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Requirements

XML Tag Note
<credits> Library export uses this field for writers. Multiple entries allowed
<outline> Should be short, will be displayed on a single line
<playcount> setting this to 1, or greater, will mark the movie as watched if the importwatchedstate flag is set in advancedsettings.xml
<plot> Can contain more information on multiple lines, will be wrapped
<runtime> Minutes only
<streamdetails> Is a parent tag. While it is possible to manually set the information contained within the "streamdetails" tag,there is little point in doing so, as the software will always overwrite this data when it plays back the video file. In other words, no matter how many times you try to manually set it, it will be undone the moment the video is played


nfo Placement

Correct placement of the nfo file is essential. Regardless of what settings you have set for the source and scraper, Kodi will always search for and scrape a nfo file if it is available. Failing to save the file in the correct location, as detailed below, will force Kodi to either:

  1. Scrape the metadata from the online source set in your scraper or,
  2. If you have Local Info Only set as your scraper, then no entry will be made into the library.

The order of importing metadata is as follows:

  1. nfo file. If no nfo file exists then
  2. Online scraper sites (if a scraper is set in your source settings)
  3. Nothing (if Local Info Only) is set

When Kodi locates the nfo file it will load the *.nfo file and attempt to:

  1. If the nfo file contains XML data (tags), Kodi will import the meta-data directly into the library from the .nfo file or
  2. Will parse the nfo file for a direct URL to the scraper info page.


Movies require one nfo file saved as follows:

Naming & Saving conventions for your Movie *.nfo files:

Saved movies as File Name Save Location
BluRay Structure:
index.nfo
f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\BDMV\index.nfo
DVD Structure:
VIDEO_TS.nfo
f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.nfo
Single movie in directory: <MovieFileName>.nfo f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\Big Buck Bunny (2008).nfo
or:
movie.nfo
f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\movie.nfo
All movies in single directory:
<MovieFileName>.nfo
f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\Big Buck Bunny (2008).nfo
Multi-part / file stacking: <MovieFileName>.nfo f:\MyMovies\Avatar (2009)\Avatar (2009).nfo
or:
<MovieFileName> <StackExt>.nfo
f:\MyMovies\Avatar (2009)\Avatar (2009) cd1.nfo


Movie nfo Tags

Sample Movie nfo File

Provided below is a sample nfo file to assist with the manual creation process. It includes MovieSet XML tags


Sample Movie nfo file