Incorrect and missing videos: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 00:34, 27 March 2012

Fixing individual videos

After adding new video files, if you find that the information is incorrect, select the incorrect entry and press "i" to bring up the movie information and then select "Refresh". From here you can also do a manual title search lookup. Sometimes using a partial title in the manual search will help when a normal search brings up nothing.

Tools

Add-on:XWMM - Can be used to edit library entires from a web browser.
Add-on:Missing Movie Scanner - An XBMC add-on that will search your video sources and list all movies not scanned in your library.
Category:Library managers

NFO files

Another valid way of making sure your scraper finds its way to correct information for your newly added media is by the use of Nfo files. Nfo files can be used to provide data for a movie or influence the search behavior of scrapers (e.g by pointing it to a predefined URL).

Manually finding missing videos

If you have a small library then you can probably just use file mode and see what videos don't have metadata (thumbnails, for example). For larger video collections, see #Tools.

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 {{:Adding videos to the library/Contents}}
-==Incorrect matches==
 :''See also: '''[[Adding videos to the library/Naming files/TV shows#Tweaking matches|TV shows#Tweaking matches]]'''''
+==Fixing individual videos==
 After adding new video files, if you find that the information is incorrect, select the incorrect entry and press "'''i'''" to bring up the movie information and then select "'''Refresh'''". From here you can also do a manual title search lookup. Sometimes using a partial title in the manual search will help when a normal search brings up nothing.
-Another valid way of making sure your scraper finds its way to correct information for your newly added media is by the use of [[Import - Export Library#Video nfo Files|Nfo files]]. Nfo files can be used to [[Import - Export Library#Movies|provide data for a movie]] or influence the search behavior of scrapers (e.g by pointing it to a [[Import - Export Library#Video nfo files containing an URL|predefined URL]]).
+===Tools===
+*[[Add-on:XWMM]] - Can be used to edit library entires from a web browser.
-If you would like to remove the entire video database (for example after a bad scan, or you have problems with the library, or for whatever reason), then you can either rename the MyVideos*.db, in /[[userdata]]/Databases/ to something else (i.e. MyVideos*.db.backup) or delete it. Then restart, and the movie & TV show information gathering can be redone.
-You can also use [[Add-on:XWMM]] to edit library entires from a web browser.
-==Unmatched/missing videos==
-{{incomplete}}
-===Finding missing videos===
-If you have a small library then you can probably just use file mode and see what videos don't have metadata (thumbnails, for example). For larger video collections, this can be a real pain, so instead try one of these:
 *[[Add-on:Missing Movie Scanner]] - An XBMC add-on that will search your video sources and list all movies not scanned in your library.
-*[[:Category:Library managers]] - lists some 3rd party programs that, among other things, can find files not scanned in the library.
+*[[:Category:Library managers]]
-===Fixing individual videos===
-===Library managers===
+==NFO files==
+Another valid way of making sure your scraper finds its way to correct information for your newly added media is by the use of [[Import - Export Library#Video nfo Files|Nfo files]]. Nfo files can be used to [[Import - Export Library#Movies|provide data for a movie]] or influence the search behavior of scrapers (e.g by pointing it to a [[Import - Export Library#Video nfo files containing an URL|predefined URL]]).
-===NFO files===
+==Manually finding missing videos==
+If you have a small library then you can probably just use file mode and see what videos don't have metadata (thumbnails, for example). For larger video collections, see [[#Tools]].