Hi all,
Relative n00b here in need of help; I hope this is the right forum. I've been having a couple of issues with my Library that I just can't solve and it's been driving me insane. I've read all I could find on these pages, but still can't figure it out. (Excuse the long post, but I am trying to be as thorough as possible. Full system details and a debug log attached at the end, for reference).
Basically, in some (seemingly random?) cases Kodi refuses to read my custom NFOs. As a result, those episodes are missing from the Library. In some cases, it is one or two episodes missing from a particular season (while the rest of the episodes from that season show up); and in other cases entire seasons are missing altogether.
What’s really puzzling is that I used the same template (copied from the forums) to set up every custom NFO – yet it works for some episodes and not for others. I basically used the same nfo file for every episode from every show, only changing the key details (title, episode number, season, etc) and saving under a new file name. Why some of them would be recognised while others not is beyond me.
My Library folder structure is as follows: “TV Shows” –> “Individual TV Show Folder” –> “Season Folder” –> “Video Files + NFOs + Extras Folder”. The tvshow.nfo file is located in the “Individual TV Show Folder”, and the custom NFOs for the individual episodes are located in the “Season Folder” alongside the video files.
For example, “TV Shows” –> “Pink Panther (1993)” –> “Pink Panther (1993) - Season 01” –> “Pink Panther (1993) - S01 - E01 - Pink, Pink & Away.mkv”.
Here, the tvshow.nfo file is located in the “Pink Panther (1993)” folder, and my Custom NFO for the first episode would be located in the “Pink Panther (1993) - Season 01” folder, next to the associated MKV file, and it would be called “Pink Panther (1993) - S01 - E01 - Pink, Pink & Away.nfo”.
As mentioned, this structure has worked flawlessly in the past, but in recent months Kodi has been failing to read an increasing number of episodes. Originally I created the custom NFOs using Notepad, but subsequently I also tried using Notepad++, which made no difference.
In case this is relevant, the reason I sometimes use custom NFOs is that a have a bunch of shows that I have backed up from foreign language DVDs that are listed/described in the Cyrillic alphabet. Again, most of the time this has worked just fine, until these read errors started happening.
I am attaching below examples of both my "tvshow.nfo" file and a custom NFO for one of the missing episodes below. Any help would be greatly appreciated – many thanks in advance!
(My other major issue with the Library is that the Video Extras add-on sometimes fails to ignore scraping from the “Extras” folder and so some files are shown in the Library even though they should not appear there – but I will create a separate post for this, as per the forum rules).
1. System details:
OS: LibreELEC (official): 8.2.5 (kernel: Linux 4.11.12)
Build: Kodi 17.7 Git:a9a7a20Compiled: Apr 13 2018
Skin: Xonfluence
2. Debug log:
https://paste.kodi.tv/jaxosaziri
3. Example of one of my tvshow.nfo files:
4. Custom NFO for an individual episode that's missing from the Library:
Relative n00b here in need of help; I hope this is the right forum. I've been having a couple of issues with my Library that I just can't solve and it's been driving me insane. I've read all I could find on these pages, but still can't figure it out. (Excuse the long post, but I am trying to be as thorough as possible. Full system details and a debug log attached at the end, for reference).
Basically, in some (seemingly random?) cases Kodi refuses to read my custom NFOs. As a result, those episodes are missing from the Library. In some cases, it is one or two episodes missing from a particular season (while the rest of the episodes from that season show up); and in other cases entire seasons are missing altogether.
What’s really puzzling is that I used the same template (copied from the forums) to set up every custom NFO – yet it works for some episodes and not for others. I basically used the same nfo file for every episode from every show, only changing the key details (title, episode number, season, etc) and saving under a new file name. Why some of them would be recognised while others not is beyond me.
My Library folder structure is as follows: “TV Shows” –> “Individual TV Show Folder” –> “Season Folder” –> “Video Files + NFOs + Extras Folder”. The tvshow.nfo file is located in the “Individual TV Show Folder”, and the custom NFOs for the individual episodes are located in the “Season Folder” alongside the video files.
For example, “TV Shows” –> “Pink Panther (1993)” –> “Pink Panther (1993) - Season 01” –> “Pink Panther (1993) - S01 - E01 - Pink, Pink & Away.mkv”.
Here, the tvshow.nfo file is located in the “Pink Panther (1993)” folder, and my Custom NFO for the first episode would be located in the “Pink Panther (1993) - Season 01” folder, next to the associated MKV file, and it would be called “Pink Panther (1993) - S01 - E01 - Pink, Pink & Away.nfo”.
As mentioned, this structure has worked flawlessly in the past, but in recent months Kodi has been failing to read an increasing number of episodes. Originally I created the custom NFOs using Notepad, but subsequently I also tried using Notepad++, which made no difference.
In case this is relevant, the reason I sometimes use custom NFOs is that a have a bunch of shows that I have backed up from foreign language DVDs that are listed/described in the Cyrillic alphabet. Again, most of the time this has worked just fine, until these read errors started happening.
I am attaching below examples of both my "tvshow.nfo" file and a custom NFO for one of the missing episodes below. Any help would be greatly appreciated – many thanks in advance!
(My other major issue with the Library is that the Video Extras add-on sometimes fails to ignore scraping from the “Extras” folder and so some files are shown in the Library even though they should not appear there – but I will create a separate post for this, as per the forum rules).
1. System details:
OS: LibreELEC (official): 8.2.5 (kernel: Linux 4.11.12)
Build: Kodi 17.7 Git:a9a7a20Compiled: Apr 13 2018
Skin: Xonfluence
2. Debug log:
https://paste.kodi.tv/jaxosaziri
3. Example of one of my tvshow.nfo files:
Quote:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<tvshow>
<title>Розовата Пантера</title>
<showtitle>Розовата Пантера</showtitle>
<rating>8.500000</rating>
<votes>250</votes>
<epbookmark>0.000000</epbookmark>
<year>1993</year>
<top250>0</top250>
<season>-1</season>
<episode>125</episode>
<uniqueid></uniqueid>
<displayseason>-1</displayseason>
<displayepisode>-1</displayepisode>
<outline></outline>
<plot>Любимият на милиони зрители анимационен герой се завръща за нови, още по-смешни и по-щури приключения!</plot>
<tagline></tagline>
<runtime>10</runtime>
<playcount>0</playcount>
<episodeguide></episodeguide>
<id></id>
<genre>Animation</genre>
<set></set>
<premiered>1993-09-11</premiered>
<status></status>
<code></code>
<studio>ABC</studio>
<trailer></trailer>
<dateadded>2017-12-17 23:33:03</dateadded>
</tvshow>
4. Custom NFO for an individual episode that's missing from the Library:
Quote:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<episodedetails>
<title>Отиваме На Към-Пинко</title>
<rating>8.00</rating>
<season>2</season>
<episode>4</episode>
<plot></plot>
<thumb></thumb>
<playcount>0</playcount>
<lastplayed></lastplayed>
<studio>ABC</studio>
<displayseason>2</displayseason>
<displayepisode>4</displayepisode>
<fileinfo>
<streamdetails></streamdetails>
</fileinfo>
</episodedetails>
rocess: Error getting details from