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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" />


== File structure ==


Its important to make use the standard file structure for music videos like so:
= 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" />


  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!


[[File:Mvids-Structure.jpg]]
= Naming =
Music Video file naming is as follows:


== Selecting the source ==
::'''Artist - Title.mkv'''


Once you have all your music videos named correctly we can set them up as a source in Kodi
'''NOTE:''' The space either side of the hyphen is important!


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


= File structure =


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


Now we have the source folder selected we need to set a few options:
[[File:Mvids-Structure.jpg]]
 
  Set content >> "Music Videos" >> Choose provider
 
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]]
 
 
== Music Video Views ==
 
Now we have all the music videos imported, we can go and find them from the main menu
 
  Music >> Music Videos >> Title
 
And now you should see something like this with all the artwork and metadata matched to each video!
 
[[File:Mvid-View.jpg]]
 
From here you can browse music videos in many different ways such as by year, title or via the album they were released on.
 
[[File:Mvid-nodes.jpg]]


This will make it much easier and quicker to find the video you want.


As an added bonus you can also search by director or even the film company that produced it. Its a really nice way of browsing the videos if you like the style of a particular director.


== Video guides ==


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Latest revision as of 02:09, 22 April 2024

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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