gillmacca 17 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 In the original series of doctor who, I have a lot of episodes that are missing genres. Now I could manually go through them all and add the genres, but that would take a long time. I was wondering if anyone knows of an nfo editor that would allow me to bulk add the genres? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8138 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Isn't genre at series level not episode level? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillmacca 17 Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 So episode level genre is not used by Emby, only season level? If that is the case, then what's the point of having a genre option at episode level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8138 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Do you mean via Metadata Manager? Maybe Kodi uses it? None of my episodes or seasons have genre, only Series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpediem 12 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I do not have any genre tags on any episodes that I have encountered so far. However, it is easy to add tags to multiple files using Notepad++. All you need to do is find one tag that is consistent/present in all the .nfo files you want to edit and then append the tag you want to the line below it. So if you wanted to add the genre tag below the plot tag for example, do a Ctrl+H in Notepad++ to bring up the Find/Replace window and make the change as shown in the snapshot. Look for the closing tag for plot "</plot>" and then use regex to add a new line with the tag you want to add EX: <genre>comedy</genre>. Before: <plot>Morgaine forces Ace and Shou Yuing to hand over Excalibur...</plot> <title>Battlefield: Part Four> After: <plot>Morgaine forces Ace and Shou Yuing to hand over Excalibur...</plot> <genre>comedy</genre> <title>Battlefield: Part Four</title> You can run the same search and replace for all the files in a directory using the "Find in Files" tab. Of course making changes like these is dangerous and irreversible so test appropriately on something less important before trying this on your precious collection. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14851 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 I would think a better approach in this case would be to remove all the genres from your episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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