2008-07-30, 17:16
Been doing some reading/experimenting with how to manage my Offline video collection (both DVD and, yes VHS tapes); Like some of you, I have taken a excel spreadsheet of my offline inventory and created dummy files, but with a slight variation to what has been mentioned so far - I use a filename structure of:
"Movie Title"."Media_Type"."Index".mpg
For example: "Mr and Mrs Smith.DVD.201.mpg"
I store all these dummy files in a folder called "Offline". I then added the Source folder and scanned for movie information...accuracy was fairly decent and it did not seem to be bothered with the additional information.
The next step for me, is to investigate modifying the GUIInfoManager.cpp to add two new InfoLabels ('Media' and 'Index'), which will have their values set by substringing the Filename stored in the database; then I would use these new 'labels' to modify the skin so that when I search through my library I can see exactly what type of media it is and where to find it (possibly replace the 'rating' information, which I personally do not find useful).
Just a thought.....
"Movie Title"."Media_Type"."Index".mpg
For example: "Mr and Mrs Smith.DVD.201.mpg"
I store all these dummy files in a folder called "Offline". I then added the Source folder and scanned for movie information...accuracy was fairly decent and it did not seem to be bothered with the additional information.
The next step for me, is to investigate modifying the GUIInfoManager.cpp to add two new InfoLabels ('Media' and 'Index'), which will have their values set by substringing the Filename stored in the database; then I would use these new 'labels' to modify the skin so that when I search through my library I can see exactly what type of media it is and where to find it (possibly replace the 'rating' information, which I personally do not find useful).
Just a thought.....
