Video library: Difference between revisions

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Video library

	Create 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.			Video 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.
	Video Playback Controls A guide that describes the player controls, how to access on-screen displays, adjust settings for video, audio, subtitles and more.			Artwork The use of artwork will transform your mundane media player into a showpiece to be proud of, especially when teamed up with your favourite skin. Kodi will allow you to display Posters, Fanart, Album Covers, Actor and Artist images to name a few. Install the Picture Slideshow add-on, and you will have a constant display of video or music fanart to brighten your entertainment room.
	Add & Remove Content from Library Details the various methods to Add new items to the library, Refresh items with new metadata, Remove titles and Exclude files and folders from scanning			Backup Like all technology, disaster can strike at any time, either due to a hardware failure, operating system crash which has corrupted Kodi data, or unexpected results from the use of a nightly or development build of Kodi. For these reasons, backups of Kodi are essential to enable you to quickly rebuild your setup.
	Scrapers Scrapers are used to contact online information providers to download metadata for video and music items to be added to the library. Contains information on how to install and use scrapers			NFO files NFO files are used to populate the music and video library using locally stored information. They are helpful if data for your particular title does not exist, such as for home movies and sporting events. A Parsing and Combination NFO file can be used to control the search behaviour of scrapers when problematic and ambiguous titles prevent your preferred title from being scraped.
	Export Library Kodi has the option to Export and Import the library databases. These options may be used for a number of reasons including the following more popular ones: Perform database backup and recovery Reorganization of data or eliminate database fragmentation (export, clean/remove database, re-import) Move data between Kodi databases on different platforms (eg Widows to Linux)			Index of All Video Library Articles Can't find what you are looking for? Browse the list of all Video Library wiki pages.

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-{{see also|Video playback}}
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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.
-This information can be obtained in various different ways, like through [[How To use Scrapers|Scrapers]] (ie. [[Movies (Video Library)|Movies]], [[TV Shows (Video Library)|TV shows]] and [[Music Videos]]) and [[nfo]] files. Library view allows you to browse your video content by things such as; Genre, Title, Year, Actors and Directors.
-{{TOCleft}}
-[[File:Video library.png|500px]]
-{{-}}
-== Building the library ==
-{{:Adding videos to the library/Contents|}}
-== Navigating the library ==
-The library organizes your videos into three basic categories, Movies, TV Shows and Music Videos. Further these categories are divided into sub-categories, allowing you to find a specific video through criteria like genre, actors, directors, year etc.
-===View sidebar===
+{| style="width: 100%;"
-The sidebar on any given screen, be it in Library view or File view, changes the view types and filters. In most skins you can access the side bar by navigating left till the sidebar opens up, or in some cases you must navigate up or down to bring up those view options.
+|-
-[[File:Library.videos.controls.jpg|180px|left]]
+ | style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Video.png|40px|left]]
-; View:
+ | style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" |'''{{resize|1.3em| [[HOW-TO:Create_Video_Library|Create your Video Library]]}}'''
-: You can the toggle between the different display options, amongst others; List, Thumbnails, Fanart and Cover Flow.
+{{#lst:HOW-TO:Create_Video_Library|intro}}
-; Sort By:
+ | style="width: 2%;" |
-: 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.
+ | style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Book icon 1.png|40px|left]]
-; Filter
+ | style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" |'''{{resize|1.3em| [[Video_management|Video Library Management]]}}'''
-: Allows you to filter the media files to only show videos that include the specified string in the name.
+{{#lst:Video_management|intro}}
-; Misc Options
-; Hide Watched
-: Toggles between All Videos and Unwatched. XBMC will show either all videos or only unwatched media.
-; Search
-: You can search for a string anywhere in the [[The XBMC Database|XBMC video database]]. See [[Video Library#Searching your library|Searching your library]] for more information.
-; Stack
-:
-; Flatten
-: Removes the title, genre etc nodes from the library view. Selecting a category takes you straight to the title view.
-{{-}}
-=== Searching the library ===
+|-
-The search button is available to help you search the [[The XBMC Database|video database]]. Select it to begin your search. A keyboard will pop-up where you may enter search terms (SMS style with the remote, or just using the virtual keyboard). Note that search results will appear in the following order (where matches are found) Genres, Actors (Artists), Directors, By Name, and By Plot. Within each grouping movies will always be first, followed by TV shows and then music videos. '''NOTE: In order to search within words as well as just for words beginning with your search string, place a % sign in front of the match.'''
+ | style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Oxygen480-actions-media-playback-start.png|40px|left]]
+ | style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" | '''{{resize|1.3em| [[Video_playback|Video Playback Controls]]}}'''
+A guide that describes the player controls, how to access on-screen displays, adjust settings for video, audio, subtitles and more.
+ | style="width: 2%;" |
+ | style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Video.png|40px|left]]
+ | style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" | '''{{resize|1.3em| [[Artwork]]}}'''
+{{#lst:Artwork|intro}}
-=== Party Mode ===
+|-
-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
+ | style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Video.png|40px|left]]
-[[Smart Playlist]] and save it as '''partymode-video.xsp''' in the [[userdata folder]].
+ | style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" | '''{{resize|1.3em| [[Updating_or_removing_videos|Add & Remove Content from Library]]}}'''
+Details the various methods to Add new items to the library, Refresh items with new metadata, Remove titles and Exclude files and folders from scanning
+ | style="width: 2%;" |
+ | style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Video.png|40px|left]]
+  | style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" | '''{{resize|1.3em| [[Backup]]}}'''
+{{#lst:Backup|intro}}
-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.
+|-
+ | style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:language_globe_icon.png|40px|left]]
+ | style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" | '''{{resize|1.3em| [[Scrapers|Scrapers]]}}'''
+Scrapers are used to contact online information providers to download metadata for video and music items to be added to the library.<br>
+Contains information on how to install and use scrapers
-==Library views==
+ | style="width: 2%;" |
-{{incomplete}}
+ | style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Video.png|40px|left]]
-:''See also: '''[[Thumbnails]]'''''
+ | style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" | '''{{resize|1.3em| [[NFO files]]}}'''
-{{editor note|some screen shots and explanation on the different views. Need to note things like how to sort by genre, actor, year, etc}}
+{{#lst:NFO_files|intro}}
-===Library filtering===
+|-
-{{frodo box|
+ | style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Video.png|40px|left]]
-[[File:Advancedfiltering.jpg|400px|right]]
+ | style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" | '''{{resize|1.3em| [[Import-export_library|Export Library]]}}'''
-{{main|Advanced Library Filtering}}
+{{#lst:Import-export_library|intro}}
-{{#lst:Advanced Library Filtering|intro}}
-}}
-{{-}}
-==File view with metadata==
+ | style="width: 2%;" |
-{{incomplete}}
+ | style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Video.png|40px|left]]
-{{editor note|Need to note things how you can have metadata in file view, thus making it a "library with folders", etc}}
+ | style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" | '''{{resize|1.3em| [[:Category:Video_library|Index of All Video Library Articles]]}}'''
+Can't find what you are looking for? Browse the list of all Video Library wiki pages.
-== The Media information screen ==
-You display information on you video files by selecting the Movie / TV Show Information option from contextual menu or by pressing '''info''' on the remote.
-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 (Video Library)#Scraper settings|scraper settings]].
-{|
-|
-[[File:Library.videos.movieinfo.WSCR.jpg|400px]]
-|
-[[File:Library.videos.tvshowinfo.WSCR.jpg|400px]]
 |}
-== Contextual menu ==
-In library view, selecting a movie that has been designated as a movie folder, the following options are available:
-[[File:Context.library.myvideos.movies.jpg|left]]
-; 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 [[Movies (Video Library)|movie]] or [[TV Shows (Video Library)|TV show]] info of 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 added and modifies the database accordingly. 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.
-{{-}}
-;Other possible menu items
-; Play
-: Plays the selected file, resumes a video from the last stopped position.
-; Play using
-: Allows you to select which player to use for video playback (DVDPlayer or Mplayer).
-; Link to TV show
-: Links the selected movie to a TV show, The Movie will show up with TV show seasons/episodes.
-== Playlists ==
-{{see|Playlists}}
-== Video library settings ==
-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.
+{{updated|20}}
-[[Category:Video]]
+[[Category:Karellen]]
-{{XBMC wiki toc}}
+[[Category:Video library]]

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