2011-07-30, 02:06
yonu Wrote:Very Dumb question
I used the netflix template in the userguide and it reads my queue but I endup with a folder full of mpg files that XBMC says it can't load. What did I miss and what do I need to post inorder to get help
it's worth understanding the process this script uses to get things working, it helps with issues like this. Here goes my try.
1- the script scans your Netflix queue and creates a stub file with a .mpg extension for each movie (or TV show episode) it finds. That mpg file isn't playable, but it has to be a mpg file in order for step 2 to work.
2- the script then triggers an XBMC library update. That process attempts to scan the directory with those fake mpg files and loads them into XBMC based on the scraper you have set. If the scraper can't figure out what movie is associated with the file XBMC won't load it.
3- the script then figures out what items got loaded in step 2 and renames the items to .strm files (which will play properly). It also does some magic in the XBMC database to associate the old mob entry with the newly named .strm file.
The most common problem I have is that the scraper can't figure out the movie based on it's name. My solution there is to create a .nfo file that contains only the link to the right entry in the moviedb database and put it in the same directory as the movie with the same name (but with .nfo file extension). Then I rerun the script and everything tends to work.