[harrybowls]

(17.3) I've noticed this for awhile (maybe I'm doing something wrong). I've been using the xbmc nfo creator for quite some time. All music videos link to artists/albums correctly. But anytime I click on the artist thumb it brings me to a folder(with same artists name), then I have to click on that folder to get to the actual music videos. Is there something I'm doing wrong or has this always been an issue. I have tried scraping with individual artist folders and with Music videos outside of folder as well and still see the same issue.

[scott967]

Unclear what is meant by "click on artist thumb"?

If music videos are actually scanned into the video database, in Estuary skin on the Home window, there is a menu option "Music Videos". If you click on that it should open the Videos Window, with the music video library node list (assuming you have not edited your library nodes). When you click on "artists" it should open the music video artists node. From the listing of artists if you click on an artist it should open that artist which is hard-coded to provide a list of albums of that artist (and optional "all albums" entry, if set in settings). Note that due to a bug in Kodi, no album art (thumbs) are displayed in this view.

scott s.
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[harrybowls]

This is my music video artist page when I click on artist thumbs. (This in an old photo btw from my phone, they all have images now)
They are all scanned using local information using the xbmc music video nfo creator

[harrybowls]

Should I try the library node editor and create a new entry for music videos and delete the old one?

[LongMan]

Can you give a sample nfo. I think I know what is happening. A sample would confirm.

[Karellen]

FYI... the wiki pages covering nfo files have been overhauled in the last couple of weeks. You may find pertinent information there... http://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files

[harrybowls]

FYI... the wiki pages covering nfo files have been overhauled in the last couple of weeks. You may find pertinent information there... http://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files

Thanks. I also changed the node from
<order direction="ascending">title</order>

to

<order direction="ascending">sorttitle</order>

Im not at home so I can't check if it worked. I remoted in from work.

Thanks for your help guys.

[LongMan]

Since you can't post the nfo, I will post my theory. The nfo creator you are using is putting the artiste's name in the album tag <album>ArtistName</album>. The folder with the artist name is actually the album node. Selection goes Artist>Album>Videos.

You have


<musicvideo>
<title>Where the Streets Have No Name</title>
<userrating>8</userrating>
<top250>0</top250>
<track>-1</track>
<album>U2</album>
....
<artist>U2</artist>

Instead of

<musicvideo>
<title>Where the Streets Have No Name</title>
<userrating>8</userrating>
<top250>0</top250>
<track>-1</track>
<album>The Joshua Tree</album>
....
<artist>U2</artist>

You can check to see if I am correct.

Hope that helps,
Cheers,
LongMan

[harrybowls]

https://s26.postimg.org/u0317zhuh/201709...07_HDR.jpg
Https://s26.postimg.org/4jukht1y1/201709...26_HDR.jpg
https://s26.postimg.org/pw6nt8ba1/201709...50_HDR.jpg
No dice

[LongMan]

Did you check the nfo files?

[harrybowls]

<musicvideo>
<title>20Ft</title>
<artist>Adra</artist>
<album>Adra</album>
</musicvideo>

You were right, artist name is also under album. But its still happening. After I changed Album name to 20ft.
https://s26.postimg.org/pezg6br15/20170926_092337.jpg

[scott967]

Upload a debug log (wiki) to pastebin or similar and we can see how you are navigating your library. Make sure "debug" is turned on in settings. After updating your nfo, did you open the "info" dialog for the music video and select "refresh"? I think it is a weakness of the video library that it doesn't find changed nfo files for you. I think I read somewhere there is an addon that can do that, but I haven't found it yet. (What I would like is an addon that finds all nfo files with file modified date/time after a user-entered date/time and forces refresh. Though I'm not sure if that loses your playcount / user rating.)

scott s.
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