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Hi folks,

I'm having some problems with my XBMC setup, it's working pretty well but I do have a few issues with the library management that I can't figure out.

1) When it scans for library updates I frequently get "Could not download information" dialogs with yes/no options. Is there a way to default to "yes" ? Otherwise this becomes really annoying.

2) I have my tv shows set to scrape with TVDB plugin, but for some reason the xbmc.log is full of entries like this:
17:51:25 T:140007152862976 ERROR: PCRE: unmatched parentheses. Compilation failed at offset 36 in expression 'http://(?:www\.)?epguides\.com/[^/]+)'
It looks like it's going to epguides?!

3) How do you guys manage music videos and recordings? I have a bunch of live recordings, for example from Rock am Ring, and music videos, that don't show up in XBMC because it can't scrape the information. For example:
18:50:05 T:140643921811200 WARNING: No information found for item '/storage/videos/music/80s Top 40 Hits/Simple Minds -Don't you forget about me.avi', it won't be added to the library.
18:50:05 T:140643921811200 WARNING: No information found for item '/storage/videos/music/80s Top 40 Hits/Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 You.avi', it won't be added to the library.
18:50:05 T:140643921811200 WARNING: No information found for item '/storage/videos/music/80s Top 40 Hits/Soul II Soul - Back to life.avi', it won't be added to the library.
18:50:05 T:140643921811200 WARNING: No information found for item '/storage/videos/music/80s Top 40 Hits/Spandau Ballet - True.avi', it won't be added to the library.
18:50:05 T:140643921811200 WARNING: No information found for item '/storage/videos/music/80s Top 40 Hits/Starship - Nothing's gonna stop us now.avi', it won't be added to the library.
18:50:06 T:140643921811200 WARNING: No information found for item '/storage/videos/music/80s Top 40 Hits/Sydney Youngblood - If only I could.avi', it won't be added to the library.

I would like these files added to the library regardless, even if it's just a stock icon with no information, at least I know what it is and could play it.

Any advice is much appreciated Smile
Try an advancedsettings.xml entry to ignore errors while scanning videos. This prevents the error box so you don't have to keep hitting yes to keep scanning.

Code:
<videoscanner>
          <ignoreerrors>true</ignoreerrors>
     </videoscanner>
Thanks mate, that's exactly what I was looking for!