Video metadata location

[garp32]

Hi,

I use NextPvr on my local PC to watch movies from a fileserver on my home network.
I can't store metadata on the fileserver so I was wondering if there's any way to store metadata on the local PC
and have it display when I access a movie from the fileserver.

I'm guessing that NextPvr expects the metadata to be in the same folder as the actual movie file, but I'm not
certain of this.

Any comments/suggestions?

Thanks.

[sub]

Usually people would have it in the same directory as the media, but you can also have it in C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Shows, with the same name as the video but .png/.jpg/.xml

[garp32]

Usually people would have it in the same directory as the media, but you can also have it in C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Shows, with the same name as the video but .png/.jpg/.xml

Thanks for the quick reply.

I've tried putting the metadata (just a couple of .jpg files for now) into the C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Shows directory but they do not display when I select those movies.
If I put the metadata files into the same directories as the actual movie files, the jpgs display just fine.
Is there a setting I need to change to tell NextPvr to look for metadata in the C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Shows directory, or should this happen automatically?
Any other thoughts as to what I'm doing wrong?

[mvallevand]

From Media\Shows I believe it is the folder name not filename that needs to match.

Martin

[garp32]

Thanks, but I'm still having trouble.

As a test I've put a movie, Alice.mp4 onto an external USB drive which is connected to my NextPVR PC.
I have placed a picture, Alice.jpg into the C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Shows folder of my NextPVR PC.
I've added the USB drive as a Media Folder in NextPVR and called it MyMovies.

When I dial up the Alice.mp4 movie in NextPVR the picture does not display.
So I tried making a folder in C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Shows called Alice and placed Alice.jpg in it. (ie C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Shows\Alice\Alice.jpg) - nogo
I also tried - C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Shows\MyMovies\Alice.jpg
and C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Media\Shows\MyMovies\Alice\Alice.jpg
but the only way I can get Alice.jpg to display is to place it on the USB drive alongside the movie.

Thanks for any further assistance.

[mvallevand]

Don't create folders in Media\Shows just put Alice.jpg there On your USB use Alice\Alice.mp4

Then you can get everything you want...

Martin

[garp32]

OK, that works. Thanks.

However, all the movies I watch are in a single folder on the fileserver. To get this scheme to work I would have to put each movie into it's own folder (which I can't do since it's not my fileserver).
Is there any way I can work around this?

[sub]

OK, that works. Thanks.

However, all the movies I watch are in a single folder on the fileserver. To get this scheme to work I would have to put each movie into it's own folder (which I can't do since it's not my fileserver).
Is there any way I can work around this?

Sorry, probably not. It expects you'll put movies in their own folder.

[garp32]

OK thanks. Maybe I can work something out with the fileserver admin.

[sub]

NextPVR is strictly for personal use in a home. It can't be used in commercial settings, so lets home the that "fileserver admin" is another name for your dad, or your brother, or something similar.