i might get flamed for even bringing this up and what not but whatever i'm gonna say it
there are two programs out there .. that do the same thing in helping you manage your video collections and export nfo files that xbmc can use to import the information .. this is nice however there are a couple flaws to this
1. both MIP and XMC are windows programs so yes you can run them on windows and still use the nfo files they create to import into xbmc running on other systems but i think there might be a better way especially for those of use who don't like to run windows
2. they use nfo files .. this is a flaw i feel because i think we can do better since xbmc is moving away from xbox and onto real systems (linux/win/osx) why not just manage the db file itself instead of relying on those pesky nfo files
why not take what they do best, manage your videos & posters/fanart for them which is tedious and difficult in xbmc, and create a hybrid that instead of exporting nfo files actually interacts with the myvideos34.db file on your system
basically what i'm envisioning is something like a clone of MIP or XMC .. you start it up point it at your db file and it loads up the data in a manageable way to visuallize and manipulate (i've loaded up that file in a couple different sql browsers on both osx and win and it ain't fun playing around with that much data and tables especially when you don't know/understand the schema
)
from there you can see the data presented to you and interact/manipulate it in a much easier fashion .. say you want to tweak certain innaccuracies .. modify poster/fanart as easy as it is in MIP .. after your done hit save it saves changes to db .. saves jpgs/tbns to where they should be and whalla your done .. load up xbmc and your golden
also why not make it cross platform and write it in something like java (make it app/webapp whatever) so that all users not just windows users can easily mod their libraries .. if xbmc is gonna be cross platform why not make programs to work with it also crossplatform
unfortunately however .. since the last time i wrote code was about 10 years ago in high school i have no clue how or where to start in writting apps since that is not my forte (sorry guys .. med student here
) i just give ideas .. just wanted to present a vision i had that i feel would add alot to the general community
there are two programs out there .. that do the same thing in helping you manage your video collections and export nfo files that xbmc can use to import the information .. this is nice however there are a couple flaws to this
1. both MIP and XMC are windows programs so yes you can run them on windows and still use the nfo files they create to import into xbmc running on other systems but i think there might be a better way especially for those of use who don't like to run windows
2. they use nfo files .. this is a flaw i feel because i think we can do better since xbmc is moving away from xbox and onto real systems (linux/win/osx) why not just manage the db file itself instead of relying on those pesky nfo files
why not take what they do best, manage your videos & posters/fanart for them which is tedious and difficult in xbmc, and create a hybrid that instead of exporting nfo files actually interacts with the myvideos34.db file on your system
basically what i'm envisioning is something like a clone of MIP or XMC .. you start it up point it at your db file and it loads up the data in a manageable way to visuallize and manipulate (i've loaded up that file in a couple different sql browsers on both osx and win and it ain't fun playing around with that much data and tables especially when you don't know/understand the schema
)from there you can see the data presented to you and interact/manipulate it in a much easier fashion .. say you want to tweak certain innaccuracies .. modify poster/fanart as easy as it is in MIP .. after your done hit save it saves changes to db .. saves jpgs/tbns to where they should be and whalla your done .. load up xbmc and your golden
also why not make it cross platform and write it in something like java (make it app/webapp whatever) so that all users not just windows users can easily mod their libraries .. if xbmc is gonna be cross platform why not make programs to work with it also crossplatform
unfortunately however .. since the last time i wrote code was about 10 years ago in high school i have no clue how or where to start in writting apps since that is not my forte (sorry guys .. med student here
) i just give ideas .. just wanted to present a vision i had that i feel would add alot to the general community
