XBMC scraper/thumbs help

DiCe! · 15 Apr 2011 at 20:36

First attempt with XBMC on my HTPC,
managed to that installed, also managed to add the aeon mq 2 skin which is very nice.....and here comes my problem

I add say my music folder as a source, but all that comes up are the standard thumbs. it says i have an add in to get the thumbs....do i have to wait a long time? do i have to tell it to get the thumbs? the whole thing has me very confused...

Any help/a point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!

Alex/DiCe!

Giddy · 15 Apr 2011 at 22:18

I don't use XMBC for music but for TV/Films you need to set the content type of the folder, it should then go away and download all the album artwork/fan art etc...

DiCe! · 16 Apr 2011 at 09:00

I will give that ago! many thanks, After a sleep i feel more alive to challenge this anyhow lol

nero120 · 16 Apr 2011 at 15:18

Yeah set the content type to music and you should have a last.fm scraper for that if I remember it right.

SparkyG · 16 Apr 2011 at 16:40

Yes it will scrape it self or you can do it manually

DiCe! · 17 Apr 2011 at 21:29

Got it all working

spent a while going through my media renaming/dating. took a while but worth it!

RoyMi6 · 18 Apr 2011 at 10:57

DiCe! said:
Got it all working spent a while going through my media renaming/dating. took a while but worth it!

That's easily the biggest challenge with this type of thing but as you say, definitely worth it.

Be aware that there's applications out there that can automatically rename files and place them in the correct folders based on mp3 tag information.

This can also be done on mass for Movies and TV shows.

DiCe! · 18 Apr 2011 at 12:21

The TV and movies are next on my agenda, what would you suggest?

RoyMi6 · 18 Apr 2011 at 15:04

I use http://www.therenamer.com/ for TV shows and movies.

Others out there but works well for me.

Engram · 18 Apr 2011 at 15:07

RoyMi6 said:
I use http://www.therenamer.com/ for TV shows and movies.

Others out there but works well for me.

If your stuff is reasonably well named (ie. TV episodes have the SxxExx identifier in them) you may find that it identifies everything without any renaming being required.

RoyMi6 · 18 Apr 2011 at 15:11

Engram said:
If your stuff is reasonably well named (ie. TV episodes have the SxxExx identifier in them) you may find that it identifies everything without any renaming being required.

This is true. The scrapers in XBMC will be usuing exactly the type of searches that separate tools like this use to find and rename your files. However I prefer to keep my house in order and this renamer also moves your files about and puts them in the correct folders etc.

Gives you a nice

\TV Shows\Friends\Friends S01\Friends S01E01.avi

structure with one click of the button.

DiCe! · 18 Apr 2011 at 16:34

Some of mine are all over the place! so will give this a go tonight or tomorrow as im a tad busy tonight, thanks for the advice folks

RoyMi6 · 18 Apr 2011 at 16:48

DiCe! said:
Some of mine are all over the place! so will give this a go tonight or tomorrow as im a tad busy tonight, thanks for the advice folks

Exactly the sort of thing this tool will solve for you. Drag and drop from any location and it will rename and put them all in the correct folders for ya

Swordfish · 19 Jun 2011 at 19:46

RoyMi6 said:
I use http://www.therenamer.com/ for TV shows and movies.

Others out there but works well for me.

What a cracking little programme. Got tons of stuff that is just labelled S0E01 etc so this little program is perfect.

Cheers