2011-02-02, 21:41
Pardon me if this has been discussed before -- a quick search turned up nothing.
Movie sets are a nifty feature in XBMC. However, as far as know, movies have to be added manually to movie sets. I propose a feature that automatically organizes movies into set based on folder structure.
For example, something like this:
The top directory has a list of folders, in which each folder contains a movie along with any other extras (subtitle files, for example). The if the sub directories do NOT contain a file, but instead contain more sub directories, then treat the folder name as the name of the movie set, and scan it recursively to find the movies in that folder and add them to that set. The movies' year can be used as a sort, or perhaps the "Movie Title" folders could be based alphabettically (putting the year in front of the movie title).
Practical example:
here, you will see this in the library:
- Forrest Gump
- Harry Potter Collection
- Inception
where Harry Potter Collection is the movie sets, and the movies sets are sorted in alphabetically based on the sub directories (again, alternatively this could be made to work with year via settings, but that might be problematic for, say, the Matrix Trilogy where the last two movies came out in the same year...)
What do you think?
Movie sets are a nifty feature in XBMC. However, as far as know, movies have to be added manually to movie sets. I propose a feature that automatically organizes movies into set based on folder structure.
For example, something like this:
Code:
Movies/
Movie Title/
movie_file.mkv
Movie Set Title/
Movie Title/
movie_file.mkv
Movie Title/
movie_file.mkv
Move Title/
movie_file.mkv
Practical example:
Code:
Movies/
Forrest Gump/
forrest_gump_480.mkv
Harry Potter Collection/
2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/
HPatSS.mkv
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets/
HPatCoS.mkv
Inception/
Inception.mkv
here, you will see this in the library:
- Forrest Gump
- Harry Potter Collection
- Inception
where Harry Potter Collection is the movie sets, and the movies sets are sorted in alphabetically based on the sub directories (again, alternatively this could be made to work with year via settings, but that might be problematic for, say, the Matrix Trilogy where the last two movies came out in the same year...)
What do you think?