EduardoSantos 40 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 This is a new vanilla install on Windows 10. Brand new machine, latest Emby version. What would be the configuration so that Emby will save metadata as XML on movie folders? After install Emby was saving metadata on NFO files. I configured every metadata service as to save on XML. But I see no XML files on movie/series folders, even though I enabled the Metadata>Save artwork on media folders option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8282 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 (edited) You need to install the XML Saver Plugin from the catalog. Most of the core code for xml format was removed after v3.05818.0. This will add the options back to services. Edited March 18, 2016 by Happy2Play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EduardoSantos 40 Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share Posted March 18, 2016 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Why do you care? (just curious) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EduardoSantos 40 Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 As I understand it, this is the best means to carry all metadata with the movie and subtitle file to another installation. I know there is the NFO file but I think Emby's XML is conceptually better: there are numerous tools to deal with xml files. You can batch edit, change all occurrences of a given string, etc. It seems, though, they will be entirely deprecated on a near future... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37065 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 As I understand it, this is the best means to carry all metadata with the movie and subtitle file to another installation. I know there is the NFO file but I think Emby's XML is conceptually better: there are numerous tools to deal with xml files. You can batch edit, change all occurrences of a given string, etc. It seems, though, they will be entirely deprecated on a near future... It won't be deprecated, but nfo is what is getting the bulk of our testing and development efforts. There may come a day when we we might have to say we need the community's help maintaining xml support if that's what you guys want. That is a possibility although there are no plans to just take it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EduardoSantos 40 Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 Thanks for the forecast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathsquirrel 741 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 As I understand it, this is the best means to carry all metadata with the movie and subtitle file to another installation. I know there is the NFO file but I think Emby's XML is conceptually better: there are numerous tools to deal with xml files. You can batch edit, change all occurrences of a given string, etc. It seems, though, they will be entirely deprecated on a near future... Kodi-compatible NFO files are also just xml documents if you look at their contents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8282 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 More less, the nodes are named different but all the same information. example xml <People> nfo <actor> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathsquirrel 741 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 More less, the nodes are named different but all the same information. example xml <People> nfo <actor> Right, not MB xml docs, but xml docs just the same. He was concerned about lack of editing tools. That should not be an issue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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