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hacku · 2012-08-24, 16:29

So I recently upgraded to Eden after rebuilding my HTPC. One thing I've noticed that is happening is that XBMC seems to be completely ignoring the NFL files in the movie folders.

For example, there's been a few movies that when they were scraped, it thinks it is a completely different movie even though everything on the NFO file is correct. It also renamed my kung-fu movies to the original title of the movie even though I had renamed them to the English title and its also saved on the NFO file that way.

It seems to be scraping all my movies all on its own and completely ignoring the NFO file I have in place for them.

Has anyone else encountered this problem and know of a way to fix this issue? I have about 3,000 movies right now And have no clue as to how many of them have been scraped wrong.

Thanks in advance.

jmarshall · 2012-08-25, 00:01

Check you've set 'movies in folders named like the movie' correctly.

hacku · (This post was last modified: 2012-08-26, 06:34 by hacku.)

(2012-08-25, 00:01)jmarshall Wrote: Check you've set 'movies in folders named like the movie' correctly.

Where is this setting?

Are you talking about the "Movies are in separate folders that match the movie title" toggle?

solidsatras · 2012-08-26, 09:31

(2012-08-26, 06:21)hacku Wrote: Where is this setting?

Are you talking about the "Movies are in separate folders that match the movie title" toggle?

It is here:

hacku · 2012-08-28, 15:42

I'll give that a try.

Thank you.

hacku · 2012-09-06, 18:46

So I went ahead and toggled that setting, but XBMC is still ignoring the local nfo file.

Yesterday I loaded three movies. Once Upon A Time In China I, II and III. I use Ember Media Manager to scrape all my movies and TV shows. It scrapes images and creates the nfo files. Well, I manually edited the movie to reflect the English title instead of the Chinese title. Well, after editing it, I had XBMC search for new content. It found the movies but it used the Chinese title (Won Fei Hung) instead of the English title.

Does anyone else have any suggestions?

hacku · 2012-09-07, 07:36

Nobody?

GomezAddams · 2012-09-07, 15:20

I have a couple of movies that would not scrape, and XBMC would not use "movie.nfo". I had to rename the NFO to MovieName.nfo, where MovieName.mkv is the name of the movie file.

**PatK** · 2012-09-09, 00:21

If the .nfo is in the same folder as the movie of same name, a local scrape should bring in the metadata. But from what you've described, the .nfo is being ignored...

Reason for this:

1) 3rd party .nfo in a format that is incorrect, or missing data required by XBMC
2) Missing required metadata, artwork.
3) Spelling is incorrect or not named correctly.

To find out what might be missing; rename a .nfo to information.txt and scrape externally... compare the text between and you should be able to spot the anomalies. My suggestion is to use XBMC as your scraper exclusively, save to separate files, and then mod the .nfo as needed and locally refresh if required.

International Language and locale settings might give you the 'International' title vs U.S. title. but in most cases you can use the rename title function when the movie is in focus and the keyboard 'C' menu item rename.

hacku · 2012-09-10, 04:47

Here's a sample nfo file from one of the movies that was renamed. Maybe someone can look at it and tell me if they see something different. Btw, I'm using Ember Media Manager to scrape my movies for images and create the nfo file. The name of the file is movie.nfo

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>tt0103285</id>

  <title>Once Upon A Time In China</title>

  <originaltitle>Once Upon A Time In China</originaltitle>

  <year>1991</year>

  <releasedate>8/15/1991</releasedate>

  <country>Hong Kong</country>

  <rating>7.3</rating>

  <votes>9,182</votes>

  <mpaa>Rated R for violence</mpaa>

  <certification>USA:R / UK:15 / South Korea:15 / Singapore:PG / Netherlands:12 / Ireland:15 / Hong Kong:IIB / Germany:18 / Germany:16 / France:U / Finland:K-16 / Brazil:12 / Australia:MA / Australia:M</certification>

  <genre>Action / Adventure / Drama / History</genre>

  <studio>Golden Harvest Company</studio>

  <director>Hark Tsui</director>

  <credits>Hark Tsui / Yiu Ming Leung</credits>

  <tagline>Never was a Hero needed more...</tagline>

  <outline>Set in late 19th century Canton this martial arts film depicts the stance taken by the legendary martial...</outline>

  <plot>Set in late 19th century Canton this martial arts film depicts the stance taken by the legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung (1847-1924) against foreign forces' (English, French and American) plundering of China. When Aunt Yee arrives back from America totally westernised, Wong Fei-Hung assumes the role of her protector. This proves to be difficult when his martial arts school and local militia become involved in fierce battles with foreign and local government. As violence escalates even Aunt Yee has to question her new western ideals, but is it possible to fight guns with Kung Fu?</plot>

  <runtime>134 min  | Germany:95 min (cut version) | USA:99 min (cut version)</runtime>

  <trailer>http://www.totaleclips.com/Player/Bounce.aspx?eclipid=e83333&amp;bitrateid=472&amp;vendorid=102&amp;type=.mp4</trailer>

  <actor>

    <name>Jet Li</name>

    <role>Wong Fei-hung</role>

    <thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjAxNjc0MjIyM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTM2NDA4MQ@@._V1._SY275_SX400_.jpg</thumb>

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Biao Yuen</name>

    <role>Leung Fu</role>

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Rosamund Kwan</name>

    <role>Aunt Yee</role>

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Jacky Cheung</name>

    <role>Buck Teeth Soh</role>

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Steve Tartalia</name>

    <role>Tiger</role>

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Kent Cheng</name>

    <role>Porky Lang</role>

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Jonathan Isgar</name>

    <role>Jackson</role>

    <thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjE3NTI2MTg1OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTk4Njg5Ng@@._V1._SY275_SX400_.jpg</thumb>

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Shi-Kwan Yen</name>

    <role>Iron Robe Yim (as Yee Kwan Yan)</role>

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Mark King</name>

    <role>British general</role>

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Bruce Fontaine</name>

    <role>Policeman</role>

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Shun Lau</name>

    <role>Naval Commander</role>

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Kien Shih</name>

    <role>Old man who gives advise (Cameo)</role>

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Yuan-fa Tsao</name>

    <role />

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Chien-Po Tsen</name>

    <role />

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Chi Yeung Wong</name>

    <role>Commander Man</role>

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Ma Wu</name>

    <role>Old Man</role>

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Simon Yam</name>

    <role />

    <thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTgxNDUyNDEzMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTk4NjAyOA@@._V1._SY275_SX400_.jpg</thumb>

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Cheung-Yan Yuen</name>

    <role />

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Kam-Fai Yuen</name>

    <role>Kai</role>

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Shun-Yee Yuen</name>

    <role>Honorable Manchu Soldier</role>

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Tony Yuen</name>

    <role>(as Yuen Kam Fai)</role>

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Anthony Carpio</name>

    <role>Thug (uncredited)</role>

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <actor>

    <name>Mike Leeder</name>

    <role>Western Restaurant Guest (uncredited)</role>

    <thumb />

  </actor>

  <thumb>http://cf2.imgobject.com/t/p/w185/r6wFnq7CPe2i5aoZQUG4U0mQV8R.jpg</thumb>

  <thumb>http://cf2.imgobject.com/t/p/w185/nFhsZ4kEr6BoSkXfwKOCgzzPi0t.jpg</thumb>

  <thumb>http://cf2.imgobject.com/t/p/w185/Al6OYmwO8ok4UA01h319REdOr20.jpg</thumb>

  <fanart url="http://cf2.imgobject.com">

    <thumb preview="/t/p/w300/5xWEnbunWj0nUP4nT5jMC5PsLTS.jpg">http://cf2.imgobject.com/t/p/w300/5xWEnbunWj0nUP4nT5jMC5PsLTS.jpg</thumb>

    <thumb preview="/t/p/w300/nqt8TYsz2bTg1c5wDwpfJAesT1T.jpg">http://cf2.imgobject.com/t/p/w300/nqt8TYsz2bTg1c5wDwpfJAesT1T.jpg</thumb>

    <thumb preview="/t/p/w300/2uAh8Ul3TJgKGkiEFmWRREzCxwz.jpg">http://cf2.imgobject.com/t/p/w300/2uAh8Ul3TJgKGkiEFmWRREzCxwz.jpg</thumb>

  </fanart>

  <fileinfo>

    <streamdetails>

      <audio>

        <channels>6</channels>

        <codec>ac3</codec>

        <language>zho</language>

        <longlanguage>Chinese</longlanguage>

      </audio>

      <subtitle>

        <language>eng</language>

        <longlanguage>English</longlanguage>

      </subtitle>

      <video>

        <aspect>2.353</aspect>

        <codec>h264</codec>

        <durationinseconds>8034</durationinseconds>

        <height>544</height>

        <language>eng</language>

        <longlanguage>English</longlanguage>

        <scantype>Progressive</scantype>

        <width>1280</width>

      </video>

    </streamdetails>

  </fileinfo>

</movie>

live4ever · 2012-09-10, 15:08

The second line has extra stuff in it (not sure if it will cause problems).

Edit the nfo with a proper text editor to look like this example:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Imp...ary#Movies

GomezAddams · 2012-09-10, 22:30

Get rid of all the lines except the title tags

<movie>
<title>Your Title Here</title>
</movie>

Then, if that doesn't work, rename movie.nfo to MovieFileName.nfo