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Unable to create separate source - Lefrenchman36 - 2024-10-01
Have latest V of Kodi and am using Amber (not my ideal choice) - but it has the ability to add to the home menu, which my preferred, confluence, can't
Video data is in 3 separate NAS boxes as follows
1) Film
2) TV-Shows
3) Documentaries
each of the 3 have a folder structure of #, A to Z - so 27 sub folders per Box - it's neat and exactly as i need!
the above is NON-negotiable vis a vis change
I have created 2 sources (possibly may have done this in confluence before i switched to Amber) for movies & TV
i now need to
1) create a 3rd source to the documentary NAS
2) add that source to a 'Documentary' menu item on the HOME menu
when i look at settings i can see the two original sources but can neither edit them or create a new one
Need a 'KISS' solution - not some overblown, 'round the houses' dsicusion.
RE: Unable to create separate source - Karellen - 2024-10-01
(2024-10-01, 00:36)Lefrenchman36 Wrote: each of the 3 have a folder structure of #, A to ZI think the only problem will be with TV Shows. You will need to create 27 Sources for them, otherwise each subfolder will be scraped as a tv show, and all the episodes within each sub-folder will be added to that random show.
(2024-10-01, 00:36)Lefrenchman36 Wrote: when i look at settings i can see the two original sources but can neither edit them or create a new oneEnsure Show "Add source" buttons in file lists is enabled ... https://kodi.wiki/view/Settings/Media/General#Show_%22Add_source%22_buttons_in_file_lists
(2024-10-01, 00:36)Lefrenchman36 Wrote: add that source to a 'Documentary' menu item on the HOME menuThat should be pretty easy. If you are not sure, ask in the Amber section of the forum. Or follow this guide for AeonNox:Silvo and the process should be fairly similar for Amber.
https://kodi.wiki/view/Custom_home_items/Aeon_Nox_Silvo
RE: Unable to create separate source - Lefrenchman36 - 2024-10-01
>>Ensure Show "Add source" buttons in file lists is enabled
thanks for that, i'd forgotten - must have got disabled somewhere
will check and change
>>you will need to create 27 Sources for them, otherwise each subfolder will be scraped as a tv show,
I've got round this by creating a main mode (via Node editor) called A to Z, and under that 27 XML sub nodes
---- for instance
under - Owner\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\library\video\movies i have a folder called 'A to Z'
under this 'A to Z' folder there are 28 .xml files ('index', '0-9' and 26 individual letters)
the index.xml is
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<node visible="Library.HasContent(Movies)">
<label>A to Z</label>
<icon>DefaultMovies.png</icon>
</node>
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and each of the letters/numbers is
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<node type="filter">
<label>A</label>
<content>movies</content>
<match>any</match>
<rule field="title" operator="startswith">
<value>A</value>
</rule>
<rule field="playlist" operator="is">
<value>Abbot & C</value>
</rule>
<rule field="playlist" operator="is">
<value>De Funes</value>
</rule>
<rule field="playlist" operator="is">
<value>Studio Ghibli</value>
</rule>
</node>
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the playlist rules are for subfolders under the Film NAS that have multiple movies - so M:/Films/A has a folder called 'Abbot & Costellio' which has all the A&C films and is a playlist
with that rule it displays all films that start with A or the appropriate playlist