Hi guys,
Don't mean for post #2 to be a rant but please bare with me, this is a little hard to explain. I'm a long time user/fan of XBMC and have just successfully setup a MySQL server on my unRAID box (NAS) to sync all my HTPCs - everything is working great. The problem I am having I believe may be related to Eden though I could be just ignorant. If I'm missing something, could someone please point it out. For arguments sake, I have/prefer my [video] media split into categories similar to the following: TV Shows, Movies, Documentaries, Stand-Up, TED, Other.
When switching between library and file view it seems there is almost no difference in what you see now, except that TV & Movies aren't accessible in the file list once they have been added to the library. What this means is, I can choose between having TV & Movies on the top level and everything else under "files" but not all of my categories together. It seems now (Eden?) I am forced to have "preferential treatment" for TV & Movies while the rest just gets buried almost as if it is less important. From memory, v10 would allow you to use "file view" to essentially see all of the added sources, so I would be able to see everything (TV, Movies, Movies 2, Movies HD, Documentaries, Stand-Up, TED, Other...). This worked well as I could use my own file structure and everything was accessible from the one menu but I can't seem to replicate this setup with Eden.
I understand that part of this change allows you to sift through files while still filtering by genre, etc. and that's fine.. however it seems "Movies" and "TV Shows" always want to be separated from everything else. The closest I have been able to get to a single menu for all of my categories is adding favourites to the home screen (currently running Transparency! skin) but there is a limited number you can add, they aren't sorted in any particular order and there are folders that just don't need to be on the home screen as it adds clutter. I tried removing TV & Movies from the home screen, replacing it with Videos but then it takes me to the library and I still need to select "Files" to view half my categories.. can't everything be together?
On a related note; I would also like to use a TV scraper for my documentaries folder as about half of these can be picked up on TVDB but I do not want these mixed in with my regular TV shows as they have a category of their own. If I set the content to this folder as "TV" and scrape it, will my docos be added to my TV library? My best guess is they will which is why I haven't done it yet.
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Don't mean for post #2 to be a rant but please bare with me, this is a little hard to explain. I'm a long time user/fan of XBMC and have just successfully setup a MySQL server on my unRAID box (NAS) to sync all my HTPCs - everything is working great. The problem I am having I believe may be related to Eden though I could be just ignorant. If I'm missing something, could someone please point it out. For arguments sake, I have/prefer my [video] media split into categories similar to the following: TV Shows, Movies, Documentaries, Stand-Up, TED, Other.
When switching between library and file view it seems there is almost no difference in what you see now, except that TV & Movies aren't accessible in the file list once they have been added to the library. What this means is, I can choose between having TV & Movies on the top level and everything else under "files" but not all of my categories together. It seems now (Eden?) I am forced to have "preferential treatment" for TV & Movies while the rest just gets buried almost as if it is less important. From memory, v10 would allow you to use "file view" to essentially see all of the added sources, so I would be able to see everything (TV, Movies, Movies 2, Movies HD, Documentaries, Stand-Up, TED, Other...). This worked well as I could use my own file structure and everything was accessible from the one menu but I can't seem to replicate this setup with Eden.
I understand that part of this change allows you to sift through files while still filtering by genre, etc. and that's fine.. however it seems "Movies" and "TV Shows" always want to be separated from everything else. The closest I have been able to get to a single menu for all of my categories is adding favourites to the home screen (currently running Transparency! skin) but there is a limited number you can add, they aren't sorted in any particular order and there are folders that just don't need to be on the home screen as it adds clutter. I tried removing TV & Movies from the home screen, replacing it with Videos but then it takes me to the library and I still need to select "Files" to view half my categories.. can't everything be together?
On a related note; I would also like to use a TV scraper for my documentaries folder as about half of these can be picked up on TVDB but I do not want these mixed in with my regular TV shows as they have a category of their own. If I set the content to this folder as "TV" and scrape it, will my docos be added to my TV library? My best guess is they will which is why I haven't done it yet.
Thanks
