I've got XBMC 12.2. I've re-installed, re-configured, re-enabled the Global Search plugin, re-added movies to my library, re-run the Library Update Program plugin, all to no avail. When I start XBMC and go to that Global Search field, or when I go to the actual folder with the files and click on the Search sidebar menu, it always says that nothing has been found. I'm sure there is a simple solution, I'm just not seeing it.
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You've confirmed that your movies are actually in your library (i.e., MOVIES > Titles or VIDEOS > Library > Titles lists your movies)?
(2013-10-27, 20:20)artrafael Wrote: [ -> ]Welcome to the XBMC forums.
You've confirmed that your movies are actually in your library (i.e., MOVIES > Titles or VIDEOS > Library > Titles lists your movies)?
Not at first, but I now put some of them under "Movies -> Videos -> Library", restarted XBMC, refreshed the library, still same thing.
Post a screenshot that shows the movies actually in the Library (not merely an OS file manager view). Also your "2" only shows a scan taking place; it doesn't mean that the scan was successful in adding anything to your library.
(2013-10-28, 00:25)artrafael Wrote: [ -> ]Post a screenshot that shows the movies actually in the Library (not merely an OS file manager view). Also your "2" only shows a scan taking place; it doesn't mean that the scan was successful in adding anything to your library.
I got the "Get Info" screenshot, maybe it's clearer now.
This confirms that the 4 files are in Movies/Videos/Library:
From the console, showing the exact location of the files:
(2013-10-28, 02:23)Pizza Wrote: [ -> ]This confirms that the 4 files are in Movies/Videos/Library:
nope, not at all.
if you're in the xbmc library, it would display 'Videos - Title' at the top
Ok, I think I'm getting somewhere, but it's totally different from my understanding of a Global search.
I've just renamed one of my small video files to "Murder on the orient express". I don't have that movie, but the scraper found the file and considered it to be that exact 1974 movie. But, of course, once I click on it, my original video comes up. This is definitely not what I expected. Is there a way Global Search would just scan my library for file names and then match them to the search terms, like a regular search?
nope, globalsearch doesn't use filenames.
it uses the titles as they show up in the xbmc library.
(2013-10-28, 03:00)ronie Wrote: [ -> ]nope, globalsearch doesn't use filenames.
it uses the titles as they show up in the xbmc library.
Ok, but it doesn't pick up 'house' or 'roof', or 'build', but picks up 'express' (because I renamed it) and gives me that file.
(2013-10-28, 03:03)Pizza Wrote: [ -> ] (2013-10-28, 03:00)ronie Wrote: [ -> ]nope, globalsearch doesn't use filenames.
it uses the titles as they show up in the xbmc library.
Ok, but it doesn't pick up 'house' or 'roof', or 'build', but picks up 'express' (because I renamed it) and gives me that file.
exactly
it searches your library and finds 'murder on the orient express'. so that's a match.
you don't have any movies in your library that contain 'house' or 'roof', or 'build', so it can't find those.
(2013-10-28, 03:12)ronie Wrote: [ -> ] (2013-10-28, 03:03)Pizza Wrote: [ -> ] (2013-10-28, 03:00)ronie Wrote: [ -> ]nope, globalsearch doesn't use filenames.
it uses the titles as they show up in the xbmc library.
Ok, but it doesn't pick up 'house' or 'roof', or 'build', but picks up 'express' (because I renamed it) and gives me that file.
exactly
it searches your library and finds 'murder on the orient express'. so that's a match.
you don't have any movies in your library that contain 'house' or 'roof', or 'build', so it can't find those.
Ok, so how can I get XBMC to scan the files in a given folder(s) and search that directory?
The "Library" you've been referring to is just your directory that you created within your "/Users/lbt/Movies/Videos/" folder. I'm talking about the actual XBMC Library and you had nothing in it until post #7 when you added those two titles to it.
(2013-10-28, 03:19)Pizza Wrote: [ -> ]Ok, so how can I get XBMC to scan the files in a given folder(s) and search that directory?
See this wiki topic:
Video management (wiki)
Especially items 1, 2 and 4.
(2013-10-28, 03:29)artrafael Wrote: [ -> ] (2013-10-28, 03:19)Pizza Wrote: [ -> ]Ok, so how can I get XBMC to scan the files in a given folder(s) and search that directory?
See this wiki topic: Video management (wiki)
Especially items 1, 2 and 4.
Yep - I think I got it - I installed the justUseFilename scraper here -
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Vid...tom_videos. Thanks, man. Everything works as it should now.