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I would like to know what's the correct location for album.nfo and folder.jpg for multi-disc albums.
Currently my directory struct is as follows:
/music/A/Alcazar/Disco Defenders/album.nfo
/music/A/Alcazar/Disco Defenders/folder.jpg
/music/A/Alcazar/Disco Defenders/[Disc 1]/Baby.mp3
/music/A/Alcazar/Disco Defenders/[Disc 1]/...
/music/A/Alcazar/Disco Defenders/[Disc 2]/Alcastar.mp3
/music/A/Alcazar/Disco Defenders/[Disc 2]/...
All files are tagged with TPOS (discnumber) and TRCK (tracknumber).
1.) Is this correct or do I need to copy album.nfo and folder.jpg to the subdirectories?
2.) Is it better to copy the subfolders [Disc 1] and [Disc 2] into the album root folder?
Many thanks in advance.
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tkgafs
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Id like to be able to use a different image for each individual disc if possible
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Where's that "long list" to be found?
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I have the following folder structure and it shows the correct cd artwork for disc 1 and disc 2
Music\Aretha Franklin\extrafanart
Music\Aretha Franklin\artist.nfo
Music\Aretha Franklin\banner.jpg
Music\Aretha Franklin\fanart.jpg
Music\Aretha Franklin\folder.jpg
Music\Aretha Franklin\logo.png
Music\Aretha Franklin\Legends of Soul The Very Best of Aretha Franklin & Otis Redding (2005)\CD1\folder.jpg
Music\Aretha Franklin\Legends of Soul The Very Best of Aretha Franklin & Otis Redding (2005)\CD1\cdart.png (artwork for disc 1)
Music\Aretha Franklin\Legends of Soul The Very Best of Aretha Franklin & Otis Redding (2005)\CD1\album.nfo
Music\Aretha Franklin\Legends of Soul The Very Best of Aretha Franklin & Otis Redding (2005)\CD2\folder.jpg
Music\Aretha Franklin\Legends of Soul The Very Best of Aretha Franklin & Otis Redding (2005)\CD2\cdart.png (artwork for disc 2)
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(2017-01-25, 07:06)zorg2000k Wrote: I have the following folder structure and it shows the correct cd artwork for disc 1 and disc 2
So you have a folder.jpg copy in every disc (CDx) of multi-disc albums and one album.nfo in CD1 folder. Hmm, doesn't make sense IMHO.
I do have a lot of problems with the music library export putting its file in random folders. So I try to make it right. For example:
Consider "Tom Petty" and "Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers" as two artist folders with its album folders within that directories.
Now do an music library export (individual NFOs per artist) from within Kodi and watch what happens:
1.) The artist.nfo and the folder.jpg of "Tom Petty" will end up in the directory
above these two folders.
2.) If there's already an artist.nfo at this wrong place an additional <artist></artist> section will be appended within that file --> you end up with an artist.nfo containing lots of artists.
I have to say, my tags are well set and I do have a very well organized folder struct. Kodi is not always good on that.
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helta
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Agreed, exporting to separate files is not worth the hassle anymore. It causes too many issues.
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I find that album.nfo works OK, would like to be able to export only those and not artists.
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helta
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Yup, album.nfo works fine.