have followed the wiki and forum posts and edited my advancedsettings.xml to show the season series. If the folder containing the VIDEO_TS folder is named correctly, the shows will appear. However, because the DVD order and the aired order are usually at odds, there is some amount of work that has to be undertaken in order for the shows to be correct. Additionally, special features on the DVDs are sometimes listed on TheTVDB.com, sometimes not (usually depending on the criteria if it was aired, not created for the DVD, I think).
Questions:
• Is there any way I can treat my TV Show DVD rips (VIDEO_TS folders) as Movies and just scrape the meta-info for just the season? I could then create a similar corner triangle logo with "Season 1, Disc 1" and edit the meta-info plot notes as to what is really on there (i.e. copy the DVD season information from an online source). This would be much more accurate and save scads of time.
• If that is unpossible, can I create a custom episodeguide.nfo file for my VIDEO_TS folder? Would this need to be in the VIDEO_TS folder, or above? and if I created a custom episodeguide.nfo, would I still have to name my enclosing folder "s01e01e02e03..." or would the custom episodeguide.nfo override this?
Thanks!
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