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== Music .nfo files ==


=== Music .nfo Files containing XML data ===
==== Artists ====
artist.nfo in the artist folder containing:
<syntaxhighlight lang="xml" enclose="div">
<artist>
  <name>Artist/Band Name</name>
  <genre clear=true>First Genre</genre>
  <genre>Second Genre</genre>
  ...
  <genre>Nth Genre</genre>
  <style clear=true>First Style</style>
  <style>Second Style</style>
  ...
  <style>Nth Style<style>
  <mood clear=true>First Mood</mood>
  <mood>Second Mood</mood>
  ...
  <mood>Nth Mood</mood>
  <yearsactive clear=true>First year active (1993)</yearsactive>
  <yearsactive>Second year active (1995)</yearsactive>
  ...
  <yearsactive>Nth year active (2000)</yearsactive>
  <born>Birth date of artist</born>
  <formed>Date band formed</formed>
  <instruments>Musical instruments used by artist/band</instruments>
  <biography>Artist/Band biography text</biography>
  <died>Date artist died</died>
  <disbanded>Date band broke up<disbanded>
  <thumb>/path/to/unix/style/artist/thumb1.tbn</thumb>
  <thumb>C:\path\to\win32\style\artist\thumb2.png</thumb>
  <thumb>http://path.to/www/remote/artist/thumb3.jpg</thumb>
  <thumb>smb://path/to/smb/remote/artist/thumbN.tbn</thumb>
  <album>
    <title>First Album Title</title>
    <year>Release year of first album</year>
  </album>
  ...
  <album>
    <title>Nth Album Title</title>
    <year>Release year of Nth album</year>
  </album>
</artist>
</syntaxhighlight>
{{note|Where indicated, tags can accept an optional "clear" boolean (true/false) attribute which clears corresponding scraped data and all values of similar tags up to that point.}}
==== Albums ====
album.nfo in the album folder containing:
<syntaxhighlight lang="xml" enclose="div">
<album>
  <title>The Album Title</title>
  <artist clear=true>First Artist</artist>
  <artist>Second Artist</artist>
  ...
  <artist>Nth Artist</artist>
  <genre clear=true>First Genre</genre>
  <genre>Second Genre</genre>
  ...
  <genre>Nth Genre</genre>
  <style clear=true>First Style</style>
  <style>Second Style</style>
  ...
  <style>Nth Style<style>
  <mood clear=true>First Mood</mood>
  <mood>Second Mood</mood>
  ...
  <mood>Nth Mood</mood>
  <theme clear=true>First Theme</theme>
  <theme>Second Theme</theme>
  ...
  <theme>Nth Theme</theme>
  <review>Album review text</review>
  <releasedate>Album release date</releasedate>
  <label>Record label the album was released under</label>
  <type>Erm...EP/LP? CD,Vinyl,DVDA,etc? I dunno</type>
  <year>Year album was released</year>
  <rating>Rating out of 5?<rating>
  <thumb>/path/to/unix/style/album/thumb1.tbn</thumb>
  <thumb>C:\path\to\win32\style\album\thumb2.png</thumb>
  <thumb>http://path.to/www/remote/album/thumb3.jpg</thumb>
  ...
  <thumb>smb://path/to/smb/remote/thumbN.tbn</thumb>
  <track>
    <position>Track Number (1)</position>
    <title>Title of first track</title>
    <duration>Length of first track (XXX min, MM:SS)</duration>
  </track>
  ...
  <track>
    <position>Track Number (N)</position>
    <title>Title of Nth track</title>
    <duration>Length of Nth track</duration>
  </track>
</album>
</syntaxhighlight>
{{note|Where indicated, tags can accept an optional "clear" boolean (true/false) attribute which clears corresponding scraped data and all values of similar tags up to that point.}}
=== Music .nfo files containing an URL ===
==== Artists ====
artist.nfo in the artist folder that points to the corresponding artist page on a supported scraper site, such as [http://www.allmusic.com Allmusic.com].
<nowiki>http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gifoxqwkldae</nowiki>
artist.nfo assumes an artist/album directory layout
==== Albums ====
album.nfo in the album folder that points to the corresponding album page on a supported scraper site, such as [http://www.allmusic.com Allmusic.com].
<nowiki>http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kifoxqualdde</nowiki>
{{frodo updated}}
[[Category:Scraper]]
[[Category:Music library]]
[[Category:Manual]]

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