2011-12-07, 19:51
Hi, all. Newbie to XBMC here.
I've tried searching the web (and even looked at the XBMC wiki) on how to turn on Library Mode in my XBMC. At least that's what I *think* I want to do. According to the wiki, this is what I need to do to turn it on:
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Turn on the Library
Assuming you are using the default skin, Confluence, from the videos screen, to turn on the Library, click left once to pull up the Side Menu. Then scroll down and click "Library Mode".
All done! You now have a beautiful Library full of all your great movies, complete with titles, fanart and tons of metadata information.
Now that you have followed the guide above you should be able to figure out how to put your TV Shows and Music into the Library. To do so, simply follow this guide again (but, of course, select choices appropriate to your goal. For example, select "Music" if you want to add music).
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That's all well and good, but if I can't seem to find a "side menu" other than clicking on the little icon that opens one on the right (and it's empty).
Here's what I'm trying to do...
I have about 150 movies in a shared folder, and I had gathered all information for them via YAMMM. The DVD covers show up, but when I click on one it goes to a screen that shows the cover and a file directory. It doesn't show any information about the movie, year, etc.
What I want to do is have a system where, when I click on a movie, it goes to an info screen that shows all of the movie information along with some type of "play" button you can click on/select to run the movie. From what I've found I assume this is all included in "library mode".
Anyway, any help would be appreciated!
BTW--using default confluence skin at the moment.
I've tried searching the web (and even looked at the XBMC wiki) on how to turn on Library Mode in my XBMC. At least that's what I *think* I want to do. According to the wiki, this is what I need to do to turn it on:
------
Turn on the Library
Assuming you are using the default skin, Confluence, from the videos screen, to turn on the Library, click left once to pull up the Side Menu. Then scroll down and click "Library Mode".
All done! You now have a beautiful Library full of all your great movies, complete with titles, fanart and tons of metadata information.
Now that you have followed the guide above you should be able to figure out how to put your TV Shows and Music into the Library. To do so, simply follow this guide again (but, of course, select choices appropriate to your goal. For example, select "Music" if you want to add music).
------
That's all well and good, but if I can't seem to find a "side menu" other than clicking on the little icon that opens one on the right (and it's empty).
Here's what I'm trying to do...
I have about 150 movies in a shared folder, and I had gathered all information for them via YAMMM. The DVD covers show up, but when I click on one it goes to a screen that shows the cover and a file directory. It doesn't show any information about the movie, year, etc.
What I want to do is have a system where, when I click on a movie, it goes to an info screen that shows all of the movie information along with some type of "play" button you can click on/select to run the movie. From what I've found I assume this is all included in "library mode".
Anyway, any help would be appreciated!
BTW--using default confluence skin at the moment.