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| Adjusts when Season lists are removed from TV Show views. Instead a list of episodes from all seasons is displayed. Options are: | | Adjusts when Season lists are removed from TV Show views. Instead a list of episodes from all seasons is displayed. | ||
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* ''Never''- Season lists are always displayed | * ''Never''- Season lists are always displayed | ||
* ''If only one season''- (default) Season lists are displayed only when two or more seasons exist | * ''If only one season''- (default) Season lists are displayed only when two or more seasons exist | ||
* ''Always''- Hide season lists always | * ''Always''- Hide season lists always | ||
{{note|Cover art for individual seasons will also be hidden.}} | |||
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== Show empty TV shows == | == Show empty TV shows == |
Revision as of 17:13, 15 December 2022
Settings | Media | Videos |
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Default select action
Settings level: | Basic |
Description: |
Allows you to change the default action when clicking on a library item. Available options are: Choose, Play, Resume, Show information and Queue item
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Use video tags
Extract video information from files
Settings level: | Advanced |
Description: | Extract file metadata such as audio and video codecs, audio stream languages, audio channel layout, aspect ratio, subtitle languages, duration. |
Extract chapter thumbnails
Settings level: | Advanced |
Description: | Capture a frame of the video stream. This frame will be displayed in chapter timeline displays used by some skins. |
Files
Combine split video items
Settings level: | Standard |
Description: | Combines multi-part video files and DVD/Bluray folders into a single item in Files view.
Has no affect on library lists. |
Replace file names with library titles
Settings level: | Standard |
Description: | When a file is scanned into the library it will display the scanned title instead of the filename. Disable this setting to display the filename instead. |
Library
Show all items entry
Settings level: | Advanced |
Description: | Show "All items" entry in library lists e.g. All Albums or All seasons |
Show information for unwatched items
Settings level: | Basic |
Description: | Hide informamtion to prevent spoilers. All information is shown by default. Remove an item from the list to hide information and avoid spoilers
Movie plot, Episode plot and Episode thumb can be hidden. |
Show movie sets
Settings level: | Standard |
Description: |
When disabled, all movies in are shown individually in library lists When enabled, movies that are part of a "Movie set" are grouped together and the Collection is displayed instead of the individual movies in the set. Clicking the collection will display the movies. This setting has no effect on the Movie Sets node.
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Include sets containing a single movie
Settings level: | Standard |
Description: | Can work with, or independently of the previous setting.
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Flatten hierarchy
Settings level: | Advanced |
Description: | Removes the title, genre, etc. nodes from the library view. Selecting a category takes you straight to the title view |
Flatten TV show seasons
Settings level: | Advanced |
Description: | Adjusts when Season lists are removed from TV Show views. Instead a list of episodes from all seasons is displayed.
Options are:
Note: Cover art for individual seasons will also be hidden. |
Show empty TV shows
Settings level: | Advanced |
Description: | Show TV shows with no episodes when browsing through the library. |
Select first unwatched TV show season / episode
Settings level: | Advanced |
Description: | When enabled:
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Include "All seasons" and "Specials"
Settings level: Advanced Description: Works with the previous setting. Whether or not consider the items from "All season" and "Specials" in the unwatched item selection
Movie set information folder
Settings level: | Advanced |
Description: | Nominate the location of the Movie Set artwork.[1] |
Show all performers for music videos
Settings level: | Advanced |
Description: | When enabled, shows all contributors in addition to the artists. [2] |
Artwork
These are new artwork settings for v19. These settings replace the artwork settings in scrapers and the artwork tags in the advancedsettings.xml file which are no longer needed.[3]
Artwork level
Settings level: | Advanced |
Description: | Allows you to choose the types of artwork to be added to Kodi. Options are:
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The following four settings relate to the Custom setting.
Movie art types whitelist
Settings level: Advanced Description: Relates to the Custom artwork level. Add to the whitelist the artwork to be scanned or scraped for movies. The listed Movie artwork also extends to the equivelant for Movie Sets. eg, poster includes Movie poster and Movie Set poster. Kodi standard artwork is available for selection. Additional types can be added using the Add art type button. Before adding a new art type, check it is used by the skin as adding a new art type does not mean it will be displayed.
TV show art types whitelist
Settings level: Advanced Description: Relates to the Custom artwork level. Add to the whitelist the artwork to be scanned or scraped for TV Shows. The listed TV show artwork also extends to the equivelant for Seasons. eg, poster includes TV show poster and Season posters. Kodi standard artwork is available for selection. Additional types can be added using the Add art type button. Before adding a new art type, check it is used by the skin as adding a new art type does not mean it will be displayed.
Episode art types whitelist
Settings level: Advanced Description: Relates to the Custom artwork level. Add to the whitelist the artwork to be scanned or scraped for episodes. Kodi standard artwork is available for selection. Additional types can be added using the Add art type button. Before adding a new art type, check it is used by the skin as adding a new art type does not mean it will be displayed.
Music Video art types whitelist
Settings level: Advanced Description: Relates to the Custom artwork level. Add to the whitelist the artwork to be scanned or scraped for Music Videos. Kodi standard artwork is available for selection. Additional types can be added using the Add art type button. Before adding a new art type, check it is used by the skin as adding a new art type does not mean it will be displayed.
Download actor thumbnails
Settings level: | Advanced |
Description: | Also download actor artwork when scanning/scraping media. |
Extract thumbnails from video files
Settings level: | Advanced |
Description: | Capture a frame of the video stream. This frame will be displayed when episode artwork or when movie poster or fanart are missing. |
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