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RE: Why doesn't KODI read movie.nfo files ? - janweinreich - 2018-08-10
Got into the same issue.
Had "movie.nfo" files along my "Blade.Runner.2049.strm". No nfo file found error.
renamed the movie.nfo to Blade.Runner.2049.nfo and problem solved.
DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: Found matching URL NFO file: special://userdata/addon_data/plugin.video.incursion/Movies/Blade Runner 2049 (2017)/Blade.Runner.2049.nfo
whops sorry for raising old thread.
RE: Why doesn't KODI read movie.nfo files ? - Klojum - 2018-08-10
(2018-08-10, 19:28)janweinreich Wrote: whops sorry for raising old thread.Also don't bother us with problems regarding banned addons. There is no support here for those add-ons whatsoever.
RE: Why doesn't KODI read movie.nfo files ? - Karellen - 2018-08-10
See Note below table... https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files/Movies#nfo_Placement
RE: Why doesn't KODI read movie.nfo files ? - PH-SYM - 2018-08-10
(2018-03-22, 01:15)bowan Wrote: I have set the source content to Movies, "Movies are in separate folders that match the movie title" is OFF,
As I understand it, by setting this to OFF, you are telling Kodi that all movies are NOT in their own folder but in a single (common!) folder instead. According to the wiki, then you cannot use movie.nfo but must use <moviename>.nfo.
RE: Why doesn't KODI read movie.nfo files ? - 3838683 - 2019-06-19
i think i may have found a solution to the Scraper/ non reading NFO file issue
i was having this same issue, after making sure everything was being done right on my end (txt file encoding, file/folder name, etc.), KODI was still ignoring the NFO files
what i had to do was to make the scraper match the URL within the NFO file
meaning, for TV Shows, whatever scraper my folder is set to TVDB, TheMovieDB, etc.
the URL in the NFO MUST also point to that same site
if your file or folder is pointing to TVDB and the URL in your NFO file is pointing to TheMovieDB it wont read it
im not sure if it was always like this, but i dont think this detail is listed in the wiki
also, the wiki still has the TVDB using a series ID within its TV Show URL and thats no longer the case and should be updated
i did however check NFO files with BOTH a TVDB Series ID URL and the NEW Series Name URL that TVDB is using, and both worked fine
FYI, in order to use the Series ID on TVDB, just copy the sample URL in the wiki and edit the Series ID to any show
RE: Why doesn't KODI read movie.nfo files ? - Karellen - 2019-06-19
(2019-06-19, 22:10)3838683 Wrote: im not sure if it was always like this, but i dont think this detail is listed in the wikiAlways been like this. It is listed in the wiki. See 4.6... https://kodi.wiki/view/Incorrect_and_missing_videos#New_episodes_will_not_scrape
Also listed as item 1f here... https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=336969
(2019-06-19, 22:10)3838683 Wrote: also, the wiki still has the TVDB using a series ID within its TV Show URL and thats no longer the case and should be updatedSure. Can you point me to that error. Or the wiki is community maintained, so feel free to fix any errors you come across.
RE: Why doesn't KODI read movie.nfo files ? - 3838683 - 2019-06-20
(2019-06-19, 22:15)Karellen Wrote: Sure. Can you point me to that error. Or the wiki is community maintained, so feel free to fix any errors you come across.
https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files
section 2.2
The TV Show nfo example given is in the old TVDB format that includes the series number.
Also, if KODI has replaced TVDB with TheMovieDB for its official default TV Show scraper shouldnt that example be a TheMovieDB link?
RE: Why doesn't KODI read movie.nfo files ? - Karellen - 2019-06-20
Great, thanks.
Yes, the link should be updated to TheMovieDB. The page is not yet updated for v18, but it is on my to-do list.