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Rikkertt24 · 2024-10-25, 18:23

Hello,

I just refreshed my library and I noticed something. I have Radarr generate an .nfo file for metadata for kodi. If the .nfo file says the videocodec is H264, then I get a normal H264 videocodec label visible when scrolling movies. When the .nfo file says the videocodec is x264, then there is no label showing. Is there a list of videocodecs the have a label? Or should x264 just show as h264?

To make things clear, what I am talking about are the labels you see on the right bottom corner for the media info:

Is there a list of codecs that are shown here or should x264 just be shown as h264?

Thanks for thinking with me.

**Hitcher** · 2024-10-25, 20:22

Post the NFO please.

Rikkertt24 · 2024-11-06, 18:57

(2024-10-25, 20:22)Hitcher Wrote: Post the NFO please.

Hello,

Sorry for the delayed response. Here is the .nfo file: https://paste.kodi.tv/igaqowecew.kodi

Thanks for your help.

**Hitcher**

I think that Kodi ignores stream details in an NFO and gets them direct from the file instead. And h264 is the only one of the 2 available for the ListItem.VideoCodec label.

Quote:ListItem.VideoCodec
Shows the video codec of the currently selected video (common values: 3iv2, avc1, div2, div3, divx, divx 4, dx50, flv, h264, microsoft, mp42, mp43, mp4v, mpeg1video, mpeg2video, mpg4, rv40, svq1, svq3, theora, vp6f, wmv2, wmv3, wvc1, xvid)

**Karellen**

(2024-10-25, 18:23)Rikkertt24 Wrote: Is there a list of codecs that are shown here or should x264 just be shown as h264?

x264 doesn't seem to be a recognized codec name.
This is what is used... https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master...#L750-L774

(2024-11-06, 19:40)Hitcher Wrote: I think that Kodi ignores stream details in an NFO

That was changed in v21
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/24386

**Hitcher** · 2024-11-06, 23:03

(2024-11-06, 20:14)Karellen Wrote: That was changed in v21
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/24386

Thanks.

**jjd-uk** · 2024-11-13, 20:13

X264 is not a codec, it is the name of the popular open source encoder for encoding to H264.

Rikkertt24 · 2024-12-03, 21:08

Thanks for the replies. So is there a way where I can have Kodi show H264 in case the .nfo file says x264?
If I disable the option in Radarr to create the .nfo files, would Kodi read the file as h264 and show it as that?

**jjd-uk** · 2024-12-08, 16:47

The issue is the nfo details override everything else, but in this case x264 is not a valid codec (as it's not a codec) so Kodi doesn't display anything. So yes if the nfo wasn't there Kodi would correctly display h.264 which is the actual codec.

**CrystalP** · 2024-12-08, 21:19

The ''fix" would be a change in Radarr. Sonarr will likely be the same.

izprtxqkft · 2024-12-08, 21:29

of course, given kodi is open source, in lieu of an actual fix one could simply add a variable to their skin so that x264 gets identified and displayed as h264
get creative and you could add an x264 icon for it as well

**jjd-uk** · 2024-12-09, 00:46

You'd have to do a match of the filename string to do anything from the skin, since x264 won't be passed by core to the skin as it's not valid.