2012-12-17, 18:29
Greetings everyone! I am experimenting with Frodo RC1 with an eye toward replacing my old home-grown media manager (which was a rush replacement after MythTV crashed).
I have a question about video file types. There appear to be some file types (for example .asx) that are recognized as videos by XBMC and that play without any problems, but the Movie scanner will not recognize them as movies and will not put them into the movie library, even when the file name is correct in every other way.
Is there a setting or table or file that indicates what video file types are allowed to be movies and which are not, or is there a reason that a perfectly good .asx file cannot be put in the Movie library?
Using .asx files would allow me to build a new XBMC movie and TV show folder structure, with the .asx files pointing to my existing collection of video files. I wouldn't have to rename and move all my existing video files, which would cause problems for my existing home-grown media manager.
With .asx files I could also create shortened and edited versions of movies without having to copy or alter the original video.
I have a question about video file types. There appear to be some file types (for example .asx) that are recognized as videos by XBMC and that play without any problems, but the Movie scanner will not recognize them as movies and will not put them into the movie library, even when the file name is correct in every other way.
Is there a setting or table or file that indicates what video file types are allowed to be movies and which are not, or is there a reason that a perfectly good .asx file cannot be put in the Movie library?
Using .asx files would allow me to build a new XBMC movie and TV show folder structure, with the .asx files pointing to my existing collection of video files. I wouldn't have to rename and move all my existing video files, which would cause problems for my existing home-grown media manager.
With .asx files I could also create shortened and edited versions of movies without having to copy or alter the original video.
