2014-02-14, 20:17
Hi there I do have a Problem with the AD, maybe you can help me solve it.
I use Frodo (XBMC 12.3), Aeon Nox and AD 12.0.23 (both from the official repo).
Also I sorted my Movies in seperate Folders containing an nfo-file, disc.png, logo.png, clearart.png, poster.jpg, fanart.jpg and a subfolder called extrafanarts with 4 extrafanarts called fanart1.jpg to fanart4.jpg.
In AD Settings I disabled "enable downloading" for Movies, TV Shows and Musicvideos. Also under Advanced I enabled "Use local files".
BUT whenever I try to "download" my local (already existing) files into the database AD is downloading tons of crap from the Internet (like banner, extrathumbs, landscape, new fanarts and other files like poster as long as I dont have them already).
But I don't want AD to download anything from the Internet, just add my local files to the database. Is that somehow possible?
Edit:
Ok, I figured out a way to suppress the behaviour mentioned above:
You have to enable "enable downloading" in Movies, TV Series and Musicvideos. There you have to enable only cdart, logo, clearart, poster and fanart. Also under Advanced you have to enable "Use local files". Then as Long as you have cdart, logo, clearart, poster, fanart and extrafanarts (labeled fanart1.jpg to fanaft4.jpg) AD is just adding them to the Movie-Database. If you dont have selected files AD Downloads them from the Internet too.
I personally belive this is a bit tricky!
Also a Suggestion I make: Let the user decide (ex. within the configuration dialog) how the files should be named. For example: instead of using always poster.jpg or fanart.jpg let the user select the name <moviefilename>-poster.jpg and moviefilename>-fanart.jpg or fanart<number of fanart>.jpg for extrafanarts.
Because I (and I'm sure others too) don't like it when my local files named with Ember Media Manager are not used and instead AD is downloading new and different files.
I use Frodo (XBMC 12.3), Aeon Nox and AD 12.0.23 (both from the official repo).
Also I sorted my Movies in seperate Folders containing an nfo-file, disc.png, logo.png, clearart.png, poster.jpg, fanart.jpg and a subfolder called extrafanarts with 4 extrafanarts called fanart1.jpg to fanart4.jpg.
In AD Settings I disabled "enable downloading" for Movies, TV Shows and Musicvideos. Also under Advanced I enabled "Use local files".
BUT whenever I try to "download" my local (already existing) files into the database AD is downloading tons of crap from the Internet (like banner, extrathumbs, landscape, new fanarts and other files like poster as long as I dont have them already).
But I don't want AD to download anything from the Internet, just add my local files to the database. Is that somehow possible?
Edit:
Ok, I figured out a way to suppress the behaviour mentioned above:
You have to enable "enable downloading" in Movies, TV Series and Musicvideos. There you have to enable only cdart, logo, clearart, poster and fanart. Also under Advanced you have to enable "Use local files". Then as Long as you have cdart, logo, clearart, poster, fanart and extrafanarts (labeled fanart1.jpg to fanaft4.jpg) AD is just adding them to the Movie-Database. If you dont have selected files AD Downloads them from the Internet too.
I personally belive this is a bit tricky!
Also a Suggestion I make: Let the user decide (ex. within the configuration dialog) how the files should be named. For example: instead of using always poster.jpg or fanart.jpg let the user select the name <moviefilename>-poster.jpg and moviefilename>-fanart.jpg or fanart<number of fanart>.jpg for extrafanarts.
Because I (and I'm sure others too) don't like it when my local files named with Ember Media Manager are not used and instead AD is downloading new and different files.