2017-09-19, 03:34
[TLDR; New to Organizing with Scrapers, Need Help with Weird Stuff!]
So...I've been putting off organizing my large media collection with a decent scraper for years...manually handling everything because I couldn't decide on what the best tool for the job was. I've finally given up and just went with TMM.
In sorting through my movies, I've found that TMM handles many of my initial concerns, such as maintaining Uncut/Unrated/Director's Cut/Special Edition when renaming or sorting into collections that Kodi/XBMC understands. Things like Star Wars Original vs Special Edition, Dune Extended vs Theatrical, or Blade Runner Original vs Director's Cut can all live side by side just fine in the file structure. I've also been able to also work through certain aspects it doesn't support, such as Expanded Universes like the MCU, Disney Films, or Universal Studios Monsters.
Now, I'm getting to the last leg of organizing everything and I'm finding a few pain points that I can't quite work out...
* Remastered Versions. Ex. Twin Peaks - Fire Walk with Me or King Kong (1933)
* English Dubbed versions of Foreign Language Films. Ex. The Nameless, District 13, Dogtooth, Attack on Titan, Dead Snow, Timecrimes, or any Godzilla Movie...
* Colorized (or Decolorized) versions of Films. Ex. The Mist - Director's Cut Black and White, Night of the Living Dead (1968) Color
* Abnormal Editions of Films. Ex. The Exorcist [The Version You've Never Seen], Superman II [The Richard Donner Cut], Rampage [William Friedkin's Original Cut], Pledge This! [Naughty Version], Blade Runner [Final Cut], Alexander [Revisited - The Final Cut], Watchmen [Ultimate Cut], Johnny Mnemonic [Japanese Cut], Dune [The Alternative Edition V.2], Apocalypse Now [Redux]
* Different Cuts of Same Standard Film. Ex. Werewolf of London (1935), or Star Wars LaserDisc Cut vs VHS Cut, Godzilla Japan Release vs US Release.
* Having Normal and 3D Films Side by Side. Ex. Jupiter Ascending. Guardians of the Galaxy, Friday the 13th Part III
Thanks to anyone who can shed input here!! I know this might go a bit beyond TMM and more about understanding Kodi/XBMC standards better...so I might post it in a different forum section; but I think the basic issue is just how do I use my Media Manager of choice with these situations.
So...I've been putting off organizing my large media collection with a decent scraper for years...manually handling everything because I couldn't decide on what the best tool for the job was. I've finally given up and just went with TMM.
In sorting through my movies, I've found that TMM handles many of my initial concerns, such as maintaining Uncut/Unrated/Director's Cut/Special Edition when renaming or sorting into collections that Kodi/XBMC understands. Things like Star Wars Original vs Special Edition, Dune Extended vs Theatrical, or Blade Runner Original vs Director's Cut can all live side by side just fine in the file structure. I've also been able to also work through certain aspects it doesn't support, such as Expanded Universes like the MCU, Disney Films, or Universal Studios Monsters.
Now, I'm getting to the last leg of organizing everything and I'm finding a few pain points that I can't quite work out...
* Remastered Versions. Ex. Twin Peaks - Fire Walk with Me or King Kong (1933)
* English Dubbed versions of Foreign Language Films. Ex. The Nameless, District 13, Dogtooth, Attack on Titan, Dead Snow, Timecrimes, or any Godzilla Movie...
* Colorized (or Decolorized) versions of Films. Ex. The Mist - Director's Cut Black and White, Night of the Living Dead (1968) Color
* Abnormal Editions of Films. Ex. The Exorcist [The Version You've Never Seen], Superman II [The Richard Donner Cut], Rampage [William Friedkin's Original Cut], Pledge This! [Naughty Version], Blade Runner [Final Cut], Alexander [Revisited - The Final Cut], Watchmen [Ultimate Cut], Johnny Mnemonic [Japanese Cut], Dune [The Alternative Edition V.2], Apocalypse Now [Redux]
* Different Cuts of Same Standard Film. Ex. Werewolf of London (1935), or Star Wars LaserDisc Cut vs VHS Cut, Godzilla Japan Release vs US Release.
* Having Normal and 3D Films Side by Side. Ex. Jupiter Ascending. Guardians of the Galaxy, Friday the 13th Part III
Thanks to anyone who can shed input here!! I know this might go a bit beyond TMM and more about understanding Kodi/XBMC standards better...so I might post it in a different forum section; but I think the basic issue is just how do I use my Media Manager of choice with these situations.