[Gweilojake]

Hello,

Preface: Novice user of NFO files, failing, despite pouring over the KODI tutorials

I am trying to add a movie manually, as it would not appear in any scraper.  It is actually a collection of 8 mpg. files in a promotional music video collection (The Sisters of Mercy: Shot Rev 2.0).  I want this to appear in movies, not music videos.  I had created a single NFO file (do I need one for each video, and is so, what would be the distinction for each?). 
I had changed the names of each video to "The Sisters of Mercy - Shot Rev 2.0 pt#01" etc. thinking that would work. 
I changed my settings to accommodate group movies in sets, use movie sets for single movies
Use Local Information Only for scraping.
I've posted the text of my very amateur NFO file attempt below.  This works for single movies, but obviously not working for multiple files.  ANY recommendations, insights, outright mocking of my limited skill set is warranted and greatly appreciated!  Thank you.

xml:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>

<movie>

    <title>The Sisters of Mercy - Shot Rev 2.0</title>

    <originaltitle>The Sisters of Mercy - Shot Rev 2.0</originaltitle>

    <sorttitle>The Sisters of Mercy - Shot Rev 2.0</sorttitle>

    <set></set>

    <rating>NR</rating>

    <year>1993</year>

    <top250></top250>

    <votes></votes>

    <outline>Nine promos from The Sisters of Mercy, taken from their 1992 album 'Revolution', in which Andrew Eldritch casts off his former provincial Goth trappings to pursue a cosmopolitan heavy rock sound, shot through with a dark humour. Includes an updated version of 'Temple of Love '92'.</outline>

    <plot>[03:07] Temple of Love '92

[04:20] This Corrosion

[04:26] Dominion

[04:20] Lucretia

[04:15] 1959

[06:24] More

[03:17] Doctor Jeep

[03:54] Detonation Boulevard

[04:04] Under The Gun</plot>

    <tagline></tagline>

    <runtime>50</runtime> //runtime in minutes

    <thumb></thumb>

    <mpaa></mpaa>

    <id></id>

    <filenameandpath></filenameandpath>

    <trailer></trailer>

    <genre>Movie</genre>

    <genre>Industrial</genre>

    <genre>Gothic</genre>

    <credits>Merciful Release; Warner Music Vision</credits>

    <fileinfo>

        <streamdetails> <!-- While it is possible to manually set the information contained within the "streamdetails" tag,there is little point in doing so, as the software will always overwrite this data when it plays back the video file. In other words, no matter how many times you try to manually set it, it will be undone the moment the video is played.-->

        </streamdetails>

    </fileinfo>

    <director>Jake Rubin</director>

    <actor>

        <name>Andrew Eldritch</name>

        <role>Someone</role>

    </actor>

    <actor>

        <name>Doktor Avalanche</name>

        <role>Someone else</role>

    </actor>

    <actor>

        <name></name>

        <role>That other guy</role>

    </actor>

</movie>

[Karellen]

(do I need one for each video, and is so, what would be the distinction for each?). 

Yes. The nfo filename matches the video file name. If it is the one "movie", then grab MKVToolNix from the web and combine your 8 video files into 1 mkv file, then you only have to create 1 nfo file.

Where did you obtain that sample nfo file? Not from our wiki pages. Not sure how you missed it if you read the documentation but you would be better off using the Template here... https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files/Movies

[Gweilojake]

Hello Karellen,

Thank you kindly for the quick reply.  I appreciate the clarification on the matter.  So there is no way a single NFO file can encompass multiple videos.  Question:  If I create an NFO for each of the video files, wont these each appear as separate movies? I reviewed the example with two movie parts, with the mkv files simple labelled "A" and "B" or "part1" and "part2".  That did not seem to work.  How might I "bundle" them into a single displayed title, with one piece of keyart, etc.?  The template was provided for me years back from this same forum, and has served quite well until now.  I was hoping the even add videos under the same bundle, growing the "movie" as new videos were uncovered.  So, is that an option, or must I continually merge videos?

I'd like to become more adept at modifying NFO's, so if there is a way to add them so that I can amend the title, that would be wonderful.

Thanks again for your guidance.

Jake R.

[Karellen]

What you want to do is more suited to TV Shows and not movies. You are trying to force Movies to do what TV Shows does normally.

You should setup a TV Show and name it The Sisters of Mercy
Then each of your videos is an episode. Your first file will be The Sisters of Mercy - something, something S01E01 etc
You can then use Seasons as you see fit. Maybe they could be release years?
You then create nfo files for each episode.

If I create an NFO for each of the video files, wont these each appear as separate movies?

Yes.

I reviewed the example with two movie parts, with the mkv files simple labelled "A" and "B" or "part1" and "part2".  That did not seem to work.

I would need more information. Screenshot of your folder, your nfo files and a Debug Log of you trying to scan the files into the library

he template was provided for me years back from this same forum, and has served quite well until now

Use the template in the wiki. You have a couple of old tags in there that are not used. You are using the wrong rating for NR. That goes to <mpaa>. You are missing the <uniqueid> which is critical. You are using <credits> wrong, you should be using <studio> and you don't have <premiered> instead you are using the deprecated <year>. Ever noticed that some info is not being scanned?

I'd like to become more adept at modifying NFO's, so if there is a way to add them so that I can amend the title, that would be wonderful.

There is nothing hard about it (well I use them almost everyday so from my perspective it is not hard). Simply copy the template into a file, rename, edit the contents, save and scan away.

[Gweilojake]

Thanks again!

I had been reviewing https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=254983 regarding a naming convention that could allow for multiple parts.  I was initially intrigued with the "Naming video files/Movies" on https://kodi.wiki/view/Naming_video_file...vie_Folder 

If I can simply link the files in this manner, so that each runs successively in sequence, all while displayed as a single title, that is PERFECT.  Even if some additional data is not expressed properly.  Any way this can work?   Really appreciate it! 

5.1 Movie Files
These are for multi-part video files in the same Movie folder. eg *.mkv, *.mp4, *.avi etc
The following are default stacking extensions that can be added to file names.

# = 1 thru 9 OR A thru D. No space.
Default Stacking Extensionspart#cd#dvd#pt#disk#disc#
# = A thru D. No space.
Default Stacking Extensionsmoviename#.ext
eg.
e:\Movies 1\Lucy (2014)A.mkv
e:\Movies 1\Lucy (2014)B.mkv