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--- kodi [2023/03/14 21:10] – mv info rjt
+++ kodi [2024/04/25 10:39] (current) – MediaElch update rjt
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 If you're setting this up after already having a big collection of stuff you can use a combination of tools like [[comm]] (or [[diff]]), [[find]], and [[sort]] to check which directories don't have .nfo files.
-I tend to do them by hand because I'm overly picky about [[metadata|metadata]], but here're some tools to make the organisation process much less tedious:
+<del>I tend to do them by hand because I'm overly picky about [[metadata|metadata]], but</del> (I've started using [[MediaElch]] to organise my metadata, both to make things easier and to help mitigate the misidentification issues I keep getting with Kodi) here're some tools to make the organisation process much less tedious:
   * [[tinyMediaManager]] | https://www.tinymediamanager.org/
-  * [[MediaElch]] | https://www.kvibes.de/mediaelch/
+  * [[MediaElch]] | https://www.kvibes.de/mediaelch/ - My fave so far.
   * [[FileBot]] | https://www.filebot.net/
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   * **Queue** - Temporary list you can add videos to as you explore your library.
-  * **Party Mode** - Temporary list of ten random songs from your library. Seems like a bad way to run a party to me.
+  * **Party Mode** - Temporary list of ten random songs from your library, can set exclusion rules. Seems like a bad way to run a party to me.
   * **Basic** - List of paths to files, in m3, pls, etc. formats, like you'd use elsewhere.
   * **Smart** - A dynamic playlist based on querying Kodi's database. There's a playlist creator in the Kodi interface. They can also be used as menu items.
+==== Accompanying Media ====
+You can keep images like album covers and film posters in their works' respective folder if you don't want to rely on scrapers, or want to override their choices. It's not a feature I've made use of yet (though I do it for most of my music library anyway), but I was curious, so I'm reading about it. I think I'll find it useful for music videos at least, and maybe customising the odd film poster.
+You can also add a 'theme' audio file (plays when you look at movie info.???)
+  * https://kodi.wiki/view/Artwork (See the links on the right)
+  * https://kodi.wiki/view/Artwork_types
+=== Movie ===
+  * [movie] ([year])-poster.[ext] - Poster image, main image used in menus.
+  * [movie] ([year])-trailer.[ext] - Movie trailers.
+  * [movie] ([year])-theme.[ext] - Audio file...
+=== Music Video ===
+  * [artist] - [song]-poster.[ext] - Video thumbnail.
+  * Others: https://kodi.wiki/view/Music_Video_artwork
 ===== See Also =====