(2017-11-20, 17:15)Adriano de Brito Wrote: (2017-11-20, 15:02)wyild1 Wrote: (2017-11-20, 11:56)Adriano de Brito Wrote: Humm, ok, you got your own thing going on...
I think i can just create .nfo files from the export in Kodi. If possible, change the resolution information manually on the .nfo file for the affected TV Show. And finally, refresh/update library on Kodi.
Wouldn't this work?
It should sure....But i have never set a specific show to be scraped NFO while the rest of the folder is scaping TVDB, so hopefully it works like it should
You've narrowed it down to precisely what i would like to know.
I'm still confused how your library gets built. It needs a source, and in that source there's your .nfo files and such. When refreshing/updating the library doesn't Kodi look at everything that is in your folders? Such as video files, subtitles, .nfo files, fanart images (named properly), thumbnails and actor info, and then builds your library based on that? And it retrieves the missing data from TheTVDB scraper?
If this is not how the library gets built, then i'm not really understanding the point of having .nfo files and such inside folders to secure how your metadata is displayed in Kodi.
To be fair, it's a little annoying to have to delete my whole library every time i update a TV Show from 720 to 1080 just because Kodi is not properly clearing the TV Show data from the data table upon removal from the library. This is maybe what should be fixed in Kodi? Or someone please explain how i should build and keep my library in order to avoid these types of issues.
Just to follow up to this about the library and nfo:
If i use the NFO scraper (Which is selected when you set the Content (tv or movies) and change the scrapper to Local), then it wont go online to find any metadata thats "missing". The scrapper is expecting it to all be local and if not, then you dont have it (like the Poster or whatever)
So my database is build from flat files (nfo, jpgs etc) that i have gathered and wanted to use. If somethings missing, i have to do it by hand (like edit the NFO for the date watched, or a new trailer...but i use external software for that) and refresh that TV show or Movie specifically.
http://kodi.wiki/view/Set_content_and_sc...ly_options
Note: The local-NFO-only option is only needed if you want to prevent Kodi from using scrapers for video files that do not yet have NFO files. This option is not needed to actually use NFO files, and Kodi will aways prefer the data from NFO files when they are available.
So i guess i can leave it as TVDB to scan things i dont have and NFO for , but each their own