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Movies

Folder Layout​

The Movies library requires movie subfolders. The following is a (non-exhaustive) example of valid folders and filenames for movies:

├── Movie (1999)
|   └── Movie (1999).mkv
└── Movie
    └── Movie.mkv

NFO Metadata​

Each movie folder may contain a movie.nfo file, or an NFO file with exactly the same name as the movie, except for the .nfo extension. See Kodi Wiki for more information. ErsatzTV will read the following fields from the movie NFO:

  • Title
  • Sort Title
  • Outline
  • Year
  • MPAA
  • Premiered
  • Plot
  • Genre(s)
  • Tag(s)
  • Studio(s)
  • Actor(s)
  • Credit(s)
  • Director(s)
  • Unique Id(s)

Movie Fallback Metadata​

When no movie NFO is found, the movie metadata will only contain a title and a year, both parsed from the movie file name. Example:

└── Movie (1999)
    └── Movie (1999).mkv
  • title: Movie
  • year: 1999