Supported Formats and Fields

🎞️ Supported Formats & Fields

Metadata Editor supports seven distinct NFO and metadata formats out of the box. It automatically detects the format from the root XML element (or text content) when loading a file, and allows you to convert between formats at any time.

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📊 Format Overview

Format Mode	Root XML Tag	Typical Filenames	Supported Media Servers
Movie	<movie>	movie.nfo, <MovieFileName>.nfo	Kodi, Emby, Jellyfin, Plex (via NFO agents), TinyMediaManager
TV Show (Series)	<tvshow>	tvshow.nfo	Kodi, Emby, Jellyfin, Sonarr, TinyMediaManager
TV Episode	<episodedetails> / <episode>	<EpisodeFileName>.nfo	Kodi, Emby, Jellyfin, Sonarr
Music Album	<album>	album.nfo	Kodi, MusicBrainz / Lidarr, Emby, Jellyfin
Music Artist	<artist>	artist.nfo	Kodi, Lidarr, Emby, Jellyfin
Generic XML	(Any custom root tag)	*.nfo, *.xml	Custom media tools, XML databases
Plain Text / Scene ASCII	(None — raw text)	<ReleaseName>.nfo	Scene release notes, DOS CP437 / ANSI ASCII art viewers

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1. 🎬 Movie (<movie>)

Used for feature films, documentaries, stand-up specials, and home videos.

Mapped Visual Fields

• Titles:
  • Title (<title>)
  • Original Title (<originaltitle>)
  • Sort Title (<sorttitle>)
• Dates, Runtime & Ratings:
  • Year (<year>)
  • Premiered Date (<premiered>, <releasedate>)
  • Runtime (mins) (<runtime>)
  • Rating (0-10) (<rating>)
  • Votes (<votes>)
  • Certification / MPAA (<mpaa>, <certification>)
  • Top 250 Rank (<top250>)
• Story & Plot:
  • Tagline (<tagline>)
  • Plot / Overview (<plot>, <overview>)
  • Short Outline (<outline>)
• Collections & Tags:
  • Genres (<genre>) — supports multiple tags and automatically splits / separated strings.
  • Studios (<studio>)
  • Directors (<director>)
  • Writers / Credits (<credits>, <writer>)
  • Countries (<country>)
• Movie Set / Franchise:
  • Set Name (<set><name>...</name></set>)
  • Set Overview (<set><overview>...</overview></set>)
• Cast & Characters (<actor>):
  • Order (<order>)
  • Actor Name (<name>)
  • Character / Role (<role>)
  • Photo URL (<thumb>)
• Online Identifiers & Links:
  • IMDb ID (<imdbid>, <id>) — e.g., tt0097981
  • TMDb ID (<tmdbid>) — e.g., 10160
  • TVDb ID (<tvdbid>)
  • Trailer URL (<trailer>)

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2. 📺 TV Show (<tvshow>)

Stored as tvshow.nfo in the root folder of a television series.

Key Fields

Includes all common fields (Title, OriginalTitle, SortTitle, Year, Premiered, Plot, Rating, Votes, MPAA, Genres, Studios, Actors, ImdbId, TmdbId, TvdbId) plus:

• Series Status (<status>): e.g., Continuing or Ended.

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3. 🎞️ TV Episode (<episodedetails>)

Stored alongside individual episode video files (e.g., Breaking Bad - S05E14 - Ozymandias.nfo).

Episode-Specific Fields

When Episode mode is active, the Primary Information card automatically reveals:

• TV Series / Show Title (<showtitle>)
• Season # (<season>)
• Episode # (<episode>)
• Aired Date (YYYY-MM-DD) (<aired>, <firstaired>)

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4. 💿 Music Album (<album>) & 👤 Music Artist (<artist>)

When MusicAlbum or MusicArtist is selected, the visual form enables music-specific metadata cards:

Music Fields

• Artist / Performer Name (<artist>)
• Album Name (<album>)
• Record Label (<label>)
• Album Type (<type>) — e.g., Album, EP, Single, Compilation
• Review / Biography (<review>, <biography>)
• Artist Details: ArtistType (Person / Group), Gender, Born, Formed, Disbanded, Died
• Interactive Album Tracklist (<track>):
  • # (<position>)
  • Track Title (<title>)
  • Duration (<duration>, e.g., 3:45)

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5. 📄 Plain Text / Scene ASCII (PlainText)

Many .nfo files distributed with scene releases are not XML files at all—they are plain text release notes decorated with intricate DOS Code Page 437 (CP437) box-drawing and shading characters (█, ▓, ▒, ░, ╔, ═, ╗).

When Metadata Editor opens a non-XML .nfo file:

1. It never throws a fatal XML parsing error.
2. It automatically detects CP437 (DOS / Scene ASCII) encoding so all box-drawing characters render authentically.
3. It automatically switches to the 📝 Raw Text / XML Editor tab in a crisp monospace font.
4. If you want to replace the scene NFO with a media-server XML NFO, simply use Import → Convert Active Format To → Movie (or select Movie in the Format dropdown).