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<blockquote data-quote="Lehmden" data-source="post: 1253716" data-attributes="member: 109222"><p>Hi.</p><p>Moving Pictures is able to use .nfo files. MP2 is able to use .nfo files. Bud sadly MyTVSeries is not.</p><p></p><p>To get the data from Moving Pictures (incl your own modifications) is an easy task. There are tools available that can read the MovPic database and generates the needed .nfo files near to your videos. It's many, many years ago since I last used MP1 but I remember a tool named "MovPicNfo". If you search the forum you will find it surely. With this tool you get .nfo files and a copy of your artwork in an MP2 compatible manner. I've used this tool back in the days when I migrated from MP1 to MP2 and it was working nicely. </p><p></p><p>But sadly there is no such tool for series. If I today still would use MP1 I most likely would have written such a tool... Should not be too hard to achieve. Most likely a batch file may be enough... But I don't need such a tool and I even don't have any TVSeries database to test with... Aside this my time is limited so I won't "waste" the time on things I never can use...</p><p> </p><p>Also .nfo files are XML files they are named .nfo. This is a traditional thing as they first were introduced by XBMC (today Kodi) as a pure database backup. MP2 only uses .nfo file for identifying and scrapping. The .imdbid.txt and the .WatchStatus.xml are not used by MP2. </p><p></p><p>The watched flags you can transfer by a Trakt account or you may try my Tool MediaPortal-Buddy. My tool is outdated a bit regarding the watched status thing (the other things are still useful and working) as it's getting more and more complicated to modify the MP2 database. It's no problem to add watched flags for movies and episodes, but the seasons, series and moviesets don't get proper watched flags any more. As there is a plugin to backup and restore the watched flags included in MP2.2 and above there is no real need to develop this tool any further. </p><p></p><p>For series I would suggest to start from scratch with something like tinyMediaManager or my tool Media-Buddy. Those tools are generating .nfo files for series, download artwork rename the files to a user defined naming scheme (if wanted) and you can modify the automatic scrapped data by hand later on. Media-Buddy also is able to transcode or remux your videos automatically, depending on your preferences. The wizards are allowing a "one click" preparation of many movies or series, means it decides if a video is too big and needs to be transcoded (lasts long depending on your PC hardware but saves disk space), or if it is in a "not that good" container and needs to be remuxed (fast work, similar time as to copy the file) and it also cleans the files by removing "unwanted" audio and subtitle tracks (if the user wants)... Then the finished videos are scrapped online and get .nfo and artwork attached. The videos are also renamed and the needed folder structure is created. And you can add metatags to the resulting mkv, exactly as you may do with music. All this with a single mouse click for an unlimited number of video files. </p><p></p><p>Since a long time MP2 is able to read those video metatags. VLC (and many other media player) also reads a few of those tags. Kodi has followed this year (V18 and above) so the metatags for videos are widely usable. Metatags are partly supported in few container (e.g. .mp4) and with full features (as always) in .mkv container. </p><p></p><p>Media-Buddy only is able to tag .mkv files as only with .mkv all needed tags are working.</p><p></p><p>Similar is valid for remux. Remuxing to .mp4 leads way too often into an unusable file as .mp4 only supports a fraction of the streams that .mkv can contain. During my tests only about 20% of all remuxed .mp4 files were usable where .mkv has au quote of 100% working videos. That's why a "remux to .mp4" never was included in Media-Buddy...</p><p></p><p>Transcoding is possible to .mkv and .mp4, adding fanart and metadata (.nfo) is possible to literally any video container, as you can add your own file extensions easily, if they are not supported directly... </p><p></p><p>Another thing you may try... </p><p>Media-Buddy is able to generate fanart and .nfo files even for videos that are not listed on any online database. The artwork is generated from video stills and is configurable widely. You may "copy&paste" the data from your MP1 databases to the .nfo generated by Media-Buddy so you may at least don't need to type everything again... And you also can replace the fanart, if you e.g. have found a cover for your documentary on Google (or so) without the need to rename the image to match the needed naming scheme... </p><p></p><p>Once you've transferred your metadata to a proper .nfo file you can use them in every HTPC tool (MP2, Kodi, Emby, Plex,...) excerpt for MP1- MyTVSeries. </p><p></p><p>With .nfo from Media-Buddy I always had a 100% match in MP2 and also in Kodi... No matter if it was a series episode or a movie or a home made video...</p><p></p><p>You nevertheless need to invest some time and work, no matter which way you may go. If you need more info feel free to ask..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lehmden, post: 1253716, member: 109222"] Hi. Moving Pictures is able to use .nfo files. MP2 is able to use .nfo files. Bud sadly MyTVSeries is not. To get the data from Moving Pictures (incl your own modifications) is an easy task. There are tools available that can read the MovPic database and generates the needed .nfo files near to your videos. It's many, many years ago since I last used MP1 but I remember a tool named "MovPicNfo". If you search the forum you will find it surely. With this tool you get .nfo files and a copy of your artwork in an MP2 compatible manner. I've used this tool back in the days when I migrated from MP1 to MP2 and it was working nicely. But sadly there is no such tool for series. If I today still would use MP1 I most likely would have written such a tool... Should not be too hard to achieve. Most likely a batch file may be enough... But I don't need such a tool and I even don't have any TVSeries database to test with... Aside this my time is limited so I won't "waste" the time on things I never can use... Also .nfo files are XML files they are named .nfo. This is a traditional thing as they first were introduced by XBMC (today Kodi) as a pure database backup. MP2 only uses .nfo file for identifying and scrapping. The .imdbid.txt and the .WatchStatus.xml are not used by MP2. The watched flags you can transfer by a Trakt account or you may try my Tool MediaPortal-Buddy. My tool is outdated a bit regarding the watched status thing (the other things are still useful and working) as it's getting more and more complicated to modify the MP2 database. It's no problem to add watched flags for movies and episodes, but the seasons, series and moviesets don't get proper watched flags any more. As there is a plugin to backup and restore the watched flags included in MP2.2 and above there is no real need to develop this tool any further. For series I would suggest to start from scratch with something like tinyMediaManager or my tool Media-Buddy. Those tools are generating .nfo files for series, download artwork rename the files to a user defined naming scheme (if wanted) and you can modify the automatic scrapped data by hand later on. Media-Buddy also is able to transcode or remux your videos automatically, depending on your preferences. The wizards are allowing a "one click" preparation of many movies or series, means it decides if a video is too big and needs to be transcoded (lasts long depending on your PC hardware but saves disk space), or if it is in a "not that good" container and needs to be remuxed (fast work, similar time as to copy the file) and it also cleans the files by removing "unwanted" audio and subtitle tracks (if the user wants)... Then the finished videos are scrapped online and get .nfo and artwork attached. The videos are also renamed and the needed folder structure is created. And you can add metatags to the resulting mkv, exactly as you may do with music. All this with a single mouse click for an unlimited number of video files. Since a long time MP2 is able to read those video metatags. VLC (and many other media player) also reads a few of those tags. Kodi has followed this year (V18 and above) so the metatags for videos are widely usable. Metatags are partly supported in few container (e.g. .mp4) and with full features (as always) in .mkv container. Media-Buddy only is able to tag .mkv files as only with .mkv all needed tags are working. Similar is valid for remux. Remuxing to .mp4 leads way too often into an unusable file as .mp4 only supports a fraction of the streams that .mkv can contain. During my tests only about 20% of all remuxed .mp4 files were usable where .mkv has au quote of 100% working videos. That's why a "remux to .mp4" never was included in Media-Buddy... Transcoding is possible to .mkv and .mp4, adding fanart and metadata (.nfo) is possible to literally any video container, as you can add your own file extensions easily, if they are not supported directly... Another thing you may try... Media-Buddy is able to generate fanart and .nfo files even for videos that are not listed on any online database. The artwork is generated from video stills and is configurable widely. You may "copy&paste" the data from your MP1 databases to the .nfo generated by Media-Buddy so you may at least don't need to type everything again... And you also can replace the fanart, if you e.g. have found a cover for your documentary on Google (or so) without the need to rename the image to match the needed naming scheme... Once you've transferred your metadata to a proper .nfo file you can use them in every HTPC tool (MP2, Kodi, Emby, Plex,...) excerpt for MP1- MyTVSeries. With .nfo from Media-Buddy I always had a 100% match in MP2 and also in Kodi... No matter if it was a series episode or a movie or a home made video... You nevertheless need to invest some time and work, no matter which way you may go. If you need more info feel free to ask.. [/QUOTE]
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