2013-01-25, 22:02
So my New Years resolution was to finally work on cleaning up my 1000+ movie collection. My goal is to have:
-All movies in a separate folder in the format movie_title (year)
-Local meta data in each folder including the nfo file, fanart, and poster images
-Have all artwork saved in high res, so it looks great on 1080p
My reasoning is that it will allow me to increase scraping speeds, easily add new media centers, and consistently have
To date I've moved all the movies into folders, and have an nfo file for each. Here are the remaining tasks that need to be done that I'm looking for advice to get done as painlessly as possible:
-Some of the folder names aren't correct (for example they have the wrong year) and need to be renamed based on the data in the nfo.
-Some of my posters and fanart are low res and look terrible in 1080p
On the renaming, I've tried using ember bulk renamer, but it must have an issue with the number of movies I have, because it only shows a grey screen when I launch it (1.3.0.7). If I didn't have this issue, I think ember would be perfect for this task.
On the artwork, I've tried deleting the artwork with small file sizes and using ember to scan for missing art. Unfortunately the result is more small size art. I can use MediaElch to scan an individual movie, and it seems to pull down high res art, but with 1000+ movies doing a manual refresh of each would be very painful.
Any thoughts on tools or tricks to help me finish my cleanup would be much appreciated!
-All movies in a separate folder in the format movie_title (year)
-Local meta data in each folder including the nfo file, fanart, and poster images
-Have all artwork saved in high res, so it looks great on 1080p
My reasoning is that it will allow me to increase scraping speeds, easily add new media centers, and consistently have
To date I've moved all the movies into folders, and have an nfo file for each. Here are the remaining tasks that need to be done that I'm looking for advice to get done as painlessly as possible:
-Some of the folder names aren't correct (for example they have the wrong year) and need to be renamed based on the data in the nfo.
-Some of my posters and fanart are low res and look terrible in 1080p
On the renaming, I've tried using ember bulk renamer, but it must have an issue with the number of movies I have, because it only shows a grey screen when I launch it (1.3.0.7). If I didn't have this issue, I think ember would be perfect for this task.
On the artwork, I've tried deleting the artwork with small file sizes and using ember to scan for missing art. Unfortunately the result is more small size art. I can use MediaElch to scan an individual movie, and it seems to pull down high res art, but with 1000+ movies doing a manual refresh of each would be very painful.
Any thoughts on tools or tricks to help me finish my cleanup would be much appreciated!