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Casterina · 2012-12-20, 12:48

I'm new to XBMC, I have built my HTPC today and would like to setup XBMC, can someone link me to a tutorial on how to please,

Thanks

bimme · (This post was last modified: 2012-12-20, 13:44 by bimme.)

http://wiki.xbmc.org/

u will find a getting startet guide and all How-to´s in the wiki.

xbmc gui is easy to understand, if u have problems or questions feel free to ask

Casterina · 2012-12-20, 15:08

I have few questions to ask,

1. How do I separate my Movies and TV Shows in XBMC?

2. How do I gather the video file cover and information?

**jjd-uk** · 2012-12-20, 15:29

Also take a look at http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=129826

Linked is a user produced guide for Eden but the steps for getting started should be the same for Frodo.

Casterina · 2012-12-20, 16:12

(2012-12-20, 15:29)jjd-uk Wrote: Also take a look at http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=129826

Linked is a user produced guide for Eden but the steps for getting started should be the same for Frodo.

Should I install XBMC or Frodo?

**steelman1991** · (This post was last modified: 2012-12-20, 16:16 by steelman1991.)

They are one in the same - Frodo and Eden are names of xbmc builds

Eden - Current stable
Frodo - at Release Candidate stage.

Depends how adventurous you are - if HD Audio is a priority, then you have no option it has to be Frodo

Casterina · (This post was last modified: 2012-12-20, 16:26 by Casterina.)

(2012-12-20, 16:14)steelman1991 Wrote: They are one in the same - Frodo and Eden are names of xbmc builds

Eden - Current stable
Frodo - at Release Candidate stage.

Depends how adventurous you are - if HD Audio is a priority, then you have no option it has to be Frodo

Eden don't have HD audio? Frodo have any bugs at the moment?

Also should I separate my Movies and TV Shows in a different folder in Windows?

**thethirdnut** · 2012-12-20, 16:33

Put movies and TV in separate folders as well.

**steelman1991** · 2012-12-20, 16:39

(2012-12-20, 16:25)Casterina Wrote:
(2012-12-20, 16:14)steelman1991 Wrote: They are one in the same - Frodo and Eden are names of xbmc builds

Eden - Current stable
Frodo - at Release Candidate stage.

Depends how adventurous you are - if HD Audio is a priority, then you have no option it has to be Frodo
Eden don't have HD audio? Frodo have any bugs at the moment?

Also should I separate my Movies and TV Shows in a different folder in Windows?

Not natively it doesn't - Frodo i would have to say isn't stable in the slightest - and is far from the finished article. Still at RC1, but I'm sure the devs are working feverishly in the background to recitfy the issues.

Seperate folders - definitely

Malosar · 2012-12-20, 18:37

In my opinion, the best structure is definitely folders. It allows for much easier matching, you can do what you want with the filenames, makes stacking easier, custom artwork easier etc.

Movies
----> Movie Name (year)
--------> movie.name.year.bluray.1080p.dts.mkv

TV Shows
----> TV show name (year)
--------> Season 1
------------> tv.show.name.s01e01.dvdrip.avi
------------> tv.show.name.s01e02.dvdrip.avi
--------> Season 2
------------> tv.show.name.s02e01.dvdrip.avi
------------> tv.show.name.s02e02.dvdrip.avi

For the sources, I have the Movies folder as a single source as that's always being updated. You want that included in scans. For TV shows I have each show as a source as I can then exclude certain ones from scans. There's not going to be anymore episodes of Firefly or Stargate SG-1 so why scan the folders and waste time? Once a TV show is complete, I turn on exclude from scans.