[mythtv-users] Mythvideo gallery - movies in several folders

[Brian Phillips]

Tom Runner wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm organizing my movies by folder, something like "kids",
> "thriller", "Mum", "cartoons",... and viewing them with gallery view
> by folder.  
> 
> But the family would like to have some movies in several folders + a
> "All" folder. 
> 
> I read somewhere, that I should normally be able to manage that by
> using symlinks. But when I create symlinks of some movies into the
> "all" folder, the next scan remove the movies from the source folder
> and put them in the "all" one. So I don't have the movies in the 2
> folders. The next can "move" back the movies from the all to the
> source folder. Example:    
> Folder Thriller:
> -> movie 1
> -> movie 2
> 
> Folder All:
> ->Symlink movie 1
> ->Symlink movie 2
> 
> Gallery view by folder shows 2 movies in the thriller folder before
> scan, 0 in the all folder After the first scan, Thriller folder shows
> 0, All shows 2 Next can, Thriller folder 2, All shows 0 And so on.  
> 
> Any idea on how I can have the movies showing in the 2 folders ? Do I
> miss an option somewhere ? 
> 
> Thanks

Have you tried a hard link (rather than symbolic)?