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<blockquote data-quote="ngergely" data-source="post: 1034570" data-attributes="member: 144419">So, I've been beating my head against the computer for the last day, trying to figure out how to get MediaPortal to import my movies.I currently have all of my movies stored on a network share, each one is in a separate sub-folder.&nbsp; Each sub-folder has the same name as the movie and movie file.&nbsp; Each movie is stored in m4v format, all of which are rips of DVD's or Blu-rays. In each sub-folder, I also have 4 other files. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1. a trailer with a file name of&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; moviename-trailer.mp4&nbsp;&nbsp; (moviename is the name of the actual movie)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 2. a coverart image with a file name of&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; moviename-poster.jpg&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 3. a fanart image with a file name of&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; moviename-fanart.jpg&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 4. an nfo file with a file name of&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; moviename.nfoI've tried to import them directly into the library by adding the network share directory to the &quot;Video Folders&quot; list.&nbsp; I then use the video database update scan, while identifying the network share folder as folder to scan into the database.&nbsp; I've done this scan with both the &quot;use internal nfo scraper only&quot; checked and unchecked.&nbsp; Either way, i don't get a very user friendly option from the mediaportal interface.&nbsp; In Mediaportal itself, I go into the videos section, with the view set to coverflow, I see a bunch of folders that contain my movies.&nbsp; Again, this isn't horribly useful.The reason my videos are setup the way that they are, is because I am in the process of switching from XBMC to MediaPortal.&nbsp; In XBMC, including all of those files, drastically reduced the time it took to scan all of my movies into the library.I've tried using MyFilms, and everything seemed to scan in correctly, but I can't seem to figure out how to access the movies that I just scanned into my library.&nbsp; At this point, I'm just looking for some help on how to scan a movie library into mediaportal, so that it can be displayed in a way that I can easily browse my videos, without feeling like I'm navigating through windows explorer.Can anyone please point me in the direction of a simple step-by-step guide to import movies into mediaportal.Thank you, whoever helps.Oh, I'm using mediaportal version 1.5.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ngergely, post: 1034570, member: 144419"] So, I've been beating my head against the computer for the last day, trying to figure out how to get MediaPortal to import my movies. I currently have all of my movies stored on a network share, each one is in a separate sub-folder. Each sub-folder has the same name as the movie and movie file. Each movie is stored in m4v format, all of which are rips of DVD's or Blu-rays. In each sub-folder, I also have 4 other files. 1. a trailer with a file name of moviename-trailer.mp4 (moviename is the name of the actual movie) 2. a coverart image with a file name of moviename-poster.jpg 3. a fanart image with a file name of moviename-fanart.jpg 4. an nfo file with a file name of moviename.nfo I've tried to import them directly into the library by adding the network share directory to the "Video Folders" list. I then use the video database update scan, while identifying the network share folder as folder to scan into the database. I've done this scan with both the "use internal nfo scraper only" checked and unchecked. Either way, i don't get a very user friendly option from the mediaportal interface. In Mediaportal itself, I go into the videos section, with the view set to coverflow, I see a bunch of folders that contain my movies. Again, this isn't horribly useful. The reason my videos are setup the way that they are, is because I am in the process of switching from XBMC to MediaPortal. In XBMC, including all of those files, drastically reduced the time it took to scan all of my movies into the library. I've tried using MyFilms, and everything seemed to scan in correctly, but I can't seem to figure out how to access the movies that I just scanned into my library. At this point, I'm just looking for some help on how to scan a movie library into mediaportal, so that it can be displayed in a way that I can easily browse my videos, without feeling like I'm navigating through windows explorer. Can anyone please point me in the direction of a simple step-by-step guide to import movies into mediaportal. Thank you, whoever helps. Oh, I'm using mediaportal version 1.5. [/QUOTE]

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