2012-08-20, 18:03
See posts #5 and #7 for solution
I have a somewhat unique set of circumstances which is making exporting my music library quite difficult.
I set up the library on my laptop, creating most of the fanarts myself as most of the artists in my library could not be found on htbackdrops. Now I want to export this library of fanart etc to my HTPC so I have all the fanart I slaved for months creating on that as well.
My folder set up is as follows:
Music folder -> Band name -> album name -> track1.mp3, track2.mp3, track3.mp3, etc (where tracks 1, 2, 3 are all the same artist)
EXCEPT for compilations and split EPs. In these cases it's organised as such:
Music folder -> Various artists -> Album name -> track1.mp3, track2.mp3, track3.mp3, etc (where tracks 1, 2, 3 etc are from more than one artist and the 'various artists' folder contains all of my compilations and splits)
I have tried exporting as separate .nfo, fanart.jpg and folder.jpg, and this works to a certain extent, however when an artist is only found on a compilation, XBMC exports it to the "various artists" folder, overwriting the last artist that was also not found anywhere else, and therefore I have not been able to get all my artists to export.
I reaaaaally don't want to have to move all my compilations to separate artist folders for each artist. Not only would it take a lot of effort to do, it would also serve absolutely no other purpose (and even be an annoyance - for example if I wanted to delete a compilation in the future, I would have to go through each artist's folder and delete each track one by one).
Surely there is there another way?!
The best solution would be if I could get XBMC to create the .nfo, fanart.jpg and folder.jpg files in a completely different folder with corresponding folders automatically. For example:
XBMC Music Fanart -> Artist name -> nfo, fanart.jpg, folder.jpg
I have a somewhat unique set of circumstances which is making exporting my music library quite difficult.
I set up the library on my laptop, creating most of the fanarts myself as most of the artists in my library could not be found on htbackdrops. Now I want to export this library of fanart etc to my HTPC so I have all the fanart I slaved for months creating on that as well.
My folder set up is as follows:
Music folder -> Band name -> album name -> track1.mp3, track2.mp3, track3.mp3, etc (where tracks 1, 2, 3 are all the same artist)
EXCEPT for compilations and split EPs. In these cases it's organised as such:
Music folder -> Various artists -> Album name -> track1.mp3, track2.mp3, track3.mp3, etc (where tracks 1, 2, 3 etc are from more than one artist and the 'various artists' folder contains all of my compilations and splits)
I have tried exporting as separate .nfo, fanart.jpg and folder.jpg, and this works to a certain extent, however when an artist is only found on a compilation, XBMC exports it to the "various artists" folder, overwriting the last artist that was also not found anywhere else, and therefore I have not been able to get all my artists to export.
I reaaaaally don't want to have to move all my compilations to separate artist folders for each artist. Not only would it take a lot of effort to do, it would also serve absolutely no other purpose (and even be an annoyance - for example if I wanted to delete a compilation in the future, I would have to go through each artist's folder and delete each track one by one).
Surely there is there another way?!
The best solution would be if I could get XBMC to create the .nfo, fanart.jpg and folder.jpg files in a completely different folder with corresponding folders automatically. For example:
XBMC Music Fanart -> Artist name -> nfo, fanart.jpg, folder.jpg
