Does XBMC need an nfo file for a TV show or Movie to be added to those categories respectively?

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I'm confused as to how its library database operates and I can't seem to find any good information to that regard. Is there an API of some sort or do you just have to start hacking away at the source?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 26 '12 at 08:39

Placing an NFO file within each TV Show or Movie is completely optional. If you include one then XBMC would skip the scraping and rely on the information provided within the NFO. There are custom programs (my personal favorite is Ember Media Manager) to generate NFO's that offer a lot more flexibility than XBMC native scrapers. But even then, XBMC scrapers work pretty good as long as proper naming conventions are followed and content type (Movies, TV Shows etc.,) is set right.

Please see below links for more details on naming conventions and how XBMC internet lookups work:

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 22 '11 at 23:12

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There should be an .xml file. I know XBMC has a scraper that connects to thetvdb.com's api. It should bring down TV show data automatically as far as I know. I'm not sure about movies though.

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Does XBMC need an nfo file for a TV show or Movie to be added to those categories respectively?

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