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Thanks for your reply. Anyone have different setup?
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Code:
Movies\
-----------\Movie (Year)\
------------Movie-file-same-as-folder-name_flag_.ext
And 1080/720p is automatically handled tagged correctly, if I want to define if its a DVD BD etc just add right flag to Movie folder/filename
Media_flags#Media_source (wiki) correct setting in XBMC is also required
Settings/Videos#File_lists (wiki) since storing them in BD or DVD folders doesnt make it show up in XBMC correctly as what they are without adding flags to filenames.
and thats simple and easy to maintain and flaawless when fienames follow the XBMC conventions
Video_library/Naming_files/Movies (wiki)
What ardalista suggested is further segregation, simple but if you want the flags you need to also add them to filenames.
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I sort all my movies and tv shows by rating.
For example:
\G
\PG
\PG13
\R
\XXX
\G\MovieName (Year)\MovieName (Year).mkv
\PG\MovieName (Year)\MovieName (Year).mkv
This works well to have different sources for different profiles, such as kids and adults. Just set up the folders with the appropriate ratings under the kids profile.
I also use Ember Media Manager to create the .nfo and download the poster and fanart for the movie/tv show.
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\Movies (for adults)
\Family Movies (for kids)
\Holiday Movies (add to library during holidays, remove afterward)
I have a 3D folder as well, but that is not scanned in to library.
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I use similar strategy as whitebelly.
\movies
\kidmovies
Then use smart playlists and login codes to keep the kiddies away from Freddie Krueger.
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I Sort my movies by
/Horror
/Comedy
/Action
/Thriller
/TV Series
then I have a favorites folder where I keep all my favorite movies in
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Thars extremely unecessary, since xbmc will scrape and automaticaly sort by genres and 1080, 720, SD flagging. The only thing it wont do is tag bdrips dvd tv etc since like I pointed up above some flags need to be part of filename. All else is redundant and only really agreat deal of segregating and extra work that xbmc handles extremly well
However each to their own specially the o es with kids vs adults, that I see some use for.
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Colons are not valid, simply leave them out. (They are an invalid filename character in windows, they are valid in unix/linux, but not in xbmc. I find that if I have colons in filenames, xbmc interprets the whole filename as a random string and scraping fails) So:
movies\the hobbit an unexpected journey (2012)\the hobbit an unexpected journey (2012)_bluray_.mkv
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Thanks, then I understand. I see that it`s possible to arrange the folder, artwork, poster etc. before importing them into the library by using Ember Media Manager f.ex Is this a good way? Or should I do all managing in XBMC after importing?
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I have never bothered with Ember etc. Xbmc copes fine downloading artwork and metadata if your files are named properly. For that I use filebot.
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