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===== Custom Videos in Library =====

I've done a lot of what you are attempting and figured out how 
to get it to work for just about anything. I use the bare 
minimum .nfo files and they work. I suppose more items could be 
added but I simply want the files to show up in library mode. I 
am less concerned about all the metadata.\\

My setup is:\\

```
SOURCE.FOLDER.for.TVshows
---Name.of.TVshow.folder
------s1e1.name.of.video.file.avi
------s1e1.name.of.video.file.nfo
------s1e1.name.of.video.file.tbn (picture shown for episode 1)
------s1e2.name.of.video.file.avi
------s1e2.name.of.video.file.nfo
------s1e2.name.of.video.file.tbn (picture shown for episode 2)
fanart.jpg (background image for the tvshow)
folder.jpg (banner or movie poster that shows up in library mode)
tvshow.nfo

"tvshow.nfo"
Code:
<tvshow xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <title>TV SHOW TITLE</title>
  <rating>10.0</rating>
  <plot>SHOW PLOT</plot>
  <genre>Documentary</genre>
  <premiered>1969-07-14<premiered />
  <studio>International</studio>
</tvshow>

s1e1.name.of.video.file.nfo
Code:
<episodedetails xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <title>EPISODE TITLE</title>
  <season>1</season>
  <episode>1</episode>
  <aired>2011</aired>
  <plot>EPISODE PLOT</plot>
  <displayseason />
  <displayepisode />
  <watched>false</watched>
  <rating />
</episodedetails>

```
these should work for you. Sometimes when I get something wrong 
I have to remove my source, clean the library, and re-add the 
source to get it to take. For this reason I use a separate 
folder source for test purposes so I dont have to delete my 
whole library to fix a mistake with a few files.\\

hope this helps

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