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Theater View Is Not Related to Main Database View Schemes
glynor:
Wow... Didn't even consider that! Even if the Theater View schemes stay separate from the standard ones, they NEED to be tied to and stored in the library! Beyond the issue raym just pointed out, I need to be able to have different Theater View "setups" on a per library basis!
jmone:
I've also going to add my voice to the "if it ain't broke don't fix it". I've got very simple View Scheme requirments.....I use out of the box View Schemes for Audio (Artist/Album) and Pics (Years) but my main Video View Scheme is Genre / Artist / Album sorted by Track # (to cater for Music Video tracks) then Name with Media Type of Video and Data (to include ISO playback). So I get in my Video section I get the following View:
--- Code: ---Home Movies
Movies
Music Videos
- Artist
- Album
TV Recodings
TV Series
- Album (= TV Series Name)
--- End code ---
I've tried to recreate this in the new Theater View but for the life of me I can not get my ISO's (datatype DATA) to show up in TheaterView....(any suggestions or is it a bug?). The attached image shows the working StdView results and the Config for Theater View that ignores my ISO's.
Of course I can now not check what the View Scheme results looks like in Std View. I like the old View Scheme setup where you config what you want in StdView and select those that can appear in T'View. All I've done this morning is muck around trying to get the same results in T'View as I've got in StdView and I'm thinking "were is the benefit to this?" - I've got to set it all up twice.
I like the old View Scheme setup where you config what you want in StdView and select those that can appear in T'View.
Thanks
Nathan
Matt:
Theater View views are stored in the database.
Showing data files in a video view is tricky. We'll have to think about it.
rpalmer68:
--- Quote from: raym on August 16, 2008, 01:05:45 am ---One thing that could make this idea work for me (aside from the duplicate views problem) is having an always accessible "revolving view-scheme selector bar" at the top of each view. Sort of like how Vista Media Center does it (which is one thing I think it does quite well).
Something like this would allow me to see at a glance what other view schemes are available when entering a given view (Audio, Video, Images). I could arrow up to it easily, select the view scheme I want WITHOUT needing to "jump out" to the views button AND it provides a nice visual of which view I'm actually in.
Here's a mockup:
http://www.pix01.com/gallery/7E983800-3866-4113-A403-321A43239740/MC/index.html?image=7080871510.jpg
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This could work I think...
As long as we can still have views within views somehow.
For example, for my classical music I have
--- Quote ----> Classical
---> By Composer/Classical Work/Artist
---> By Classical Work/Artist
---> By Artist
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And I also do similar things to others for video views.
So If I was to select "Classical" from the top view selection, I'd then need to be able to select the next level view, which could be in that top row again I guess "<By Composer | By Work | By Artist>"
Richard
Matt:
--- Quote from: Doof on August 16, 2008, 07:44:24 am ---How about adding a "Hide this view from Standard View" checkbox and then a menu item to "Show/hide hidden view schemes"? Then the people who don't want their Theater View view schemes cluttering up standard view can hide them, those that want them in both places can have them in both places, and you already have a checkbox that keeps standard view view schemes from cluttering up Theater View.
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I got confused just reading that.
The goal is to have a clean and simple list of views available in Theater View.
The default view schemes the player includes do not fit the bill. For example, Quickies / Keywords / Rating is great for images in Pane view. It's too complicated in Theater View where you only see one level at a time. So using the list of Standard View view schemes for the Theater View views isn't too neat.
Separating the Theater View and Standard View views solves this problem. We just need to make sure it's easy to configure both sets of views.
Putting a "Theater View" item in the audio / images / video area of the tree was one solution, but it's clutter. Giving an optional way to show that item just for configuration was another thought. We don't know how to make that clear.
We're open to other ideas, but the goal stated above must be fulfilled.
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