(2012-07-20, 08:25)donkee69 Wrote: I think hes only talking about "sets" ie if you have all the harry potter films it will combine them all under one heading, however if you set a view for this collection it will not be the same in your collection of star wars films.
This is correct - viewtypes are saved globally for Movies and TV etc. once configured on 1 movie or TV show - however "moviesets" (
box sets) views are required to be set individually for every single boxset/movieset.
(2012-07-20, 15:45)leepenny Wrote: (2012-07-20, 11:54)fional Wrote: (2012-07-20, 08:25)donkee69 Wrote: I think hes only talking about "sets" ie if you have all the harry potter films it will combine them all under one heading, however if you set a view for this collection it will not be the same in your collection of star wars films.
Ahh. Hmm I have about 15 sets and it does, unless of course this is about the addon movie sets, in which case I wouldn't know!!
I have 100+ sets and manage them manually (takes about 1hr to set artwork and viewtype to each from a fresh install - which is not a problem) as I use landscape for sets
with completed logos and lowlist for others so actually adds to the versatility of nox
Yeah, my movieset collection is also around the 150 mark, but it took me far longer than an hour to set the thumbnail, change the view and the sorting style for them all.
Movie set functionality is a fantastic addition and ability of a skin. In having said that, I do realise it's in the early stages currently which is why 99%, well 100% really is a manual chore, hence the question of whether or not further organisational functionality is planned for future builds etc. ... perhaps moving forward this should be a question directed at XBMC as a whole, rather than just a skin function.
Doesn't worry me too much now as I've already configured all of mine, but if I had to do it all again - I wouldn't. All my mates see my layout & want to do it, but once they hear what I've needed to do they can't be bothered...and I don't blame them. It's just a shame that such great functionality and organisation is possible, but goes unused by the majority due to the effort required.
I would have thought there'd be some XML file somewhere that could be tweaked to manually set a viewtype to anything labelled as a set - but in having said that, I'm far from a coder, hence the question. I've used XWMM to create my sets and I'll need to do some more reading into exactly how it does it, as I've checked NFO files of my movies that are in sets, and the <set> tag has nothing in it.
Cheers,
Mungo.