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RE: First time trying Kodi - the_other_guy - 2019-03-20

(2019-03-15, 17:49)boe_d Wrote: Hello,

I am just trying Kodi for the first time.   I have my files organized on my PC the way I'd like Kodi to display them but I'm not sure how to go about it.   It seems that Movies is working the way I want but I have my TV shows in two different folders and I'd like to have Two TV show selections on the menu on the right.  I have current TV shows and past TV shows and I'd prefer not to have them all in one place as sometimes I feel like watching something new and other times something older.

So on my PC I have
TVPast, Hogans Heroes, Season 1, Season 2,....
TVCurrent, The Rookie, Season 1..

Is there a way to add categories on the left hand pane in Kodi?

Likewise for Movies - I have folders for the Categories/Genre's I believe they belong in -  e.g. Superhero, Bond, Comedy - I'd like when I select Genre's it to either show me my movies folder structure or I'd like to edit the genre's so they point to particular folders.
as you are using pc you will need to copy C:\Program Files\Kodi\system\library to C:\Users\you\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\library
open files.xml and edit 
xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<node order="change" type="folder">
 <label>TVCurrent</label>
 <icon>DefaultFolder.png</icon>
 <path>(drive/folder')TVCurrent,</path>
</node>
save as TVCurrent.xml

xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<node order="change" type="folder">
 <label>TVPast</label>
 <icon>DefaultFolder.png</icon>
 <path>(drive/folder')TVTVPast,</path>
</node>


save as TVPast.xml
this will put them at the top in Categories