WatchedStatusImport

Watched Status Import

Or, How to get XBMC to recognize the watched status from Media Companion

So, if anyone has ever set the watched status for a Movie or TV Show, they will note that this is not imported automatically into XBMC/Kodi anymore. (Yes, it use to do this)

Now, the XBMC user is required to add the following lines to their advancedsettings.xml file.

<importwatchedstate>true</importwatchedstate>

Note: replace XBMC for Kodi depending on your installed flavor of XBMC/Kodi.

The advancedsettings.xml is located in the following directory, depending on your platform:

• Windows XP: Documents and Settings\%userprofile%\Application Data\XBMC\userdata\
• Vista/Windows 7: Users\%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\
• Mac OS X: /Users/<your_user_name>/Library/Application Support/XBMC/userdata/
• iOS: /private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/userdata/
• Linux: $HOME/.xbmc/userdata/

The advancedsettings.xml file may not exist, in which case you will need to create it manually. Note: Use of Notepad++ or similar to create a compatible file for Linux systems.

Format for the advancedsettings.xml is as follows:

<advancedsettings>
    <videolibrary>
           <importwatchedstate>true</importwatchedstate>
    </videolibrary>
</advancedsettings>

Reboot XBMC/Kodi and from then on if the watched status is set, it will be imported by XBMC.

Just for making life easier, here is an already created https://sourceforge.net/p/mediacompanion/wiki/Watched%20Status%20Import/attachment/Watched%20Status_advancedsettings.xml. Just download and transfer to the correct directory for your system.

Enjoy.