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9aul:
Thanks for the link...

Have just spent some time looking at this, have added the expression for the file caption (below) which when combined with the watched/not watched customised views and adding additional info to the info panel gives a workable solution, although still a little convoluted

For anyone unfamiliar with this and wants to get a watched indicator only on video files I have used the following expression which seems to work well (just copy and paste into the file caption in theatre view advanced settings)

[Name]If(IsEqual([Media Type],Video),If(IsEqual([Last Played],never played),,*),)

This gives a star after any played video file but can be customised to suit, change the star to anything you like

Would be great if this went even further and allowed us to change things such as text colour and fonts and even include some symbols, also think it would help preserve sanity if this could be set per view/media type within the theatre view settings

flac.rules:

--- Quote from: MrHaugen on November 07, 2011, 05:21:32 am ---I agree with quite a few of this points. If there is one place MC is lacking the most, it is in theater view. This is partially because of the lack of good skinning capabilities I believe. If Theater View skin was highly customizable, and easy to do so as well, I think we would have seen several good user created skins already.

I hope that a few things can be added fast though.
- The Clock should be easy to implement, and have been mentioned a few times. Even Matt was considering this, but then there was silence
- We need better ways to check if things have been watched or not. In some cases this also depends on the following:
- Adding a view for TV Shows and seasons, and corresponding relational Info

There is also the point about better ways to change the views on the fly. Without having to entering options in standard view. This is a bit more work I think. A system is needed to change view properties. A sort of options panel have been suggested for this.

While I would love to see this, one thing that is more pressing in my opinion is the Automatic Scraping system. This is highly needed, and I think JRiver is missing out on lots of users without this feature. Some people is just to lazy to do without it, and they are used to this stuff from other programs like XBMC and is offspring.

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Yeah, I totally agree. While Theatre View is pretty functional, it lacks when it comes to the smooth looks of many of its competitors. Maybe the skinning system is the problem, I don't know, but there are not the same amount if user created skins for MC as it is for other platforms.

mvph1:
Coming from streamedmp mediaportal, what I'd like to see in Theater View are:

Display background images for a selected movie based on local fan art.  Currently, this only seems to work for tv series/music and pulls from online sources.

Customizable/skinable OSD

More layout options for scrolling through your list, ie. a single scrolling row at the bottom

An easy way to mark watched/unwatched from the user interface that's not based on whether you actually played a file

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