2015-09-08, 03:33
When it comes to movies, I almost always prefer the plot outline over the full summary. The full summary is always far too long, much less interesting, and usually spoiler-ridden. Since Amber uses the full summary by default and offers no option to change it in the GUI, I had to go into the XML files to achieve the result I wanted. Changing line 140 in Includes_Variables.xml from this:
to this:
did the trick nicely.
The problem arises when it comes to TV shows. It's very rare that IMDB stores a plot outline for television episodes, and unlike with movies, the full summaries are usually perfectly fine. So I need to find a way to use the plot outline with movies while keeping the full summaries active with TV shows.
Any suggestions?
Code:
<value condition="!IsEmpty(ListItem.Plot)">$INFO[ListItem.Plot]</value>
to this:
Code:
<value condition="!IsEmpty(ListItem.Plot)">$INFO[ListItem.PlotOutline]</value>
did the trick nicely.
The problem arises when it comes to TV shows. It's very rare that IMDB stores a plot outline for television episodes, and unlike with movies, the full summaries are usually perfectly fine. So I need to find a way to use the plot outline with movies while keeping the full summaries active with TV shows.
Any suggestions?