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sho
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Have you tried the default tvdb TV scraper?
I'd say the naming of your files is the problem, an external app will not help you there.
Please provide a debug log from a scan if you want further assistance.
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I'm at work now, but I'll post a debug log when I get home... It would be odd if this was a file naming issue as XBMC has scanned these same folders and added the shows just fine in the past...
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2009-01-16, 18:35
I am trying to find a way to better manage my movie collection on my AppleTV running XBMC. While I love XBMC (thanks to all the authors!), there are some aspects that make it hard to manage a large collection of movies.
Modifying the library (e.g. download/update info and thumbs from the internet) from within the ATV, it's kinda hard. For one, I can't easily access the contextual menu for a particular title. I had to resort to the terminal and use my mac to do that. Once in the contextual menu, there was no easy way to "refresh" the entries as there is on my XBMC classic (8.10 PROPER).
At this time I have to manually add movies to the library in my XBOX classic (8.10), export the library, import it into ATV, then manually copy over the thumbs. And even then, adding movies to my XBOX is still a rather painful process (read: typing titles using the gamepad...).
I thought of tagging my MP4s using MetaX, but as far I know XBMC won't read the tags.
Scanning a folder for new content is not a viable option because I have a lot of foreign movies and, in general, it will produce too many errors and mismatches.
For me the best solution would be to be able to do all my library management from a desktop and then import the library and thumbs into XBMC. I did take a look at the videodb.xml and I could manually fix mistakes using a text editor. But again, it's rather cumbersome and prone to error.
Am I making this more difficult than it is? Does anyone share my same issues? Any suggestions?
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2009-05-13, 23:23
I am looking for an app to manage my movies, download covers and fanart etc. on my mac. Unfortunately Media Companion and MIP don't work with Parallels, so I am looking for an alternative.
Are there any comparable apps for mac?
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I use Parrallels to run a small install of XP with MIP. Works perfectly. What issues are you having?