Create an Export HTML Theme

You can also create a new export theme in a few steps:

Installing the Dummy theme 

At first you should install the “Dummy Theme”. The files will be located at the following places:

Mac OS: /Users/username/Library/Application Support/kvibes/MediaElch/export_themes/dummy

Linux: /home/username/.local/share/kvibes/MediaElch/export_themes/dummy

Windows: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\kvibes\MediaElch\export_themes\dummy

Now just rename the dummy folder as you like. The new name should not contain any special characters or spaces and match the name of your theme.

Adjust the themes metadata

Open metadata.xml and adjust the information inside:

name should be the name of your theme

identifier needs to be an unique identifier and exactly match the folder name you chose before

website should be a link to the theme’s website (optional)

add description tags in languages you want, e.g. <description lang="de">...</description>

author should be your name

version needs to be a numeric version of the format `major.minor[.patch]

mediaelch-min needs to be a numeric version of the oldest supported version of MediaElch, e.g. 2.12.0

mediaelch-max should only be set if there are known issues with a certain MediaElch version

supports contains the sections which could be exported with your theme - section supported section, can appear multiple times. Possible values: movies, tvshows, concerts

engine should have the value simple as there is currently only one supported export engine

If you want to have your theme available for all MediaElch users, open an issue in MediaElch’s meta repository: https://github.com/mediaelch/mediaelch-meta

Customizing the templates 

All other files are just plain HTML files with some placeholders.

If you place other files inside your theme folder as the ones mentioned below they will be copied on export. This means you can also create subfolders like css or js and put files inside this folders.

The placeholders will look like {{ MOVIE.TITLE }} (case and spaces matter). If there are blocks of information (a loop) it will be inside a block placeholder {{ BEGIN_BLOCK_GENRES }}...{{ END_BLOCK_GENRES }}.

Images will be resized to the size you want: {{ IMAGE.POSTER[200, 400] }}
This will insert an image with the maximum size of 200px width and 400px height, aspect ratio will be kept. For every image you include you should place a default image (png format) in the defaults folder which should be named (for example): movie_poster_200x400.png

Movies

movies.html is a list view which should show the movies title.
movies/movie.html is the template for all information about a movie

TV Shows and Episodes

tvshows.html is a list view which should show the TV shows title.
tvshows/tvshow.html is the template for all information about the show and should contain a list of all episodes.
episodes/episode.html should contain all information about an episode.

Concerts

concerts.html is a list view which should show the concerts title.
concerts/concert.html is the template for all information about a concert.

Publishing your theme 

As MediaElch is available for free it would be nice if you would share your created theme. Just create a zip archive and send it to support@mediaelch.de. Thank you!

Placeholders 

Here is a list of all placeholders that are available:

{{ BEGIN_BLOCK_MOVIE }}
    {{ MOVIE.ID }}
    {{ MOVIE.LINK }}
    {{ MOVIE.IMDB_ID }}
    {{ MOVIE.TMDB_ID }}
    {{ MOVIE.TITLE }}
    {{ MOVIE.YEAR }}
    {{ MOVIE.ORIGINAL_TITLE }}
    {{ MOVIE.PLOT }}
    {{ MOVIE.PLOT_SIMPLE }}
    {{ MOVIE.SET }}
    {{ MOVIE.TAGLINE }}
    {{ MOVIE.GENRES }}
    {{ MOVIE.COUNTRIES }}
    {{ MOVIE.STUDIOS }}
    {{ MOVIE.TAGS }}
    {{ MOVIE.WRITER }}
    {{ MOVIE.DIRECTOR }}
    {{ MOVIE.CERTIFICATION }}
    {{ MOVIE.TRAILER }}
    {{ MOVIE.LABEL }}                   # Color label
    {{ MOVIE.RATING }}
    {{ MOVIE.VOTES  }}
    {{ MOVIE.RUNTIME }}
    {{ MOVIE.PLAY_COUNT  }}
    {{ MOVIE.LAST_PLAYED }}
    {{ MOVIE.DATE_ADDED }}
    {{ MOVIE.FILE_LAST_MODIFIED }}
    {{ MOVIE.FILENAME }}
    {{ MOVIE.DIR }}
    # all file information (see section "File Info")
    {{ IMAGE.POSTER[width, height] }}
    {{ IMAGE.FANART[width, height] }}
    {{ IMAGE.LOGO[width, height] }}
    {{ IMAGE.CLEARART[width, height] }}
    {{ IMAGE.DISC[width, height] }}
    {{ BEGIN_BLOCK_TAGS }}
        {{ TAG.NAME }}
    {{ END_BLOCK_TAGS }}
    {{ BEGIN_BLOCK_GENRES }}
        {{ GENRE.NAME }}
    {{ END_BLOCK_GENRES }}
    {{ BEGIN_BLOCK_COUNTRIES }}
        {{ COUNTRY.NAME }}
    {{ END_BLOCK_COUNTRIES }}
    {{ BEGIN_BLOCK_STUDIOS }}
        {{ STUDIO.NAME }}
    {{ END_BLOCK_STUDIOS }}
    {{ BEGIN_BLOCK_ACTORS }}
        {{ ACTOR.NAME }}
        {{ ACTOR.ROLE }}
    {{ END_BLOCK_ACTORS }}
{{ END_BLOCK_MOVIE }}

{{ BEGIN_BLOCK_CONCERT }}
    {{ CONCERT.ID }}
    {{ CONCERT.LINK }}
    {{ CONCERT.TITLE }}
    {{ CONCERT.ARTIST }}
    {{ CONCERT.ALBUM }}
    {{ CONCERT.TAGLINE }}
    {{ CONCERT.RATING }}
    {{ CONCERT.YEAR }}
    {{ CONCERT.RUNTIME }}
    {{ CONCERT.CERTIFICATION }}
    {{ CONCERT.TRAILER }}
    {{ CONCERT.PLAY_COUNT }}
    {{ CONCERT.LAST_PLAYED }}

    # The next 2 exist since v2.6.7-dev
    {{ CONCERT.FILENAME }}
    {{ CONCERT.DIR }}

    {{ CONCERT.PLOT }}
    {{ CONCERT.TAGS }}
    {{ CONCERT.GENRES }}
    # all file information (see section "File Info")
    {{ BEGIN_BLOCK_TAGS }}
        {{ TAG.NAME }}
    {{ END_BLOCK_TAGS }}
    {{ BEGIN_BLOCK_GENRES }}
        {{ GENRE.NAME }}
    {{ END_BLOCK_GENRES }}
    {{ IMAGE.POSTER[width, height] }}
    {{ IMAGE.FANART[width, height] }}
    {{ IMAGE.LOGO[width, height] }}
    {{ IMAGE.CLEARART[width, height] }}
    {{ IMAGE.DISC[width, height] }}
{{ END_BLOCK_CONCERT }}

{{ BEGIN_BLOCK_TVSHOW }}
    {{ TVSHOW.ID }}
    {{ TVSHOW.LINK }}
    {{ TVSHOW.IMDB_ID }}
    {{ TVSHOW.TITLE }}

    # The next 2 exist since v2.8.5-dev
    {{ TVSHOW.ORIGINALTITLE }}
    {{ TVSHOW.SORTTITLE }}

    {{ TVSHOW.RATING }}
    {{ TVSHOW.VOTES }}
    {{ TVSHOW.CERTIFICATION }}
    {{ TVSHOW.FIRST_AIRED }}
    {{ TVSHOW.STUDIO }}
    {{ TVSHOW.PLOT }}
    {{ TVSHOW.TAGS }}
    {{ TVSHOW.GENRES }}
    {{ TVSHOW.SEASONS_AMOUNT }}
    {{ BEGIN_BLOCK_TAGS }}
        {{ TAG.NAME }}
    {{ END_BLOCK_TAGS }}
    {{ BEGIN_BLOCK_GENRES }}
        {{ GENRE.NAME }}
    {{ END_BLOCK_GENRES }}
    {{ BEGIN_BLOCK_ACTORS }}
        {{ ACTOR.NAME }}
        {{ ACTOR.ROLE }}
    {{ END_BLOCK_ACTORS }}
    {{ IMAGE.POSTER[width, height] }}
    {{ IMAGE.FANART[width, height] }}
    {{ IMAGE.LOGO[width, height] }}
    {{ IMAGE.BANNER[width, height] }}
    {{ IMAGE.CLEARART[width, height] }}
    {{ IMAGE.CHARACTERART[width, height] }}
    {{ IMAGE.DISC[width, height] }}

    {{ BEGIN_BLOCK_SEASON }}
        {{ SEASON }}
        {{ SHOW.TITLE }}
        {{ SHOW.LINK }}
        {{ BEGIN_BLOCK_EPISODE }}
            {{ EPISODE.LINK }}
            {{ EPISODE.TITLE }}
            {{ EPISODE.SEASON }}
            {{ EPISODE.EPISODE }}
            {{ EPISODE.RATING }}
            {{ EPISODE.CERTIFICATION }}
            {{ EPISODE.FIRST_AIRED }}
            {{ EPISODE.LAST_PLAYED }}
            {{ EPISODE.STUDIO }}
            {{ EPISODE.PLOT }}
            {{ EPISODE.WRITERS }}
            {{ EPISODE.DIRECTORS }}
            {{ EPISODE.FILENAME }}
            {{ EPISODE.DIR }}
            # all file information (see section "File Info")
            {{ BEGIN_BLOCK_WRITERS }}
                {{ WRITER.NAME }}
            {{ END_BLOCK_WRITERS }}
            {{ BEGIN_BLOCK_DIRECTORS }}
                {{ DIRECTOR.NAME }}
            {{ END_BLOCK_DIRECTORS }}
            {{ IMAGE.THUMBNAIL[width, height] }}
        {{ END_BLOCK_EPISODE }}
    {{ END_BLOCK_SEASON }}

{{ END_BLOCK_TVSHOW }}

File Info

{{ FILEINFO.WIDTH }}
{{ FILEINFO.HEIGHT }}
{{ FILEINFO.ASPECT }}
{{ FILEINFO.CODEC }}
{{ FILEINFO.DURATION }}
{{ FILEINFO.AUDIO.CODEC }}        # all audio codecs joined by "|"
{{ FILEINFO.AUDIO.CHANNELS }}     # all audio channels joined by "|"
{{ FILEINFO.AUDIO.LANGUAGE }}     # all audio languages joined by "|"
{{ FILEINFO.SUBTITLES.LANGUAGE }} # all subtitle languages joined by "|"