That seems pretty harsh using the show “Survivor” for family videos, Why not the series “The Family”?
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Hi guys,
I’ve been able to create an .NFO file for my movies that work just perfectly. Everything is showing: Plot, actors, directors, writers, everything.
I’m not home, but when I’ll be back, I will upload it for you guys.
Something really important here is to NOT MOVE any tags. I’ve made some changes to the tags position in the .NFO file and nothing is showing in Infuse. So just change the information and save.
I use the same .NFO file for my Tv Shows, but no success. Does someone have a working .NFO file for their Tv Shows that he can share with me ? That would be very nice.
And thank you to all of you for sharing your test and result, we gonna make it work 
That is why this thread is in the “Suggestions” forum. It’s requesting that Infuse support NFO/XML files for TV shows like it does movies.
Note that this thread is tagged as “Planned” so it’s on Firecores radar.
Don’t forget that you need to click the like button on the first post in this thread to show your support for this suggestion! 
Sorry I was too excited for my movies (was not working for over 3 months).
Can someone explain me the issue, because I don’t understand…
What’s not working:
1- Your own metadata stored on your server (NFO/XML) for Tv Shows to show your plot, cast, genres,etc…
OR
2- When you go to settings → Library, you want to see the correct number for tv shows.
Let me know because I just finished working on a XML file for my tv shows and I see everthing I need: plot, cast, genres,etc… Everythings is perfect (but TV Shows says 0 once in settings → Library).
The TV show do not list as a TV show.
With some tricks you can set it to be another TV show (a random fake show) and then select to use local data. Then you can tweak the details that show on your ATV, but if you sync to an iPad it will not use the local meta data. (This was at least how it used to works when I was trying to get this working).
To be stable the TV show should only need to use the XML/NFO files (no fake TV show), and these should be used on all devices as they can read the files. Ideally using the file names as well if you just need some basic info like episode name and don’t feel to create a XML/NFO files with all details. Like for family videos “Family Videos/Season1 2020/S01E01 Mike’s birthday.avi” should create a show called “Family Videos”, the first season should be called “2020” with the first episode named “Mike’s birthday”.
Here’s a working .nfo for Firefly (2002) - SO1E11 (per TMDB Release Date order)
Can confirm <title>, <showtitle>, <ratings> (<rating name="tmdb" ...> and <value>), <plot>, <mpaa>, <credits>, <director>, <premiered> and <actor> (<name>, <role>, and <thumb>) tags are respected.
Can confirm <genre> and <sorttitle> tags are not.
<genre> is taken from TMDB no matter how much you wish it wasn’t and there is nothing you can do about it.
<sorttitle> isn’t supported by Infuse anywhere. Grr.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<episodedetails>
<title>Ep. 01 · Serenity</title>
<showtitle>Firefly</showtitle>
<ratings>
<rating name="imdb" max="10">
<value>8.800000</value>
<votes>5179</votes>
</rating>
<rating name="tmdb" max="10" default="true">
<value>8.000000</value>
<votes>34</votes>
</rating>
</ratings>
<userrating>0</userrating>
<top250>0</top250>
<season>1</season>
<episode>11</episode>
<displayseason>-1</displayseason>
<displayepisode>-1</displayepisode>
<outline></outline>
<plot>Malcolm Reynolds is a veteran and the captain of Serenity. He and his crew are smuggling goods, but they need to pick up some passengers for extra money. However, not all the passengers are what they seem.</plot>
<tagline></tagline>
<runtime>86</runtime>
<thumb spoof="" cache="" aspect="thumb" preview="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w780/uNpt7V0a94xlgp7sdgUJK9GOOSe.jpg">https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/uNpt7V0a94xlgp7sdgUJK9GOOSe.jpg</thumb>
<thumb spoof="" cache="" aspect="thumb" preview="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w780/xGc7vYTLXP7Yx2sfKt4imIShj1d.jpg">https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/xGc7vYTLXP7Yx2sfKt4imIShj1d.jpg</thumb>
<thumb spoof="" cache="" aspect="thumb" preview="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w780/9qhmFY2C4xYeRQqdFRRQTtCJNSa.jpg">https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/9qhmFY2C4xYeRQqdFRRQTtCJNSa.jpg</thumb>
<mpaa>Rated TV-14</mpaa>
<playcount>0</playcount>
<lastplayed></lastplayed>
<id>1048593</id>
<uniqueid type="imdb">tt0579535</uniqueid>
<uniqueid type="tmdb" default="true">1048593</uniqueid>
<uniqueid type="tvdb">297999</uniqueid>
<genre>Drama</genre>
<genre>Action & Adventure</genre>
<genre>Sci-Fi & Fantasy</genre>
<credits>Joss Whedon</credits>
<director>Joss Whedon</director>
<premiered>2002-09-20</premiered>
<year>2002</year>
<status></status>
<code></code>
<aired>2002-12-20</aired>
<studio>FOX</studio>
<trailer></trailer>
<fileinfo>
<streamdetails>
<video>
<codec>hevc</codec>
<aspect>1.777778</aspect>
<width>1920</width>
<height>1080</height>
<durationinseconds>5202</durationinseconds>
<stereomode></stereomode>
<hdrtype></hdrtype>
</video>
<audio>
<codec>aac</codec>
<language>eng</language>
<channels>6</channels>
</audio>
<audio>
<codec>aac</codec>
<language>eng</language>
<channels>2</channels>
</audio>
<subtitle>
<language>eng</language>
</subtitle>
<subtitle>
<language>dut</language>
</subtitle>
<subtitle>
<language>spa</language>
</subtitle>
</streamdetails>
</fileinfo>
<actor>
<name>Nathan Fillion</name>
<role>Mal Reynolds</role>
<order>0</order>
<thumb>https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/aW6vCxkUZtwb6iH2Wf88Uq0XNVv.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Gina Torres</name>
<role>Zoë Washburne</role>
<order>1</order>
<thumb>https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/nYBaOoq3hFjAHIotZTDvXShhuIn.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Alan Tudyk</name>
<role>Hoban Washburne</role>
<order>2</order>
<thumb>https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/jUuUbPuMGonFT5E2pcs4alfqaCN.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Morena Baccarin</name>
<role>Inara Serra</role>
<order>3</order>
<thumb>https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/tXRXo0pGFPq1sMr5u6ELjLLfbsq.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Adam Baldwin</name>
<role>Jayne Cobb</role>
<order>4</order>
<thumb>https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/w5f3i7H8wMzHvzYfezIVN521N7Q.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Jewel Staite</name>
<role>Kaylee Frye</role>
<order>5</order>
<thumb>https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/ztxDIZvuPreUixO6ZPxwkCg2UlO.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Sean Maher</name>
<role>Simon Tam</role>
<order>6</order>
<thumb>https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/o7splcOIVAdbHnwohJOUAvXWVlk.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Summer Glau</name>
<role>River Tam</role>
<order>8</order>
<thumb>https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/17eWfqG9SZeRNx8AQctajX06Ik5.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Ron Glass</name>
<role>Derrial Book</role>
<order>10</order>
<thumb>https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/zowvkh44ksVkS9kuaQlEzg2q9ny.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Carlos Jacott</name>
<role>Lawrence Dobson</role>
<order>14</order>
<thumb>https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/4Du87DrgQLTnONRm98Opndnkj98.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Andy Umberger</name>
<role>Dortmunder Captain</role>
<order>41</order>
<thumb>https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/sqRx07opgNp2NTLsWHmWdXyhdwg.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Philip Sternberg</name>
<role>Inara's Client</role>
<order>42</order>
<thumb></thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Colin Patrick Lynch</name>
<role>Radio Operator</role>
<order>44</order>
<thumb>https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/77ZFsyIdXT7qJ5KTxIuf44EGLPT.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Bonnie Bartlett</name>
<role>Patience</role>
<order>45</order>
<thumb>https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/yz1MdbrxCAs5N1o0FouhnDWDAA7.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Domingo Vara</name>
<role>Ensign</role>
<order>46</order>
<thumb></thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Stephen O'Mahoney</name>
<role>Dortmunder Man</role>
<order>62</order>
<thumb></thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>John F. Kearney</name>
<role>Old Man</role>
<order>63</order>
<thumb></thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Gabrielle Wagner</name>
<role>Slave</role>
<order>64</order>
<thumb>https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/gauWWWxbBx6HmOkwdGriPUkWuhp.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Eddie Adams</name>
<role>Bendis</role>
<order>98</order>
<thumb></thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Jamie McShane</name>
<role>Man</role>
<order>117</order>
<thumb>https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/wojvRZMpAwytyoFTMFOpvZ26qJq.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Michael Keyes</name>
<role>Sleeping Soldier (uncredited)</role>
<order>118</order>
<thumb></thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Greg Wendell Reid</name>
<role>Crying Soldier (uncredited)</role>
<order>119</order>
<thumb></thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Rabatan Salem</name>
<role>Hoodlum (uncredited)</role>
<order>121</order>
<thumb></thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Brian J. Williams</name>
<role>Two Fry (uncredited)</role>
<order>122</order>
<thumb></thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Gerard J. Reyes</name>
<role>Bodyguard / Shopper (uncredited)</role>
<order>128</order>
<thumb></thumb>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Mark Sheppard</name>
<role>Badger</role>
<order>130</order>
<thumb>https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/aTlqvlKgfyUAZT48AvEytqkMBC6.jpg</thumb>
</actor>
<resume>
<position>0.000000</position>
<total>0.000000</total>
</resume>
<dateadded>2021-12-09 08:46:34</dateadded>
</episodedetails>
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See my post above. Local images and local .nfo (say, from your server) will populate through all Infuse clients. But the shows themselves only appear in the library if they are indexed by TMDB. So you do need to start with a show that exist at TMDB.
I use this app to automatically create working files for tv shows and movies. Also for thumbnails
Maybe I should note there’s a prize for whoever picks up on the most changes made to my Firefly episode details page as posted in the two images above?
crazy admirable work here. thank you for stepping up where the devs have been snoozing for years
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Support for alternate episode order is said to be coming soon; so that should allow me to not need to override the titles of my Firefly episodes anymore; which will be nice.
Are .nfo files supported as local metadata infos for TV shows? I0m using tinyMediaManager to create my custom .nfo file for a TV show that doesn’t exist in the TMDB database, but my custom .nfo file is not read from Infuse.
Not yet, but I moved your post to a currently running thread for that requested feature. Note that this thread is tagged as planned so it may not be to far off.
Don’t forget that you need to click the like button on the first post in this thread to show your support for this suggestion!
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The only way to do this is name your home movies (or whatever) in a fashion where they are recognized as a program already listed on TMDB. Once so identified, they will be indexed in Infuse; and you can then use local .nfo and jpgs to override artwork and most (but not all) of the displayed metadata.
Also, I’m sad no one played this game. 
And how about when you download to your iPad for offline usage? Does iit use local .nfo files or the original show you started with?
And when cache is cleared and infuse need to download everything again, will it use the local .nfo or do you need to manually select to use local data? As infuse need to rebuild its index.
If you download the local metadata as well, then yes.
Infuse will continue to use local info even after database flush and rebuild. The only thing you need to do is name the files as if they were a show in the TMDB database — or else they won’t be indexed by Infuse nor added to the library.
If you download the local metadata as well, then yes.
But there isn’t an option to download local meta data as well, or have I missed something?
I can just select the shows/movies and make them available offline. When doing that names and metadata is all different that when using the online version (for instance show/movie name is now by the containing folder and not filename or .nfo-name.
I’m assuming you mean in the Infuse App?
No, I wouldn’t know about that; I don’t own a Mac and only use the AppleTV version.
You might need to copy the videos and metadata files manually to your device, and then point the app to their local location.
Maybe a Mac or iOS user with experience here can chime in?
I don’t own a Mac either.
I do own iPad, and I speciy asked about that. But I take it you have not tried to offline using an iPad, so you were not in a position to answer.
There is no option, as far as I know, to get the local meta data as you offline movies/TV shows.
This very much limits the use of the procedure you describe, and that has been describe previously.
As you responded that I did work I somehow got the impression you found a work around, but that was not the case.