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Is there a way to add Artist Biography / Discography information for the music database? A lot of the artists I have, the scrapper programs won't pick up on, but if there's a way to put an info file or something with the correct syntax in the artist folder, I'd be in someone's debt.
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Interesting. Seems like Frodo makes it easier for people to add stuff of their own accord. Is it really that easy by just creating an .nfo file and following along the layout?
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Surely the right thing to do is to add the bio to the database, though, so it's available for everyone?
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2013-06-13, 00:17
(This post was last modified: 2013-06-13, 00:19 by whitebelly.)
The bio will be added to the database when it scans the nfo file...... or are you talking about the online scraper db?
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One more question. How do I disable internet search to keep the artist info from scrapping automatically?
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You don't need to. If XBMC finds a valid nfo file in the artist or album folder it will use this in preference to searching the internet. Suggest you give it a try,
1. create or edit an nfo for one of your artists using a text editor like Notepad++,
2. once saved as artist.nfo in your chosen artist's folder bring up the context menu for that item in the library and select artist information
3. in the information screen choose refresh
4. Bob's your uncle
Let us know if this doesn't work.
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AHAHAHA. IT WORKS. Thanks guys. You've saved me an awful lot of headaches.
