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The Video Library, one of the [[The XBMC Database|XBMC databases]] allows the organization of your video content by information associated with the video files themselves.
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This information can be obtained in various different ways, like through [[How To use Scrapers|Scrapers]] (ie. [[IMDB|IMDb]], [[TV Shows]]) and [[Nfo|nfo]] files.
The Library Mode view allows you to browse your video content by things like; Genre, Title, Year, Actors and Directors.


==Preparing your Videos to be Scanned==
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First you have to decide what sort of video is contained in the folder/share you wish to scan via the 'Set Content' option of the [[Videos Navigation and Control#The Context_Menu|The Context Menu]], for more info see:
*[[Set Contents (Video Library)]]


For [[TV Shows|TV shows]] to work properly in the Video Library, the file naming conventions used have to match the regular expressions used in XBMC, see:
== Topic navigation ==
*[[TV Shows#TV show file naming conventions|TV show file naming conventions]].
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==Navigating your Library==
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The library organizes your videos into two basic categories, Movies and [[TV Shows]]. Further these categories are divided into sub-categories, allowing you to find a specific video through criteria like genre, actors, directors, year etc.
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; View:
: You can the toggle between the different display options, amongst others; List, Icons and Big Icons.
; Sort By:
: You can choose what criteria to sort your Videos by. Note the arrow to the right which controls whether the items are sorted in ascending or descending order.
; Library Mode
: This control allows you to switch between Library Mode and [[Videos#Files View|File View]]. (Used to be called Switch View)
; Watched Status
: Toggles between All Videos, Watched and Unwatched. XBMC will show only the media you designate.
; Search
: You can search for a string anywhere in the [[The XBMC Database|XBMC video database]].
; Filter
: Allows you to filter the media files to only show videos that include the specified string in the name.
; Party Mode
: See below.
; Flatten
: Removes the title, genre etc nodes from the library view. Selecting a category takes you straight to the title view.
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You can select the default startup screen in Video Library Mode via the ''Make Default'' option of [[Video Library#Video Context Menu in Library Mode|The Context Menu]], (Selecting Movies, TV Shows, Title in each etc.)


==Party Mode==
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The Party Mode option allows you to randomly play [[Music Videos]] from your entire music videos collection based on criteria specified in [[PartyMode.xsp|partymode-video.xsp]]. Simply build a
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[[Playlists#Smart_Playlists|Smart Playlist]] and save it as '''partymode-video.xsp''' in [[The UserData Folder]].
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Selecting 'Party Mode' from the sidebar will play ALL valid media scanned into your libraries in a random order that meet the conditions specified in the Smart Playlist.
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| description 3 = A guide that describes the player controls, how to access on-screen displays, adjust settings for video, audio, subtitles and more.


==The Media Information Screen==
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You display information on you video files by selecting the [[IMDB|Movie]] / [[TV Shows|TV Show]] Information option from [[Videos Navigation and Control#The Context_Menu|The Context Menu]] or by pressing '''info''' on the remote.<br>
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From here you can refresh the information on your media, i.e. in the case of a wrong match during scanning. Here you can also change fanart and media thumbs, where the number of images being offered may depend on your [[Set_Contents_%28Video_Library%29#Scraper_settings|scraper settings]].
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| description 4 = A listing of Video library related pages
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==Video Context Menu in Library Mode==
You perform actions on your video files using the Context Menu. Press the '''White''' button on your controller ('''Title''' on the remote). This will bring up the context menu, pictured below right. In Library Mode, selecting a movie that has been designated as a movie folder, the following options are available:
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; Queue Item
: Adds the item to the [[Now Playing]] playlist.
; Add to Favourites
: Adds the item to your [[Favourites]] menu.
; Movie / TV Show Information
: Shows the relevant information, gathered through [[How To use Scrapers|scrapers]], such as the [[IMDB|IMDb]] or [[TV Shows]] info on the selected file.
; Mark as Watched
: Changes the video status to watched, see above.
; Edit Title
: Changes the name of the item within the Library.
; Remove From Library
: Removes the selected item from the [[The XBMC Database|video database]].
; Update Library
: Checks if files in the Library have been changed, added or removed, modifies the database accordingly and runs a cleaning routine. Adds missing media to the database.
; Go to Root
: Takes you to the Video Library root.
; Now Playing...
: Takes you to the [[Now Playing]] screen that shows what is currently playing and what the next queued files are.
; Settings
: Opens the [[Videos Settings]] menu.<br>
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;Other possible menu items
; Play
: Plays the selected file, resumes a video from the last stopped position.


==Remote browsing==
To be able to browse the Video Library outside the GUI, like through [[The Web Interface]], you'll currently have to add a special [[Types of  Media Sources#Video_Library|videodb:// source]], which will show up as 'Library' under Videos in the web interface.


==Video Library Settings and Maintenance==
== How-tos ==
The main Video Library settings can be accessed from the [[Videos_Settings#Library|Library]] tab in [[Videos Settings]]. Those can be accessed either from the [[Settings]] menu from the home screen, or via the context menu as seen above.
Assorted how-tos related to the video library:


===advancedsettings.xml===
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Some settings can only be altered through the [[advancedsettings.xml#<videolibrary>|advancedsettings.xml]] file, such as settings affecting the "All" and "Recently Added" database nodes.
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===Removing Entire Folders from the Library===
You can remove the contents of entire folders from the library by setting content to <None> as described in the [[How To use Scrapers]] section.


===Clean Video Library===
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Cleaning up the Video Library (removing invalid entries and compressing) can be done via the [[User Interface Settings]], in the [[Videos Settings]] with the Clean Library option.


[[category:Usage]]
[[Category:Index]]
[[Category:Manual]]
[[Category:Karellen]]
[[Category:Video library]]
[[Category:General topics]]

Revision as of 03:53, 18 May 2019

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Topic navigation

icon Guide to Create, Modify and Re-build your Video Library
Kodi has the ability to create separate Movie, TV Show and Music Video libraries that can display your collections in an Artwork and information rich display. Follow these pages to step through the creation of your libraries.
icon Library Management
Now that you have your library setup and have become confident with using Kodi, you can start experimenting with modifying your library so it better suits your preferences.

This page will guide you to other wiki pages that are commonly used to modify the library.

icon Video Playback Controls
A guide that describes the player controls, how to access on-screen displays, adjust settings for video, audio, subtitles and more.
icon Index of Video articles
A listing of Video library related pages



How-tos

Assorted how-tos related to the video library:


HOW-TO:Modify automatic watch and resume points
This page describes three advancedsettings.xml settings that can be used to modify when "watched" and "resume" marks are saved. These settings can also be used to prevent automatically saving watched and resume points. A watched point records if a video has been watched or not. A resume point records where in a video file playback has stopped, so it can be resumed later.
HOW-TO:Modify dirty regions
Dirty regions is an advanced setting and interface rendering method that can help speed up the GUI in Kodi and decrease the demand on your CPU and GPU. Dirty regions has no effect during video playback unless there are GUI elements (on screen buttons) visible. Using dirty regions requires Kodi v11 (Eden) or higher.
HOW-TO:Modify the video cache
This page describes three advancedsettings.xml settings that can be used to maximize the video playback cache. You can use all or just a couple of these settings to see significant improvements in cache performance, should you require it (most users will not require these modifications). This can help with intermittent network issues, buffering, reduce how long the network is tied up, and sometimes improve battery life.
HOW-TO:Modify time seeking
This page describes various advancedsettings.xml settings that can be used to modify the default seek "steps" in Kodi, commonly mapped to the directional keys during playback (left, right, up, down). By default, up/down is "BigStepForward/Back" +/- 10 minutes, and left/right is "StepForward/Back" +/- 30 seconds. There is also "SmallStepBack", which is -7 seconds. All of these options can be modified.
HOW-TO:Set up subtitle services
As per Kodi v13 "Gotham", subtitles support is now built into Kodi. And instead of downloading a full subtitle download add-on, you now install one (or more) specific subtitle services.
Video file tagging
Kodi v18 Leia introduces support for embedded video tags using *.mkv and *.mp4 video files. *.avi support is available since v18.x. They are similar in principle to the tags saved in audio files. Only limited support for video tags is available at this time.