Hi, Thanks for a great prog.

I have just used the batch update wizard to update my nfo's to include the stream details so xbmc can import the tags.
I have loaded on a fresh install of xbmc from nightly build onto my xbox, using Transparency skin, and created a fresh movie library from scratch, but the tags didn't show, only the studio tags which showed before I did the update.
So I opened up one of the nfo's which had been updated and noticed from the xbmc wiki that it would appear that the format is slightly different so I hand changed the format to read as follows

<movie>
<fileinfo>
<streamdetails>

instead of the mc generated format

<movie>
<streamdetails>
<fileinfo>

and they appeard on the next fresh library created.

hope this helps

John.

Yep, looks like i've added them back to front. will upload a fix tomorrow (Today actually, lets say Saturday )

Sometime during the last few versions I noticed that media tags were not showing up in XBMC for my newly scraped movies, yet I'd never had a problem before and I hadn't changed any settings. This lead me to investigate why and play around a bit...

After looking at my Media Companion settings I noticed I had "Create HD Media Tags" unchecked, so I'm assuming in the past those tags were never added to the .nfo at all ( a quick look at older scraped movies shows this to be true ), but because I had XBMC set to grab that information itself I still saw the media flags on my skin. Was this recently changed in Media Companion to add blank tags to the .nfo even when "Create HD Media Tags" is unchecked? I ask because this causes XBMC to think the .nfo has the media tag information, so it doesn't grab it itself, but the .nfo is blank so nothing appears on screen in the skin. I'm not sure if that's a bug or not, but can you change it so if "Create HD Media Tags" is unchecked nothing under <fileinfo> is added at all to the .nfo?

So, of course, my initial reaction was to simply turn that feature on in Media Companion and let it scrape that information. After doing so I noticed that XBMC once again showed the video resolution, codec, and audio format, but it still wasn't showing the aspect ratio. If I delete the .nfo and let XBMC grab the information itself then the aspect ratio shows up fine. Is that information not being scraped by Media Companion? ( Admittedly, I don't know how XBMC figures out the aspect ratio. I see video height and width in the .nfo now, but maybe there's another field missing? )

Thanks, as always, for taking the time to read this and for all the hard work!

I will add a fix so that empty media tags are not added if the option is not enabled.

medianfo does return the aspect ratio as: "Display aspect ratio : 1.941", and can be added to MC easily, but I need to know the tagname to use. I will ask at XBMC.

I will add the "aspect" tag to the next build,

As for the rest, it is just a case of tweaking the tags so that the format returned is what the skins support.

This is not easy since their is little documentation.

But it would help if someone would give me a list of the Media Codecs and what the tags need to contain. At the moment they contain what is returned by medianfo.dll, but this is not always what is needed by XBMC

I will change the string "DTS" to "dca"
and
"runtime" to "Duration" (Are you sure about the high case "D" in "Duration"

Any other things that need to be changed then just let me know.

No need to change DTS to dca, it was just a question about the difference, I prefer the tags I get with DTS anyway.

runtime and duration (all lower case, sorry) - MC already populates both of these in the .nfo.

duration - comes from the actual movie file
runtime - comes from the scraper, IMDB......

Would it be possible to add an option to populate the runtime with the value from duration, that way when in XBMC and whatever view you are in you will always have an accurate "Movie length" after all I am really not interested in how long the movie was when it was added to IMDB or how long the version that was released in Outer Mongolia (no offence to OM friends) is but just want to see how long my actual film is.

With regards to populating the .nfo with Media Tag information, perhaps the easiest option here would be to have an option in batch rescraper to "Remove all Media Tags" I am planning on doing some testing with .nfo`s with and without media tags and seeing if there are any differences in what XBMC can get from the file or if there is benefit in having this information in the .nfo itself.

Thanks again.

Just adding the <aspect> tab now,

I noticed that the <duration> tag is already created,
eg
<duration>1h 47mn 41s 44ms</duration>

I wonder if the data format is wrong, these tags are working, but they do need to be tweaked, any help would be appreciated.

Hi, I will have a good look tomorrow as i have been experimenting with ember media manager and all the tags have been showing up fine.

Hi Billy

check out this nfo created by Ember Media manager there is also a link to a screenshot of my library showing the media tags this nfo has created, using the latest build of Xbmc for Xbox and Transparency skin v2.01.

The blank space in the row of media tags displayed is for the subtitles icon, I think which I don't have.

Hope this helps, let me know.

Thanks.


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<movie xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<id>tt0480249</id>
<title>I Am Legend</title>
<originaltitle>I Am Legend</originaltitle>
<year>2007</year>
<rating>7.1</rating>
<votes>137,768</votes>
<mpaa>Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence.</mpaa>
<outline>Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.</outline>
<plot>Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone. Mutant victims of the plague -- The Infected -- lurk in the shadows... watching Neville's every move... waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered... and quickly running out of time.</plot>
<tagline>The last man on earth is not alone</tagline>
<trailer>http://www.totaleclips.com/Player/Bounce.aspx?eclipid=e36933&amp;bitrateid=314&amp;vendorid=102&amp;type=.flv</trailer>
<certification>Venezuela:PG-13 / USA:PG-13 / UK:15 / Taiwan:PG-12 / Switzerland:14 / Switzerland:14 / Sweden:15 / South Korea:12 / South Africa:13V / Slovakia:12 / Singapore:PG / Portugal:M/12 / Philippines:PG-13 / Peru:14 / Norway:15 / New Zealand:M / Netherlands:12 / Malaysia:U / Japan:U / Ireland:15A / India:A / Iceland:14 / Hong Kong:IIB / Germany:16 / France:Unrated / Finland:K-15 / Denmark:11 / Czech Republic:12 / Canada:14A / Canada:13+ / Brazil:14 / Austria:14 / Australia:MA / Australia:M / Argentina:16</certification>
<genre>Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller</genre>
<studio>Warner Bros. Pictures</studio>
<runtime>1 hrs 40 mins</runtime>
<releasedate>26/12/2007</releasedate>
<director>Francis Lawrence</director>
<credits>Mark Protosevich / Akiva Goldsman</credits>
<actor>
<name>Will Smith</name>
<role>Robert Neville</role>
<thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTc1NTA2MjkxMF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTQwMDA0MQ@@._V1._SY275_SX400_.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Alice Braga</name>
<role>Anna</role>
<thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTgwNjE4NzU4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDQ5NDI2MQ@@._V1._SY275_SX400_.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Charlie Tahan</name>
<role>Ethan</role>
<thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTg2NDc3NTcxMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzgwOTI2Mg@@._V1._SY275_SX400_.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Salli Richardson-Whitfield</name>
<role>Zoe (as Salli Richardson)</role>
<thumb />
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Willow Smith</name>
<role>Marley</role>
<thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTY1MTI2MDk0Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTMzNzg5MQ@@._V1._SY275_SX400_.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Darrell Foster</name>
<role>Mike - Military Escort</role>
<thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTY3MzQ5MjMxOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjgwODQ5MQ@@._V1._SY275_SX400_.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>April Grace</name>
<role>TV Personality</role>
<thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTk3NzMwMjY0NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTg3MTMzMQ@@._V1._SY275_SX400_.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Dash Mihok</name>
<role>Alpha Male</role>
<thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTYwNDY4ODAyMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTY1NjYzMQ@@._V1._SY275_SX400_.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Joanna Numata</name>
<role>Alpha Female</role>
<thumb />
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Abbey</name>
<role>Sam</role>
<thumb />
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Kona</name>
<role>Sam</role>
<thumb />
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Samuel Glen</name>
<role>Military Driver - Jay</role>
<thumb />
</actor>
<actor>
<name>James Michael McCauley</name>
<role>Male Evacuee (as James McCauley)</role>
<thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTI0MTU4MzM3Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMjQ5MTE4._V1._SY275_SX400_.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Marin Ireland</name>
<role>Woman Evacuee</role>
<thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNjMwMzg4ODkxNV5BMl5BanBnXkFyZXN1bWU@._V1._SY275_SX400_.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Pedro Mojica</name>
<role>Sergeant</role>
<thumb />
</actor>
<fileinfo>
<streamdetails>
<video>
<width>632</width>
<height>258</height>
<codec>dx50</codec>
<duration>1h 40mn</duration>
<aspect>2.450</aspect>
<scantype>Progressive</scantype>
</video>
<audio>
<codec>mp3</codec>
<channels>2</channels>
</audio>
</streamdetails>
</fileinfo>
</movie>

Hi Billy here is an nfo created with v3.142 of the same film as before


<fileinfo>
<streamdetails>
<video>
<width>632</width>
<height>258</height>
<aspect>
</aspect>
<codec>DX50</codec>
<format>DX50</format>
<duration>1h 40mn</duration>
<bitrate>856 Kbps</bitrate>
<bitratemode>
</bitratemode>
<bitratemax>
</bitratemax>
<container>.avi</container>
<codecid>DX50</codecid>
<codecidinfo>
</codecidinfo>
<scantype>0.219</scantype>
</video>
<audio>
<language>
</language>
<codec>MP3</codec>
<channels>2</channels>
<bitrate>112 Kbps</bitrate>
</audio>
<subtitle />
</streamdetails>
</fileinfo>

Hi,

Yes the scantype needs fixing but also as of the latest version aspect still remains blank, I do not beleive I have had one version where it was populated at all.
Further to this, it think it was discussed eariler in this thread, please could you have media tags removed from the .nfo if they are not populated by MC. eg. <codecidinfo> </codecidinfo> from the above example. If the tags are not present them XBMC can (if possible) retrieve this info itself however if the tags exist, although blank, XBMC will not retrieve this info from the file.

Lastly, please could you add an option to remove all <fileinfo> details from the .nfo`s

As always thanks again for all your hard work on this.