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SilentException

Hi, I'm trying to switch from MediaPortal/XBMC to a server solution like MB3 (but also considering Plex). I've been using different HTPC solutions over the years and until now I believed my collection is nicely sorted.

 

But, MB3 (latest beta 3.0.5390.25829) has a hard time recognizing my Movie library. The movies I own are all in this format:

 

<MovieName>.<Year>[.CDx][.<Edition>].<Source>.<VideoCodec>[<AudioCodec].<ext> together with

<MovieName>.<Year>[.CDx][.<Edition>].<Source>.<VideoCodec>[<AudioCodec].nfo

 

NFO file contains

<movie>
  <title>Title (Edition)
</movie>
http://www.imdb.com/title/ttID/

Valid XBMC NFO, similar example exists on their wiki. This not only was working excellent because the title tag overwrote scraper title but also no movies were missed because of the IMDb ID.

 

MP3 has major issues importing:

 

1. NFO files

  1. NFO files are not parsed at all. It is because of the link in the NFO and MB3 parses it like XML.
  2. Even if i "fix" the NFO and add imdbid in the movie section, MB3 doesn't do anything with this info. I realize there isn't IMDb scraper but from my limited testing TMDB allows searches usin IMDb ID (at least on the web)

2. Multi-part movies

  • Multi-part movies are not recognized. I see duplicated entries.
  • NFO files for multi-part files are not seen by importer.

 

So I created small testing folder. Log shows no info (even thought I enabled Debug logging) but I attached the NFOs if someone would like to reproduce.

127.Hours.2010.BDRip.XviD.avi
127.Hours.2010.BDRip.XviD.nfo
Casino.Royale.2006.CD1.DVDRip.XviD.AC3.avi
Casino.Royale.2006.CD2.DVDRip.XviD.AC3.avi
Casino.Royale.2006.DVDRip.XviD.AC3.nfo

Is this a lost case or there is a chance to improve importer? I am willing to adjust the library but don't want to do it if for example NFO files for multi-part files do not work.. 

 

Thanks for looking, sorry for the long post :X

NFOs.zip

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pünktchen

Hey SilentException, nice to see you here!

As a retired MP team member, why don't you jump in here and help the MediaBrowser developers

to make their baby even more better (as Plex)?

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I didn't think multi part movies were supported? Don't quote me on that one though!

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Have you perused our documentation on naming conventions?  Multi-part items are supported but the naming you are using is problematic there because you enclosed the part indicators in square brackets and we ignore items in square brackets (because most naming conventions put things like resolution inside square brackets).

 

We also don't recognize MovieName.Year we recognize Movie Name (year).

 

As for reading the nfos, I believe we can do that but you probably would have had to select that you wanted to use xbmc compatible metadata when you went through the start-up wizard.

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Hey SilentException, nice to see you here!

As a retired MP team member, why don't you jump in here and help the MediaBrowser developers

to make their baby even more better (as Plex)?

 

 

I think that's' a great idea. There's lots of places he can jump in. Like here

 

http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/blog/1/entry-120-announcing-our-new-android-developer-libraries/

@@ColtB45

 

or anywhere else.

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SilentException

Since I wasn't around for a bit but I'm back now, let me bump this quickly with some feedback :)

 

Hey SilentException, nice to see you here!
As a retired MP team member, why don't you jump in here and help the MediaBrowser developers
to make their baby even more better (as Plex)?

 

Hey, I thought about it but I simply don't have the enough time to be anything other than a good user. Maybe sometimes in the future, sure :)

 

Have you perused our documentation on naming conventions?  Multi-part items are supported but the naming you are using is problematic there because you enclosed the part indicators in square brackets and we ignore items in square brackets (because most naming conventions put things like resolution inside square brackets).

 

We also don't recognize MovieName.Year we recognize Movie Name (year).

 

As for reading the nfos, I believe we can do that but you probably would have had to select that you wanted to use xbmc compatible metadata when you went through the start-up wizard.

 

Hm, I don't have any square brackets in multipart items. If you're referring to top of the post where I explained my naming convention, the square brackets denote the optional part of the file name. (like we often use to denote optional arguments on command line utilities). You can see filename examples below that.

 

As for MovieName.Year, I don't need Emby to recognize anything from the filename, other than read the NFO correctly. In the NFO there is ALWAYS IMDb link with all the data it needs ;)

 

XBMC compatible metadata was on, @@Luke already fixed that part. Also, multipart movies are importing OK at this point with still one annoyance left from the first post (example is in the attachment in first post):

  • NFO files for multi-part files are not seen by importer.

 

Thanks!

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