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<section begin="intro" />Kodi has the ability to include Music Videos in the [[Video library|Video]] and [[Music library|Music]] libraries. All scanned music videos will show up in both. Music Videos can also be part of [[Playlists#Party Mode Playlist|Party Mode]] and [[Playlists#Smart Playlists|Smart Playlists]]. Playlists containing both music and music videos should be stored in the mixed playlist subfolder under the [[userdata]] folder.<section end="intro" />


== Adding music videos to the library ==
{{main|Adding videos to the library}}


=== File structure ===
= Introduction =
<section begin="intro" />Kodi has the ability to include Music Videos in the [[Video library|Video]] and [[Music library|Music]] libraries. All scanned music videos will show up in both. Music Videos can also be part of [[Playlists#Party Mode Playlist|Party Mode]] and [[Playlists#Smart Playlists|Smart Playlists]]. Playlists containing both music and music videos should be stored in the mixed playlist subfolder under the [[userdata]] folder.<section end="intro" />


Its important to make use the standard file structure for music videos like so:


  C:\Kodi Sources\Mvids\Artist - Title.mkv


All music videos should be in a single folder named exactly as the above examples. NOTE: The space between the hyphen is important!
= Naming =
Music Video file naming is as follows:


[[File:Mvids-Structure.jpg]]
::'''Artist - Title.mkv'''


=== Selecting the source ===
'''NOTE:''' The space either side of the hyphen is important!


Once you have all your music videos named correctly we can set them up as a source in Kodi


  Videos >> Files >> Add Videos >> Browse >> Select your music video folder (in this case "Mvids")
= File structure =


Now we have the source folder selected we need to set a few options:
All music videos should be in a single folder named exactly as the above examples.


  Set content >> "Music Videos" >> Choose provider
[[File:Mvids-Structure.jpg]]
 
NOTE: Currently there are no music video scrapers on the official Kodi Repository, but you can find some here on github. Just download as a zip and install from kodis add-on browser manually:


https://github.com/tphoenix/metadata.musicvideos.imvdb
https://github.com/zag2me/metadata.musicvideos.theaudiodb.com


Make sure that user folder names for lookups is unchecked and hit OK, then update library at the next popup


[[File:Mvids-Config.jpg]]
   


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Revision as of 04:36, 13 February 2023

Create Video Libraries
1. The Basics
2. Source Folder
3. Movie Setup
4a. TV Show Setup
4b. Seasons Setup
4c. Episodes Setup
5. Music Videos Setup
6. Add Source & Scrape
7. Scraping Problems
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▶ Music library		 ▶ Music videos


Introduction

Kodi has the ability to include Music Videos in the Video and Music libraries. All scanned music videos will show up in both. Music Videos can also be part of Party Mode and Smart Playlists. Playlists containing both music and music videos should be stored in the mixed playlist subfolder under the userdata folder.


Naming

Music Video file naming is as follows:

Artist - Title.mkv

NOTE: The space either side of the hyphen is important!


File structure

All music videos should be in a single folder named exactly as the above examples.

Mvids-Structure.jpg



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