[GarlicDoge]

Hi,

I got a system and lib setup that looks like this:

OS: Windows 10
Library: P:\Storage\HomeVideos (all video and meta files will be stored in this folder).
Home video files struxture example

The new web interfae chorus 2 looks pretty neat to me and I definitly want to use it.

How do I have to set-up the lib, web client and Kodi in general to:

• display (personal) media / video files in chorus 2 ( I´m not sure if there´s even a menu entry for this type of media)
  
• display video thumbnails in landscape orientation (portrait is only good for dvd / bluray covers)
  

Also what type of metadata scraper is needed in order to load local metadata for personal media?
Is there any best practive guide?

Many thanks in advance!

[tuxfuxch]

Hi GarlicDoge (nice picture btw )
**EDIT: sorry saw later that nfo in the link. so only last sentence seems important**
i can tell you how i add metadata of my podcast library. it's maybe not the best way and not what you are looking for. anyway:
for each podcast, after watching and deciding if i want to save it, i make an nfo file with the same name as the video.
for example the video ist called "podcast1.mp4" i create a file with the name "podcast1.nfo". how to fill it you can read here: NFO_files/Movies (wiki)
it's a bit of work for each video, but i think it's worth it. i use genres quite extensively. you could create a move genre "personal" and add that to every personal viedo. (by adding it the genre to the nfo, kodi will pick it up automatically). after that you have to update/rescan the library.

the rest i can't tell you. someone else?

[GarlicDoge]

Hi GarlicDoge (nice picture btw )
**EDIT: sorry saw later that nfo in the link. so only last sentence seems important**
i can tell you how i add metadata of my podcast library. it's maybe not the best way and not what you are looking for. anyway:
for each podcast, after watching and deciding if i want to save it, i make an nfo file with the same name as the video.
for example the video ist called "podcast1.mp4" i create a file with the name "podcast1.nfo". how to fill it you can read here: NFO_files/Movies (wiki)
it's a bit of work for each video, but i think it's worth it. i use genres quite extensively. you could create a move genre "personal" and add that to every personal viedo. (by adding it the genre to the nfo, kodi will pick it up automatically). after that you have to update/rescan the library.

the rest i can't tell you. someone else?

Hi tuxfuxch,

thanks for your reply!
Yes, I´ll add .NFO files for each personal video. I´m also convinced that it´s definitly worth it.
Is there some way to configure Kodi / Chorus 2 to use landscape oriented posters (because all my preview images are in 16:9 format or at least 4:3).

I created a second thread for this question(s) here.
You can also find an example image for what I´m trying to achieve.

[tuxfuxch]

Sorry no ideal about that... Maybe someone Else?
I dont do prev Images. Kodi creates them automatically which is good enough for me

[GarlicDoge]

Here is another example of landscape thumbs. I think Chorus uses them only for music artists.