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rpsweb

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Changing type
« on: January 20, 2008, 10:18:22 am »

hi there thanks for reading this post.

Some of my mkv files are being imported as documents, how do I change their type to video ?

thanks
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gappie

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Re: Changing type
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2008, 11:37:50 am »

hi there thanks for reading this post.

Some of my mkv files are being imported as documents, how do I change their type to video ?

thanks
select the file. and click on tag in the action window. make sure all tags are showing up (click on the 'thing' in the upper left corner of the tag window).
go to media type. and change that from data to video.

that should do the trick.
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Re: Changing type
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2008, 11:39:33 am »

Either (equal to gappie):

1. Select your mkv files.
2. Hit [Alt]+[Enter]
3. rigth click the upper left icon in Action Window
4. Select "Also Show -> Media Type"
5 Set Media Type to "Video"

or:

1. Right click on a column
2. Select "Column -> Media Type"
3. Change the media type within the field "Media Type" for each / multiple files by using the drop down box
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Re: Changing type
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2008, 03:07:52 pm »

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3. Change the media type within the field "Media Type" for each / multiple files by using the drop down box
Just to clarify, for those less familiar with the interface, the drop down menu is not immediately visible. After adding the column, do one of the following to go to 'in-line edit mode' and make any desired changes:

1. Right click on the media type value and choose rename from the menu.
2. Slow-double-click on the media type value.
3. Click on the media type value and then press F2.

Either of those 3 methods will place the column into what's referred to as 'in-line editing mode'. After making changes, press enter or simply click away from the edited item to apply your changes. Subsequent presses of the Tab key will move the editing focus to the next (editable) column on the right, while Shift+Tab will move the editing focus to the next (editable) column on the left.

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Re: Changing type
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2008, 09:42:54 am »

great thanks for the help :D
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Re: Changing type
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2008, 03:31:16 pm »

Since your problem recurs often, but not to every mkv file that one imports,I even have a smartlist to identify these files.
Very simple/obvious, really:

Mediatype: Data
Filetype: mkv

I periodically check this smartlist, and if it's populated, I change the mediatypes back to video.
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