For the past six months we have been using SageTV to do all our TV Recording after trying MC TV recording for a while. Thought it might now be time to give MC TV recording another go.
Yesterday recorded some TV Shows and a couple of Movies. Recording went fine and I'm glad I can now record in .ts. But when we go to Theater View to look for the new Movies under 'Movies' they aren't there, they are listed under 'Shows'. And there is no Cover Art, only a screen grab.
Looking at the tags they are tagged as 'Show', not Movie. This is very odd. When we import movies recorded in SageTV they always end up listed under Movies and have full Cover Crt.
I suspect what is happening is this:
1. When we import a Sage Recorded Movie it's tagging is dealt with by Carnac. It sees that the duration is over one hour and makes the Media sub Type 'Movie'. It then gets appropriate Cover Art, and everything is wonderful in Theater View.
2. When the Movie is recorded in MC something in the recording engine tags it as a 'Show'. It never gets the full Carnac treatment. So in Theater View it is listed as a Show and has no Cover Art.
Please correct me if I'm wrong in my above interpretation.
So here is my question: If MC can import a TV recorded Movie and have it handled properly (at least it's properly to me), why can't it do the same thing for a Movie it records? And is this something that JRiver can change? We record a lot of movies and would find the present system not good. OR, have I just missed something obvious in Setup (Would be wonderful if that's the case!)?
To end on a positive note I need to mention that with MC now able to record .ts files from our HDPVR we can use Comskip on MC recordings. That's a big improvement - thanks!
Rod
