Couple of questions regarding the XBMC metadata saver
Added by jmos1277 4 months ago
I have been using metabrowser for a while now and love it. It works fantastically for managing and saving metadata for use with MediaBrowser.
However, while I'm still using MediaBrowser on my main HTPC, I've recently started using YAMJ on a new Popcorn Hour. YAMJ uses the XBMC .NFO file format for metadata. So, in metabrowser I simply added a new saver so that I could save both the movie.xml file for MediaBrowser AND the movie.nfo file YAMJ. Here are some things that I've noticed that are a bit aggravating, and some questions about getting it to work how I want.
(1) All of my movie folders contain a 'trailers' folder with the movie trailer within. For some reason, the XMBC saver actually MOVES my trailer from the 'trailers' folder into the parent directory that contains the movie. Of course, this is not compatible with MediaBrowser and is a bit aggravating. I really don't want the saver to move my trailer files, especially since I then have to into my file system and move it back.
Is there a reason why the XBMC saver moves the trailer?
Can this behavior be disabled in the current version of metabrowser?
If not, can I make a request that a new checkbox be added to the XBMC saver that disables any interaction with the trailers (e.g. "Search for trailers? [Yes|No]")
(2) In addition to disabling the search for trailers, it would also be nice if I could tell the XBMC save to NOT bother saving posters and fanart. My MediaBrowser saver already saves all of my fanart as backdrop1.jpg, backdrop2.jpg, etc. With both the MediaBrowser saver and the XBMC saver running, I now end up with two copies of all images. Those that are saved from the XMBC saver are saved as fanart.* files and some are placed in an 'extrafanart' folder. I would love to be able to DISABLE this portion of the saver. I don't need two copies of all my movie art!
(3) Really, all I want from the XBMC is an option that says, "Save NFO file only?" that when checked doesn't bother with trailers or fanart. Instead, it simply writes the textual metadata to a .nfo file. That would be a fantastic option. Is this already possible?
Replies (8)
RE: Couple of questions regarding the XBMC metadata saver
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Added by fatal 3 months ago
Hey,
1. This is the format xbmc requires for trailers, they need to be in the main movie folder and named <filename>-trailer.ext.
2. Again, this is the format required for xbmc to save fanart and poster images...does yamj use images stored in media browser format?
3. No it is not already possible.
I will add options to the saver plugin to disable saving trailers and images.
Take Care
RE: Couple of questions regarding the XBMC metadata saver
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Added by jmos1277 3 months ago
1. I assumed this was the case. I just found it odd that the XBMC would actually find and move my trailer from the ./trailers subfolder into the main movie folder. I would have expected it to just see that there was no trailer in the movie folder and move on.
2. The current releases of YAMJ are very flexible. They allow you to specify the naming format you would like to use by simply editing the configuration file moviejukebox.properties. So, while YAMJ searches for fanart* file by default, I have modified my config file so that it searches for backdrop* files. Likewise, I have configured YAMJ to search for Folder.jpg to use as for movie posters.
3. That would be awesome if you could add that as an option. I'll look forward to the update.
RE: Couple of questions regarding the XBMC metadata saver
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Added by fatal 3 months ago
Hey,
1. Well, it won't move it automatically, the way you are processing you must have "download trailers" enabled in settings, thus, instead of trying to redownload a trailer metabrowser sees that a local trailer already exists for another local (ie MediaBrowser) and uses that instead.
3. Assuming the settings would be carried over to the TV side also, not just movies for not saving images?
Take Care
RE: Couple of questions regarding the XBMC metadata saver
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Added by jmos1277 3 months ago
1. I'm pretty sure I have download trailers enabled in my settings. It does say "searching for trailers" when processing a movie. I meant to disable that the other day since I download all of my trailers manually anyway, but I don't think I could find the proper setting.
3. I assume that's the case. However, I am still in the process of setting up the new PCH and getting everything squared away with YAMJ. I have not yet pointed YAMJ to my TV library. I'll have to see what happens when I do.
RE: Couple of questions regarding the XBMC metadata saver
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Added by fatal 3 months ago
Hey,
Please update to the latest version of the plugin.
There is a new "Misc" tab where you can disable saving of images and trailers.
Take Care
RE: Couple of questions regarding the XBMC metadata saver
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Added by jmos1277 3 months ago
fatal ... that's just awesome.
I knew it wasn't a very big change, but I didn't expect you to get it out so quickly!
Fantastic .. I'll check it out tonight.
THANKS!
RE: Couple of questions regarding the XBMC metadata saver
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Added by fatal 3 months ago
jmos1277 wrote:
2. The current releases of YAMJ are very flexible. They allow you to specify the naming format you would like to use by simply editing the configuration file moviejukebox.properties. So, while YAMJ searches for fanart* file by default, I have modified my config file so that it searches for backdrop* files. Likewise, I have configured YAMJ to search for Folder.jpg to use as for movie posters.
I assume most (or all) of your files are file rips and not folder rips, so your change in the cofig from fanart* to backdrop* works, but xbmc stores poster/fanart in different location for folder rips...it is inside the VIDEO_TS and BDMV folders for DVDs and Blu-ray folder rips..which is not the same location that the media browser saver plugin saves images. Unless YAMJ looks in the root movie folder for folder rips also, in which case, u shouldn't have any issues.
Take Care
RE: Couple of questions regarding the XBMC metadata saver
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Added by jmos1277 3 months ago
fatal wrote:
Hey,
Please update to the latest version of the plugin.
There is a new "Misc" tab where you can disable saving of images and trailers.
Take Care
fatal ... thanks again for this quick update. You modification does exactly what I want.
I tested it out quite extensively tonight and everything seems to be working great.
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