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You won't have an issue if you don't extract the rars, right?
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What about movies/episode release/aired date? Is this available in DB?
Recently added node would filter by date added to DB, while Recently released would show fresh releases.
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Hi all,
I hope a future version will be able to read dateadded value from nfo files.
If nfo file is missing or If the dateadded value in the nfo is invalid or NULL (I think Eden don’t have dateadded in the Files table), then xbmc will follow the dateadded setting in the advancedsettings.xml.
Here is my story. When I had to relocate my movies storage from local HDD to bigger storage (NAS), I did recreate the MySql database, thumbnails and artwork cache (its great to have everything fresh).
I exported the libraries into separate folders and then rescanned. All the watched status and resume points were there; everything was perfect but one thing.
The dateadded value was not read from the nfo files. That made my recently added movies sorting completely new.
The sorting in the recently added movies is important to me, because I set the dateadded those new movies I don’t really like, few months/years from now (I backdated my computer date when scanning library). So they won’t show up on the top.
So I imagine, if xbmc can read the dateadded value from nfo files, I would have exactly the same library as before. For me, it would be perfect. Thank you.
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2014-01-05, 18:28
(This post was last modified: 2014-01-05, 18:31 by edrikk.)
When performing such an activity, you should use a tool that preserves the dates (although I would agree that if XBMC exported that tag, it should either respect it upon re-import, or simply don't export it).
Anyways, in Windows Robocopy (part of the OS) is a great tool for copying files and keeping the required info (even if going across to a Linux based NAS via SMB.... This is what I do nightly for various purposes including backups).
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Bogi
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Bumping...
The latest Gotham stable release still does not use the dateadded value from the nfo upon scanning (I use a 3rd party scraper). Similar to what the previous poster stated; If it's exported please make it able to be imported into the DB correctly.
I like to be able to have my library sorted by when the movie was originally released. So for very old movies (think Charlie Chaplin) you cannot manually change the mtime to be that old. i.e. on windows mtime can't be older than 1980. I do manually change the mtime for my movies but I'm worried that down the line the mtimes may get messed up for whatever reason so it would be nice knowing that XBMC will import the dateadded field from the nfo and actually use it. I guess I'm getting picky and want to be able to have the full date of the original release and not just the year which "Sort by Year" would do.
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2014-05-31, 02:42
(This post was last modified: 2014-05-31, 02:43 by sheepd.)
So I have been having this strange problem forever, but now since installing Gotham, I finally investigated it a bit and arrived here.
Basically, I agree with the option to sort on mtime... BUT:
If I choose "Use folder names for movie naming" in the source configuration, I expect it to use the folder's mtime, and not the file's.
If possible at all, would you please reconsider giving this a try? I think this behavior is in line with the expectation: If I "value" the name/information contained in the folder name more than the actual movie file itself, why should I use the timestamp of the movie file? Usually, I once create the folder and then that's it, it will not be touched anymore and keep its timestamp.
Now, you could argue that mtime changes when I e.g. update the nfo file or rename/create any other file inside the directory... but why would Joe Random User (or I) do that after the initial add?
At the very least, it would already be nice if another option in the advacedsettings.xml file could be introduced for this.
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I also have the problem of getting the dateadded field re-scraped from NFO-File after relocation of movies on my disks. I'm using the as.xml-setting <dateadded>0</dateadded>. But when I update the library infos, the date added is filled with the todays date and NOT with the <dateadded>-field from the local nfo-file.
I would be very happy, if someone could change this behaviour so that IF a dateadded info is in the nfo-file, this date is taken into the library.
Thanks in advance
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I have to say I'm surprised we still do not have the ability to use the <dateadded> field from an NFO file when we import our libraries. Especially now that Helix doesn't use correct file dates either -- now the Recently Added list is a non-sensical order, at least for me, meanwhile my whole library has NFO files with the correct date right there.
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vick
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hi.. is there any way to have it use the below ?
for movies:
folder created date (file created date can be very old but i will create the folder each time i want to add a movie so that will be the right order date)
for tv:
episode file created date