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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-{{GetStarted|'''Manage XBMC's video library'''}}
+{{mininav}}
-{{cleanup}}
-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.
-[[File:Video library.png|500px|right]]
-{{TOCleft}}
-{{-}}
-==Video playback==
-{{see also|Video playback}}
-== Adding videos to the library ==
-<section begin="adding videos to the library" />To use your video files with "metadata" like summaries, cast info, DVD covers, thumbnails, and more, you need to '''[[Adding videos to the library|add those video files]]''' to the [[video library]]<section end="adding videos to the library" /> by following these steps:
-{{:Video library/Contents|}}
-== Navigating the library ==
+{| style="width: 100%;"
-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.
+|-
+ | style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Video.png|40px|left]]
+ | style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" |'''{{resize|1.3em| [[HOW-TO:Create_Video_Library|Create your Video Library]]}}'''
+{{#lst:HOW-TO:Create_Video_Library|intro}}
+ | style="width: 2%;" |
+ | style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Book icon 1.png|40px|left]]
+ | style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" |'''{{resize|1.3em| [[Video_management|Video Library Management]]}}'''
+{{#lst:Video_management|intro}}
-===View sidebar===
+|-
-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.
+ | style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Oxygen480-actions-media-playback-start.png|40px|left]]
-[[File:Library.videos.controls.jpg|180px|left]]
+ | style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" | '''{{resize|1.3em| [[Video_playback|Video Playback Controls]]}}'''
-; View:
+A guide that describes the player controls, how to access on-screen displays, adjust settings for video, audio, subtitles and more.
-: You can the toggle between the different display options, amongst others; List, Thumbnails, Fanart and Cover Flow.
+ | style="width: 2%;" |
-; Sort By:
+ | style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Video.png|40px|left]]
-: 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: 44%; vertical-align:top;" | '''{{resize|1.3em| [[Artwork]]}}'''
-; Filter
+{{#lst:Artwork|intro}}
-: Allows you to filter the media files to only show videos that include the specified string in the name.
-; 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
-: Enables stacking for movie parts cd1, cd2 <big>'''?'''</big>
-; Flatten
-: Removes the title, genre etc nodes from the library view. Selecting a category takes you straight to the title view.
-{{-}}
-=== Contextual menu ===
+|-
-In library view, selecting a movie that has been designated as a movie folder, the following options are available:
+ | style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Video.png|40px|left]]
+ | 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}}
-[[File:Context.library.myvideos.movies.jpg|300px|left]]
+|-
-; Queue Item
+ | style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:language_globe_icon.png|40px|left]]
-: Adds the item to the [[Now Playing]] playlist.
+ | style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" | '''{{resize|1.3em| [[Scrapers|Scrapers]]}}'''
-; Resume from (time) e.g. <nowiki>00:02:21</nowiki>
+Scrapers are used to contact online information providers to download metadata for video and music items to be added to the library.<br>
-: If you previously started watching a file (after a preset time elapsed) and stopped, you can resume viewing from the moment you stopped. '''''see also:'''''[[Advancedsettings.xml#.3Cvideo.3E| Advanced settings override]]
+Contains information on how to install and use scrapers
-; Play from here
-: This will start playback from this file onwards (not including the file highlighted)
-; 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, can also set unwatched, see above.
-; Edit Title
-: Changes the name of the item within the Library.
-; Link to TV show
-: If a particular Movie has a TV series, you can link to said TV Series.
-; 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.
-{{-}}
-;Other possible menu items
+ | style="width: 2%;" |
-; Play
+ | style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Video.png|40px|left]]
-: Plays the selected file, resumes a video from the last stopped position.
+ | style="width: 44%; vertical-align:top;" | '''{{resize|1.3em| [[NFO files]]}}'''
-; Play using
+{{#lst:NFO_files|intro}}
-: Allows you to select which player to use for video playback, depending on platform available players.
-=== 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.
+ | style="width: 5%; vertical-align:top;" | [[File:Video.png|40px|left]]
-;{{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: 44%; vertical-align:top;" | '''{{resize|1.3em| [[Import-export_library|Export Library]]}}'''
+{{#lst:Import-export_library|intro}}
-=== Party Mode ===
+ | style="width: 2%;" |
-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| [[: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.
+|}
-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.
-===Library filtering===
+{{updated|20}}
-[[File:Advancedfiltering.jpg|400px|right]]
-{{main|Advanced Library Filtering}}
-{{#lst:Advanced Library Filtering|intro}}
-{{-}}
-== The media information screen ==
+[[Category:Karellen]]
-In addition to various display layouts, a media information screen can be shown from contextual menu or by pressing '''info''' on the remote.
+[[Category:Video library]]
-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|500px]] [[File:Library.videos.tvshowinfo.WSCR.jpg|500px]]
-==File stacking==
-{{main|File stacking}}
-{{#lst:File stacking|intro}}
-{{-}}
-==Linking Movies to TV shows==
-[[File:Movie linked to TV show.png|right|500px]]
-When you are in the Movies section of XBMC you can select a movie and bring up the contextual menu ({{keypress|C}} on a keyboard) and select "Link to TV show". This will bring up a list of TV shows that are currently in your library. When you link a movie to a TV show it will make that movie show up in the TV show's library view. Multiple movies can be linked to a TV show, but a movie can only be linked to one show at a time.
-{{-}}
-==Movie sets==
-{{main|Movie sets}}
-{{#lst:Movie sets|intro}}
-{{-}}
-==Media stubs==
-{{main|Media stubs}}
-{{#lst:Media stubs|intro}}
-{{-}}
-==Internet streams in the library==
-{{main|STRM}}
-{{#lst:STRM|intro}}
-{{-}}
-==Video library tags==
-{{main|Video library tags}}
-{{#lst:Video library tags|intro}}
-{{-}}
-==Custom video nodes==
-{{main|Custom video nodes}}
-{{#lst:Custom video nodes|intro}}
-{{-}}
-==Playlists==
-{{Main|Playlists}}
-{{#lst:playlists|intro}}
-{{-}}
-==Smart playlists==
-{{main|Smart playlists}}
-{{#lst:Smart playlists|intro}}
-{{-}}
-== Video library settings ==
-{{main|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.
-[[Category:Video]]
-[[Category:XBMC Manual]]

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