[docwra]

Hi Karellen,
I have used NFO files a long time ago, however I really try to keep my drives uncluttered.  I like to use the IMDB number on the rare occasion that I am having an issue, and it works really well.  Since I use the add-on Backup I am not really worried about loosing the data.

It would be a nice feature for sure, but no idea how it could be done. you could use the TADB ID or the MB Release ID for identification in the actual music video filename.

[PoBear]

Please forgive me if this is not the place for this query.

I have a relatively large library of music videos, from what I can see from the Kodi logs none of them are being added to the library.

I'm not sure if it is relevant but I am also using the Emby addon.

The following is an extract from the log


@Karellen- Log removed


Any ideas. Thanks

[Karellen]

@PoBear

Please post your FULL log to a pastebin site

[PoBear]

The full log is on the following link

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ajr3DFwp3E-lpGGq3tzvLK0aL_Wp

[Karellen]

Hello PoBear,

Yes I can see all the "won't be added to the library". Unfortunately you did not enable Debug mode, so I could not see why. I do see Emby is thrown into the mix there and is most likely connected to the issue.

Can you create the log again, exactly as you did with the previous one, but first go to Settings>System Settings>Logging and enable it. Then restart Kodi and create the log again. You will know it is enabled when you see the counters at the top of your screen.

I have no experience with Emby, so we may have to rely on someone that uses Emby to provide some advice if nothing stands out in your next log.

Thanks

ps, a very enviable collection

[docwra]

Yep I don't see any API requests so hard to tell whats going on. Needs debug mode on.

[PoBear]

Updated log with debug on

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ajr3DFwp3E-lpGGq3tzvLK0aL_Wp

Thanks for your help with this.

[Karellen]

HI PoBear,

ADDON::CScraper::FindMovie: Searching for '10 CC - Dreadlock Holiday (TOTP)' using Local information only scraper (path: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\addons\metadata.local', content: 'musicvideos', version: '1.0.0')

It looks like you have your scraper set to Local Information Only. Do you have NFO Files and Artwork saved locally that Kodi can access and scrape?

[PoBear]

No Emby should be storing the artist/track information in it's database and making it available to Kodi, however, I'm not 100% sure that this is working with Emby, it does for movies and TV.

I may be able to force that an NFO file is created.

Are you using the settings for video or music? I have music set to no for "prefer online information" and "fetch additional information during updates"

[docwra]

Yep still no api calls so the online scraper is not being called.

[PoBear]

Some questions.

It appears that Emby is not very good at handling music videos with very little information being scraped. if any

I don't have to use Emby as a source so how would I go about getting Kodi to manage the videos? Is it just a case of switching on the two settings in my previous post?

Having looked at the wiki for music videos the recommended file structure is a flat one

/musicvideos/artist1 - song1
/musicvideos/artist1 - song2
/musicvideos/artist2 - song1
etc.

I'm currently using

/musicvideos/artist1/artist1 - song1
/musicvideos/artist1/artist1 - song2
/musicvideos/artist2/artist2 - song1

Will this impact on Kodi managing the content, the log suggests that it is finding the content just not processing it.

Thanks

[docwra]

Easiest way to test would be just to add a few music videos as a source, say for 1 artist.

[PoBear]

Thanks for your help, I now have a lot of my library successfully recognised but I still have a lot of videos not found.

First some good news, it appears that having my videos in folders by artist name has not been a problem.

Are the rules for looking up videos written down anywhere? I'm trying to figure out whether it's the file name that is a problem or the content is missing from TheAudioDB. for example the following Adele videos cannot be found

Adele - Baby It's You.avi
Adele - Chasing Pavements (OV).avi
Adele - Chasing Pavements (TOTP).avi
Adele - Cold Shoulder (OV).avi
Adele - Hello (OV).avi
Adele - Make You Feel My Love (OV)

Picking on Adele - Hello, there appears to a video registered for this, is it the "(OV)" that is preventing lookup?

Thanks

[docwra]

Yes the OV will cause issues.

The videos must be named exactly the same as the Artist/Title on TheAudioDB

There may also be some issues with apostrophe's from memory, but this is a Kodi issue, not an API issue.

EDIT: you can test yourself manually using this URL

Code:

http://www.theaudiodb.com/api/v1/json/1/searchtrack.php?s=adele&t=hello

S = Artist Name to search
T = Track Name to search

[PoBear]

Some of my videos with information in brackets appear to have actually worked.

I tried your link with Hello&32(OV) and that worked

The problem I have is that often have multiple versions of the same song, how do I distinguish between them?

If it is not something that the scraper currently does could I request that some way of excluding data is built in, how about square brackets, so Adele - Hello [OV]

Thanks