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NFO Files

An NFO file is a small plain text XML file that sits next to a video and contains metadata about that video: its title, the year, a summary, how it was rated, etc. TinePlayer will optionally read these files to display information on the media page.

Sources

NFO file are written by popular media managers like Kodi, Emby, Jellyfin, and TinyMediaManager

For more information on their specification, see Kodi's documentation.

Naming Convention

The following file names are considered by TinePlayer when searching for nfo files:

Movies, Episodes<videoFileName>.nfo or movie.nfo
TV Showstvshow.nfo

Soundtracks and Subtitles

An NFO can also describe the streams inside the video - the language of each soundtrack and subtitle, how many channels, and which are marked default or forced. TinePlayer uses this info when displaying track and subtitle selections, and when automatically selecting tracks.

An Example

An example of a movie.nfo file, trimmed down to the fields that TinePlayer reads. Additional fields typically included in NFO files will be ignored. 

<movie>
  <title>The Lost World</title>
  <year>1925</year>
  <runtime>106</runtime>
  <mpaa>Passed</mpaa>
  <rating>6.7</rating>
  <genre>Adventure</genre>
  <plot>An expedition finds a land where prehistoric creatures
        still roam.</plot>
</movie>