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How to store each video metadata (.nfo, .jpgs) inside a subfolder? - adama42 - 2022-09-26

Hi

So I recently started using the library feature with Local Information Only, meaning each movie has an .nfo and multiple .jpg in its folder.
What I'd like to know is if is there any setting, maybe through advancedsettings.xml, where you say for kodi to look for that data in a subfolder inside each movie folder.
The reasons for this are to keep folders tidy and so it's easier to manage metadata.

For example I'd edit advancedsettings.xml with:
 
Code:
<metadatasubfolder>.metadata</metadatasubfolder>
And the following would be a valid layout for the Local Information Only mode:
 
Code:
movies/Bunny/Bunny.mp4
movies/Bunny/Bunny.srt
movies/Bunny/.metadata/Bunny-poster.jpg
movies/Bunny/.metadata/Bunny-fanart.jpg
movies/Bunny/.metadata/Bunny-thumb.jpg
movies/Bunny/.metadata/.actors

Thanks

RE: How to store each video metadata (.nfo, .jpgs) inside a subfolder? - Karellen - 2022-09-26

(2022-09-26, 00:00)adama42 Wrote: What I'd like to know is if is there any setting, maybe through advancedsettings.xml, where you say for kodi to look for that data in a subfolder inside each movie folder.
No, there is no option for that. That would require the core program to be modified.

Also, try to avoid using thumb.jpg. Its one of those confusing images that gets used inappropriately.