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Nfo file with multiple movies - dcsmith - 2017-05-12
I have several dvds that have multiple movies and would like to make nfos for them so they appear in the movies section. How can I do this?
RE: Nfo file with multiple movies - Karellen - 2017-05-12
What is a "devs"?
There are a number of programs available that will help create nfo's. This is the one I use... http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=142723
Also not sure what you mean by "so they appear in the movies section"?
The nfo's files themselves won't show in Kodi. You can't navigate to them or run them in Kodi. It is a file that Kodi reads once and loads the information into it's database.
Is there something wrong with running "Update Library" in kodi to scrape movies into the library?
RE: Nfo file with multiple movies - dcsmith - 2017-05-12
The issue is I only know how to have 1file point to 1movie,not multiple movies
RE: Nfo file with multiple movies - Wimpie - 2017-05-12
As far as I know, this is not possible.
There is a workround. You can make 2 directories, one for each movie, and copy the dvd in both of them (so you have 2 copies of the dvd on your NAS, one in movie A, and the other in movie B).
RE: Nfo file with multiple movies - nickr - 2017-05-13
Rather than wasting space with two copies, why not use a symlink?
Or better still use makemkv to rip the titles to separate mkv files. Much tidier.
RE: Nfo file with multiple movies - DaVu - 2017-05-13
Would be interesting how the authoring of those DVDs is done. Even if using symlinks and if the specific movies are listed correctly, it should be hard to start that specific movie if it's (for example) the 2nd movie on that DVD.
RE: Nfo file with multiple movies - nickr - 2017-05-15
All it would do is start the DVD, you would then need to choose from the DVD menu.
RE: Nfo file with multiple movies - DaVu - 2017-05-16
That's what I'm talking about. It will start the DVD, If the first movie is "Avatar" and the 2nd movie is "Alien" then it will always either start the menu (if there is one) or it will start "Avatar" even if the movie chosen from the library is "Alien" as "Avatar" is the first movie on that DVD.
So multiple movies on a DVD ISO won't be the way I would handle my movies.
RE: Nfo file with multiple movies - Wimpie - 2017-05-16
Is there a way to start, from an addon, the correct movie on a DVD?
With bluray, you can start the wanted mpls through: bluray://[udf://[path to iso]/]/BDMV/PLAYLIST/00000.mpls
I have tried some things, but found nothing usefull in the logs.
Does someone know a way to specify a video on a DVD?
RE: Nfo file with multiple movies - nickr - 2017-05-16
Just rip them to separate files! Save yourself a whole lot of bother.
RE: Nfo file with multiple movies - atlind01 - 2017-05-16
(2017-05-12, 22:01)dcsmith Wrote: The issue is I only know how to have 1file point to 1movie,not multiple movies
You need to be more specific about your situation, Typically when you rip the movies from DVD it will create multiple files. Infact the actually file structure of DVDs will be have multiple vidoes files even if its a single movie and the .TS files will have the table content including the chapter information.
There are plenty of tools available that will help you to split them into individual movie files.
RE: Nfo file with multiple movies - nickr - 2017-05-17
MakeMKV is the best.
RE: Nfo file with multiple movies - Wimpie - 2017-05-17
(2017-05-16, 21:58)nickr Wrote: Just rip them to separate files! Save yourself a whole lot of bother.
Point is, I want to bother...
When I have 'finished' my addon for blurays (the service addon works, I'm writing a GUI for making the 'config' files ATM), I want to make the same for DVD's (if possible).
It seems that no individual video info on a DVD is exposed by Kodi. I need that (do you know?).
Thanks.
RE: Nfo file with multiple movies - nickr - 2017-05-17
Yes I am unsure if you can tell Kodi to play a particular title. Would a bookmark work?
RE: Nfo file with multiple movies - Wimpie - 2017-05-18
Maybe.
If there is a bookmark listitem, and Kodi starts the video on that bookmark (using xbmc.player.play()), then this could work. But I need to test.