2011-03-31, 20:40
Still looking into this issue where settings aren't saved...I can't reproduce it myself. Also, the problem where only a single episode is shown in Serial Mode. Weird.
@danz0l: I've thought about combining channels that start in the same way (BBC One, BBC Two) but I had issues deciding how to actually determine if channels are similar or not. It's something I'll continue to consider. As far as the case issue goes, I ignore case for most things but apparently forgot this. I will change it so all of your BBC One variants only show up under a single item.
The Mixed Genre type is actually just meant to support movies and TV shows in a single channel. The list that is given is all of the genres that are shared between the two categories, based on your library.
You mention adding multiple genres or multiple networks to a single channel...and I don't know about that. The tool is meant to be very simple and give you a good amount of flexibility, but not really complete flexibility. That's the reason smart playlists are there still, you can create whatever you want. Of course that's not yet true of combining TV networks...but I don't know if I want to "fix" the issue before it's just fixed in XBMC.
@TheOddLinguist: I suppose you're right, Always Display is really the same as just Display. I just wanted to emphasize that it will always be on the screen, even while just playing video.
@danz0l: I've thought about combining channels that start in the same way (BBC One, BBC Two) but I had issues deciding how to actually determine if channels are similar or not. It's something I'll continue to consider. As far as the case issue goes, I ignore case for most things but apparently forgot this. I will change it so all of your BBC One variants only show up under a single item.
The Mixed Genre type is actually just meant to support movies and TV shows in a single channel. The list that is given is all of the genres that are shared between the two categories, based on your library.
You mention adding multiple genres or multiple networks to a single channel...and I don't know about that. The tool is meant to be very simple and give you a good amount of flexibility, but not really complete flexibility. That's the reason smart playlists are there still, you can create whatever you want. Of course that's not yet true of combining TV networks...but I don't know if I want to "fix" the issue before it's just fixed in XBMC.
@TheOddLinguist: I suppose you're right, Always Display is really the same as just Display. I just wanted to emphasize that it will always be on the screen, even while just playing video.