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Sorry I have to ask this, I just didn't want to read 92 pages from 20012->present to try to find an answer. Call me lazy if you want. I don't mean to be, it's just that I've done it before in other threads and did not find the answer, so I thought I'd just ask this time.

I'm new to Media Companion. I switched from Ember MM because of the problems I had with it (jamming and freezing). So far I'm impressed with what I've seen.

I have a problem. I want to use MC to scrape .strm files. This was easy enough in Ember, just add the .strm extension to the accepted source types and let it go. Not so with MC.

I added the .strm extension to the list of file types to scrape, ran MC, and nothing happened. Played around for a while, changing everything I could think of in the settings, and still nothing. Almost gave up, and then I saw the part about offline movies. I figured that may be my best bet.

I did all the work that seemed necessary, creating the necessary folder and placing all files in the proper folders, set up MC to scrape, and let it loose. Like I said, I'm impressed. It ran through the list very fast, with no problems that I saw. I checked a couple of folders when it was done, saw the finished files, liked what I saw, and transferred everything to my NAS. I ran XBMC and Hooray, it's adding the files to the library.

Then I looked (when it was done) at the mess that was created. Every file went in twice. One for the file, and one telling me to insert a disk (no option to turn this "superflous" [to me at least, considering all my files are .strms] function off in MC). Some of the files were bad, and when I clicked on them, nothing happened. But, the thing that bugs me the most (I can deleted the 'insert disk files') is the fact that not one movie (all my .strms were movies) in the whole batch had a poster or fanart. I checked the folders, and I can see the actual files, but nothing shows in XBMC.

I then went back, cleaned all the files manually, and tried again, adjust MC's settings as I went. I tried every possible setting, even letting MC scan the folder twice, creating art in both Moviename.jpg and fanart or folder.jpg forms, with both in the same folder. I rescanned the folder with XBMC after every test and still nothing. No artwork.

I then began to think MC was a piece of junk, or that I'm really stupid. An idea occurred and I used MC to scrape a .mp4 movie I had, then scanned it with XBMC. And what do you know? the art was there.

So, am I doing something wrong? How do I use Media Companion to scrape .strm files so I can see the art in XBMC? I have created my own .jpg, .tbn, & .nfo files for other .strm files and have had no problems getting XBMC to display the art, so how do I do it with MC?

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.