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iBeech · 2009-03-28, 13:14

Hey,

I noticed in the video and pics you've posted that it tags media with things such as the studio logo / quality logo (720p / 1080p) and other things...

I'm just wondering how you pick this info up? My movies are all stored in this format:

\\server\movies1\

stored as files such as 'Saw I.mkv'

What do I need to do to make all the tags work correctly?

Cheers.

**Hitcher** · 2009-03-28, 16:00

Code:
3.2  Media flags

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Again, pending CapnBry's solution for reading media info direct from the files

themselves, you'll need to do some file renaming if you want all of these to

work. The two exceptions are MPAA Rating and Studio, both of which require the

right strings to be present in your XBMC database. It's pretty much essential

to use locally-stored nfo files to manage and control this data, so look up

XBMC Media Companion and start using that.

The keywords Aeon looks for are:

    Studio            String

    ------            ------

    20th Century Fox    "Fox"

    Universal        "Universal"

    Film4            "FilmFour" / "Channel Four"

    Disney            "Disney" / "Pixar"

    Gaumont            "Gaumont"

    United Artists        "Artists"

    New Line Cinema        "New Line"

    Dimension        "Dimension"

    Touchstone        "Touchstone"    

    Hollywood Pictures    "Hollywood"    

    Carolco            "Carolco"

    Revolution Studios    "Revolution"

    Lakeshore Entertainment    "Lakeshore"

    Lucasfilm        "Lucasfilm"

    Screen Gems        "Screen Gems"

    Warner Bros.        "Warner"

    TriStar Pictures    "TriStar"

    Castle Rock        "Castle Rock"

    Studio Canal        "Studio Canal"

    Paramount Pictures    "Paramount" / "Comedy Central"

    DreamWorks        "DreamWorks"

    Columbia Pictures    "Columbia"

    Metro Goldwyn Mayer    "MGM" / "Mayer"

    Sony Pictures        "Sony"

    Artisan            "Artisan"

    Lionsgate        "Lionsgate"

    Miramax            "Miramax"

    MPAA Rating        String

    -----------        ------

    G            "Rated G"

    PG            "Rated PG"

    PG-13            "Rated PG-13"

    R            "Rated R"

    NC-17            "Rated NC-17"

    Media Source        String

    ------------        ------

    Blu-ray            "bluray"

    DVD            "sddvd"

    Resolution        String

    ----------        ------

    720p            "720p"

    1080p            "1080p"

    Audio            String

    -----            ------

    DTS            "dts"

    Dolby Digital        "dolbydigital"

Note that for media source, resolution and audio, the strings have to be

present (anywhere) in the filename for the movie. MPAA Rating and Studio,

meanwhile, have to be present in the relevant field of the XBMC database /

nfo file. Renamer (http://www.den4b.com/downloads.php?project=ReNamer) is

an excellent tool for batch renaming files.

A more complete selection of flags will be added when CapnBry's solution

is merged into XBMC trunk.

Nuka1195 · 2009-03-28, 16:06

do you look for "-Revolution-" or just "revolution"

eg the movie "revolutionary road"

iBeech · 2009-03-28, 16:20

Thanks! The media companion is very useful. I now have an nfo and fanart for each movie Smile

My last question then is, is there a program out there which will rename all 3 files for me (movie / fanart and nfo) with a new name, which includes the required details.

It is of course possible to do this... by scanning the file for resolution / audio codecs and discovering the studio from nfo and constructing a suitable filename... I'd be happy to write one, if one doesn't already exist.

djh_ · 2009-03-28, 17:41

Nuka1195 Wrote:do you look for "-Revolution-" or just "revolution"

eg the movie "revolutionary road"

It pulls it from the studio tag in the database rather than the filename, so no worries there.

Nuka1195 · 2009-03-28, 17:57

doh, i read the exceptions, then completely forgot it.

look forward to seeing stark in action.

steve1977 · 2009-03-29, 04:27

iBeech Wrote:Thanks! The media companion is very useful. I now have an nfo and fanart for each movie

My last question then is, is there a program out there which will rename all 3 files for me (movie / fanart and nfo) with a new name, which includes the required details.

It is of course possible to do this... by scanning the file for resolution / audio codecs and discovering the studio from nfo and constructing a suitable filename... I'd be happy to write one, if one doesn't already exist.

This sounds like a good idea. I also have everything in Media Companion.

Separate note: XBMC Babylon is about to be released (feature freeze). Anyone knows whether it will include the feature to read out the Studio and Resolútion without including it in the file name?

Competes2win · 2009-03-29, 09:26

whenever it is time for more studios to be added, may I suggest "Focus Films"

**Hitcher** · 2009-03-29, 11:39

steve1977 Wrote:Separate note: XBMC Babylon is about to be released (feature freeze). Anyone knows whether it will include the feature to read out the Studio and Resolútion without including it in the file name?

Here's the reply when someone asked in the Video Flagging thread.

jmarshall Wrote:Which it won't be for 9.04 - we're hitting feature freeze now.

iBeech · 2009-03-29, 11:49

I've already got an app which reads your resolution, determines if its 720 or 1080p, if its either it will assume its bluray.

it also supports renaming your -fanart and .tbn files

next is reading nfo for the studio.

**Hitcher** · 2009-03-29, 13:13

iBeech Wrote:it also supports renaming your -fanart and .tbn files

There's no need to rename fanart or tbn if your movies are stored in separate folders.

ie

Movies\The Terminator\The Terminator.1080p.dts.bluray.mkv
Movies\The Terminator\movie.nfo
Movies\The Terminator\fanart.jpg
Movies\The Terminator\folder.jpg
Movies\The Terminator\movie.tbn

iBeech · 2009-03-29, 15:00

Good point, but mine are not Smile

anyways, it does it for you so there are no worries.

Player4 · 2009-03-29, 17:30

Question:

Will it work if I name one my ripped movies

movienamehere.dolbydigital.sddvdrip.mkv?

Because I would really like to name my full dvd-images "sddvd", not the movies I encoded.

Thanks!

stagecrew · 2009-03-29, 20:11

Based on the "final trailer" djh posted (but more appropriate here): without the studio name/source name (sddvd)/other icon flag text, does stark show the little question mark from the video?
It doesn't really matter since it could easily be replaced with a blank image.. Of course it could also serve to remind me to label everything!

Thanks for that list though, I now have all my studios listed correctly!
-derek

**Hitcher** · 2009-03-29, 21:34

Yes but you can turn off the flags if you want.