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<section begin=intro />XBMC Movie Scrapers include support for sorting your movies into sets for better organization. This is especially movies that are sequels or are apart of a directly related movie series. If sets are a part of your collection, you can find them easily with the '''Sets''' node in your  [[Video Library#Navigating your Library|Video Library]]. As of version 11.0 ("Eden") XBMC can determine if movies are part of a set or collection when using [[Add-on:The MovieDB|The MovieDB]] or [[IMDb]] movie information add-ons. <section end=intro />
<section begin=intro />XBMC can optionally sort your movies into sets for better organization. Movies sets are for sequels or are apart of a directly related movie series, rather than a genre or [[playlist]], and movies can only be in one set at a time. If sets are a part of your collection. Movie sets can be defined by the scraper, by [[NFO files]], or by using XBMC's built-in sets editor.<section end=intro />


Movie sets are only meant to be used one set per movie. For a much more powerful and flexible way to group movies see '''[[video library tags]]'''.
{{note|Movies can only be in one set at a time, and are meant for series of movies such as sequels. For multiple sets/collections check out '''[[video library tags]]'''.}}
== The problem ==
Movies that are in a series are often not listed in a way that is conducive to ‘regular’ sorting. Here is an example, imagine you have the following movies in your movie collection:


* Die Hard
== Grouping movies into sets when browsing in the library ==
* Die Hard 2
To enable organizing movies in sets, go to {{highlight|bordered=yes|[[Settings/Videos#Library|Settings -> Videos -> Library]]}} and select '''Group movies in sets'''.
* Die Hard With a Vengeance
* Live Free or Die Hard


[[File:Movie_set_before_sort.gif|center]]
== Automatic movie sets data ==
These movies are all entries in a series, and it would be handy to have them listed in your movie library in a group, rather than having all the ones starting with ‘Die Hard’ in order, and then the have the 4th entry in the series listed in the ‘Ls’ with any number of movies in between.
From XBMC version 11 "Eden", movie sets data is downloaded automatically when you scan movies into the library.


== Organizing movie sets ==
{{note|To prevent movies being scraped into sets, change your scraper to [[Add-on:Universal Scraper]] and change it's scraper settings to "don't scrape movie sets"}}
From XBMC version 11, Eden, movie sets data is downloaded automatically when you scan movies into the library. In order to take advantage of this feature, you must use [[Add-on:The MovieDB|The MovieDB]] or [[Add-on:IMDb|IMDb]] as your movie content scraper. If you need to change or add a media source, follow [[Adding videos to the library/Adding media sources|these steps first]].


To enable organizing movies in sets, go to {{highlight|bordered=yes|[[Settings/Videos#Library|Settings -> Videos -> Library]]}} and select '''Group movies in sets'''. This does not prevent movies being scraped into sets. It just disable the movies being visually grouped together when browsing through your library
* If the movie is still in the XBMC Video library, then you will need to [[Updating or removing videos#Refreshing the library|refresh a given movie(s)]] to download the sets data, or manually add movies to sets using the '''[[#Movie sets manager]]'''.


{{note|To prevent movies being scraped into sets you must use the [[Add-on:Universal_Scraper]] and change it's internal setting to "don't scrape movie sets"}}
== Movie set manager ==
 
From XBMC v13 "Gotham", XBMC has a built-in GUI editor for changing, adding, and removing movies and movie sets.
=== Movie-set manager ===
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XBMC v13 "Gotham" [[Development builds]] have a GUI movie-set manager built in.  
 
{{forum link2|See [[forum:160517|Movie set management]] Team discussion thread for more information}}<br />
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== Manually organizing movie sets with NFO files ==
== Manually organizing movie sets with NFO files ==
For other Movie information add-ons than [[Add-on:The MovieDB|The MovieDB]] you will have to create an nfo file. When using the [[Add-on:The MovieDB|The MovieDB]] Movie information add-on XBMC will create movie sets for you automatically when you have more than one movie of the same collection in your library.<br />
{{main|NFO files/movies#Movie sets}}
For these other metadata collectors, in order to organize these movies in a way that will make it easier to find them you can edit your [[NFO files]] to include the "set" tag.
 
{{tip|See '''[[NFO files]]''', specifically '''[[NFO files/movies#Movie_sets]]'''}}
 
=== Updating the XBMC database ===
* If the movie is still in the XBMC Video library, then remove the movie(s) (Context menu / Remove from database).
* Rescan the library (Context menu on any movie / Update database).


== Adding artwork for a set ==
== Adding artwork for a set ==
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Your new movie library will look like the one below, displaying a folder with the set name that you can click on to view the entire set of movies. You can set the thumbnail that will be displayed when you select the movie set by opening the context menu when selecting the set and choosing "Set Movieset Thumb".  
Your new movie library will look like the one below, displaying a folder with the set name that you can click on to view the entire set of movies. You can set the thumbnail that will be displayed when you select the movie set by opening the context menu when selecting the set and choosing "Set Movieset Thumb".  
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[[File:Movie_sets_Screenshot000.jpg|center]]
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XBMC can optionally sort your movies into sets for better organization. Movies sets are for sequels or are apart of a directly related movie series, rather than a genre or playlist, and movies can only be in one set at a time. If sets are a part of your collection. Movie sets can be defined by the scraper, by NFO files, or by using XBMC's built-in sets editor.

Note: Movies can only be in one set at a time, and are meant for series of movies such as sequels. For multiple sets/collections check out video library tags.

Grouping movies into sets when browsing in the library

To enable organizing movies in sets, go to Settings -> Videos -> Library and select Group movies in sets.

Automatic movie sets data

From XBMC version 11 "Eden", movie sets data is downloaded automatically when you scan movies into the library.

Note: To prevent movies being scraped into sets, change your scraper to Add-on:Universal Scraper and change it's scraper settings to "don't scrape movie sets"

Movie set manager

From XBMC v13 "Gotham", XBMC has a built-in GUI editor for changing, adding, and removing movies and movie sets.

Manually organizing movie sets with NFO files

Main page: NFO files/movies#Movie sets

Adding artwork for a set

Your new movie library will look like the one below, displaying a folder with the set name that you can click on to view the entire set of movies. You can set the thumbnail that will be displayed when you select the movie set by opening the context menu when selecting the set and choosing "Set Movieset Thumb".

Movie sets Screenshot000.jpg
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