Quote:More importantly... Is there any possible way (please, please) to offer the user the option of displaying the filename in the left-pane, rather than the movie name.
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That's not a bad idea, I wanted to have that option as well.
However there are some technical/coding difficulties to solve this with the current implementation of Ember which could cause too much work/rewrite at this point. Jason could explain it in detail (if he wants... lol).
Just to be sure I'm communicating this properly (because as a software developer myself, I'm confused about the rewrite comment) ... what I'm referring to is the ability to keep the variable (already persisted in your dataset) of FileNamePath, and in the grid listing movies, display that rather than the MovieName (which is currently set by scraping).
There is one other alternative setting that could be used. On the "Automatic" scrape runs, you could offer the ability to do everything *but* set the name. I realize there is a setting that allows the option of renaming the file, but I'm referring to the MovieName stored in the database. Unlike other properties (which generally don't exist until scraped), the MovieName is one that people often set to their preference. In other words, when I rip a movie, I name it how I like, based on my naming convention. Therefore, of all of the fields to make optional in a scrape, I think MovieName is a very clear choice.
Quote:Is there a way to scan the file for the duration, but no other metadata
Technically, this could be scraped, which would be the solution (particularly since this information cannot be obtained for .ISO's). Ideally you'd use a waterfall effect, because you'd want to use the file's metadata when available:
Process:
1. Get running length from IMDB/data provider
2. If option is set to scrape metadata from the video file (and video file supports it) ... then ... Attempt to get running length, and replace #1 data if successful.