Library from .xlsx, without media files

[createdv0id 0]

Hey there,

 

I think I'm missing the keywords to search properly for this topic.

 

I'm trying to have Kodi/Emby build a 'Movies" library using information from an excel .xlsx file.

 

The device's main function is to show what movies are in the hardcopy section of my library, so there is no digital file to pull the metadata from.

 

 

Regards,

[Andrommy 2]

If you mean you want all the technical data like movie bitrate etc. I dont think it's possible. However, you can change a simple text document for example to .mkv instead of .txt and emby will fix all images and metadata like it was an actual movie.

[bluemonkey07 590]

I believe emby repects .disc for media placeholder files

Edit: yes it does see here: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Media%20stubs

Edited May 8, 2016 by Vidman

[Luke 42085]

yea .disc would be the supported convention here. so you could write some kind of script to read the xls and create the disc files.