Hi experts! 
for the last 3 days (day nd night) I've been trying to import LOTR extended edition into xbmc but it's never scraped correctly. I've read all there is on this topic, but my case is different because:
- i have a video_TS folders on my nas
- I would like to keep the menu structure, so no .mkv solutions are appropiate. This is one of the few movies in my collection that was worth keeping menus, because they are the work of art on their own...
All my other folders are named correctly (movies/movie name(xear)/video_TS/video_ts.ifo) and I don't have any problems with them. File stacking and grouping works fine, so xbmc has created collections for ''series movies'' like M:I, die hard, x-men etc. The problem is of course The lord of the rings collection, namely the movie part which is on 2 discs. Yes, extras are on additional 2 discs, but I know there is a way arround with tv shows import for that, although I haven't come to that since I've been banging my head trying to resolve this.
I've tried renaming folders ''part-'' ''dvd-'', converting video_ts to iso, and then using ''part one and two structure'', importing as tv show with s01e01 and s0102 folders, no success either...The problem is that it imports one part (or none) and then it can't access the other. I'm guessing it would work for the two disc extras since there is no need to automatically reload at the end of the first part. With the movie part it comes to the end of part one and says insert disc 2 and that's it. It even shows 2 movies in the preview, but I cant access the other. That's the best I could do....I'm slowly getting to the point where .nfo-s come into place, right? :-) BUT I really don't want to write all the metadata for the whole collection - it's huge....
So, how do I name the folders - or convert to iso and then rename the folders - that It would automatically import the movies (so it wont mess up on the update-refresh process) for this setup:
\movies\ the lord of the rings - the fellowship of the ring\
disc 1: Special Extended Edition - Part One
disc 2: Special Extended Edition - Part Two
disc 3: The Appendices: Part One- From Book to Vision
disc 4: The Appendices: Part Two- From Vision to Reality
\movies\ The lord of the rings - the two towers\
disc 1: Special Extended Edition - Part One
disc 2: Special Extended Edition - Part Two
disc 3: The Appendices: Part Three - The Journey Continues
disc 4: The Appendices: Part Four: The Battle for Middle-earth Begins
movies\ the lord of the rings - the return of the king\
disc 1: Special Extended Edition- Part One
disc 2: Special Extended Edition - Part Two
disc 3: The Appendices: Part Five - The War of the Ring
disc 4: The Appendices: Part Six - The Passing of an Age
These are just original dvd names, I know it has to include the name, not just special extended....bla bla :-)
I've used my movies and wmc before with no problem. it showed the three movies seperately, and when I clicked on each one of them, I had and option of choosing disc 1, 2, 3 or 4. I read somewhere in this forum, that xbmc can use xml files created by my movies, but that's probably just for metadata info, not for stacking? And don't get me wrong, I like xbmc so much more I'm never switching back :-)
Thanks for any kind of info.
Matt
for the last 3 days (day nd night) I've been trying to import LOTR extended edition into xbmc but it's never scraped correctly. I've read all there is on this topic, but my case is different because:
- i have a video_TS folders on my nas
- I would like to keep the menu structure, so no .mkv solutions are appropiate. This is one of the few movies in my collection that was worth keeping menus, because they are the work of art on their own...
All my other folders are named correctly (movies/movie name(xear)/video_TS/video_ts.ifo) and I don't have any problems with them. File stacking and grouping works fine, so xbmc has created collections for ''series movies'' like M:I, die hard, x-men etc. The problem is of course The lord of the rings collection, namely the movie part which is on 2 discs. Yes, extras are on additional 2 discs, but I know there is a way arround with tv shows import for that, although I haven't come to that since I've been banging my head trying to resolve this.
I've tried renaming folders ''part-'' ''dvd-'', converting video_ts to iso, and then using ''part one and two structure'', importing as tv show with s01e01 and s0102 folders, no success either...The problem is that it imports one part (or none) and then it can't access the other. I'm guessing it would work for the two disc extras since there is no need to automatically reload at the end of the first part. With the movie part it comes to the end of part one and says insert disc 2 and that's it. It even shows 2 movies in the preview, but I cant access the other. That's the best I could do....I'm slowly getting to the point where .nfo-s come into place, right? :-) BUT I really don't want to write all the metadata for the whole collection - it's huge....
So, how do I name the folders - or convert to iso and then rename the folders - that It would automatically import the movies (so it wont mess up on the update-refresh process) for this setup:
\movies\ the lord of the rings - the fellowship of the ring\
disc 1: Special Extended Edition - Part One
disc 2: Special Extended Edition - Part Two
disc 3: The Appendices: Part One- From Book to Vision
disc 4: The Appendices: Part Two- From Vision to Reality
\movies\ The lord of the rings - the two towers\
disc 1: Special Extended Edition - Part One
disc 2: Special Extended Edition - Part Two
disc 3: The Appendices: Part Three - The Journey Continues
disc 4: The Appendices: Part Four: The Battle for Middle-earth Begins
movies\ the lord of the rings - the return of the king\
disc 1: Special Extended Edition- Part One
disc 2: Special Extended Edition - Part Two
disc 3: The Appendices: Part Five - The War of the Ring
disc 4: The Appendices: Part Six - The Passing of an Age
These are just original dvd names, I know it has to include the name, not just special extended....bla bla :-)
I've used my movies and wmc before with no problem. it showed the three movies seperately, and when I clicked on each one of them, I had and option of choosing disc 1, 2, 3 or 4. I read somewhere in this forum, that xbmc can use xml files created by my movies, but that's probably just for metadata info, not for stacking? And don't get me wrong, I like xbmc so much more I'm never switching back :-)
Thanks for any kind of info.
Matt
