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Is there any way to force XBMC to import video files and read the .nfo file if either:
1. The scraper is set to none.
2. The scraper is set to shows, but the episodes (which are plain vids and not real episodes) don't have a file name that begins with SxxExx.
3. The scraper is set to movies, but I don't want these particular movies listed with my "regular" movies.
Thanks for any help!
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Put them in a separate source and set the scraper to 'local only'
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Is that a Gotham only feature?
I'm using Frodo and couldn't find that option or addon anywhere.
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Yes it is a Gotham thing. But that is the current version.
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Thank you... I'll look to upgrade.
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For all versions of XBMC/Kodi, if you have an NFO file then XBMC will always use the NFO file, no matter what the scraper settings are.
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I think there are some people who don't connect their xbmc to the internet and don't want long timeouts on files that don't have an nfo.
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(2014-08-11, 06:05)scott967 Wrote: (2014-08-10, 04:37)Ned Scott Wrote: For all versions of XBMC/Kodi, if you have an NFO file then XBMC will always use the NFO file, no matter what the scraper settings are.
Yes, I have always observed this behavior. I have yet to figure out a usage case for the "local info only" scraper option.
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To prevent a lookup in the case the NFO file hasn't been generated yet. Some people prefer to generate their own NFO files.
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I've been struggling with the nfo files this weekend after upgrading to Gotham and I can tell you that "use local info' only doesn't really work great. When using that options I had a lot of difficulties with scraping of my TV shows eventhough all of them have the appropriate nfo files (I use Vimediamanager) . After selecting the scraper (thetvdatabase), it did work using the local nfo's.
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Thanks for the feedback everyone.
It seems Local Info doesn't really help me in this case because I still have to specify a source type, such as movies, tv shows, etc, and they would become part of the main library for that particular source type.
I was able to work around my particular issue by addressing #3 on my list and modifying "Movies" on the home screen to point to a smartlist which excludes everything in that path.
