2012-01-13, 01:58
MarcosQui Wrote:chippie and all other users, to me, remove the use of the codec to display the box is very simple, but I think it must decide what is best:
Remove the use of codec or add exceptions.
Currently the only exceptions are 3DBD(current build) and HDTV(only in pre-1.2.1).
Hey Marcos, my preference would be to remove the skin looking at the codec for BluRay and HDTV and just reply on the naming of the files. There are several benefits to this;
Anyone who rips in mkv (h264) but not necessarily in HD will have incorrect BluRay Cases/Tags. I have a few of these and have no way to make them not show a BluRay Case. I have over 8000 movies which have over the years be labelled correctly, for me to go through and change these to be labelled xvid for example it just not possible.
The way the skin used to work and I believe others do is to look at the codec for xvid etc... but not for BluRay and HDTV where if there is no "BluRay" or "HDTV" in the filename it just assigns the H264 tag and case. This is how it used to work and assume most people who have been using the skin for a long time have named/catalogued their movies accordingly.
So my preference would be assign the H264 Codec Tag & Case unless there is either BluRay or HDTV in the filename in which case assign the BluRay or HDTV Tag and Case.
I beleive this all came from one user requesting this a while back and I think I pointed out back then that it made no sense for the skin to work this way simply because anything can be encoded as H264 not necessarily HD material.
I do not think building in exceptions will work due to the amount of variables, please can we just revert to the H264 Tags and Cases unless there is a BluRay or HDTV in the movie title....
Thanks.