hiya rick
I'm able to export a text files "beside" media files using nearfiles=".nfo"—so that doesn't seem to be the issue.
yep - you can export .nfo and poster next to media but you have to tell PVD where to save the file. (or it will save to last location)
nearfiles works fantastic, but i want to make it automagic.
if i use tools/import movies/folders Ctl+F to
import movies that are saved to the hard drive, PVD will populate
File Location: field with path and file name of movie.
I want to be able to use this field when I do the export.
Nostra has made new fields available with nearfiles eg %t% %ot%. For what i want to do Nostra will need to modify nearfiles with extra options to read and export "file location" field. (sorry Nostra)
Currently - if i have a filtered view of
Antz, Australia, Awake and i export using code below.
(note i have replace back slashes with forward slashes as back slashes seem to get filtered when i post)
imagenameformat="%t%%ext%" <==== Exports posters as titlename.jpg
nearfiles="d:/test%t%.nfo" <==== Exports individual .nfo files. I found I needed to have a file path here: eg c:/xbmc
This will save Antz.nfo, Australia.nfo, Awake.nfo + their posters (nicely named) Antz.jpg, Australia.jpg, Awake.jpg to d:/temp
(great feature for backing up posters btw)
i have Antz stored on my HD in c:/movies/Antz (1998)/Antz_5.1_R1.iso
Australia is stored in c:/movies/Australia (2009)/Australia_5.1_R4.iso
if i used import from hard drive feature of PVD, the path and file name gets saved to "file location" field inside PVD.
i want to be able to use this path and file name when i do the export.
when i export for xbmc. PVD will save the files into c:/movies/Antz (1998)/ and will save the .nfo file as Antz_5.1_R1.nfo (poster should be saved there as well.
This will fully automate export and would also allow ppl to backup movie info/posters directly to where the media is located.
cool huh