MythTV Universal Metadata Format

Video Example

<metadata>
    <title>Star Wars</title>
    <subtitle>A New Hope</subtitle>
    <tagline>A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...</tagline>
    <description>A band of rebels travel the galaxy attempting to free themselves from the tyranny of the evil galactic empire.</decription>
    <season>0</season>
    <episode>0</episode>
    <certifications>
        <certification locale="us" name="PG" />
    </certifications> 
    <categories> 
         <category type="genre" name="Action" /> 
         <category type="genre" name="Adventure" /> 
         <category type="genre" name="Fantasy" /> 
         <category type="genre" name="Science Fiction" /> 
     </categories> 
     <studios> 
         <studio name="Lucasfilm" /> 
     </studios> 
     <countries> 
         <country name="Tunisia" /> 
         <country name="United States of America" /> 
     </countries> 
    <popularity>7</popularity>
    <budget>21000000</budget>
    <revenue>1000000000</revenue>
    <year>1977</year>
    <releasedate>1977-05-25</releasedate> <!-- RFC-822 date -->
    <lastupdated>2010-05-17 00:51:33</lastupdated> <!-- RFC-822 date-time -->
    <runtime>121</runtime> <!-- In minutes -->
    <inetref>11</inetref> <!-- Per source reference string -->
    <imdb>0076759</imdb> <!-- IMDB number -->
    <homepage>http://www.starwars.com</homepage>
    <trailer>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96</trailer>
    <people>
        <person name="Mark Hamill" job="Actor" character="Luke Skywalker" thumb="http://i1.themoviedb.org/profiles/174/4bccaf4c017a3c0f32000174/mark-hamill-thumb.jpg" url="http://www.themoviedb.org/person/2" />
        <person name="George Lucas" job="Author" character="" thumb="http://i3.themoviedb.org/profiles/15a/4bccb006017a3c0f2a00015a/george-lucas-thumb.jpg" url="http://www.themoviedb.org/person/1" />
    </people>
    <images>
        <image type="coverart" thumb="http://i2.themoviedb.org/posters/0a9/4bc90144017a3c57fe0000a9/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope-thumb.jpg" url="http://i2.themoviedb.org/posters/0a9/4bc90144017a3c57fe0000a9/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope-original.jpg" />
        <image type="fanart" thumb="http://i1.themoviedb.org/backdrops/06e/4bc9013a017a3c57fe00006e/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope-thumb.jpg" url="http://i3.themoviedb.org/backdrops/06e/4bc9013a017a3c57fe00006e/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope-original.jpg" />
        <image type="fanart" thumb="http://i3.themoviedb.org/backdrops/07a/4bc9013e017a3c57fe00007a/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope-thumb.jpg" url="http://i2.themoviedb.org/backdrops/07a/4bc9013e017a3c57fe00007a/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope-original.jpg" />
    </images>
</metadata>

Supported person jobs

These are the strings to insert for the various jobs. More can be added, but these are the currently supported jobs:

Movie/Video Jobs

• "Actor"
• "Author"
• "Producer"
• "Executive Producer"
• "Director"
• "Cinematographer"
• "Composer"
• "Editor"
• "Casting"

Music Jobs

• "Artist"
• "Album Artist"