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<blockquote data-quote="fforde" data-source="post: 866210" data-attributes="member: 52082">There are two &quot;NFO&quot; features that Moving Pictures supports. Enabled by default is a brief check for any IMDb IDs in any NFO files in the same directory as the movie (and this actually extends to text files as well). It's purpose is to provides hints to the movie importer. This process does not grab final movie details, instead it provides hints to the import scripts the user has enabled. For example if you have a video file along with an NFO file containing an IMDb ID, Moving Pictures will scan this, then grab minimal information from the IMDb website and use this as an input for your desired import script. &nbsp;That is probably not what you are looking for though. You don't want hints for other scripts you want to import movie data from a text file, right? The second &quot;NFO&quot; feature is the XBMC importer and it's purpose is to provide movie details to Moving Pictures. &nbsp;So long story short, open the Moving Pics config and make your way to the Importer Settings tab. At the bottom click the &quot;Manually manage movie data sources&quot; radio button. Then click the &quot;Movie Details Data Sources&quot; button. Make sure that the XBMC importer is enabled and then move it to the very top of the list. Restart things and see how it goes. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="fforde, post: 866210, member: 52082"] There are two "NFO" features that Moving Pictures supports. Enabled by default is a brief check for any IMDb IDs in any NFO files in the same directory as the movie (and this actually extends to text files as well). [B]It's purpose is to provides [I]hints[/I] to the movie importer.[/B] This process does not grab final movie details, instead it provides hints to the import scripts the user has enabled. For example if you have a video file along with an NFO file containing an IMDb ID, Moving Pictures will scan this, then grab minimal information from the IMDb website and use this as an [B]input[/B] for your desired import script. That is probably not what you are looking for though. You don't want hints for [I]other[/I] scripts you want to import movie data from a text file, right? The second "NFO" feature is the XBMC importer and it's [B]purpose is to[/B] [B]provide movie details to Moving Pictures. [/B] So long story short, open the Moving Pics config and make your way to the Importer Settings tab. At the bottom click the "Manually manage movie data sources" radio button. Then click the "Movie Details Data Sources" button. Make sure that the XBMC importer is enabled and then move it to the very top of the list. Restart things and see how it goes. :) [/QUOTE]

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