Hey all...
did a REALLY idiot thing a LONG time ago and saved info for kodi to my 12TB NAS and now I have files I didn't mean to put there not really understanding what I was doing.
I now would like to clean house and am looking for help instead of manually doing it via wildcard searches maybe someone with more brains than me can give me some tips..
here is the layout for the info to media [on each found file] does anyone have some help for me please?
------ 17 Dec 2015 17:10 873922 breakfast.club.[1985]-fanart.jpg
------ 17 Dec 2015 17:10 279313 breakfast.club.[1985]-landscape.jpg
------ 17 Dec 2015 17:10 44661 breakfast.club.[1985]-logo.png
------ 17 Dec 2015 17:10 654361 breakfast.club.[1985]-poster.jpg
------ 10 Dec 2009 02:05 734185472 breakfast.club.[1985].avi
------ 23 Jan 2016 18:05 6401 breakfast.club.[1985].nfo
thanking in advance for anything THANKS!!!!
maybe some nice tips on what's the latest cleanest way to store the info for my media.
(2022-08-09, 07:43)novellguy Wrote: [ -> ]saved info for kodi to my 12TB NAS and now I have files I didn't mean to put there
Not really following. What files do you have on your NAS that you don't want there?
The files you show are media files, exactly the files that should be on a NAS so they can be shared.
Best way to store your media? Check out this guide. The images should be informative...
Videos...
https://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Create_Video_Library
Music...
https://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Create_Music_Library
Also
breakfast.club.[1985]-logo.png should be
breakfast.club.[1985]-clearlogo.png
(2022-08-09, 07:43)novellguy Wrote: [ -> ]maybe some nice tips on what's the latest cleanest way to store the info for my media.
The .jpg files for the various fanart are not really necessary on the NAS, as all is already stored in thumbnails on your local Kodi device.
The .nfo files I would keep (for now), as it contains all scraped metadata on the movie/tvshow such as movie plot, actors, etcetera, and it can also contain the watched/resume statuses of the video when you do a regular video library export (without the fanart graphics).
If you have a proper NAS that also has SSH terminal backdoor access, you could remove all the .jpg files with just one line of text on the command line... But that is for the more experienced user.
(2022-08-09, 08:12)Klojum Wrote: [ -> ]The .jpg files for the various fanart are not really necessary on the NAS, as all is already stored in thumbnails on your local Kodi device.
Ooh I am surprised with that comment and I completely disagree with it.
I think the OP has it correct, nfo files and original artwork as a backup for the library.
Deleting the artwork will only cause problems now and in future.
Now because the 24 hour cache check will slowly delete the artwork in the library if the original artwork is deleted
In future because the nfo files may have dead artwork links which means no artwork.
Keep the artwork.
I am just a bit confused why the OP thinks it is wrong to keep the media files on the NAS.
(2022-08-09, 08:17)Karellen Wrote: [ -> ]I am just a bit confused why the OP thinks it is wrong to keep the media files on the NAS.
Hey Karellen thanks for taking the time to answer [appreciated]...
I am not saying it's wrong I just want a cleaner way of having the nfo for the media in a different way as I am still confused after ALL the years of using Kodi what's the beat way to store media [do I have separate dirs for every movie, do I have collections under one sub dir etc..]
Still not sure so wanna keep that stuff away when I change the file structure of my media.
Hope I am not being too.. stupid :/
Thnaks
No, not being stupid. I just didn't fully understand the question. I do now.
First, how many movies do you have? As a general guide don't add all your movies to one Source.
I have mine split into Bluray, DVD's and TV Recordings, but you are free to split anyway you want.
Definitely use Movie Folders.
Yes, you can group movies belonging to a collection into a movie set subdirectory.
Make sure you add your Movie Set Information Folder for the movie set artwork...
https://kodi.wiki/view/Movie_set_information_folder
Install Artwork Dump and it will download original artwork for you each time you scrape a new movie...
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=360078
(2022-08-09, 09:55)Karellen Wrote: [ -> ]No, not being stupid. I just didn't fully understand the question. I do now.
First, how many movies do you have? As a general guide don't add all your movies to one Source.
I have mine split into Bluray, DVD's and TV Recordings, but you are free to split anyway you want.
Definitely use Movie Folders.
Yes, you can group movies belonging to a collection into a movie set subdirectory.
Make sure you add your Movie Set Information Folder for the movie set artwork... https://kodi.wiki/view/Movie_set_information_folder
Install Artwork Dump and it will download original artwork for you each time you scrape a new movie... https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=360078
thanks for this info, if I use this logic for a TV series say something like Star Trek would you have a root folder called Star Trek and then the series names underneath or is it Star Trek - series name for each series?
will look into the links you have mentioned
may I please get clarification on your statement "
As a general guide don't add all your movies to one Source" what is this term "source" please
thank you for your time...
(2022-08-09, 10:38)novellguy Wrote: [ -> ]if I use this logic for a TV series say something like Star Trek would you have a root folder called Star Trek and then the series names underneath or is it Star Trek - series name for each series?
TV Series are not as flexible as for movies. It is quite a bit stricter.
For TV Series you mus have...
Source > TV Series No subfolders with more tv shows.
Sure, you can have one Source that holds all your Star Trek shows if you like. There certainly is enough of them now.
The Source is the parent folder that contains your movies or TV shows. It is this parent folder that you add to Kodi as the Source or the path that Kodi searches for the media.
If you look at the first image in green here...
https://kodi.wiki/view/Naming_video_files/Movies it shows the layout.
For tv shows it is here...
https://kodi.wiki/view/Naming_video_files/TV_shows
Then that Source folder is added to Kodi as shown here...
https://kodi.wiki/view/Adding_video_sources
Then Kodi will search the Source folders looking for media to add to your library.
Also, never mix media. ie, don't mix tv shows, movies, music in one source. All need to be separate.
(2022-08-09, 10:48)Karellen Wrote: [ -> ]Also, never mix media. ie, don't mix tv shows, movies, music in one source. All need to be separate.
Understood, and thank you
You have give me a lot to read and digest.
I will use this new information to start again on a laptop and test
As to the opening question I do not see a way out other than manual !!!! as I am scared to loose something so check and delete for years to come in my future
thank you once again for giving me your valuable time
have a great day further
(2022-08-09, 10:58)novellguy Wrote: [ -> ]As to the opening question I do not see a way out other than manual
What do you have there. Do you just have all your video files, artwork, nfo files for different movies all loose in one folder?
I wonder if one of the Media Managers can do that. I also think
filebot does exactly that.
Maybe others can help