How can I make XBMC gather movie information from local files?

**taxigps** · 2009-02-09 16:32

How to gather movie information from local file, not from website?

tvieson · 2009-02-09 18:56

This can not be done. As movie files are saved any many different formats and to the best of my knowledge movie information is not attached to a movie like it is with say mp3 tags. This is not to say that in the future a new video format will come out that has the same option as mp3s where a tag is attached inside the file that contains all the information about the movie.

**spiff** · 2009-02-09 19:25

all url's can be local afaik. if not, i will fix that (trac it if so). however, it may prove to be hard to actually search through a large local file. only thing you have to rely on there is clever regexp's.

tvieson, i get that you mean good, but you are doing bad by answering completely different questions Wink

also, mkv, ogm and mp4 can all do tags afaik. problem is that there is no standard such as id3

**sho** · 2009-02-09 21:15

taxigps, please look at this:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=nfo
(My guess is the original question is this simple).

**taxigps** · 2009-02-10 01:25

sho Wrote:taxigps, please look at this:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=nfo
(My guess is the original question is this simple).

Thanks. I'll test nfo file. If find nfo file, XBMC will not scrape from website, instead of gather from nfo file. Is that right?

**sho** · 2009-02-10 01:31

well, it used to be that way... until:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=44694
but yeah, if it's an xml only nfo file, that should be the case.

**taxigps** · 2009-02-10 03:38

It's ok. Thanks for help!

NoiZe · 2009-02-12 20:54

For me, create all the nfo for every movie is the better solution, it take some time, but now i have a database (with 1034 movies) absolutely error free and super complete.

I've used the media companion tool ( http://billyad2000.co.uk ) used in a manual way, then i've changed the informations like 'title' and 'plot' in italian (from different sources).

Then i've created this simple "fake scraper" for use ONLY the nfo files.
(download and copy in the XBMC folder under 'system\scrapers\video')
http://www.noizemm.ch/xbmc/videoscrapers/localnfo.zip

This way is better for many reasons (for example a movie without the nfo file is not inserted in the database).

**sho** · 2009-02-23 18:39

I'd suggest you submit it to trac as a patch

**sho** · 2009-02-24 11:35

Here is a feature request for just that:
http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/5382

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sho Team-XBMC Member Posts: 4,133 Joined: May 2004 Reputation: 3	2009-02-09 21:15 Post: #4 taxigps, please look at this: http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=nfo (My guess is the original question is this simple). Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.
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taxigps Team-XBMC Python Developer Posts: 397 Joined: Jan 2009 Reputation: 0	2009-02-10 01:25 Post: #5 sho Wrote:taxigps, please look at this: http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=nfo (My guess is the original question is this simple). Thanks. I'll test nfo file. If find nfo file, XBMC will not scrape from website, instead of gather from nfo file. Is that right?
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taxigps Team-XBMC Python Developer Posts: 397 Joined: Jan 2009 Reputation: 0	2009-02-10 03:38 Post: #7 It's ok. Thanks for help!
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sho Team-XBMC Member Posts: 4,133 Joined: May 2004 Reputation: 3	2009-02-23 18:39 Post: #9 I'd suggest you submit it to trac as a patch Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.
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sho Team-XBMC Member Posts: 4,133 Joined: May 2004 Reputation: 3	2009-02-24 11:35 Post: #10 Here is a feature request for just that: http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/5382 Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.
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