[Norb+1]

Hi folks, nice to be here, I'm new to the forums, hailing from Germany...

First, I am not a techie, but I do get along.
Just a short question concerning NFO files...

I use Kodi 16 Jarvis on OpenElec 7 on an Asrock HTPC, my files are on an external USB HDD, movies and tvshows in separate directories, and each movie / tvshow has its own directory, named after the movie / tvshow and airing date (e.g. "Inglourious Basterds (2009)").
Scraping via TMBD usually works fine, I recently found out how to substitute "*" of a tvshow name in the file name on the HDD (tvshow name: "The End of the f***ing World", filename: "The End of the f---ing World") ;-)
Until this point, the scraper didn't find this particular tvshow und so didn't add it to the library.

I was wondering - I usually put the movie.nfo / tvshow.nfo in the directory of the movie / tvshow, consisting only of the corresponding TMDB URL , with no XML tags (in this case: https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/74577-the-...king-world )
Shouldn't have the scraper parsed the URL in the NFO if he couldn't use the directory name?
If not, do I really need to add XML tags for the URL?

According to NFO_files/movies (wiki), the URL should be sufficient?
"When Kodi locates the nfo file it will load the *.nfo file and:
[...]
2. If the file is a parsing nfo, Kodi will parse the nfo file for a direct URL to the scraper info page, then scrape the online metadata."

I would appreciate if someone could help me with this...

[Karellen]

Hi Norb+1 and welcome,

Two pointers for you...

1. You are strongly urged to move away from OpenElec and onto LibreElec. OpenElec is almost unmaintained and has serious issues, especially with no longer supporting TVDB and TMDB scrapers.

2. Great that you found the NFO pages in the wiki, but you always need to read the parent page, before skipping straight to movies and tv shows. The parent page still holds information but is relevant to both. You are after a Parsing NFO which is explained on the parent page here... https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files You are correct, there are no xml tags required, simply the link. If the parsing nfo does not work for you, then it is a result of item 1 above.

Consider the above two points and let us know if you have more questions.

Moved to Metadata Add-ons

[Norb+1]

Thank you for your Information, I will try out LibreElec.
If I install LE from https://libreelec.tv/downloads/ , is KODI already installed with it?

The former constellation worked very well for me.. until now... :-o

[Karellen]

Ye

If I install LE from https://libreelec.tv/downloads/ , is KODI already installed with it?

Yes Kodi is installed with it. Some of the Moderators at LibreElec are also moderators here, so they can probably assist with specific questions when you ask them. I have never installed it. But from what I have seen, it is a pretty simple install. If you installed OpenElec, then you should be able to install LibreElec.

[Norb+1]

Thank you very much!

I will look into it.