XBMC MetaData import

[jgourd]

I am beginning to create metadata folders inside my TV show and movie folders. Currently I am making them in XBMC readable format but that isn't a requirement, it just worked our that it is a nice format.

Can SageTV use any of this metadata when importing from the mult-media directories? Is there a format that SageTV prefers if it can import this metadata?

Thanks,
Jonathan

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by jgourd

I am beginning to create metadata folders inside my TV show and movie folders. Currently I am making them in XBMC readable format but that isn't a requirement, it just worked our that it is a nice format.

Can SageTV use any of this metadata when importing from the mult-media directories? Is there a format that SageTV prefers if it can import this metadata?

Thanks,
Jonathan

You can take a look at Batch Metadata Tools. It doesn't import metadata from XMBC directly, but it will fetch metadata/fanart for your items. I'd recommend reading the user guide, as it does explain what the prefered naming formats are..

in a nutshell, if you want to use bmt... I'd stick with the following format formats (It supports others, but this is best supported)

For movies
Movie (Year) Any other Info.avi

For TV
Series S##E## Any Other Info.avi

[jgourd]

I was hoping to avoid that because I have "SickBeard" creating the metadata already. I'll look at the four popular metadata formats it creates and maybe switch to something that is more generically usable.

[vividweb]

You could just let Sickbeard rename the file and move it into a Sage import directory and let BMT fetch the metadata.

[jgourd]

That is an option as well. It is currently being downloaded directly to a SageTV import directory and renamed. I have the option of not creating any metadata during post processing. I have never checked out BMT so maybe I'll look at that tonight.

[vividweb]

If you are only using the files in Sage, then it works very well for me. I am not sure how it works when other streamers are involved.