2013-05-23, 11:32
(2013-05-23, 10:27)EZ1976 Wrote:(2013-05-23, 10:14)spanktastic2120 Wrote:(2013-05-23, 08:13)EZ1976 Wrote: how can i create a playlist that filters trailers when they are mixed with my movie folder? they are not scraped into the database?
Is the structure like
Movies Folder/
... movie1
... trailer1
... movie2
... trailer2
... movie3
... trailer3
Or are trailers in their own folder?
If they are in their own folder you can make a tvshow.nfo file for them and create a tv show called trailers, then modify each of the trailer nfos to have episode numbers for that trailer tv show and scan that folder.
If they are not in their own folder i think you still have to make a tvshow.nfo and modify their nfos but then manually access the directory in xbmc and hit "i" on each trailer and tell xbmc what "show" it should belong to. i dont think they could be scanned in automatically if they are in a movie folder.
I dont believe you have any way to filter out just trailers from your movie folder if everything is just dumped in without the trailers being in the library somehow. There is a tool called MyLibrary, its not an addon, that can scan in anything to your library. It has a "generic" content option that might work for your situation, i know someone uses it for TED Talks and i think it works by creating a tv show to assign all your generic items to. Essentially it would accomplish what i said before but more automated. It will probably take you a while to set it up so if you only have a few trailers you would be better off manually adding them in.
mine is located in each movie directory
movie directory
--- trailer directory
----------- Trailer 1
---------------- Trailer 1.mp4
---------------- Trailer 1.nfo
----------- Trailer 2
---------------- Trailer 2.mp4
---------------- Trailer 2.nfo
now i created a directory channel for the mail trailer dir and ptv shows them ok
but doesnt have any info from the nfo
here is the trailer channel file for example:
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:125,Rushlights (Trailer)////
F:\11\Trailers\Rushlights (Trailer)\Rushlights (Trailer).mov
#EXTINF:113,VHS2 (Trailer Mirror)////
F:\11\Trailers\VHS2 (Trailer Mirror)\VHS2 (Trailer Mirror).mov
#EXTINF:101,The Lone Ranger (Trailer 4 Mirror)////
F:\11\Trailers\The Lone Ranger (Trailer 4 Mirror)\The Lone Ranger (Trailer 4 Mirror).mov
#EXTINF:149,About Time (Trailer)////
F:\11\Trailers\About Time (Trailer)\About Time (Trailer).mov
#EXTINF:125,Rushlights (Trailer Mirror)////
F:\11\Trailers\Rushlights (Trailer Mirror)\Rushlights (Trailer Mirror).mov
sample of the trailer nfo file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<movie>
<title>About Time</title>
<rating />
<year>2013</year>
<releasedate>6 September 2013</releasedate>
<top250 />
<votes />
<outline />
<plot>At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think.</plot>
<tagline />
<runtime />
<thumb />
<mpaa>PG_13</mpaa>
<playcount />
<id>tt2194499</id>
<credits />
<director />
<premiered />
<studio />
<quality>720p</quality>
<trailer />
<genre>Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi</genre>
</movie>
Ok i see, since the nfo files for them have them all listed as movies you can scan them into xbmc, (it should pick them up on its own really) and then make a movie smart playlist for them with one field being "path contains 'trailers' " or something, and the other fields can be whatever you want like "genre is action" or something. Then setup PTV to use those smart playlists for its channels.
The only issue you would encounter with this is when browsing your library youll appear to have duplicates of every movie but some of them will be your trailers. I believe however that you can modify your xbmc skin so that selecting the "movies" option from the main menu actually shows a listing from a smart playlist, which could just be "path does not contain 'trailers' " and you would be all set.