Custom Nodes and Scraping?

sisin1 · April 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM

HI, Im having a issue with video nodes on libreelec. I want to have our "films" from vacationes, but when i try to "scan to library". After trying to find the film online, it just tels me to revrite the filename, or it just pop-up window will show up saying "no informationes found. is there any way to upload the film informationes localy?

**chewitt** · April 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM

Custom nodes create a new entry point into the Library (using a filter on e.g. source name) but this doesn't change how library views are created from scraped metadata. Kodi has default scrapers for online metadata sources like themoviedb.com, and local sources that provide metadata using a mymoviename.nfo file in the same folder as the mymoviename.mp4 media file.

See: https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files for more .nfo info.

NB: If creating .nfo files for all your private movies is a chore, it might be easier to use the "Videos" view instead. This is not library based and allows you to simply browse a filesystem folder tree. Not as fancy, but zero effort.