(2022-01-02, 22:16)Diamond Dog Wrote: I enter the files section, browse the path and assign everything as music videos.  It doesn't seem to stick as whe it completes, it shows the same screen where it presents "enter files section" or "Remove this main menu item"

(2022-01-02, 23:33)Karellen Wrote:

(2022-01-02, 22:16)Diamond Dog Wrote: I enter the files section, browse the path and assign everything as music videos.  It doesn't seem to stick as whe it completes, it shows the same screen where it presents "enter files section" or "Remove this main menu item"

So, you select Music Videos on the home screen, then you select Enter Files section.
You already see a list of your Sources? How many Sources for music videos do you have?
You then select a Source, call up the Context Menu and select Set Content.
You choose Music Video and which scraper- Local Info only?
Did you press OK?
Then did you run Scan for new content from the Context Menu?

Is that what you did?

(2022-01-03, 04:51)Diamond Dog Wrote: s this because I do not have NFO files for any of these and you must have NFO files and I will have to make all of those? If so is there an easy way to make a lot of of NFO files for all my concert videos

(2022-01-03, 05:17)Karellen Wrote:

(2022-01-03, 04:51)Diamond Dog Wrote: s this because I do not have NFO files for any of these and you must have NFO files and I will have to make all of those? If so is there an easy way to make a lot of of NFO files for all my concert videos

Oh yes. If you have Local Information set, then you need nfo files, otherwise where does Kodi find the metadata?
There are Templates you can use here... https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files/Templates

It also depends on what type of music videos they are. If they are full concerts, then the scraper sites may already have that info and you can scrape them. If they are single song clips, then you might still be able to scrape them using the AudioDB Music Video scraper. Use the Get More option when selecting a Scraper.

So let us know which type of Music Videos you have. You can then check at the two scraper sites and see if the information already exists.

(2022-01-03, 05:29)Diamond Dog Wrote: Lets use my U2 example to tell you what I have.  I have a folder that is just called U2. Inside it is 25 folders with separate concerts and separate videos. Some are official movies (so the scraper should and has found the artwork), and some are just video files that are obscure so I have jpegs from my old system I want to use.

xml:


f:\

 |-- My Music Videos                            <!-- Source -->

      |-- U2                                    <!-- Artist Folder -->

           |-- U2 Concert 1                     <!-- Concerts / Videos -->

           |-- U2 Concert 2

           |-- U2 Random Video 1

      |-- Little River Band                     <!-- Artist Folder-->

(2022-01-03, 05:29)Diamond Dog Wrote: #1 Can I assign a thumbnail to a folder that doesn't have a video in it? In my example, I want the folder to show a picture of the band. This folder does not have a video in it, rather it has 25 folders in it

(2022-01-03, 05:29)Diamond Dog Wrote: #2 I am not clear on those templates in the link how your direct the  NFO file that you want to use as the thumbnail

(2022-01-03, 05:29)Diamond Dog Wrote: Is there a program that will make this easier or is this all going to have to be done manually?

(2022-01-03, 06:08)Karellen Wrote:

(2022-01-03, 05:29)Diamond Dog Wrote: Lets use my U2 example to tell you what I have.  I have a folder that is just called U2. Inside it is 25 folders with separate concerts and separate videos. Some are official movies (so the scraper should and has found the artwork), and some are just video files that are obscure so I have jpegs from my old system I want to use.

So it looks something like this?

xml:


f:\

|-- My Music Videos <!-- Source -->

|-- U2 <!-- Artist Folder -->

|-- U2 Concert 1 <!-- Concerts / Videos -->

|-- U2 Concert 2

|-- U2 Random Video 1

|-- Little River Band <!-- Artist Folder-->

(2022-01-03, 05:29)Diamond Dog Wrote: #1 Can I assign a thumbnail to a folder that doesn't have a video in it? In my example, I want the folder to show a picture of the band. This folder does not have a video in it, rather it has 25 folders in it

It depends on where you expect to see this. If you are scraping these items into the library, then you won't see your folders, so the thumbnail does not matter.

You can assign a thumbnail to My Music Videos folder. See... https://kodi.wiki/view/Artwork_types#Source_Folder_Icon
You can assign an image to U2 folder also. Name the image folder.jpg and ensure it is portrait type, like a poster

(2022-01-03, 05:29)Diamond Dog Wrote: #2 I am not clear on those templates in the link how your direct the  NFO file that you want to use as the thumbnail

The nfo file is for metadata. Artwork is separate. As long as your artwork is saved in the correct location and correctly named, Kodi will find it. See... https://kodi.wiki/view/Music_Video_artwork

(2022-01-03, 05:29)Diamond Dog Wrote: Is there a program that will make this easier or is this all going to have to be done manually?

The only 3rd party media manager that deals with Music Videos that I know of is Media Companion... https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=129134

• Are my music videos actually more like "movies"?
  
• Don't the movie settings to add to libraries scrape folder titles and add, where the Music video setting requires an NFO File?
  • This way I would not have to create a bunch of NFO files for it to be added to the library?
    • I don't really care about having all the tracks listed as you would with audio.
      
• Some of the concerts would not come up, but many would scrape. Couldn't I select the checkbox for no selection and then just easily add a picture and some text to represent that concert that doesnt scrape?
  

(2022-01-04, 00:45)Diamond Dog Wrote: I really appreciate you spending so much time to help me.

(2022-01-04, 00:45)Diamond Dog Wrote: I am wondering if I am approaching this all wrong. I know its called "music videos" in KODI, but they are actually full concerts? Am I making this harder by fixating on the term Music Video when these are more like movies (not a single song video as in most musiv "videos")

(2022-01-04, 01:03)Karellen Wrote:

(2022-01-04, 00:45)Diamond Dog Wrote: I really appreciate you spending so much time to help me.

Great. You are welcome.

(2022-01-04, 00:45)Diamond Dog Wrote: I am wondering if I am approaching this all wrong. I know its called "music videos" in KODI, but they are actually full concerts? Am I making this harder by fixating on the term Music Video when these are more like movies (not a single song video as in most musiv "videos")

Yes, there is a difference. Music Vidoes in Kodi refers to single song video clips.
But.... with a bit of input, you can also add Concerts. Unfortunately, Music Videos is not something I use, so I won't be much help.

I will move your thread to the Music forum. There are a few users for music videos in that forum, so now that I have moved you to the correct location, you may get a bit more knowledgeable input.
There is a thread in there that helps explain setting up Concerts... https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=294333

(2022-01-04, 01:13)Diamond Dog Wrote:  I hope I didn't waste your time.

(2022-01-04, 01:13)Diamond Dog Wrote: I noticed that Everytime I open Kodi it rescans everything against databases. I don't add things that often. How do imturn this off and how Do imscan just 1 folder against a scraping database in the future?

(2022-01-04, 01:13)Diamond Dog Wrote: Can the Music Video Library hold folders with files that are classified as movies?

(2022-01-04, 01:13)Diamond Dog Wrote: How could I differentiate movies and concerts that are both classified as "movies" all in the Movies Library.

(2022-01-04, 01:13)Diamond Dog Wrote: Can the Music Video Library hold folders with files that are classified as movies? If not, everything would go in the movies folder?  How could I differentiate movies and concerts that are both classified as "movies" all in the Movies Library.

(2022-01-04, 01:13)Diamond Dog Wrote: Can I make a custom Library called "Concerts" and how do you do that. 

(2022-01-04, 01:13)Diamond Dog Wrote: I noticed that Everytime I open Kodi it rescans everything against databases.  I don't add things that often.  How do imturn this off

(2022-01-04, 01:13)Diamond Dog Wrote: how Do imscan just 1 folder against a scraping database in the future?

(2022-01-04, 01:30)Karellen Wrote: Yes it can. It might be explained in that thread, but you can edit the nfo file to change <movie></movie> to <musicvideos></musicvideos>.

(2022-01-04, 02:09)black_eagle Wrote: Actually, that's not quite right.  Kodi doesn't respect the <movie></movie> / <musicvideo></musicvideo> tags in an nfo file, but it does respect the content set on the topmost directory.  This is definitely a bug, but one I don't feel inclined to fix as you can leverage the superior details from a movie nfo file into a musicvideo.  Ultimately, this gives much better sorting and searching options than using just <musicvideo> nfo's as there are more <fields> for movie than for musicvideo.

(2022-01-04, 23:17)scott967 Wrote: Full length "concerts" don't easily fit this model, so many users set their content as "movie".  You can use smart playlists to keep the concerts separate from other movie content.  You lose the ability to get artist and album info directly from the music library, and to view concerts (and playlists) within the music library views, as well as "mixed" playlist content.