[ilomambo]

I have some DTS files, encapsulated into WAV files.
I am trying to supply the information so they can be added to Kodi's Music Library and I don't have to play them from 'Files'
But so far I haven't succeed in making Kodi read the Album.nfo file I made.
The directory looks like this:

Directory of Z:\DTS Music\Al Stewart - Year Of Cat (DTS-CD)

08/07/2014 01:39 <DIR> .
21/12/2012 21:21 <DIR> ..
07/02/2010 18:39 52,571,948 01. Al Stewart - Lord Grenville.wav
07/02/2010 18:39 35,385,884 02. Al Stewart - On The Border.wav
07/02/2010 18:39 33,417,260 03. Al Stewart - Midas Shadow.wav
07/02/2010 18:39 32,344,748 04. Al Stewart - Sand In Your Shoes.wav
07/02/2010 18:39 47,519,852 05. Al Stewart - If It Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave It.wav
07/02/2010 18:39 46,101,596 06. Al Stewart - Flying Sorcery.wav
07/02/2010 18:39 41,755,100 07. Al Stewart - Broadway Hotel.wav
07/02/2010 18:39 49,159,196 08. Al Stewart - One Stage Before.wav
07/02/2010 18:39 70,378,940 09. Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat.wav
07/02/2010 18:39 40,327,436 10. Al Stewart - On The Border (Live).wav
07/02/2010 18:39 37,100,492 11. Al Stewart - Belsize Blues.wav
19/12/2012 04:46 125 Album.nfo
07/02/2010 19:38 362,424 Al_Stewart - Year Of The Cat - DTS.jpg
07/02/2010 19:39 23,244 folder.jpg
04/02/2011 00:07 8,192 Thumbs.db
15 File(s) 486,456,437 bytes
2 Dir(s) 356,323,749,888 bytes free

The Album.nfo file has only this one line:

http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/3698...recordings



(The actual link if you want to follow: http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/3698...recordings)
From the 'Files' screen under Music I try 'Scan this item to library' but it never shows up in the library afterwards.

Is this the way to use Album.nfo files?
What should I do to succesfully incorporate these files into the library DB?

I have been trying to do this since XBMC Frodo without success.

[Fail$tyle420]

These are exported from kodi and slightly edited to my preference. Artist.nfo:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<artist>
    <name>3 Doors Down</name>
    <musicBrainzArtistID>2386cd66-e923-4e8e-bf14-2eebe2e9b973</musicBrainzArtistID>
    <genre>Alternative Rock</genre>
    <yearsactive>1990s - 2010s</yearsactive>
    <born></born>
    <formed>Escatawpa, Mississippi, USA (1996)</formed>
    <biography>3 Doors Down is an American rock band from Escatawpa, Mississippi formed in 1996. Since 1998 the band consists of lead vocalist Brad Arnold, lead guitarist Chet Roberts, bass guitarist Todd Harrell and rhythm guitarist Chris Henderson. Their current drummer and percussionist is Greg Upchurch who has been with the band since 2005.&#x0A;&#x0A;The band rose to international fame with their first single, &quot;Kryptonite&quot;, which charted in the top three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The band then signed onto Republic Records and released their debut album, The Better Life, in 2000. The album was the 11th-best-selling album of the year and was certified 6x platinum in the United States. Their second album, Away from the Sun, (2002) continued the band&apos;s success; it debuted at #8 on the Billboard 200 chart and went multi-platinum in the United States like its predecessor. The band followed it up by extensive touring for two years before releasing their third album, Seventeen Days, in 2005. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified platinum within its first month of release. Their fourth, self-titled album, 3 Doors Down, also debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The band&apos;s fifth studio album, Time of My Life, was released on July 19, 2011.&#x0A;&#x0A;The band often performs more than 300 concerts a year and has shared the stage with artists such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Megadeth, Staind, Nickelback, Alter Bridge, Breaking Benjamin, Seether, Shinedown, Hinder, Mentors, ZZ Top, and Daughtry. Since the start of their career, 3 Doors Down have sold over 20 million albums worldwide.</biography>
    <died></died>
    <disbanded></disbanded>
    <album>
        <title></title>
        <year></year>
    </album>
</artist>

Album.nfo:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<album>
    <title>Away From the Sun</title>
    <musicBrainzAlbumID>6fc2c148-58d4-4120-842c-a56d8c961ae9</musicBrainzAlbumID>
    <artist>3 Doors Down</artist>
    <review>Away from the Sun is the second studio album by American rock band 3 Doors Down, released on November 12, 2002. The singles released for the album were as follows: &quot;When I&apos;m Gone&quot;, &quot;The Road I&apos;m On&quot;, &quot;Here Without You&quot; and &quot;Away from the Sun&quot;. Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson produced three songs for the record: &quot;Dangerous Game&quot;, &quot;Dead Love&quot; and &quot;Wasted Me&quot;. Lifeson also performed on one of the tracks as well as performing live with the band during their premiere party in Biloxi for Away from the Sun. The album has sold four million copies worldwide, including well over three million in the US alone.</review>
    <releasedate>11-12-2002</releasedate>
    <label>Republic Records</label>
    <year>2002</year>
    <albumArtistCredits>
        <artist>3 Doors Down</artist>
        <musicBrainzArtistID>2386cd66-e923-4e8e-bf14-2eebe2e9b973</musicBrainzArtistID>
        <joinphrase></joinphrase>
        <featuring>3 Doors Down</featuring>
    </albumArtistCredits>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>When I&apos;m Gone</title>
        <position>1</position>
        <duration>00:00</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Away From the Sun</title>
        <position>2</position>
        <duration>03:53</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>The Road I&apos;m On</title>
        <position>3</position>
        <duration>00:00</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Ticket to Heaven</title>
        <position>4</position>
        <duration>03:27</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Running Out of Days</title>
        <position>5</position>
        <duration>03:31</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Here Without You</title>
        <position>6</position>
        <duration>03:58</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>I Feel You</title>
        <position>7</position>
        <duration>04:07</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Dangerous Game</title>
        <position>8</position>
        <duration>03:36</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Changes</title>
        <position>9</position>
        <duration>03:56</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Going Down in Flames</title>
        <position>10</position>
        <duration>03:28</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Sarah Yellin&apos;</title>
        <position>11</position>
        <duration>00:00</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>This Time</title>
        <position>12</position>
        <duration>05:18</duration>
    </track>
    <releasetype>album</releasetype>
</album>

[ilomambo]

The link in my Album.nfo is from Musicbrainz, this details page

If this is not the link for Kodi, where in musicbrainz should I link to ?

Fail$tyle420, for your 3 Door Down Album, musicbrainz has this XML for "Away from the Sun", from this details page.

The files you posted are in the format specified by Kodi in the Wiki, if you write your own NFO files.

I am being lazy and don't want to do the work, because I have many DTS formatted Albums. According to Kodi Wiki there is another way: to provide a link to the Album page in the Album.nfo file.

But it seems to be the link I use from Musicbrainz is not the correct one (I tried also the link to the album page itself with no success)

If someone has succeeded using the link option in Album.nfo, please post one example or some words of explanation.

[scott967]

What does your debug log show when you attempt to scan/scrape the album?

scott s.
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[ilomambo]

Scott, I copied some lines before and after, but basically is the lines in 09:58:15 and 09:58:16

09:58:05 T:420 NOTICE: Previous line repeats 1 times.
09:58:05 T:420 NOTICE: Thread BackgroundLoader start, auto delete: false
09:58:15 T:5772 NOTICE: Thread MusicInfoScanner start, auto delete: false
09:58:15 T:5676 NOTICE: Thread MusicFileCounter start, auto delete: false
09:58:16 T:5772 NOTICE: My Music: Scanning for music info using worker thread, operation took 00:00
09:58:16 T:5872 NOTICE: Thread BackgroundLoader start, auto delete: false
09:58:25 T:6044 NOTICE: Previous line repeats 1 times.

As mentioned, I did not see the album and its tracks added to the library afterwards.