2011-07-28, 02:00
First of all, I've got a small-medium sized movie library, ~ 200 items.
It's a mixed bunch of movies, some are DVD format, some are MKV, some are M4V, some are AVI, lots of different movies and formats.
My files/folders are arranged as so:
\\MEDIASERVER\Movies\2 Fast 2 Furious\2 Fast 2 Furious (2003).mkv
\\MEDIASERVER\Movies2\Borat\VIDEO_TS
\\MEDIASERVER\Kid Movies\Nancy Drew (2007)\Nancy Drew.avi
As you can see, they vary widely. Each movie is separated into its own folder, than the contents are placed inside that. Some movies have only a single MKV, M4V or AVI file inside the folder.
Some are the DVD or BDMV format.
For whatever reason, any of the DVD or BDMV I have stored in their native format, works perfectly fine. They all have cover art and all of their various details. The "single file" movies do not get cover art/fan art pulled for them, they have other details. (Plot, Resolution, Sound Track, etc) but no cover art, just a smushed thumbnail of the movie.
Why? My TV Shows are all mixed MKVs and AVIs and they work perfectly. (Probably the best I've ever seen)
How come the DVDs/BDMVs work? Also, it seems like some items are not showing up in my library when I add the folders? Where can I look to see if it is having some sort of problem that needs to be addressed?
As far as the rest of the details go:
PC : Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 / Radeon HD 5570 / 4GB Memory / Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit / XBMC 10.1 Git:e9e9099 (Compiled Mar 8 2011).
The HTPC is connected to my home theater using HDMI and controlled by a Windows MCE Remote, everything else seems to work perfectly. Just about 2/3 of my movies do not have cover art or fan art.
The movies are stored on a Windows 7 PC that acts as my "mediaserver", XBMC accesses all of the movies using SMB. There are three different movie shares, movies, movies2 and kid movies. Movies and Movies2 are not organized in any specific way, they're just two folders on two different drives. Kid movies has specific sorted "kid" movies in it. It also has a combination of DVD and MKV/AVI files.
Hopefully someone can offer some assistance, I'm greatly enjoying XBMC so far and would like to use it to its fullest extent.
It's a mixed bunch of movies, some are DVD format, some are MKV, some are M4V, some are AVI, lots of different movies and formats.
My files/folders are arranged as so:
\\MEDIASERVER\Movies\2 Fast 2 Furious\2 Fast 2 Furious (2003).mkv
\\MEDIASERVER\Movies2\Borat\VIDEO_TS
\\MEDIASERVER\Kid Movies\Nancy Drew (2007)\Nancy Drew.avi
As you can see, they vary widely. Each movie is separated into its own folder, than the contents are placed inside that. Some movies have only a single MKV, M4V or AVI file inside the folder.
Some are the DVD or BDMV format.
For whatever reason, any of the DVD or BDMV I have stored in their native format, works perfectly fine. They all have cover art and all of their various details. The "single file" movies do not get cover art/fan art pulled for them, they have other details. (Plot, Resolution, Sound Track, etc) but no cover art, just a smushed thumbnail of the movie.
Why? My TV Shows are all mixed MKVs and AVIs and they work perfectly. (Probably the best I've ever seen)
How come the DVDs/BDMVs work? Also, it seems like some items are not showing up in my library when I add the folders? Where can I look to see if it is having some sort of problem that needs to be addressed?
As far as the rest of the details go:
PC : Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 / Radeon HD 5570 / 4GB Memory / Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit / XBMC 10.1 Git:e9e9099 (Compiled Mar 8 2011).
The HTPC is connected to my home theater using HDMI and controlled by a Windows MCE Remote, everything else seems to work perfectly. Just about 2/3 of my movies do not have cover art or fan art.
The movies are stored on a Windows 7 PC that acts as my "mediaserver", XBMC accesses all of the movies using SMB. There are three different movie shares, movies, movies2 and kid movies. Movies and Movies2 are not organized in any specific way, they're just two folders on two different drives. Kid movies has specific sorted "kid" movies in it. It also has a combination of DVD and MKV/AVI files.
Hopefully someone can offer some assistance, I'm greatly enjoying XBMC so far and would like to use it to its fullest extent.
