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Theater View: Browse Disks?

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ThoBar:
Is it possible (I suspect not at the moment) to browse the file structure directly from Theater View?

Why? I want to watch video recorded from another source, or want to plug in my USB device and be able to access the files on it without importing the media into the library (as in I only want to watch / listen once)

Basically I want to be able to browse to a disk location quickly and easily without having to import temporary media into the library.

This is for a dedicated HTPC setup, so I really dont want to drop back to standard view to use the Drives and Devices area (MCE remote doesnt work there :( )

JimH:
You can add a program to the menu, if you could do it that way.

ThoBar:

--- Quote ---You can add a program to the menu, if you could do it that way.
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Ah well, if thats how I have to do it....

Maybe I can make this a Feature Request then. I would think that its relatively trivial to implement, and I know other people who dont use MC that would use it, if it could do this.

It would provide functionality that quite a few other Media Center/Portals etc dont have natively, and provide a bridge between the awesome DB system that MC has and a simplistic "I just want to play *that* file" system.

One of my work collegues was whinging about this stuff about 2 weeks ago, so I know theres 40 bucks for ya :D

rsbrux:

--- Quote from: confishy on February 18, 2007, 05:37:35 am ---Is it possible (I suspect not at the moment) to browse the file structure directly from Theater View?

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I haven't yet tried it with video, but the "Blue Too" Theater View skin supports browsing my D: disk by location for audio files.

raym:

--- Quote from: confishy on February 18, 2007, 08:38:12 am ---It would provide functionality that quite a few other Media Center/Portals etc dont have natively, and provide a bridge between the awesome DB system that MC has and a simplistic "I just want to play *that* file" system.

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Agreed and I would use this feature for sure. Sometimes I want to just play a video or some temporary media on my local disk which I DO NOT want to import into my MC library. Not being able to browse the filesystem like this in Theater View is sometimes frustrating.

Thanks.

EDIT: Another example would be when I want to view media direct from a memory card or flash mem stick which I do not want to import into my library.

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