2018-02-06, 02:02
Hi everybody !
I am new to Kodi, new to libreElec, new to wetek hub, new to linux too... So pease forgive my question if it is stupid.
I searched for hours, even for days, and I found no accurate answers to my simple question...
First here is my situation :
I bought a wetek hub, and decided to install libreElec as dual boot for Kodi. So if the information is required, I am with Kodi v17.6 (Krypton) on libreElec, running on a wetek hub.
I started to create a library based on my solid movie collection
- added a SMB source to my synology where my movie collection is
- defined it as movie, and "The Movie Database" as information provider
Now most of my movies were found and well indexed after a scan
Some of them needed to be corrected : I went to the movie informations / refresh / Locally informations found... refresh from internet (i answer no) / then I select the right title with the right date
BUT For some of them I would like to create a custom nfo file, or modify the locally existing one... So I was thinking there was a simple folder somewhere where I could find every nfo file created by the scraper, and modify or replace them...
But it seems I missed something...
My problem is here. As stupid as it can be, I couldn't find where is or where to put the custom nfo file for a movie so that I can import my custom information in the database and display it in the movie details...
Say I have created a farinelli.nfo file on my PC. I created it with a tool : Ember Media Manager
Every toturial I found on the internet says "create a local nfo file", but nobody says where to save it !!
I found no place to save it so that Kodi considers it as a new local custom information file for a particular movie.
(1) - Sould I save it in the directory where my movie is ? : farinelli.avi and farinelli.nfo inside the same directory on my synology ?
(2) - Sould I save it somewhere in the shared network folders of my wetek hub ? : \\<my_wetek_hub_ip_address>\<share_name> ? But where exactly ?
My wetek hub exposes the following shares : Backup, ConfigFiles, Downloads, Emulators, LogFiles, Music, Picons, Pictures, Recordings, Screenshots, TV Shows, Update, Userdata, Videos.
All these shares are empty, except ConfigFiles, LogFiles, Picons, and Userdata
(3) - Sould I save it somewhere in the internal flash drive of the wetek hub ? If yes, inside which folder and how can I access it ??
(4) - Sould I save it somewhere in the SD card where libreElec is installed ? If yes, inside which folder and how can I access it without remonving the SD from the wetek hub each time I want to read/write on it ?
(5) - Sould I save it somewhere inside the deep and obscure linux file system (for a guy like me). I see a file manager in kodi's parameter screen. But where is the folder I am looking for ??
For (1) and (2) I tried to copy my farinelli.nfo file almost everywhere I could inside the smb shared folders of my wetek hub, and inside the folder where farinelli.avi is (in my synology), with no success... When I refresh the movie informations, I still get the message "locally informations found" (I had it from the beginning), but I don't see anything about my new nfo file... With or without my nfo file, the "refresh" function behaves the exactly the same.
For (3) (4) and (5) I must admit I am lost. If the answer is one of these three points, please explain exactly how to access the right directory.
I would really appreciate if someone can help me on this point...
And one last question : for custom artwork (poster and thumbnail), is it a good practice to save my images inside the shared folder \\<my_wetek_hub_ip_address>\Downloads (which I found empty) and then "Choose art", and then browse to /storage/downloads ?
I am new to Kodi, new to libreElec, new to wetek hub, new to linux too... So pease forgive my question if it is stupid.
I searched for hours, even for days, and I found no accurate answers to my simple question...
First here is my situation :
I bought a wetek hub, and decided to install libreElec as dual boot for Kodi. So if the information is required, I am with Kodi v17.6 (Krypton) on libreElec, running on a wetek hub.
I started to create a library based on my solid movie collection
- added a SMB source to my synology where my movie collection is
- defined it as movie, and "The Movie Database" as information provider
Now most of my movies were found and well indexed after a scan
Some of them needed to be corrected : I went to the movie informations / refresh / Locally informations found... refresh from internet (i answer no) / then I select the right title with the right date
BUT For some of them I would like to create a custom nfo file, or modify the locally existing one... So I was thinking there was a simple folder somewhere where I could find every nfo file created by the scraper, and modify or replace them...
But it seems I missed something...
My problem is here. As stupid as it can be, I couldn't find where is or where to put the custom nfo file for a movie so that I can import my custom information in the database and display it in the movie details...
Say I have created a farinelli.nfo file on my PC. I created it with a tool : Ember Media Manager
Every toturial I found on the internet says "create a local nfo file", but nobody says where to save it !!
I found no place to save it so that Kodi considers it as a new local custom information file for a particular movie.
(1) - Sould I save it in the directory where my movie is ? : farinelli.avi and farinelli.nfo inside the same directory on my synology ?
(2) - Sould I save it somewhere in the shared network folders of my wetek hub ? : \\<my_wetek_hub_ip_address>\<share_name> ? But where exactly ?
My wetek hub exposes the following shares : Backup, ConfigFiles, Downloads, Emulators, LogFiles, Music, Picons, Pictures, Recordings, Screenshots, TV Shows, Update, Userdata, Videos.
All these shares are empty, except ConfigFiles, LogFiles, Picons, and Userdata
(3) - Sould I save it somewhere in the internal flash drive of the wetek hub ? If yes, inside which folder and how can I access it ??
(4) - Sould I save it somewhere in the SD card where libreElec is installed ? If yes, inside which folder and how can I access it without remonving the SD from the wetek hub each time I want to read/write on it ?
(5) - Sould I save it somewhere inside the deep and obscure linux file system (for a guy like me). I see a file manager in kodi's parameter screen. But where is the folder I am looking for ??
For (1) and (2) I tried to copy my farinelli.nfo file almost everywhere I could inside the smb shared folders of my wetek hub, and inside the folder where farinelli.avi is (in my synology), with no success... When I refresh the movie informations, I still get the message "locally informations found" (I had it from the beginning), but I don't see anything about my new nfo file... With or without my nfo file, the "refresh" function behaves the exactly the same.
For (3) (4) and (5) I must admit I am lost. If the answer is one of these three points, please explain exactly how to access the right directory.
I would really appreciate if someone can help me on this point...
And one last question : for custom artwork (poster and thumbnail), is it a good practice to save my images inside the shared folder \\<my_wetek_hub_ip_address>\Downloads (which I found empty) and then "Choose art", and then browse to /storage/downloads ?
