2015-08-05, 11:35
I have just discovered Kodi and love it, especially how it indexed my movies with little/no input from me...
But someone asked how you find out if any movies were missing, and I found an add-on which showed me, and I found over 100 movies missing...
Many of these are my "collections", and I fear its down to my directory structure..
Typically, my movies live in:
/movies/library/<movie name dir>/<movie name>
But when I get a "collection" of movies (Where there is a series of sequals), I add "(Collection)" into the directory name.
Let me give you "Terminator" as an example..
My directory is:
/movie/library/Terminator (Collection) 1984-2009 BluRay 720p x264 aac
and the file names:
Terminator 1 1984-Converted with Hybrid.mp4
Terminator 2 1991 Judgment Day-Converted with Hybrid.mp4
Terminator 3 2003 Rise of Machines-Converted with Hybrid.mp4
Terminator 4 2009 Salvation-Converted with Hybrid.mp4
And all of these were indexed fine with no trouble.. And this is particulary impressive as Terminator films are either known as "Terminator 2" or "Judgment Day"... So with this in mind, you would think that my nameing stratgy works.
But the majority of my un-indexed movies are "collections" (atleast 10 sets) and I can't work out why some won't import.. Take for example "Back to the future".. now this is (or should be) an easy one:
My directory is:
/movies/library/Back to the Future (Collection) 1985-1990 BluRay 720p x264 aac multisub
And the names:
Back To The Future 1 - Converted to AC3.mp4
Back To The Future 2 - Converted to AC3.mp4
Back To The Future 3 - Converted to AC3.mp4
Initially, I could not get these to appear in my library.. Which is odd as this isn't a complex one.. But after a lot of fiddling (with the names) I managed to get them to import... BUT, this has led to a bigger problems.
In my library, I now have FOUR entries for "Back to the Future".. Each one points to a different movie, but the name/media info is the 1st film.
And now when I go into VIDEO -> FILE SYSTEM, and drill down into my "libary", the "Back To the Future" folder has changed to a movie and when I select it, it plays the first film.. I can't get into the directory as it thinks its a movie, not a folder...
So I can't even navigate into my file system to play one of the other movies.
If it was just Back to the Future, I would work it out.. But I have problems with most of my "collections".. I wonder if I should put each movie in its own folder? Perhaps that the solution?
Does anyone have any thoughts on how I handle this?
Jon
But someone asked how you find out if any movies were missing, and I found an add-on which showed me, and I found over 100 movies missing...
Many of these are my "collections", and I fear its down to my directory structure..
Typically, my movies live in:
/movies/library/<movie name dir>/<movie name>
But when I get a "collection" of movies (Where there is a series of sequals), I add "(Collection)" into the directory name.
Let me give you "Terminator" as an example..
My directory is:
/movie/library/Terminator (Collection) 1984-2009 BluRay 720p x264 aac
and the file names:
Terminator 1 1984-Converted with Hybrid.mp4
Terminator 2 1991 Judgment Day-Converted with Hybrid.mp4
Terminator 3 2003 Rise of Machines-Converted with Hybrid.mp4
Terminator 4 2009 Salvation-Converted with Hybrid.mp4
And all of these were indexed fine with no trouble.. And this is particulary impressive as Terminator films are either known as "Terminator 2" or "Judgment Day"... So with this in mind, you would think that my nameing stratgy works.
But the majority of my un-indexed movies are "collections" (atleast 10 sets) and I can't work out why some won't import.. Take for example "Back to the future".. now this is (or should be) an easy one:
My directory is:
/movies/library/Back to the Future (Collection) 1985-1990 BluRay 720p x264 aac multisub
And the names:
Back To The Future 1 - Converted to AC3.mp4
Back To The Future 2 - Converted to AC3.mp4
Back To The Future 3 - Converted to AC3.mp4
Initially, I could not get these to appear in my library.. Which is odd as this isn't a complex one.. But after a lot of fiddling (with the names) I managed to get them to import... BUT, this has led to a bigger problems.
In my library, I now have FOUR entries for "Back to the Future".. Each one points to a different movie, but the name/media info is the 1st film.
And now when I go into VIDEO -> FILE SYSTEM, and drill down into my "libary", the "Back To the Future" folder has changed to a movie and when I select it, it plays the first film.. I can't get into the directory as it thinks its a movie, not a folder...
So I can't even navigate into my file system to play one of the other movies.
If it was just Back to the Future, I would work it out.. But I have problems with most of my "collections".. I wonder if I should put each movie in its own folder? Perhaps that the solution?
Does anyone have any thoughts on how I handle this?
Jon