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How can I get Jellyfin to read my NFO files? - xre - 2024-12-09
I've created some custom nfo files as jellyfin's metadata has some gaps I wanted filled in (mostly cast and crew information). However, I'm rather new to using both Jellyfin and NFOs in general so thus far my efforts have not been working. Jellyfin seems to just return the default metadata.
When I created a new library (I just have 2 videos in there as a test) I unticked everything other than the box that said NFO. I presume that would be disabling the scrapers?
I created the NFO with Text Editor and ChatGPT since (literally asked it for a template for an NFO compatible with Jellyfin). I tried TinyMediaManager but most of the metadata was from IMDB and it wouldn't do IMDB. The CAPITALISED words are intended to be deleted and replaced with whatever the specific metadata is to be clear.
This is what it gave me:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<episodedetails>
<showtitle>TV SHOW NAME</showtitle>
<title>EPISODE NAME</title>
<epbookmark>OVERALL EPISODE NUMBER</epbookmark>
<season>SEASON NUMBER OR NAME</season>
<episode>EPISODE NUMBER</episode>
<aired>AIR DATE (YYYY-MM-DD)</aired>
<runtime>RUNTIME IN MINUTES</runtime>
<mpaa>RATING (e.g., TV-PG)</mpaa>
<rating>IMDB RATING (e.g., 7.5)</rating>
<plot>EPISODE SUMMARY</plot>
<actor>
<name>ACTOR NAME 1</name>
<role>CHARACTER NAME 1</role>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>ACTOR NAME 2</name>
<role>CHARACTER NAME 2</role>
</actor>
<crew>
<member>
<name>CREW MEMBER NAME 1</name>
<role>ROLE 1</role>
</member>
<member>
<name>CREW MEMBER NAME 2</name>
<role>ROLE 2</role>
</member>
</crew>
</episodedetails>
After I filled in the details I was told to just manually change the extension from txt to nfo.
What went wrong/Where do I go from here?
RE: How can I get Jellyfin to read my NFO files? - zelpi - 2024-12-09
Having all scrapers like tmdb deactivated, jellyfin will read the available nfos after updating to new data. To use valid nfos it is recommended to create them with apps like tiny media manager or media elch.
RE: How can I get Jellyfin to read my NFO files? - xre - 2024-12-09
(2024-12-09, 05:36 PM)zelpi Wrote: Having all scrapers like tmdb deactivated, jellyfin will read the available nfos after updating to new data. To use valid nfos it is recommended to create them with apps like tiny media manager or media elch.
When I created a new library (I just have 2 videos in there as a test) I unticked everything other than the box that said NFO. I presume that would be disabling the scrapers?
I created the NFO with Text Editor and ChatGPT since (literally asked it for a template for an NFO compatible with Jellyfin). I tried TinyMediaManager but most of the metadata was from IMDB and it wouldn't do IMDB. The CAPITALISED words are intended to be deleted and replaced with whatever the specific metadata is to be clear.
This is what it gave me:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<episodedetails>
<showtitle>TV SHOW NAME</showtitle>
<title>EPISODE NAME</title>
<epbookmark>OVERALL EPISODE NUMBER</epbookmark>
<season>SEASON NUMBER OR NAME</season>
<episode>EPISODE NUMBER</episode>
<aired>AIR DATE (YYYY-MM-DD)</aired>
<runtime>RUNTIME IN MINUTES</runtime>
<mpaa>RATING (e.g., TV-PG)</mpaa>
<rating>IMDB RATING (e.g., 7.5)</rating>
<plot>EPISODE SUMMARY</plot>
<actor>
<name>ACTOR NAME 1</name>
<role>CHARACTER NAME 1</role>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>ACTOR NAME 2</name>
<role>CHARACTER NAME 2</role>
</actor>
<crew>
<member>
<name>CREW MEMBER NAME 1</name>
<role>ROLE 1</role>
</member>
<member>
<name>CREW MEMBER NAME 2</name>
<role>ROLE 2</role>
</member>
</crew>
</episodedetails>
After I filled in the details I was told to just manually change the extension from txt to nfo.
What went wrong/Where do I go from here?
RE: How can I get Jellyfin to read my NFO files? - zelpi - 2024-12-09
You have to untick the NFO box, too. If it‘s active, Jellyfin rewrites the file with its own metadata. The nfo file, which indeed is a text file with extension nfo, has to be placed in the associated movie directory. Than load the new data from Jellyfin menu and JF will use the nfo file.
RE: How can I get Jellyfin to read my NFO files? - xre - 2024-12-09
(2024-12-09, 06:48 PM)zelpi Wrote: You have to untick the NFO box, too. If it‘s active, Jellyfin rewrites the file with its own metadata. The nfo file, which indeed is a text file with extension nfo, has to be placed in the associated movie directory. Than load the new data from Jellyfin menu and JF will use the nfo file.
So I unticked the NFO box along with all the other metadata egents boxes. Even created a new text document and re-entered the metadata info before manually changing the extension. Now I don't have any metadata displaying at all.