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{{see also|Set content and scan}}
<section begin="intro" />NFO files can be used to provide data for a video file in Kodi or influence the search behaviour of scrapers. In particular they are helpful if the information fetched from a web site does not match the video file, or data for that particular file does not exist.<section end="intro" />


By default at the time of scanning, if the media folder contains a correctly named *.nfo file, then Kodi will load the *.nfo file and attempt to either, in the case of it containing XML data get the meta-data directly from the .nfo file or will parse it for a direct URL to the scraper info page. This allows Kodi to skip its normal lookup and/or search procedures; this is useful if a file's information is not available on any of the scraper sites or if the file-matching criteria fail for the particular file.
After the NFO files are scanned into the library, the NFO file is no longer used and only serves as a backup. If you make changes to the NFO file you will need to '''[[refresh]]''' that library entry for the changes to be loaded into Kodi.
Kodi also contains a Local-NFO-only mode for when you add videos to the library, but this mode is only required if you want to prevent online-lookups for videos that lack NFO files. See '''[[Set content and scan#Local NFO only options]]''' for more information on this Local-NFO-only mode.
== Getting an .NFO file ==
Various options:
=== .NFO exists ===
If you have a movie with an .NFO file already, continue with the next section.
=== Create an .NFO file (recommended) ===
* This is recommended to have .NFO files only where needed.
* Create a text file with a text editor (e.g. notepad) with '''exactly the same name as the movie file''' (if all movies in one dir; in case each movie has its own folder, place the '''.nfo''' file there and the name does not matter). The extension has to be '''.nfo''' (e.g. ''Hellboy (2004) English.DTS.1080p.x264.nfo'').
* Make sure the .NFO file is UTF-8 formatted. Please note Windows creates new text documents in ANSI format by default.
=== Export .NFO files for all movies ===
* First you need to have all the movies scanned into your [[Video Library]].
* Once this is done you’ll need to export your library as a series of separate .NFO files. This can be done by going to [[Videos Settings|Settings > Video]] > Library and choosing Export Library. Make sure you choose the separate files option, and a bunch of .NFO files (one for every movie) will be dumped to the directories the movies are stored in.
{{tip|See  '''[[Import-export library]]'''}}
* Once you have the .NFO you'll need to open it for all the movies in the series and add some info to them.
== NFO Examples ==
Below are the different sections explained on how to create specific nfo files for them.
* '''[[NFO files/movies|Movies]]'''
:* [[NFO files/movies#Movie sets|Movie sets]]
:* [[NFO files/movies#Movie tags|Movie tags]]
* '''[[NFO files/tvshows|TV Shows]]'''
:* '''[[NFO files/tvepisodes|TV Episodes]]'''
* '''[[NFO files/musicvideos|Music videos]]'''
* '''[[NFO files/music|Music]]'''
== Importing library information from "My Movies" media management software ==
[http://www.mymovies.dk/ My Movies (www.mymovies.dk)] is an online database for profiling DVD-Video movies. [http://www.mymovies.dk/ My Movies] saves an XML file and a poster cover image which with this patch will get scanned by Kodi in the same way as Kodi's own XML formatted NFO files are scanned/scraped.
Kodi has the ability to get the import movie library information from "[http://www.mymovies.dk/ My Movies]" via the mymovies.xml files that it generates, these mymovies.xml are checked after the movie.nfo file.
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