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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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14th Dec 09 at 17:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

How do you arrange your video files? iTunes arranges my music into a nice folder arrangement and XBMC will connect to iTunes on my PC to stream music for me which is fine. However my video files are in a group of folders, but I've noticed that on XBMC you can somehow have a DVD cover view which holds all the info about the movie. Can iTunes sort all that out for me too, or would I have to add all the info manually?
Dom
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Registered: 13th Sep 03
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14th Dec 09 at 17:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

All my movies are in their own directories (under the main movie/film directory) and that's the prefered way of doing it for XBMC (and WMC etc). Again, TV Shows should be done in a similar way with each show having it's own directory and then each season having it's own directory under that.

It's also worth using meta<browser/> application, as it'll automatically get metadata and covers (HD & SD sizes) for your films/tv shows (as long as you have the above directory structure) - XBMC (& WMC) will use this if it's available.
ed
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14th Dec 09 at 17:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Good call on meta<browser/>, cheers
Mike GSi
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Drives:Astra VXR
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14th Dec 09 at 17:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I have Media Center but havent ever used it is it any good?
ed
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14th Dec 09 at 17:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

What Media Centre do you have?
Aaron
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
Location: Cottingham, East Riding
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14th Dec 09 at 18:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

TBH, my media centre is just a standard install of Windows XP...and because i'm a uber nerd...i access my films/tv shows/music from a network drive on my server
noshua
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Registered: 19th Nov 08
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14th Dec 09 at 18:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Aaron - you might want to take a look at XBMC - if you like your media looking nice

ed; take a look at the XBMC forum, there are various tools that will organise your media for you, as well as a getting the required data to make it look nice (XBMC specific tools).

edit; http://xbmc.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=116

I think last time I ran the library I use xbmcNFO, I think I used another tool to organise my films and tv series into correct folders as well, I just can't remember the name.

[Edited on 14-12-2009 by noshua]

 
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