[mythtv-users] Feature request. MythVideo folder browser.

[Kevin Kuphal]

Stephen Tait wrote:

> I have a similar request, but I rather have it done as something like 
> adding a "category field" or have everything laid out in directories a 
> la MythMusic with the "directory" option. I'd like to be able to flag 
> certain movie types as a freeform category (sorry, yes, PITA non-coder 
> here).
>
> Like many others I imagine, I also have a rather complicated folder 
> structure of movies - as a simple example, I have a directory for full 
> length films, a dir containing dirs of TV series and a dir containing 
> music videos (both of the latter are symlinked from the main movie 
> folder).
>
> The problem I have with this is that at the moment all of my feature 
> films are interspersed with serialised TV episodes so in order to go 
> from "Ronin" to "Solaris" I have to go through 30 episodes of "Sealab 
> 2021" and Pi to Pitch Black involes about 70 hops through Pinky and 
> the Brain cartoons - which of course I'd like to have in their own 
> section or subsection. I experimented with editing the MySQL tables so 
> that certain videos sort out in certain places (prefixing them with 
> certain flags); it works, but obviously it's a boring and inelegant 
> approach and it still means I can't restrict my "browse videos" list 
> to less than 400.
>
> If anyone else has any ideas on this, I'd be much obliged for the 
> input - again, not sure if this is the right list, if not let me know. 
> As for now, I'd like to postulate the following:
>
> In MythVideo setup, you can flag certain directories as "anything 
> under this lives in section XYZ" so as to be able to cascade 
> categories, and then in MythVideo you'd have a category selector like 
> MythMusic where you say "I only want to browse my TV shows" or 
> whatever. It might also give you the possibility to categorise feature 
> films, so you could say "I want to see an action movie" and all that 
> sort of stuff.
>
> Sorry for the interjection, but I've found this a little cumbersome in 
> the past. As soon as I've learnt cpp, I'll get back to you all :^)
>
> Thanks for any help/advice on the matter
>
> At 12:23 21/05/2004 +0200, you wrote:
>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> Im not sure on were to send feature requests so i start here.
>>
>> I have a small problem with the MythVideo GUI.
>> Its a pain to use folders.
>> And sins most movies are split in two files and my Seinfeld eps are 
>> sorted in season folders i need this feature to work.
>>
>> What i want:
>> A "folder" browser much like the MythGallery browser.
>> A pic in the folder displayed on the folder and the folder name 
>> printed underneath.
>>
>> Have a look at:
>> http://myhtpc.net/images/screens/large/small_video1.jpg
>>
>> Thats exactly what i want.
>>
>> The folder browser in MythVideo today is hard to use with the remote 
>> and its hard to find what you are looking for.
>>
>> /DonLKSAB
>>
>>
>>
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I still think that MythVideo could be well served by using the interface 
from the Program Finder (already exists) where you can browse by letter 
but then also offer options to choose whether that letter is the title, 
cateogry, etc.  The interface seems very easy for me to use when 
scheduling programs and could work just as well for Videos.

Kevin