Archive:Custom video entries

Adding videos to the library/Contents

General topics

Videos

Management

Custom video entries

Need to add videos such as home movies or other videos that are not normally found by XBMC's scrapers? Here's some solutions:

JustUseTheFileName

To simply add videos to the library without any special info you can install the JustUseTheFileName scraper: http://up.kibje.com/20130711/metadata.justUseFilename.org.zip

NFO files

Main page: NFO files

Add NFO files for each file. For step-by-steps look at the additional guides below.
Here's a basic/bare minimal example of an NFO file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <movie>
        <title>Some title</title>
        <originaltitle>Some title just in case - you most likely dont need this either</originaltitle>
        <sorttitle>It will sort by this title if you include it</sorttitle>
        <genre>HomeMovies</genre>
        <id>-1</id>
   </movie>

XBMC will only look at your NFO files ONCE. To refresh see: Video library/Updating or removing videos#Refreshing the library

Additional guides