[flipsns]

Since i found this entry in the Wiki (http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Movie_Sets), of course i wanted to use this feature. But either my english is not good enough or i don´t understand it. In my case i tried it with the Die Hard Collection. So my .nfo files are

Die Hard (1988).nfo
Die Hard 2 - Die Harder (1990).nfo
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995).nfo
Live Free or Die Hard (2007).nfo

and the corresponding files are

Die Hard (1988).iso
and so on.

The .nfo content is just

<movie>
<set>Die Hard Collection</set>
</movie>

Since i don´t need any sorting (would sort by date) i just wanted the movies in a set. But it does´nt work. What is my mistake?

[&gt;&gt;X&lt;&lt;]

I don't believe it will work with only that in your nfo as xbmc wont find any movie information like title etc you will need at the very least have to include the URL for each of the movies in the set

For example

Die Hard (1988).nfo

Code:

<movie>
<set>Die Hard Collection</set>
</movie>
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/

Die Hard 2 - Die Harder (1990).nfo

Code:

<movie>
<set>Die Hard Collection</set>
</movie>
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099423/

Each nfo has the URL for that particular movie then you scrape them if they are already in your library then you will need to refresh each one in the set from the movie information screen "i"

[Chris!]

I have mine set up the same way except my nfo contain:

Code:

<xml>
<sorttitle>Die Hard 4</sorttitle>
<set>Die Hard Collection</set>
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337978/
</xml>

[flipsns]

I don't believe it will work with only that in your nfo as xbmc wont find any movie information like title etc you will need at the very least have to include the URL for each of the movies in the set

For example

Die Hard (1988).nfo

Code:

<movie>
<set>Die Hard Collection</set>
</movie>
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/

Die Hard 2 - Die Harder (1990).nfo

Code:

<movie>
<set>Die Hard Collection</set>
</movie>
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099423/

Each nfo has the URL for that particular movie then you scrape them if they are already in your library then you will need to refresh each one in the set from the movie information screen "i"

Thanks for your help. Tried it right now, but no change. Deleted the 4 movies from the database, updated database but still just have the 4 single movies in the library and no set so far. Any other ideas?

[flipsns]

I have mine set up the same way except my nfo contain:

Code:

<xml>
<sorttitle>Die Hard 4</sorttitle>
<set>Die Hard Collection</set>
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337978/
</xml>

Well, why is mine not working then!? Do i need the "<xml>" thing? But the Wiki says "<movie>" instead of <xml>?

[xm41907]

I use ember media manager to edit my NFO files. With it you can create and add movies into sets. It works wonderfully.

[&gt;&gt;X&lt;&lt;]

Thanks for your help. Tried it right now, but no change. Deleted the 4 movies from the database, updated database but still just have the 4 single movies in the library and no set so far. Any other ideas?

Strange because I just tried exactly what I told you and it worked perfectly if they are still getting added separately then it sounds like its not reading your nfo a debug log would let you know if that's the case or not

Your nfo's match your movie file names exactly yes ?

[flipsns]

I have mine set up the same way except my nfo contain:

Code:

<xml>
<sorttitle>Die Hard 4</sorttitle>
<set>Die Hard Collection</set>
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337978/
</xml>

Strange because I just tried exactly what I told you and it worked perfectly if they are still getting added separately then it sounds like its not reading your nfo a debug log would let you know if that's the case or not

Your nfo's match your movie file names exactly yes ?

Yes, exactly! As described in my first post, for instance:

Die Hard (1988).nfo
Die Hard (1988).iso

and the .nfo content for this example is

<movie>
<set>Stirb Langsam Collection</set>
</movie>
http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/562

and all files (.iso and .nfo) are in one folder!

Strange. I would prefer the Wiki-way, but if i don´t find a solution here, i will have to engange in the recommended media manager.

Where can i find this debug-log?

[Sackmonkey]

Since i found this entry in the Wiki (http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Movie_Sets), of course i wanted to use this feature. But either my english is not good enough or i don´t understand it. In my case i tried it with the Die Hard Collection. So my .nfo files are

Die Hard (1988).nfo
Die Hard 2 - Die Harder (1990).nfo
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995).nfo
Live Free or Die Hard (2007).nfo

and the corresponding files are

Die Hard (1988).iso
and so on.

The .nfo content is just

<movie>
<set>Die Hard Collection</set>
</movie>

Since i don´t need any sorting (would sort by date) i just wanted the movies in a set. But it does´nt work. What is my mistake?

Maybe there's a reason you're doing it the .nfo way that is better than this, but just in case you didn't know, you can set up collections with the http interface. I was just doing this a couple nights ago and it worked pretty easily.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/33873/con...ovie-sets/

[&gt;&gt;X&lt;&lt;]

Yes, exactly! As described in my first post, for instance:

Die Hard (1988).nfo
Die Hard (1988).iso

and the .nfo content for this example is

<movie>
<set>Stirb Langsam Collection</set>
</movie>
http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/562

and all files (.iso and .nfo) are in one folder!

Strange. I would prefer the Wiki-way, but if i don´t find a solution here, i will have to engange in the recommended media manager.

Where can i find this debug-log?

Your need to go into settings then system and enable debug then you need to scan those movies again, debug log will be in your xbmc folder where that will be will depend on your OS and whether or not your in portable mode

You should post logs to pastebin.com then put the URL on here

I tried exactly the same names as yours and all in one folder and it still worked for me ?

Ember will create full nfo's with the same tag so its not much different and yes as pointed out you can use XWMM which will create sets directly in your db but if you loose your db then you have to do it all over again unless you export your library after your finished

[paul]

Since i found this entry in the Wiki (http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Movie_Sets), of course i wanted to use this feature. But either my english is not good enough or i don´t understand it. In my case i tried it with the Die Hard Collection. So my .nfo files are

Die Hard (1988).nfo
Die Hard 2 - Die Harder (1990).nfo
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995).nfo
Live Free or Die Hard (2007).nfo

and the corresponding files are

Die Hard (1988).iso
and so on.

The .nfo content is just

<movie>
<set>Die Hard Collection</set>
</movie>

Since i don´t need any sorting (would sort by date) i just wanted the movies in a set. But it does´nt work. What is my mistake?

Step 1: let xbmc scrape your media
Step 2: Export your library to seperate files
Step 3: Edit each moviename.nfo that you want in the set
And add <set>Die Hard Quadrilogy</set> I usually place this below the studio tag
Step 4: refresh each movie from it's full screen info window

That's how i do it and it works every time. if you allready have .nfos then skip to step 3

Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<movie>
<title>Star Trek</title>
<originaltitle>Star Trek</originaltitle>
<rating>8.200000</rating>
<epbookmark>0.000000</epbookmark>
<year>2009</year>
<top250>0</top250>
<votes>81</votes>
<outline></outline>
<plot>The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again.</plot>
<tagline>The future begins.</tagline>
<runtime>126</runtime>
<mpaa>UK:12A</mpaa>
<playcount>0</playcount>
<lastplayed></lastplayed>
<id>tt0796366</id>
<genre>Action</genre>
<genre>Adventure</genre>
<genre>Science Fiction</genre>
<country>Germany</country>
<country>United States of America</country>
<set>Star Trek</set>
<credits>Roberto Orci</credits>
<credits>Alex Kurtzman</credits>
<director>J.J. Abrams</director>
<premiered></premiered>
<status></status>
<code></code>
<aired></aired>
<studio>Paramount Pictures</studio>
<trailer>http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?sdm=web&amp;pt=rd&amp;sid=75327380</trailer>
</movie>

[bodhi]

Since i found this entry in the Wiki (http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Movie_Sets), of course i wanted to use this feature. But either my english is not good enough or i don´t understand it. In my case i tried it with the Die Hard Collection. So my .nfo files are

Die Hard (1988).nfo
Die Hard 2 - Die Harder (1990).nfo
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995).nfo
Live Free or Die Hard (2007).nfo

and the corresponding files are

Die Hard (1988).iso
and so on.

The .nfo content is just

<movie>
<set>Die Hard Collection</set>
</movie>

Since i don´t need any sorting (would sort by date) i just wanted the movies in a set. But it does´nt work. What is my mistake?

Try this: have a folder name "Die Hard Collection". Put movie and nfo files in that folder

Die Hard (1988).iso
Die Hard (1988).nfo
Die Hard 2 - Die Harder (1990).iso
Die Hard 2 - Die Harder (1990).nfo
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995).iso
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995).nfo
Live Free or Die Hard (2007).iso
Live Free or Die Hard (2007).nfo


Die Hard (1988).nfo content is

<movie>
<title>Die Hard</title>
<sorttitle>Die Hard</sorttitle>
<set>Die Hard Collection</set>
</movie>

Die Hard 2 - Die Harder (1990).nfo content is

<movie>
<title>Die Hard 2 - Die Harder</title>
<sorttitle>Die Hard 2 - Die Harder</sorttitle>
<set>Die Hard Collection</set>
</movie>

and so on.

Then rescan the folder Die Hard Collection.

It works great for me.

[flipsns]

First of all, thanks to all for your help! This is really a great forum.

Finally i decided to take the most comfortable build-in method for a noob like me. And this seems to be the http-interface XWMM. Got it working now! Great thing.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/33873/con...ovie-sets/

Thanks for this howto! Made it a lot easier.

[flipsns]

Hi!

I found a new problem, which drives me bit crazy. Everythings fine with setting up "Movie Sets" with XWMM. After doing so, the thumb for every set was the one of the first movie. So i decided to change this thumb by context menu to "None". But it still keeps the thumb of the first movie!? Does anyone know this problem? Is there any solution?