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multi episode files: xml tag available for stopping an episode or setting thumbnails? - orclex - 2019-04-03
I have some multi episode files and after renaming them according to
https://kodi.wiki/view/Naming_video_files/TV_shows#Multi-Episodes
I have two entries for each file - one for each episode. I added the <epbookmark> tag in the nfo file for these episodes which works good as expected.
Are there more xml element tags available to optimize multi episode files?
I think of a tag for stopping the first episode after reaching the timecode which could be set before epbookmark sets the start of the second episode.
Good to have would be a tag with a timecode where kodi should make a thumbnail. Currently all multi episode files have the same thumbnail from the first episode.
RE: multi episode files: xml tag available for stopping an episode or setting thumbnails? - scott967 - 2019-04-03
I would say in general there's a need for developer interest in improving features for managing bookmarks (including episode bookmarks).
scott s.
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RE: multi episode files: xml tag available for stopping an episode or setting thumbnails? - DaVu - 2019-04-04
@orclex
That's why we have the "recommended" way to store your files: https://kodi.wiki/view/Naming_video_files/TV_shows#TV_Show_Folder
Not saying that other ways won't work as well. But we recommend something else.
RE: multi episode files: xml tag available for stopping an episode or setting thumbnails? - scott967 - 2019-04-04
For my part, I use the Media Companion program to build / scrape my nfo files. It handles multi-episode files but doesn't set the <epbookmark> so I do that within Kodi by FFWing to the start of the each episode and setting the bookmark from full screen video. Kodi captures a thumb when a bookmark is created and the bookmark/thumb info is stored in the video database but that info isn't exported and there's no JSON ability for an add-on script to get or set it either. You can only get it by directly accessing the database. You can't do anything in the http server/chorus. Skin can only access bookmarks for the now playing video.
scott s.
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