2021-07-18, 16:02
Hi folks,
I haven't had any Music Videos in my Kodi set-up for a good couple of years or more, but added some a couple of days ago to test with Matrix. I still had the original NFO files created when I last had them in Kodi, so wasn't any need to use a scraper. Much to my surprise the first couple of artists videos were added to the music video library with no problem, including artist and album artwork, along with the metadata
However, I wanted to check when adding music video's manually like this how I should correctly configure the local artwork for each video. I followed the instructions listed here on Wiki (point 2) for adding local artwork:-
https://kodi.wiki/view/Music_Video_artwork#Artist_Image
So, as an example I added a Robbie Williams video file like this:-
Robbie Williams - Angels.mp4
Robbie Williams - Angels-poster.jpg
Robbie Williams - Angels-icon.jpg
Robbie Williams - Angel-thumb.jpg
Poster = Artist thumb, Icon = Album Thumb and Thumb = Thumbnail image taken from the actual music image.
Like I said, the first 2 artists I added (Robbie Williams and U2) added all the music videos with the correct Artist and album thumbnail images along with the metadata. However, when I added a 3rd artist (4 Non Blondes), the video is added along with the thumb.jpg image and music video metadata, but no Artist or Album thumbnail or metadata is added. There does not seem to be an option anywhere I could find to manually select either of these artwork types or update the metadata using the metadata editor. I named this video in line with what the instructions on Wiki suggests. After much hunting around, I eventually came to the conclusion that the first 2 artists were added with no problem because the same artists and albums also exist in my music library.
Is this reasonable assumption? Is there no way to get around this if you have created a correct NFO file, named the music video file and artworks correctly? Or....Is there something I'm missing or have done incorrectly? I don't really want to use a Music Video scraper and quite happy to create an NFO file manually. As for artwork, I just want to see the following:-
1) Artist thumbnail (like in my music library)
2) Album thumbnail (Like in my music library)
3) Video thumbnail (like a Tv Episode thumbnail)
Also, when reading the Wiki instructions for adding music video's it suggests that all video's should be added into a single folder and have the artwork types named correctly for each video (Point 1):-
Music_videos (wiki)
This method does work, but would imagine it could become quite messy if you hundreds or thousands of music videos all in a single folder along with their associated artwork types. What I discovered is if you create individual artist folders in a root folder (Music Video's for example), this also works with no problem. Would imagine this method is more tidy and easier to locate files.
Anyway, if somebody could perhaps give me some guidance on where I'm going wrong here as it would be very much appreciated.
Cheers
I haven't had any Music Videos in my Kodi set-up for a good couple of years or more, but added some a couple of days ago to test with Matrix. I still had the original NFO files created when I last had them in Kodi, so wasn't any need to use a scraper. Much to my surprise the first couple of artists videos were added to the music video library with no problem, including artist and album artwork, along with the metadata
However, I wanted to check when adding music video's manually like this how I should correctly configure the local artwork for each video. I followed the instructions listed here on Wiki (point 2) for adding local artwork:-
https://kodi.wiki/view/Music_Video_artwork#Artist_Image
So, as an example I added a Robbie Williams video file like this:-
Robbie Williams - Angels.mp4
Robbie Williams - Angels-poster.jpg
Robbie Williams - Angels-icon.jpg
Robbie Williams - Angel-thumb.jpg
Poster = Artist thumb, Icon = Album Thumb and Thumb = Thumbnail image taken from the actual music image.
Like I said, the first 2 artists I added (Robbie Williams and U2) added all the music videos with the correct Artist and album thumbnail images along with the metadata. However, when I added a 3rd artist (4 Non Blondes), the video is added along with the thumb.jpg image and music video metadata, but no Artist or Album thumbnail or metadata is added. There does not seem to be an option anywhere I could find to manually select either of these artwork types or update the metadata using the metadata editor. I named this video in line with what the instructions on Wiki suggests. After much hunting around, I eventually came to the conclusion that the first 2 artists were added with no problem because the same artists and albums also exist in my music library.
Is this reasonable assumption? Is there no way to get around this if you have created a correct NFO file, named the music video file and artworks correctly? Or....Is there something I'm missing or have done incorrectly? I don't really want to use a Music Video scraper and quite happy to create an NFO file manually. As for artwork, I just want to see the following:-
1) Artist thumbnail (like in my music library)
2) Album thumbnail (Like in my music library)
3) Video thumbnail (like a Tv Episode thumbnail)
Also, when reading the Wiki instructions for adding music video's it suggests that all video's should be added into a single folder and have the artwork types named correctly for each video (Point 1):-
Music_videos (wiki)
This method does work, but would imagine it could become quite messy if you hundreds or thousands of music videos all in a single folder along with their associated artwork types. What I discovered is if you create individual artist folders in a root folder (Music Video's for example), this also works with no problem. Would imagine this method is more tidy and easier to locate files.
Anyway, if somebody could perhaps give me some guidance on where I'm going wrong here as it would be very much appreciated.
Cheers