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<blockquote data-quote="borgster" data-source="post: 1047284" data-attributes="member: 144758"><p>I actually don't use Media Companion currently for movies or for poster art because while it does store the name/location in the NFO the scraper doesn't pick up that data from the NFO file.</p><p></p><p>Currently I use media Companion only for home movies and extras and then I just use it to create the NFO file with a description of the media file and the metadata for that file and the randomly generated fan art it creates, though I usually change that from inside MP later.</p><p></p><p>I use Tiny Media Companion currently for the Movie NFO's. and it imports everything except for the actor/director/producer/ and a couple other things which I update from within AMCU. TMM easily imports a selected Fan art and cover in to the folder and allows me to quickly and easily select which poster I want to use and which fan art I want to use (it's actually quicker than working inside of MP). </p><p></p><p>I would probably skip the TMM step for movies if there as an option in AMCU on import that allowed for reading an NFO if no internet data found or to use NFO if present and do internet scrape if no NFO present. The whole reason for the NFO step in my case was the extensive home movies and extras being imported and they were causing a headache. Plus, to be brutally honest, the TMM scraper is a lot faster than the AMCU import, especially when adding multiple files but that time savings is lost because AMCU doesn't pick up the aforementioned actor/producer/etc from the NFO files. No big deal though from my perspective since I know I'm the oddball on this workflow and the needs.</p><p></p><p>Right now my work flow is as follows.</p><p>Home movies and extras I run Media Companion</p><p>If it's a movie then I run TMM and pick my fanart and cover I want to use.</p><p></p><p>Then I run AMCU and import off of NFO.</p><p>Then for movies I go in and run an update for each newly added movie to get the actor/director/producer and other information that was missed. </p><p></p><p>that last part is a bit of a pain because it's all manual but it's the only solution I've found that works for my needs as things are currently working <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I really haven't been working on this workflow much since I'm still trying to figure out a problem with the TV-Series plugin but I suspect now that's one I won't be able to fix as it appears to be a problem with reading metadata on files processed through handbrake in to H.264 4.1 profile.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="borgster, post: 1047284, member: 144758"] I actually don't use Media Companion currently for movies or for poster art because while it does store the name/location in the NFO the scraper doesn't pick up that data from the NFO file. Currently I use media Companion only for home movies and extras and then I just use it to create the NFO file with a description of the media file and the metadata for that file and the randomly generated fan art it creates, though I usually change that from inside MP later. I use Tiny Media Companion currently for the Movie NFO's. and it imports everything except for the actor/director/producer/ and a couple other things which I update from within AMCU. TMM easily imports a selected Fan art and cover in to the folder and allows me to quickly and easily select which poster I want to use and which fan art I want to use (it's actually quicker than working inside of MP). I would probably skip the TMM step for movies if there as an option in AMCU on import that allowed for reading an NFO if no internet data found or to use NFO if present and do internet scrape if no NFO present. The whole reason for the NFO step in my case was the extensive home movies and extras being imported and they were causing a headache. Plus, to be brutally honest, the TMM scraper is a lot faster than the AMCU import, especially when adding multiple files but that time savings is lost because AMCU doesn't pick up the aforementioned actor/producer/etc from the NFO files. No big deal though from my perspective since I know I'm the oddball on this workflow and the needs. Right now my work flow is as follows. Home movies and extras I run Media Companion If it's a movie then I run TMM and pick my fanart and cover I want to use. Then I run AMCU and import off of NFO. Then for movies I go in and run an update for each newly added movie to get the actor/director/producer and other information that was missed. that last part is a bit of a pain because it's all manual but it's the only solution I've found that works for my needs as things are currently working :) I really haven't been working on this workflow much since I'm still trying to figure out a problem with the TV-Series plugin but I suspect now that's one I won't be able to fix as it appears to be a problem with reading metadata on files processed through handbrake in to H.264 4.1 profile. [/QUOTE]
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