2011-06-21, 16:04
DataIsGold has an updated version of this on his GitHub: https://github.com/DataIsGold/XBMC-Music-Video-NFO
Old stuff left here in-case its ever useful...
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I downloaded loads of music videos but there was no way to add them all to the library (MTV scraper picked up about 20% of them).
So I created this application:
This adds an NFO file with the same filename as the music video by extracting information from the filename.
By default, It deletes existing NFO's with the same filename. However there are options to backup old NFO's or skip files with exisiting NFO's.
It reads in the following formats:
"Artist - Title"
"Artist_-_Title"
"Artist.-.Title"
"Artist-Title"
"01 - Title - Artist"
"artist-title-moreinfoyoudontwant"
"title of song" (and adds "unknown" as the artist)
and all similar formats.
It supports a big list of file extensions and you can add your own.
and creates the NFO XML file:
<musicvideo>
<title>Title</title>
<artist>Artist</artist>
</musicvideo>
Now all of my music videos appear in the library!
Extra Features
Can generate thumbnails for your music videos using included ffmpeg (will take about 3-10 seconds per video longer for the application to run)
Can copy your videos to a new location in different folder structures, takes a lot longer if using this feature as it has to copy all the files.
Instructions
-coming soon - do I even need them?
The default options should be fine for most users.
If your music videos are stored on a linux server (xbmc Live possibly) then why not create a samba share, mount it on windows as a drive and run the application on your music videos folder remotely. That's what I do!
Requirements
Developed and tested on windows 7 but I assume it will run on XP and later.
You may need the Microsoft .NET framework installed if you're not on Windows 7.
Download/Installation
Download and extract the zip file here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zut5fsgpiiejo0g
Either run the "XBMC Music Videos.exe" in the "XBMC Music Video NFO Standalone" which should be portable.
or if that doesn't work install using "setup.exe" and following on screen instructions
If you have any other ideas or find any bugs please let me know!
When reporting bugs please give me as much info as possible, i.e. file structure, options selected, operating system etc...
If you like or used the application and it worked I'd also like to know, because I'm only going to develop it further if others want it!
Project discontinued as, for now, I have changed to Mediaportal. Here is the source code, I didn't get a chance to tidy it up or anything so its proper messy (but working).
http://www.mediafire.com/?8dz36jf2pviajma
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Version 15b Beta
Supports renaming the output file of the copy operation into "Artist - Title.ext" for processing by other applications. Made this because this app is good at processing downloaded music video filenames but most others are not and don't read the NFO.
Download (includes source & FFMPEG): http://www.mediafire.com/?6uljw0590pz4c4k
Old stuff left here in-case its ever useful...
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I downloaded loads of music videos but there was no way to add them all to the library (MTV scraper picked up about 20% of them).
So I created this application:
This adds an NFO file with the same filename as the music video by extracting information from the filename.
By default, It deletes existing NFO's with the same filename. However there are options to backup old NFO's or skip files with exisiting NFO's.
It reads in the following formats:
"Artist - Title"
"Artist_-_Title"
"Artist.-.Title"
"Artist-Title"
"01 - Title - Artist"
"artist-title-moreinfoyoudontwant"
"title of song" (and adds "unknown" as the artist)
and all similar formats.
It supports a big list of file extensions and you can add your own.
and creates the NFO XML file:
<musicvideo>
<title>Title</title>
<artist>Artist</artist>
</musicvideo>
Now all of my music videos appear in the library!
Extra Features
Can generate thumbnails for your music videos using included ffmpeg (will take about 3-10 seconds per video longer for the application to run)
Can copy your videos to a new location in different folder structures, takes a lot longer if using this feature as it has to copy all the files.
Instructions
-coming soon - do I even need them?
The default options should be fine for most users.
If your music videos are stored on a linux server (xbmc Live possibly) then why not create a samba share, mount it on windows as a drive and run the application on your music videos folder remotely. That's what I do!
Requirements
Developed and tested on windows 7 but I assume it will run on XP and later.
You may need the Microsoft .NET framework installed if you're not on Windows 7.
Download/Installation
Download and extract the zip file here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zut5fsgpiiejo0g
Either run the "XBMC Music Videos.exe" in the "XBMC Music Video NFO Standalone" which should be portable.
or if that doesn't work install using "setup.exe" and following on screen instructions
If you have any other ideas or find any bugs please let me know!
When reporting bugs please give me as much info as possible, i.e. file structure, options selected, operating system etc...
If you like or used the application and it worked I'd also like to know, because I'm only going to develop it further if others want it!
Project discontinued as, for now, I have changed to Mediaportal. Here is the source code, I didn't get a chance to tidy it up or anything so its proper messy (but working).
http://www.mediafire.com/?8dz36jf2pviajma
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Version 15b Beta
Supports renaming the output file of the copy operation into "Artist - Title.ext" for processing by other applications. Made this because this app is good at processing downloaded music video filenames but most others are not and don't read the NFO.
Download (includes source & FFMPEG): http://www.mediafire.com/?6uljw0590pz4c4k