SilentException 6 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 (edited) Hi, I'm trying to switch from MediaPortal/XBMC to a server solution like MB3 (but also considering Plex). I've been using different HTPC solutions over the years and until now I believed my collection is nicely sorted. But, MB3 (latest beta 3.0.5390.25829) has a hard time recognizing my Movie library. The movies I own are all in this format: <MovieName>.<Year>[.CDx][.<Edition>].<Source>.<VideoCodec>[<AudioCodec].<ext> together with <MovieName>.<Year>[.CDx][.<Edition>].<Source>.<VideoCodec>[<AudioCodec].nfo NFO file contains <movie> <title>Title (Edition) </movie> http://www.imdb.com/title/ttID/ Valid XBMC NFO, similar example exists on their wiki. This not only was working excellent because the title tag overwrote scraper title but also no movies were missed because of the IMDb ID. MP3 has major issues importing: 1. NFO files NFO files are not parsed at all. It is because of the link in the NFO and MB3 parses it like XML. Even if i "fix" the NFO and add imdbid in the movie section, MB3 doesn't do anything with this info. I realize there isn't IMDb scraper but from my limited testing TMDB allows searches usin IMDb ID (at least on the web) 2. Multi-part movies Multi-part movies are not recognized. I see duplicated entries. NFO files for multi-part files are not seen by importer. So I created small testing folder. Log shows no info (even thought I enabled Debug logging) but I attached the NFOs if someone would like to reproduce. 127.Hours.2010.BDRip.XviD.avi 127.Hours.2010.BDRip.XviD.nfo Casino.Royale.2006.CD1.DVDRip.XviD.AC3.avi Casino.Royale.2006.CD2.DVDRip.XviD.AC3.avi Casino.Royale.2006.DVDRip.XviD.AC3.nfo Is this a lost case or there is a chance to improve importer? I am willing to adjust the library but don't want to do it if for example NFO files for multi-part files do not work.. Thanks for looking, sorry for the long post :X NFOs.zip Edited October 8, 2014 by SilentException Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pünktchen 1258 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 (edited) Hey SilentException, nice to see you here! As a retired MP team member, why don't you jump in here and help the MediaBrowser developers to make their baby even more better (as Plex)? Edited October 8, 2014 by pünktchen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee 204 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I didn't think multi part movies were supported? Don't quote me on that one though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Have you perused our documentation on naming conventions? Multi-part items are supported but the naming you are using is problematic there because you enclosed the part indicators in square brackets and we ignore items in square brackets (because most naming conventions put things like resolution inside square brackets). We also don't recognize MovieName.Year we recognize Movie Name (year). As for reading the nfos, I believe we can do that but you probably would have had to select that you wanted to use xbmc compatible metadata when you went through the start-up wizard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37067 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Hey SilentException, nice to see you here! As a retired MP team member, why don't you jump in here and help the MediaBrowser developers to make their baby even more better (as Plex)? I think that's' a great idea. There's lots of places he can jump in. Like here http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/blog/1/entry-120-announcing-our-new-android-developer-libraries/ @@ColtB45 or anywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasher0 0 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 If you end up having to change many file names in a folder, might I suggest a free utility called Bulk Rename Here? http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37067 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 with the next server release we'll be able to handle the url at the end of the nfo file 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentException 6 Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 Since I wasn't around for a bit but I'm back now, let me bump this quickly with some feedback Hey SilentException, nice to see you here!As a retired MP team member, why don't you jump in here and help the MediaBrowser developersto make their baby even more better (as Plex)? Hey, I thought about it but I simply don't have the enough time to be anything other than a good user. Maybe sometimes in the future, sure Have you perused our documentation on naming conventions? Multi-part items are supported but the naming you are using is problematic there because you enclosed the part indicators in square brackets and we ignore items in square brackets (because most naming conventions put things like resolution inside square brackets). We also don't recognize MovieName.Year we recognize Movie Name (year). As for reading the nfos, I believe we can do that but you probably would have had to select that you wanted to use xbmc compatible metadata when you went through the start-up wizard. Hm, I don't have any square brackets in multipart items. If you're referring to top of the post where I explained my naming convention, the square brackets denote the optional part of the file name. (like we often use to denote optional arguments on command line utilities). You can see filename examples below that. As for MovieName.Year, I don't need Emby to recognize anything from the filename, other than read the NFO correctly. In the NFO there is ALWAYS IMDb link with all the data it needs XBMC compatible metadata was on, @@Luke already fixed that part. Also, multipart movies are importing OK at this point with still one annoyance left from the first post (example is in the attachment in first post): NFO files for multi-part files are not seen by importer. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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