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--- kodi [2022/04/15 09:48] – Tidying some musicvid info, moving subtitle to rage page rjt
+++ kodi [2025/04/14 15:46] (current) – NFO Maker, version nb rjt
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 ===== Usage =====
+NB: I'm using an old version (17), because that's the last one that runs on 32-bit computers, so my notes are pretty out of date.
 ==== Keyboard Shortcuts ====
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 Some keyboard shortcuts I forget:
-^ c ^ __C__ontext menu | Let's you do handy things like mark a movie as watched |
+^ c ^ __C__ontext menu  | Let's you do handy things like mark a movie as watched |
+^ i ^ __I__nformation   | View movie info., like metadata. |
 ^ \ ^ Fullscreen toggle | |
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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, 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 <del>[[MediaElch]]</del> [[tinyMediaManager]] to organise my metadata, both to make things easier and to help mitigate the misidentification issues I keep getting with Kodi)
+Anyway, 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/
+  * [[https://nfo-maker.com/|NFO Maker]] - Browser tool to generate .NFO files.
   * [[https://kodi.wiki/view/Supplemental_tools|Supplementary Tools]] on the Kodi wiki.
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 I have a file called ''movie.nfo'' in my ''~/Templates'' directory that I use for new entries. Contents:
-<code xml>
+<code xml movie.nfo>
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
 <movie>
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 Like with movies, I have a template I use:
-<code xml>
+<code xml music-video.nfo>
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
 <musicvideo>
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 </code>
-Supposedly 'director' isn't used, but I want that info for myself :) 'plot' is for additional info. abotu the video, if it's fro ma live performance, or a film, etc.
+Supposedly 'director' isn't used, but I want that info for myself :) and it does seem to show in Kodi anyway. 'Plot' is for additional info. about the video, if it's from a live performance, or a film, etc.
 [[https://kodi.wiki/view/Music_videos|The page on the Kodi wiki]] says you need to keep the files in one directory and use the filename format ''[artist] - [title].[ext]'', but I think this is more for people who use music video scrapers (which aren't great—). As long as you have the .nfo files and tell it to search recursively (like you do with other media) it'll be fine.
+If you want to include your own thumbnail (//poster//) images (and //fanart//, etc.) there are some set filenames that'll let Kodi see them, eg: ''[artist] - [title]-poster.[ext]''. Leaving the ''[artist] - '' part off the front seems to work fine. Having Kodi generate the thumbnails itself is a bit slow.
 ==== Playlists ====
-I haven't messed with playlists, but I think I'd find them useful for music videos.
+I haven't messed with playlists, but I think I'd find them useful for music videos. You can also mix music and music videos into one playlist.
   * [[https://kodi.wiki/view/Playlists]]
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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.
+  * **Basic** - List of paths to files, in m3u, 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 =====