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Hey guys, I am never one to give up on tech stuff but there is something that I am missing when it comes to my Aeon install. It is one of the most impressive pieces of software/skin I have ever come across and CANNOT wait to get it all set up.
Short story: I run a business and unfortunately my time is money so I can't waste more time trying to get this setup correctly (i've read every FAQ and literally tinkered for hours). I'm sure it is something silly but I just can't figure them out...
My situation:
1. I have the latest xbmc and Aeon Stark + Amiga files
2. I can run Aeon Stark and Amiga fine (they play my movies)
3. I have all my dvd's backed up (around 400) in Video_TS format
4. Some movies have backdrops/thumbnail pictures and some don't and i have no idea why
5. I can never get Multiplex option (doesn't show up as an option under layouts) when im using Amiga
6. Can't seem to turn off subtitles during some movies (in the old XBMC skin I could just go to the audio prefs while playing the movies and disable the subtitles but I can't seem to find it in Aeon).
7. Can't for the life of me figure out how to stop a movie without fully quitting Aeon.
8. My main thing is that I think Aeon is positively gorgeous and my setup looks nothing like the pictures (i know I need to add correct meta data, backdrops, etc) but I just don't even know where to begin or what the most efficient way would be
Thanks for any help and if any wonderful generous soul would want to give me a ring on the phone and walk me through all this I would be greatly appreciated and would love to offer some money for your time!
fanaticffwd
2009-05-09, 15:06
>4. Some movies have backdrops/thumbnail pictures and some don't and i >have no idea why
First use MIP http://www.xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=47071 to get all the info right and complete as possible for all your movies.
>5. I can never get Multiplex option (doesn't show up as an option under >layouts) when im using Amiga
Download AURIGA again here: http://www.xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=48197
>6. Can't seem to turn off subtitles during some movies (in the old XBMC skin >I could just go to the audio prefs while playing the movies and disable the >subtitles but I can't seem to find it in Aeon).
It's there under audio options.
>7. Can't for the life of me figure out how to stop a movie without fully >quitting Aeon.
X on keyboard.
>8. My main thing is that I think Aeon is positively gorgeous and my setup >looks nothing like the pictures (i know I need to add correct meta data, >backdrops, etc) but I just don't even know where to begin or what the >most efficient way would be
MIP http://www.xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=47071 really this is the key to success for you now.
>Thanks for any help and if any wonderful generous soul would want to give >me a ring on the phone and walk me through all this I would be greatly >appreciated and would love to offer some money for your time!
How about those wonderful generous souls who all make this program. donate your money here http://xbmc.org/contribute/donate/ and here http://pledgie.com/campaigns/4022
What you running? PC/XBOX/Apple
4. If the folder has a fanart.jpg, thats whats it uses to display fanart....setup backdrops under Customize>Backdrops
5. Make sure you have lastest release...press up when in TV/Movies to bring up options to select correct view
7. If using computer....http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Keyboard_and_Mouse
8. Are you using Media Companion or Media info Plus....thats where you get all the data to use Library mode, that's what makes things look really nice.
first off, thank you both for replying. Very much appreciated. Secondly, I am happy to say after using Aeon for all of 5min when i first downloaded it I went immediately and donated money to the project. Absolutely deserved it.
Deleted all of my Aeon skins, downloaded Auriga and bam, Multiplex was an option. So, thanks on that part! One down. =)
1. I am using Win7 64 bit.
2. using MIP...really clean, impressive program, thanks! Two questions: does it download the little metafile icons (DTS, Dolby, etc) for the movies or is that something that I have to manually get? As of now in the multiplex view just the blank/stock images are showing up for the movies. Secondly, MIP seems to run very slow on my fast system. I select the movie and then it takes a good 3-5min to pull down all the info. Obviously it's pulling down a lot of big pictures sometimes but I just wanted to make sure that was normal.
hmm...i think that's it for now, fixed a lot of problems with your help!!
weird problem: I changed my movies location on my computer and want to update that in xbmc but I can't seem to be able to add/delete sources under the video tab. I bring up the context menu and it's gone.
I can add source in music and all the other tabs but it seems that now that I have set it in videos I can't change it.
any ideas? I have tried to change it from non-Aeon skins as well.
weird problem: I changed my movies location on my computer and want to update that in xbmc but I can't seem to be able to add/delete sources under the video tab. I bring up the context menu and it's gone.
You can use a workaround instead of deleting/adding sources. Go to XBMC>userdata>sources.xml...From there you can just change the path to where you moved the folder.
So instead of:
<source>
<name>
Movies
</name>
<path>
E:\Media\Movies\
</path>
Change to:
<source>
<name>
Movies
</name>
<path>
G:\Bobs Stuff\Folder\New Folder\Movies\
</path>
I just switched from Media companion to MIP...the first pass through a set of folders took a while but after it set itself up, the next time using it MIP picked up 3 seasons of Lost and it took 4 seconds.
looked at the wiki and tried to follow your directions but something is still a bit wonky.
so right now, on my home screen, I have a "Movies" option and a "Videos" section. The movies section has the cool Multiplex view but all the movie data is incorrect and i can't seem to change the source. The videos section has pretty much the correct data but i can't get the multiplex option.
im sure it's simple, just can't figure it out. thanks!
any idea why some movies will show up in my Videos section but not my Movies section when I only have one source paths set?
also why some movies that are in:
<Movie Name as Folder>\Movie.avi
do not show up in Movies section? they seem to show up in Videos section.
Oddly, some movies that look perfect in multiplex Movies section, don't even have a thumbnail in Videos section...
any ideas?
thanks!
any idea why some movies will show up in my Videos section but not my Movies section when I only have one source paths set?
also why some movies that are in:
<Movie Name as Folder>\Movie.avi
do not show up in Movies section? they seem to show up in Videos section.
Oddly, some movies that look perfect in multiplex Movies section, don't even have a thumbnail in Videos section...
any ideas?
thanks!
anybody? kind of has me stumped...
I never click on videos so I dont know how that is setup or supposed to look and act...
All my movies are .avi's, you said you had Videos_TS, I don't know the proper naming convention for those get picked up by scrappers.
Sounds like you're having scrapping issues, make sure to read how to name/organize your movies so they get picked up by MIP...I think Media Companion is simpler to use, though as far as I know it doesn't support Flags yet...
I have mine setup like this, and use IMDB as my scrapper:
Movies/Bruce Almighty (2003)/Bruce Almighty.avi
Never have any problems with them getting picked up.
hmm...interesting, cause that's how mine are setup.
don't know why XMBC/Aeon are having issues not reading them.
Like I have:
Movies/Batman Beings/Batman Begins.avi
and it just does not show up in the movie list.
then i have another one:
Movies/300/300.avi
and it shows up perfectly. The folders are exactly the same.
no idea...
rausch101
2009-05-12, 05:48
As embarrassing as it is, I also cannot for the life of me get the multiplex view to show up as an option.
I am using the bleeding edge version of ikon's build and Auriga from github. I'm on Vista 32-bit.
My only view options are still List, Wall, Panel and Showcase. I'm assuming multiplex is supposed to show up in place of or with one of those.
I've tried wiping xbmc completely and installing fresh, but that still doesn't fix it. What could I be doing wrong?
EDIT: Tried the stable release Babylon instead of ikon's build and still didn't work. The mystery of multiplex still evades me.
As embarrassing as it is, I also cannot for the life of me get the multiplex view to show up as an option.
I am using the bleeding edge version of ikon's build and Auriga from github. I'm on Vista 32-bit.
My only view options are still List, Wall, Panel and Showcase. I'm assuming multiplex is supposed to show up in place of or with one of those.
I've tried wiping xbmc completely and installing fresh, but that still doesn't fix it. What could I be doing wrong?
It doesn't sound like your Auriga files are in the right folder.... Program Files\XBMC\Skins\Aeon Auriga (or whatever you called it) and within there should be the files and folders you downloaded. Then (using the that naming convention) you should have a skin to select called Aeon Auriga.
-stoli-
rausch101
2009-05-12, 06:19
Thanks for the reply stoli. That didn't turn out to be the problem, but I did figure it out.
I had accidentally renamed stark to auriga at some point and kept incorrectly renaming it. Ugh. Multiplex looks great.
Drebon, consider the movives section the reporotory for your sources (I think they should rename it personally)
Then your movies is the library for movies, tv shows library for tv etc.
The reason some of your movies show in videos but not movies is that they have not scraped correctly. Is the ts folder named properly with the name of the movie followed by the date it was released?
Do this and 9 times out of 10 it will be picked up.
Ok... Both on mac and windows (VISTA) I can't the multiplex to work. I downloaded latest versions of both Aeon and XBMC, but still nothing... GRR, can anybody point me in the right direction? I thought it had something todo with the Name of the folder in which I place all the Aeon downloaded files, but whatever name I give in here, still no Multiplex. All the others work like a charm (list, wall, showcase and panel).
Now I am here, let's ask another question which came up on this thread. What is meaning of having both a movies and videos category in the main menu? I don't get it. What are they both meant for?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks for the reply stoli. That didn't turn out to be the problem, but I did figure it out.
I had accidentally renamed stark to auriga at some point and kept incorrectly renaming it. Ugh. Multiplex looks great.
Ok... Both on mac and windows (VISTA) I can't the multiplex to work. I downloaded latest versions of both Aeon and XBMC, but still nothing... GRR, can anybody point me in the right direction? I thought it had something todo with the Name of the folder in which I place all the Aeon downloaded files, but whatever name I give in here, still no Multiplex. All the others work like a charm (list, wall, showcase and panel).
Now I am here, let's ask another question which came up on this thread. What is meaning of having both a movies and videos category in the main menu? I don't get it. What are they both meant for?
Thanks in advance.
hopefully i can help in my own Thread... =)
When I couldn't get multiplex it was because I was in the Videos section in the home screen. In Videos, multiplex isn't an option. Go into Movies from the home screen and see if you can get multiplex. Silly, but that's what got it for me.
Drebon, consider the movives section the reporotory for your sources (I think they should rename it personally)
Then your movies is the library for movies, tv shows library for tv etc.
The reason some of your movies show in videos but not movies is that they have not scraped correctly. Is the ts folder named properly with the name of the movie followed by the date it was released?
Do this and 9 times out of 10 it will be picked up.
Well, 99% of my movies are stored like this:
Movies\Movie Name\Video_TS
and most of those get picked up.
Problem are the ones that are stored like this:
Movies\Movie Name\Movie Name.avi
seems like that should be easier for xmbc to pick up. Any special trick to force the scraper into a folder or any other setting I should look into?
thanks!!
Sranshaft
2009-05-13, 02:14
Replied to the wrong thread. Damn this headache. *blinks*
still can't figure it out...this movie just is not getting picked up by XBMC. I believe it's the only one and I can't figure out how it is any different than the ones that have been picked up.
Movie Folder\Movie Name\Movie Name.avi
checked the .nfo, pics are right...everything looks good. It just doesn't get picked up by XBMC.
I even set "Look to Folder Names" which added a few but didn't add this specific one.
any idea??
You could set the content type of the folder with all your movies to "none" (press "c" when you have the folder selected) and answer the question "remove alle content from database" with yes. After that, re-apply the right settings and rearch for new content again... Maybe that helps?
BTW, I still can't see anything that says multiplex, not in movies section, not in video's section, nowhere... Do you have to view with library mode on or off, are there any other things I should know about / things I might have forgotten?
still can't figure it out...this movie just is not getting picked up by XBMC. I believe it's the only one and I can't figure out how it is any different than the ones that have been picked up.
Movie Folder\Movie Name\Movie Name.avi
checked the .nfo, pics are right...everything looks good. It just doesn't get picked up by XBMC.
I even set "Look to Folder Names" which added a few but didn't add this specific one.
any idea??
im pretty sure library mode has to be turned on...i think
if i were u, i would back up your XBMC settings (if you care about any) and delete all the Aeon skins. Also, i would completely uninstall xbmc if i were u.
Redownload the latest version of xbmc (and download the xbmc updater just to make sure you have latest version), then download Auriga from here: http://github.com/djh/aeon/tree/auriga
try a fresh clean install of both with no settings.
Boot up xbmc, choose Aeon as your skin, set your video source path, set the content, then go into your Movies section and see if Multiplex is still gone
still can't figure it out...this movie just is not getting picked up by XBMC. I believe it's the only one and I can't figure out how it is any different than the ones that have been picked up.
Movie Folder\Movie Name\Movie Name.avi
checked the .nfo, pics are right...everything looks good. It just doesn't get picked up by XBMC.
I even set "Look to Folder Names" which added a few but didn't add this specific one.
any idea??
This is probably realy stupid but have you tried to delete ALL the files BUT the movie file and re-done it with MIP?
This has happened to me a few times and when I´ve re-done them they all have seemed to work, (once I had to make a new folder elsewhere but the usual (E:/movies/-= 4 nfo=-/movie-name/movie-name.mvp. wich is where MIP is scanning before I put each movie in the right folder) Using a different location have a some points solved the issue, which is the main point... :)
Sincerly
//Talle
still can't figure it out...this movie just is not getting picked up by XBMC. I believe it's the only one and I can't figure out how it is any different than the ones that have been picked up.
Movie Folder\Movie Name\Movie Name.avi
checked the .nfo, pics are right...everything looks good. It just doesn't get picked up by XBMC.
I even set "Look to Folder Names" which added a few but didn't add this specific one.
any idea??
This is probably realy stupid but have you tried to delete ALL the files BUT the movie file and re-done it with MIP?
This has happened to me a few times and when I´ve re-done them they all have seemed to work, (once I had to make a new folder elsewhere but the usual (E:/movies/-= 4 nfo=-/movie-name/movie-name.mvp. wich is where MIP is scanning before I put each movie in the right folder) Using a different location have a some points solved the issue, which is the main point... :)
Sincerly
//Talle