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I'm quite sure I'm going to get flamed for asking something most of you know about, but I've been using XBMC for about 5 years, read the latest wiki pages and FAQs and Google'd, and I still can't find the answer. In short, I've typically had my movie files set under multiple roots, with movies under \Movies being primarily ISOs with a single file in each folder using the moviename (year) directory format. My MP4 and compressed MKV files have been under another root \Compressed, and in some cases I've only got a movie in 1 format but I'm increasingly having many in multiple formats and I'm having trouble keeping track of them all. I presume if I use the filename (year) format I can put the ISO and other files in the same folder, but I'm sure I'd end up with duplicates when I browse my Movie library in XBMC.
Can you suggest a folder organization\library setup combo which will allow me to browse all my movies and then allow me to select which version to play if there are multiple versions? Thanks so much for any help as I try to take my XBMC knowledge to the next level and start using more of this incredible application.
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The feature simply doesn't exist yet. If you scan in two copies then you will always get two copies in XBMC's library.
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There is no need to organize your files that way, but no harm in it either. You could dump them all in one Movies folder.
If you have duplicates in different formats, like Avatar (2009).iso and Avatar (2009).mkv, it would be easiest to just decide which one you like best and remove the other from your library. If you don't, they should end up with the same name in your library, but you could look at the format flags or filename in the XBMC display to tell which is which and select it.
If you combine your duplicates into a common folder, you just have to tell XBMC in the source settings that each movie is NOT in its own folder.
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I have multiple copies of a few movies... take Avatar for example. I have a bluray compressed MKV of it, and a 3D version. I don't mind them both displaying, because I've gone into the NFO file for each and specified the displayed titles:
Avatar (2009)
Avatar (3D) (2009)
Both are in their own folder, on different hard drives. It's a quick one-time thing to edit the NFO file. (XBMC adds the year itself) I use Notepad++ Free, easy to install and use. But even plain old Windows Notepad will do it. Then just Refresh the title.
<title>Avatar (3D)</title>
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burntoc, you could get something similar to what you want by making the various formats of a movie into a Movie Set. Then you only see it once in the library, but when you click on it you will see the different versions to choose from.
You could do that manually by adding to the NFOs a 'set' tag, such as:
<set order="2">Avatar</set>
Each format will be in the set "Avatar", you just give them different numbers in the set tag. The actually title of each movie <title></title> can be anything.
I think there is an interface in XBMC to set up sets also but I don't use it so am not familiar with it.
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Add all files and you'll get duplicates, then use Edit Title on the Context menu to change the displayed name to something you find easy to distinguish between them.
If you're not sure which is which then use Movie Info on the Context menu to show the path that the entry is scraped from.