Home Theater 2.0 - Tips/Questions/Tricks

HT2.0 still good on scraping new movies
but not for the tv shows and if you got nothing from the first try so it cannot be fix
maybe all you have to do is to factory reset coz deleting the ht data wont do either
for example, i`ve already scraped fear the walking dead s04e01-08 and it got all the fanart and the plot include the actors and the director, perfect
then after the mid season, i add s04e09-16 and nothig for the fanart,plot and just a copy of the list of the actors
once you got this, you never can fix it unless you do a factory reset and scan the whole again

i know this is just a cosmetic, but i think maybe its not too hard for zidoo team to take a look for that
and please add a function to scrap a .nfo that we can create

 

Agree, it would be nice if we could add an .info file to scrap from

 

Suddenly if i choose a movie or a tv show and enter the info panel where you can see the summary of the movie,actors etc, the info of the resolution and the frame rate of the movie-tv show is missing although it was showing correctly for all the movies-tv shows i had before.I dont know what is the cause of this and if its happened before the last firmware update...The only solution is to play the movie-tv show (doesnt matter for how long) and if i stop it and return to the info panel it will show up the resolution and the frame rate...
I tried to update my sources,to clear it and also tried to remove it and rescan it with now success.
Any ideas?

 

Interesting, i havn`t been able to get those info details (resolution, framerate, audio etc.) at all after scanning a source. I have to do it manually like you described for each title and open the info page, play the movie/tv-show and then return back and i can now see the info details.

Just out of curiosity, when you say it was showing correctly before, does that mean that those details appeared directly after you scanned your source(s) or did you have to do it the manual way described above?

 

Yes after the scan the resolution was showing on the info page but not the frame rate .I think it was before the last firmware update.

 

after scanned, only resolution and file format that show
after playing it then the frame rate info shows

 

How to remove series with more that 1 season from compilation ?
If i do they show up as seperate seasons.

 

HT has had some irregular issues. FW 2.0.34 I have a couple series that just disappear or are not scanned in....The disappearing is very weird. For instance, The Pacific (2010) mini series has 10 episodes, I have 6. All are named like this - The Pacific.S01E01.mkv ...The Pacific.S01E04.mkv would not scan in. All others would. Rescanning all did not find it. After doing a custom scan of that directory the whole series disappeared.....Rescanning all or custom does not find it in the wall...
Short of resetting and starting over are there any suggestions? This would be the third time resetting for HT scanning issues and it gets frustrating.....
One other oddity the other day was all the icons disappeared for a period, even after rescanning all and rebooting. Oddly the wall art did come back....

Would be nice to be able to look at and edit the database.......

 

Id be happy just knowing ALL my files were included in the database so I could type a portion of name and get a list... Shouldn't THIS be a PREREQUISITE to pulling posters, actors, & plot?? What good are aesthetics if you cant even be sure all your videos are in the database?? whether they are blurays, dvds, tv shows, or home videos all should be databased..(My 10yr old players do this with 100% accuracy. If you want to add a cover or tag you can do it manually, but at least everthing is there)

You asked about nfo files and creating data ourselves.. a kinda workaround is to use ZDMC, which is supposed to use the same native zidoo player as hometheatre as I understand it?. that utilizes an nfo file if one is there.. So one solution I've tried is installing Emby media server on your server or nas or on the zidoo.. You can have it scan your files using "MIXED" as the category..what this does is create an nfo for almost every video file type..single files, and bluray, & dvd etc.. If it can find it in one of the online databases it will generate the movie info and covers.. if it can find the tv show it will do the same.. and if it isn't found anywhere it at least creates an .nfo file with the file name & it's properties..
Now that ALL of your files have an nfo you can scan with ZDMC or KODI and it will create a library based on those nfo files.. Just make sure the SCRAPER you select for each folder in zdmc/kodi BEFORE scanning is" LOCAL nfo based " scraper opposed to selecting IMDB or TMDB..Obviously from there, you can then edit anything in your library inside ZDMC or you can manually go make changes to the nfo files themselves or add posters etc. and do a rescan to pick up the changes.. TADA!

I think a much easier solution would be to let EMBY do the database creation and wall since they've got that down pretty well..bcuz u can run it serverside or on the zidoo itself.. Then all you need is the emby CLIENT to view everything..the ONLY sticking point using EMBY client is to have it properly allow the zidoo player to PLAY the file DIRECTLY! (there are even advanced settings available to configure DIRECT play with an EXTERNA player!) So I bet that Zidoo or a knowledgeable coder here can get that done EASILY! & then all the database and scanning issues can be put to bed! for good!

 

does anyone have the problem of 3DBD coming up in the corner of the covers when the film is not 3d

 

Plus one

I get that also
Was going to post about it when you exit or click on movie as such .

Annoying

 

if you put the posters on small settings it seems not to be there but its there still in movie collection

 

Would be nice for the scraper pick up words smaller then 4 charcers for TV shows like 9-1-1 or Mon and movies like It

 

can u use nfos with home theater 2?

 

also is there a way to add disk extras

 

hi Zidoo Staff

two request:

1) skill for amazon alexa?
2) zidoo theater

explain, folder with a lot of movie, scan folder


'filter on folder, i've only 737



three cases:

1) collection, no problem disdnad
2) not recognized, no problem re match
3) more item on same poster, this is problem, i have to check more than 700 item to find lost; and tihs every time i add a new item not correctly reconigzed





solution?
is it possible put on poster the number of items?
instead of the vote, for example, an option

 

You wish is my command... Ive created a "Home Theater Design & Construction" forum. Thread moved

Kal

 

i see in z9s firmware update change logs there is some update for HT2.0 too that can analysis NFO

hope they wanna give it to X9S too

 

They have added more options in H.T.v2 on the Z series
And sadly the Z series is the new baby on the block and will get prioritised first .

But the X series will prob get later on .

 

Hi guys, is it possible to schedule a media scan? I would like to have it automatically scan when a new file is added, or automatically at a set time.

any tips