[thica]

Hello all,

I am currently using a different mediacenter und I am thinking about changing to XBMC Dharma.

Currently, I have a all my Miovie/TV-Show and Music information stored in a database and I am generating the NFOs/XML descriptions for my MC on the fly.

I would like to use (XBMC specific) NFOs for XBMC as well so I browsed to the wiki and some FAQs, but some questions are left.

-- Movies --

1) NFO Location:

It is described, that the "moviename.nfo" needs to be in the same directory as the movie. Somewhere I read, that this is not necessary anymore with Dharma, but I did not find anything in the change log. I would prefer to store all my movie NFOs in a single directory to avoid placing application specific files in my media library. Is this possible with Dharma now?

2) Fanart:

I have fanarts for all my movies in a separate directory, so I need to link to them in the "moviename.nfo" file. Currently, In the wiki , there is just one line documented:

Code:

<thumb>http://ia.ec.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/25/65/31/10f.jpg</thumb>

I have seen somewhere other options in movie.nfo's but none of them are documented.

Question: Is it possible to assign a fanart/Backdrop image file in a movie.nfo file and how is the correct syntax?

3) Movie Identification:

In a movie.nfo:

Code:

<id>tt0432337</id>>

Is this restricted to IMDB or can this a OFDB ID as well?

4) Missing Information in nfos

If some information are not provided within a nfo (eg Runtime), will those then collected from the media or online.
Is the correct syntax an empty tag or do I need to remoce the complete tag?

-- TV-Shows --

5) NFO Location:

Same questions as for movies.

6) Fanart & Banner:

There are some more option in the wicki for TV - Shows, but no explanation of the specific options.

I use a Backdrop-File for the TV-Show and a Banner File for each season. How is the syntax to assign them in a TV-Show NFO File?

Code:

<thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/graphical/73388-g3.jpg</thumb>
    <thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/graphical/73388-g2.jpg</thumb>
    <thumb type="season" season="1">http://thetvdb.com/banners/seasons/73388-1.jpg</thumb>
    <thumb type="season" season="0">http://thetvdb.com/banners/seasons/73388-0.jpg</thumb>
    <thumb type="season" season="2">http://thetvdb.com/banners/seasons/73388-2.jpg</thumb>
    <thumb type="season" season="-1">http://thetvdb.com/banners/posters/73388-1.jpg</thumb>
    <fanart url="http://thetvdb.com/banners/">
        <thumb dim="1920x1080" colors="|183,185,161|51,51,51|206,205,185|" preview="_cache/fanart/original/73388-6.jpg">fanart/original/73388-6.jpg</thumb>
        <thumb dim="1280x720" colors="|255,255,240|101,141,117|129,132,123|" preview="_cache/fanart/original/73388-1.jpg">fanart/original/73388-1.jpg</thumb>
    </fanart>

-- Music --

For my Music Library I have Backdrops for most of my Artists, some special Backdrops for selected Albums.

Currently I can assign artist backdrops and albuim backdrops. If no Album Backdrop is available, the Artist Backdrop will be used (if it is not a sampler), If no Backdrop is given, a default backdrop is used.

If I browse through a sampler, the backdrop is changed to the current artist from the songlist.

Is there any way to archive this using nfos? And where do I need to place the nfos?

I know, a lot of questions, but maybe someon can help me...


Greetings from Germany!

Thica