[antoniong]

I would like to use Xbmc because I want to see things like Fanart, Movie Information, DVD box, etcetera while I am scrolling thru my movies.

No problem when I use the Library mode but I do not like this mode. Too much time needed to find the wanted movie and selections are often nog sufficient.


But in File Mode (the mode where my directories/folders are visible) this is not possible.


I absolutely do not understand why. Can someone explain this?



(The alternative Front Row + Sapphire shows all information when in File Mode but has other secere drawbacks).

[Hitcher]

Simply because file mode is just a list of your files and library is the mode with all the data.

[live4ever]

You could simulate a "Files mode with info" by creating a bunch of smart playlists based on paths. Post your sources.xml file and I could help you get started.

[antoniong]

Some help is certainly appreciated. I uploaded the sources.xml to:

http://rapidshare.com/#!download|669l36|...rces.xml|4


Problem might be that most folders not only contain movies but also subfolders.

[live4ever]

Basically what you do is create a new smart playlist based on sources path.



Here is what the raw xml for a xsp looks like:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<smartplaylist type="tvshows">
    <name>00. TV Opnames (Bewerkt)</name>
    <match>all</match>
    <rule field="path" operator="is">smb://192.168.1.222:139/TV.Films/00. TV 0pnames</rule>
    <order direction="ascending">path</order>
</smartplaylist>

Then you would end up with a window like so:



Some skins like Alaska Revisted also allow you to jump from the home menu directly to the smartplaylists.

For the subfolders you could add them to the end of the paths.

[winestock]

antoniong,

Take a look at this thread: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=93887. I am waiting on this change as well.