2008-08-23, 12:27
Hi,
I have been using xbmc for about a week now, and I must say it is absolutely awesome!
I just have a few questions about music videos that I haven't been able to find answers for anywhere.
I have a fairly large collection of music/concert dvd's that I have coverted to mp4/h.264 for playing on my ipod. Each song is a seperate file.They play very nicely in xbmc also. My problem is getting them scanned into the library in a useful way. I would really like the library to handle them just like it does music files ie artist/album/track with the correct track order. So far I have been able to use nfo files as below:
This goes a long way towards achieving what I want, but there seems to be no track number field, which means that the tracks will not be able to be played in correct order.
Also when viewed in the library, there doesn't seem to be any option to view/play albums even though there is a corresponding field in the nfo file. I have several hundred tracks by one artist, so viewing just by artist isn't very usefull.
I can only get the videos to play one at a time. Is there any way to make them play consecutively from the one album?
Is there any way to get album art to show on the files? Fanart in the background would be great too if possible. Can fanart be done with normal music also, say for artists?
Lastly, I already have put all this info in the file tags using iTunes. Is there anyway to scan it directly from the file tags as is done with music?
Many thanks for any help
Phil
I have been using xbmc for about a week now, and I must say it is absolutely awesome!
I just have a few questions about music videos that I haven't been able to find answers for anywhere.
I have a fairly large collection of music/concert dvd's that I have coverted to mp4/h.264 for playing on my ipod. Each song is a seperate file.They play very nicely in xbmc also. My problem is getting them scanned into the library in a useful way. I would really like the library to handle them just like it does music files ie artist/album/track with the correct track order. So far I have been able to use nfo files as below:
Code:
<musicvideo>
<title>Bestsongintheworld</title>
<artist>Bestartistintheworld</artist>
<album>Me</album>
<genre>Pop</genre>
<runtime>3:20</runtime>
<plot>Scantly clad women hoing about</plot>
<year>2000</year>
<director>and I</director>
<studio>Ego prod.</studio>
</musicvideo>
This goes a long way towards achieving what I want, but there seems to be no track number field, which means that the tracks will not be able to be played in correct order.
Also when viewed in the library, there doesn't seem to be any option to view/play albums even though there is a corresponding field in the nfo file. I have several hundred tracks by one artist, so viewing just by artist isn't very usefull.
I can only get the videos to play one at a time. Is there any way to make them play consecutively from the one album?
Is there any way to get album art to show on the files? Fanart in the background would be great too if possible. Can fanart be done with normal music also, say for artists?
Lastly, I already have put all this info in the file tags using iTunes. Is there anyway to scan it directly from the file tags as is done with music?
Many thanks for any help
Phil