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Thought I would try and expand the Music import to get things looking sweet in Kodi (Jarvis) and Aeon Madnox (RC1) :

Having to split this into multiple posts due to 12 image limit on the forums ..

So lets get started... Long post sorry....

Some of the Tools I use:

Tagging Your Tracks :
MusicBrainz Picard , here's a link to follow on how to tag your files. Tagging Guide

Here are a few screens for option settings for MusicBrainz Picard which I use, again change them to be suitable for yourself as needed :





Here is the string to copy into set up to make things easier for you :
%discnumber%$if($ne(%albumartist%,),$num(%tracknumber%,2). ,)$if(%_multiartist%,%artist% - ,)%title%



On the above screen select "GetAPI Key" and following instructions. This is needed for using the scan track function in the tool.

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Adding Artwork

I use this tool for adding the folder.jpg to the tracks : TagRename (Note : MusicBrainz Picard can also do this, I prefer TagRename though)

Wesites used for Artwork for your Artist folders and Albums under each Arstist directory :

TheAudioDB this is one of the sites which Kodi can use to scrape data for your music when imported. If its missing here you will not get it through to Kodi when you import.

Support : So far I have made over 6500+ edits to update the site with missing data from my music collection... A great site and well worth contributing to added missing data as you go.

Fanart.TV used for artwork for most of your Kodi needs but it has excellent scans for both Artist's and Album's which will make thing look a lot nicer once finally imported.

Aeon Madnox Music Skin Settings - Important

I've added a post at the end on how to configure the Skin Music setting, please following this LINK to configure your settings, Required for some Artwork to show.

Folder Structure :
There is no hard and fast rule here but this is how I set mine up

Root folder with Artist folders inside



Inside each Artist folder I have the following, with each Album having it's own folder with the year in brackets :



Key artwork for the Artist folder :

folder.jpg - This is the artwork shown as the Artist while browsing your Music collection in Kodi



fanart.jpg - This is the artwork shown as the while browsing through your your Music collection.



logo.png - This is the artwork shown for each Artist in Artist view and when you browse the Artists available ablums




banner.jpg - This is used for other views in Aeon Madnox, not used in Showcase2 which is my main view in Kodi for Music.

The Extrafanart folder is used to add more fanart files which can be used within Music Visulization screens when playing Music. i.e. they rotate through the jpg's in this folder.
Here is my 10cc Extrafanart folder, i don't use special naming conventions here....

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Key artwork for the Album folder :



folder.jpg - This is the Artwork for each Album shown under the Artist selected.



cdart.png - This is the Artwork shown while playing the track or while viewing info on the albums as per screens below :

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Importing Music into Kodi

Next I'm going to show you the process I follow to import new Music to my Kodi / Aeon Madnox set up. I know there may be other ways to do this, but in my case this works. I'm going to use the Artist "Lonestar" and Album "From There to Here Greatest Hits (2003)" as a working example.

So I have set everything up as I mentioned above. So this assume's that you have completed the following :
1. Added all artwork to Artist and Album folders
2. Tagged you tracks via MusicBrainz Picard
3. Added any artwork to your tracks via TagRename

Ok so now onto the Kodi import : Note I will not cover how to add a Music source to Kodi as there are plenty of instructions on how to do this.

1. Launch Kodi (Very simple)
2. Ensure you have the basic Addon installed and set up. Follow Aeon Madnox installation instructions.



3. Install the following scrapers from the Addon repository:

Album






Artist





Important : Also ensure you configure the Music Library settings highlighted below.

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4. Add your new Artist folder to your root folder that you have configured in Kodi to be monitored.

5. Update your Music library to import new Artist / Albums added, I have added a Kodi action to my home screen to complete this action as per screen.


Kodi will now import new music, you should see the Artist / Album being scraped in the top right hand corner



6. Once Kodi finishes the import, go into the Music section in Kodi and select the Artist option.



In my case as mentioned earlier I was importing the Artist Lonestar



As you will see from the above screen most things have pulled through in the scraping action but there a few things missing.

Born and Years active do not have any info available on the Artist screen.



Now select the Artist, in my case "Lonestar" to view the available albums which I imported , (Only one album as per screen earlier)

As you can see from this view below I am missing Type and the Album Rating Stars :



Now let fix the missing data for the Artist and Album views.

Return to the main Kodi window and head into the System area and elect Music.



Next select Export Music Library from the Library screen



Next select Separate - This will create nfo files for each Artist and Album you have in your Music location set up in Kodi. Please be careful as this will overwrite previous nfo files.



Next select Yes to Export thumbnails and fanart



Next select No to Overwrite old files



This will complete very quickly.

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7. Now head over to folders and check that both the Artist.nfo and Album.nfo has been created.

Artist



Album




Editing the NFO files

Most of the hard work is now done. What I do next is open both the Artist and Album nfo files which Kodi has generated to add the missing details we talked about earlier.

Artist was missing Born and Years active

and

Album was missing Type and the Album Rating Stars

So lets open the Artist nfo to start with :

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<artist>
    <name>Lonestar</name>
    <musicBrainzArtistID>407592bd-6b6e-4803-80fd-f17e59446734</musicBrainzArtistID>
    <genre>Country</genre>
    <style>Country</style>
    <mood>Gritty</mood>
    <born>Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. (1992)</born>
    <formed></formed>
    <biography>Lonestar is an American country music group consisting of Richie McDonald (lead vocals), Michael Britt (lead guitar, background vocals), Keech Rainwater (drums), and Dean Sams (keyboards, background vocals). John Rich was also the group&apos;s bass guitarist and second lead vocalist until 1998, when he was fired from the group. He left for a solo career, before joining Big Kenny in the duo Big &amp; Rich in 2003. Since Rich&apos;s departure, Lonestar has not had an official bass guitarist. McDonald left the band in November 2007 for a solo career before returning in 2011. In that timespan, he was replaced by former McAlyster lead singer Cody Collins.&#x0A;&#x0A;Lonestar first charted on Hot Country Songs in late 1995. Nine of the band&apos;s singles reached number 1 on this chart: &quot;No News&quot;, &quot;Come Cryin&apos; to Me&quot;, &quot;Amazed&quot;, &quot;Smile&quot;, &quot;What About Now&quot;, &quot;Tell Her&quot;, &quot;I&apos;m Already There&quot;, &quot;My Front Porch Looking In&quot;, and &quot;Mr. Mom&quot;, with nine more reaching Top 10 on the same chart. &quot;Amazed&quot; also charted at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first song to do so since &quot;Islands in the Stream&quot; in 1983; both &quot;Amazed&quot; and &quot;My Front Porch Looking In&quot; were the top country songs of 1999 and 2003, respectively, on Billboard Year-End. The group recorded seven albums and a greatest hits package for BNA Records, and an eighth album for Saguaro Road. Three of their albums have been certified gold, while three more have been certified platinum or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America.</biography>
    <died></died>
    <disbanded></disbanded>
    <thumb preview="http://www.theaudiodb.com/images/media/artist/thumb/uvqywu1364243170.jpg/preview">http://www.theaudiodb.com/images/media/artist/thumb/uvqywu1364243170.jpg</thumb>
    <path>Y:\Lonestar\</path>
    <fanart>
        <thumb preview="http://assets.fanart.tv/fanart/music/407592bd-6b6e-4803-80fd-f17e59446734/artistbackground/lonestar-5140cca85c1cc.jpg/preview">http://assets.fanart.tv/fanart/music/407592bd-6b6e-4803-80fd-f17e59446734/artistbackground/lonestar-5140cca85c1cc.jpg</thumb>
    </fanart>
    <album>
        <title>Life as We Know It</title>
        <year>2013</year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>Coming Home</title>
        <year>2005</year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>I&apos;m Already There</title>
        <year>2001</year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>Mountains</title>
        <year>2006</year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>Party Heard Around the World</title>
        <year></year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>Crazy Nights</title>
        <year>1997</year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>Lonestar</title>
        <year>1995</year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>This Christmas Time</title>
        <year>2000</year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>Lonely Grill</title>
        <year>1999</year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>Let&apos;s Be Us Again</title>
        <year>2004</year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>My Christmas List</title>
        <year>2007</year>
    </album>
</artist>

So to add / amend the missing data I will change the following to resolve the formed missing info, I removed the 1992 from born and added to the formed area as per :

<born>Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.</born>
<formed>1992</formed>

And to add the missing Years Active I add the following line :

<yearsactive>1990s - 2010s</yearsactive>

So I ended up with a final Artist NFO like this, which I then save to complete the changes to the Artist.nfo file. It is saved in the same location from where we opened it earlier :

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<artist>
    <name>Lonestar</name>
    <musicBrainzArtistID>407592bd-6b6e-4803-80fd-f17e59446734</musicBrainzArtistID>
    <yearsactive>1990s - 2010s</yearsactive>
    <genre>Country</genre>
    <style>Country</style>
    <mood>Gritty</mood>
    <born>Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.</born>
    <formed>1992</formed>
    <biography>Lonestar is an American country music group consisting of Richie McDonald (lead vocals), Michael Britt (lead guitar, background vocals), Keech Rainwater (drums), and Dean Sams (keyboards, background vocals). John Rich was also the group&apos;s bass guitarist and second lead vocalist until 1998, when he was fired from the group. He left for a solo career, before joining Big Kenny in the duo Big &amp; Rich in 2003. Since Rich&apos;s departure, Lonestar has not had an official bass guitarist. McDonald left the band in November 2007 for a solo career before returning in 2011. In that timespan, he was replaced by former McAlyster lead singer Cody Collins.&#x0A;&#x0A;Lonestar first charted on Hot Country Songs in late 1995. Nine of the band&apos;s singles reached number 1 on this chart: &quot;No News&quot;, &quot;Come Cryin&apos; to Me&quot;, &quot;Amazed&quot;, &quot;Smile&quot;, &quot;What About Now&quot;, &quot;Tell Her&quot;, &quot;I&apos;m Already There&quot;, &quot;My Front Porch Looking In&quot;, and &quot;Mr. Mom&quot;, with nine more reaching Top 10 on the same chart. &quot;Amazed&quot; also charted at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first song to do so since &quot;Islands in the Stream&quot; in 1983; both &quot;Amazed&quot; and &quot;My Front Porch Looking In&quot; were the top country songs of 1999 and 2003, respectively, on Billboard Year-End. The group recorded seven albums and a greatest hits package for BNA Records, and an eighth album for Saguaro Road. Three of their albums have been certified gold, while three more have been certified platinum or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America.</biography>
    <died></died>
    <disbanded></disbanded>
    <thumb preview="http://www.theaudiodb.com/images/media/artist/thumb/uvqywu1364243170.jpg/preview">http://www.theaudiodb.com/images/media/artist/thumb/uvqywu1364243170.jpg</thumb>
    <path>Y:\Lonestar\</path>
    <fanart>
        <thumb preview="http://assets.fanart.tv/fanart/music/407592bd-6b6e-4803-80fd-f17e59446734/artistbackground/lonestar-5140cca85c1cc.jpg/preview">http://assets.fanart.tv/fanart/music/407592bd-6b6e-4803-80fd-f17e59446734/artistbackground/lonestar-5140cca85c1cc.jpg</thumb>
    </fanart>
    <album>
        <title>Life as We Know It</title>
        <year>2013</year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>Coming Home</title>
        <year>2005</year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>I&apos;m Already There</title>
        <year>2001</year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>Mountains</title>
        <year>2006</year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>Party Heard Around the World</title>
        <year></year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>Crazy Nights</title>
        <year>1997</year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>Lonestar</title>
        <year>1995</year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>This Christmas Time</title>
        <year>2000</year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>Lonely Grill</title>
        <year>1999</year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>Let&apos;s Be Us Again</title>
        <year>2004</year>
    </album>
    <album>
        <title>My Christmas List</title>
        <year>2007</year>
    </album>
</artist>

Now we will repeat the same exercise above to edit and update the missing data with the Album NFO file :

So lets open the Album nfo to start with :

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<album>
    <title>From There to Here: Greatest Hits</title>
    <musicBrainzAlbumID>1fe7cec4-89c3-4dfe-90dc-91abe4f4713f</musicBrainzAlbumID>
    <artist>Lonestar</artist>
    <genre>Country</genre>
    <style>Country</style>
    <mood>Gritty</mood>
    <compilation>false</compilation>
    <review>From There To Here: Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation released by American country music group Lonestar. In addition to chronicling the greatest hits from their first four studio albums, the album includes the newly recorded tracks &quot;My Front Porch Looking In&quot;, &quot;Walking in Memphis&quot; (a cover of the 1991 Marc Cohn song) and &quot;I Pray&quot;, as well as a second recording of their 2001 single &quot;I&apos;m Already There&quot;. &quot;My Front Porch Looking In&quot; and &quot;Walking in Memphis&quot; were both released as singles.&#x0A;&#x0A;From There to Here: Greatest Hits comprises thirteen tracks from the band&apos;s first four studio albums, arranged chronologically and starting with the band&apos;s 1995 debut single &quot;Tequila Talkin&apos;&quot;. This, &quot;No News&quot; and &quot;Runnin&apos; Away with My Heart&quot; all come from Lonestar&apos;s self-titled debut album. &quot;Come Cryin&apos; to Me&quot;, &quot;You Walked In&quot; and &quot;Everything&apos;s Changed&quot; are from 1997&apos;s Crazy Nights; &quot;Amazed&quot;, &quot;Smile&quot;, &quot;What About Now&quot; and &quot;Tell Her&quot; from 1999&apos;s Lonely Grill; and &quot;I&apos;m Already There&quot;, &quot;With Me&quot; and &quot;Not a Day Goes By&quot; from 2002&apos;s I&apos;m Already There. Five single releases are missing from the album: &quot;When Cowboys Didn&apos;t Dance&quot; and &quot;Heartbroke Every Day&quot; from Lonestar, &quot;Say When&quot; from Crazy Nights, &quot;Saturday Nights&quot; from Lonely Grill and &quot;Unusually Unusual&quot; from I&apos;m Already There.&#x0A;Also included on this album are three new recordings: &quot;My Front Porch Looking In&quot; and &quot;I Pray&quot;, as well as a cover of Marc Cohn&apos;s &quot;Walking in Memphis&quot;. &quot;My Front Porch Looking In&quot; and &quot;Walking in Memphis&quot; were both released as singles in 2003, respectively reaching #1 and #8 on the U.S. country charts. Closing off the album is a remix of &quot;I&apos;m Already There&quot; entitled the &quot;Message from Home&quot;. This remix is interspersed with telephone calls placed by family members of soldiers.&#x0A;&#x0A;Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album four stars out of five on Allmusic, where he called it a &quot;fine retrospective&quot; of the band&apos;s sound. In the Consumer Guide, however, Robert Christgau gave the album a &quot;dud&quot; rating and called it &quot;a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought.&quot;</review>
    <type></type>
    <releasedate></releasedate>
    <label>BNA Records</label>
    <type></type>
    <thumb preview="http://www.theaudiodb.com/images/media/album/thumb/ssptvu1389506468.jpg/preview">http://www.theaudiodb.com/images/media/album/thumb/ssptvu1389506468.jpg</thumb>
    <path>Y:\Lonestar\From There to Here Greatest Hits (2003)\</path>
    <rating>-1</rating>
    <year>2003</year>
    <albumArtistCredits>
        <artist>Lonestar</artist>
        <musicBrainzArtistID>407592bd-6b6e-4803-80fd-f17e59446734</musicBrainzArtistID>
        <joinphrase></joinphrase>
        <featuring>Lonestar</featuring>
    </albumArtistCredits>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Tequila Talkin&apos;</title>
        <position>1</position>
        <duration>03:27</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>No News</title>
        <position>2</position>
        <duration>02:53</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Runnin&apos; Away With My Heart</title>
        <position>3</position>
        <duration>03:31</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Come Cryin&apos; to Me</title>
        <position>4</position>
        <duration>03:43</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>You Walked In</title>
        <position>5</position>
        <duration>04:31</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Everything&apos;s Changed</title>
        <position>6</position>
        <duration>03:53</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Amazed</title>
        <position>7</position>
        <duration>04:01</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Smile</title>
        <position>8</position>
        <duration>03:35</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>What About Now</title>
        <position>9</position>
        <duration>03:32</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Tell Her</title>
        <position>10</position>
        <duration>03:28</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>I&apos;m Already There</title>
        <position>11</position>
        <duration>04:13</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>With Me</title>
        <position>12</position>
        <duration>03:51</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Not a Day Goes By</title>
        <position>13</position>
        <duration>04:07</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>My Front Porch Looking In</title>
        <position>14</position>
        <duration>03:44</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>I Pray</title>
        <position>15</position>
        <duration>03:47</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Walking in Memphis</title>
        <position>16</position>
        <duration>03:50</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>I&apos;m Already There (Message From Home)</title>
        <position>17</position>
        <duration>04:31</duration>
    </track>
    <releasetype>album</releasetype>
</album>

To up the missing data Type and the Album Rating Stars in the Album.nfo we need to edit the following lines.

<type></type>
<rating>-1</rating>

To the following

<type>CD</type> Note : This could be DVD-Audio, Digital Media, Vinyl etc
<rating>3</rating> Note : Kodi Rating range is 1-5.

My final album.nfo file looks like this:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<album>
    <title>From There to Here: Greatest Hits</title>
    <musicBrainzAlbumID>1fe7cec4-89c3-4dfe-90dc-91abe4f4713f</musicBrainzAlbumID>
    <artist>Lonestar</artist>
    <genre>Country</genre>
    <style>Country</style>
    <mood>Gritty</mood>
    <compilation>false</compilation>
    <review>From There To Here: Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation released by American country music group Lonestar. In addition to chronicling the greatest hits from their first four studio albums, the album includes the newly recorded tracks &quot;My Front Porch Looking In&quot;, &quot;Walking in Memphis&quot; (a cover of the 1991 Marc Cohn song) and &quot;I Pray&quot;, as well as a second recording of their 2001 single &quot;I&apos;m Already There&quot;. &quot;My Front Porch Looking In&quot; and &quot;Walking in Memphis&quot; were both released as singles.&#x0A;&#x0A;From There to Here: Greatest Hits comprises thirteen tracks from the band&apos;s first four studio albums, arranged chronologically and starting with the band&apos;s 1995 debut single &quot;Tequila Talkin&apos;&quot;. This, &quot;No News&quot; and &quot;Runnin&apos; Away with My Heart&quot; all come from Lonestar&apos;s self-titled debut album. &quot;Come Cryin&apos; to Me&quot;, &quot;You Walked In&quot; and &quot;Everything&apos;s Changed&quot; are from 1997&apos;s Crazy Nights; &quot;Amazed&quot;, &quot;Smile&quot;, &quot;What About Now&quot; and &quot;Tell Her&quot; from 1999&apos;s Lonely Grill; and &quot;I&apos;m Already There&quot;, &quot;With Me&quot; and &quot;Not a Day Goes By&quot; from 2002&apos;s I&apos;m Already There. Five single releases are missing from the album: &quot;When Cowboys Didn&apos;t Dance&quot; and &quot;Heartbroke Every Day&quot; from Lonestar, &quot;Say When&quot; from Crazy Nights, &quot;Saturday Nights&quot; from Lonely Grill and &quot;Unusually Unusual&quot; from I&apos;m Already There.&#x0A;Also included on this album are three new recordings: &quot;My Front Porch Looking In&quot; and &quot;I Pray&quot;, as well as a cover of Marc Cohn&apos;s &quot;Walking in Memphis&quot;. &quot;My Front Porch Looking In&quot; and &quot;Walking in Memphis&quot; were both released as singles in 2003, respectively reaching #1 and #8 on the U.S. country charts. Closing off the album is a remix of &quot;I&apos;m Already There&quot; entitled the &quot;Message from Home&quot;. This remix is interspersed with telephone calls placed by family members of soldiers.&#x0A;&#x0A;Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album four stars out of five on Allmusic, where he called it a &quot;fine retrospective&quot; of the band&apos;s sound. In the Consumer Guide, however, Robert Christgau gave the album a &quot;dud&quot; rating and called it &quot;a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought.&quot;</review>
    <type>CD</type>
    <releasedate></releasedate>
    <label>BNA Records</label>
    <type>CD</type>
    <thumb preview="http://www.theaudiodb.com/images/media/album/thumb/ssptvu1389506468.jpg/preview">http://www.theaudiodb.com/images/media/album/thumb/ssptvu1389506468.jpg</thumb>
    <path>Y:\Lonestar\From There to Here Greatest Hits (2003)\</path>
    <rating>3</rating>
    <year>2003</year>
    <albumArtistCredits>
        <artist>Lonestar</artist>
        <musicBrainzArtistID>407592bd-6b6e-4803-80fd-f17e59446734</musicBrainzArtistID>
        <joinphrase></joinphrase>
        <featuring>Lonestar</featuring>
    </albumArtistCredits>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Tequila Talkin&apos;</title>
        <position>1</position>
        <duration>03:27</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>No News</title>
        <position>2</position>
        <duration>02:53</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Runnin&apos; Away With My Heart</title>
        <position>3</position>
        <duration>03:31</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Come Cryin&apos; to Me</title>
        <position>4</position>
        <duration>03:43</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>You Walked In</title>
        <position>5</position>
        <duration>04:31</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Everything&apos;s Changed</title>
        <position>6</position>
        <duration>03:53</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Amazed</title>
        <position>7</position>
        <duration>04:01</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Smile</title>
        <position>8</position>
        <duration>03:35</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>What About Now</title>
        <position>9</position>
        <duration>03:32</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Tell Her</title>
        <position>10</position>
        <duration>03:28</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>I&apos;m Already There</title>
        <position>11</position>
        <duration>04:13</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>With Me</title>
        <position>12</position>
        <duration>03:51</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Not a Day Goes By</title>
        <position>13</position>
        <duration>04:07</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>My Front Porch Looking In</title>
        <position>14</position>
        <duration>03:44</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>I Pray</title>
        <position>15</position>
        <duration>03:47</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>Walking in Memphis</title>
        <position>16</position>
        <duration>03:50</duration>
    </track>
    <track>
        <musicBrainzTrackID></musicBrainzTrackID>
        <title>I&apos;m Already There (Message From Home)</title>
        <position>17</position>
        <duration>04:31</duration>
    </track>
    <releasetype>album</releasetype>
</album>

[zorg2000k]

Having made those changes to the Album.nfo please save the file in the same location we opened it from i.e. Inside the Album folder along with the music tracks.

No we can head back into Kodi and update the Artist and Album details by refreshing each by completing the following :

Head into the Music section and select Artists view. You should now see this screen but the details are still missing :



So to update this, click the "i" button on the keyboard or controller and select the refresh option, highlighted in screen below.



This will then review and import the changes from the amendments we made to the Artist.nfo file earlier. You will see this screen while it imports the data.



Once completed, You click the "back" key to exit out. This will still not show you amendments yet as you require to exit the Music section and re entry the Music section to see the changes.

So from this :



To this :



To this , you will now see the missing data from earlier has now been added , Happy days....



So we now repeat this same process for each album you have imported.

Enter the Artist screen and select the Artist to enter the Album view :

You should now see this screen but the details are still missing.



So to update this, click the "i" button on the keyboard or controller and select the refresh option, highlighted in screen below.



This will then review and import the changes from the amendments we made to the Album.nfo file earlier. You will see this screen while it imports the data.



Once the refresh is completed you will end up back at this screen. As you can see it has added both the ratings (3 in my case) and the Type (CD in my case) to the album information screen as per screen below :



Once completed, You click the "back" key to exit out.

[zorg2000k]

When you back out the the main album view it will still not show you changes even though we saw them on the last screen. You will need to click go back out to the main Artist window again and then re enter to see the final changes in the album view.

So from this :



To this :



And finally you will now have all the missing data showing in Album view :



So thats it, phew. Hope this helps a few more people getting your music section in the great Aeon Madnox skin with all the required info.

I think I have OCD but I want thing to look the best in my home cinema set up...

Any questions please let me know.

Cheers Zorg

[Angelinas]

I don't use this skin, but this I call good explenation...
Excelant guide, try to use script skin.helper.info...easyest way to help you in some area.

[sarlan19]

Thanks a lot!

[zorg2000k]

Update below :

[zorg2000k]

Small addition

There are some Music settings within the Aeon Madnox settings area which are required to provide Kodi with your Music folder structure, a location for CD Artwork and Wall Artwork, which will enhance your browsing your Music collection.

First head over the the Skin Settings from the System dropdown option from the main Kodi screen :



Then select "Path" on the left hand side, this is the area to set you Music settings for Structure and Music location for CD Artwork, There is also a selection to set up a CD Music wall art option :



First of all lets set up the folder structure of your Music folder directory on you PC.



By pressing enter to this selection you will be able to browse to your root Music folder on your PC.

In My case I have my Music in my "Y: (MP3 & Apps)" location.



So highlight your location and press tab onto the "OK" button at the bottom:



Once you select "OK" you will then return to the Skin Paths area and the location of you Music folder should now be shown :



Next we will set the folder structure you have for your Music location on your PC:



There are 4 options which I have shown in the screens below, I've included each option in Kodi with an overlay of what the folder structure should look like on your PC for each setting, you should select the setting which is applicable for your configuration :

Artist/Album/


Artist/Year - Album/


Artist/Album (Year)/


Artist-Album (Year)/


In My case I use the this setting : Artist/Album (Year)/

So thats it, again hope this helps a few people along the way.

Cheers Zorg

[meowmoo]

if you install the Fanart.tv plugin for Picard https://picard.musicbrainz.org/api/v1/do...d=fanarttv you dont need to look for the cover by yourself

I use mp3Tag for looking at tags and stuff http://www.mp3tag.de/

You can create Actions to automate stuff like Embed Covers, im sure you can do the same with TagRename

Here is how it looks for remove/add albumart

watch gallery

and I would also use the MBpicard option to remove the Old tag completely, so all the mess is gone if you by a cd online like the AmazonID...

ps: for my taste why to much work for adding Music to kodi, Tag them with a MBID and let kodi do the rest

[DaveBlake]

Shame this great guide is hidden down in a skin forum, could do with being in tips and guides IMO.

Small thing: I always get confused when people talk about "importing" music. Kodi does have an import facility, that imports the xml file that export produces, it is a way to backup your library. I don't think of adding a music source and telling Kodi to scan the tags from the files to create/populate the library as importing. How about calling the music file thing loading music instead?

But good job!

[ShadowTek]

Nice thoughtful guide!!
(+1 rep, nice work)