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Hi,
I have a pretty good Media Companion generated metadata for all my content and would like XBMC to use only that when scraping. I could not find that option - is that even possible?
Ideally, I would set up XBMC to skip the content for which .nfo file does not exist, only to be added to the library on the next manual or automatic scan after the .nfo file has been added.
BTW, I am in the process of setting up the centralised MySQL database for all my XBMC installs, and will probably set up an automated nightly library scan on of them so all can be in sync.
Thanks,
-LM
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If you have a properly formatted (for XBMC) .nfo file then XBMC will use the data contained on that instead of scraping from the internet (imdb, tvdb, etc.).
By default, XBMC really only updates your library when you start the program. So if you launch XBMC it will scan your library for new content and attempt to scrape. You could name the (video) file in such a way that it is not scrapable. Then change it when you get around to creating your own .nfo files.
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I was thinking trial and error but i guess you don't want to do so good a job you confuse yourself! Just come up with soemthing that works for you.
Perphaps something like 'Fast.Times.at.Ridgemont.High.1982' could be FTARH'82? The scraper wont recognize it but you should be able to find it when you want it or recognize it if you run across it.
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(This post was last modified: 2012-09-27, 07:17 by artrafael.)
Another option may be to move all your video files that do not yet have NFO files to a separate directory. You can add this new directory as a source, but don't specify a scraper for it (directory type = "None") and, for good measure, select the option "Exclude selected folder from scans". This way, you'll have access to these files in Video/Files view, but no attempt will be made to scrape them into the library using TMDB info. When you get around to creating an NFO for a given movie, move the movie file and the NFO file to the main movie directory and update the library.
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Yes, I guess I'll just have to be more disciplined and collect all unscraped films under a separate folder and when scraped move to the main library location. I think this will work... but this "nfo only" scraping option would actually be even better.
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Placing an <id>-1</id> tag inside an NFO disables attempts to scrape extra details off the net regardless of which scraper is selected for the directory, by the way. You'd need to add that into every NFO file directly, though, but that's easy to automate.
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I think maybe you could also do a database export/import cycle (assuming whatever you use to edit nfos doesn't throw away data), but I'm thinking you might need to have the "clear=true" attribute set. This is something I am also trying to get my head around. I guess the theory is that scraping is a major advantage of XBMC so there wasn't really a concept of offline database updates.
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