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

[Tom Runner]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Brian Phillips <brian.phillips at gmx.net>wrote:

> 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)?
>

Same result :)
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