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ldoodle

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Theater View
« on: January 21, 2014, 03:00:38 pm »

Would it be possible to allow custom values for both Media Type and Media Sub Type?

I've just done an import of all my stuff after a clean install of Win8.1 and MC19 as follows:

\\nasshare\films with Media Type = Video / Media Sub Type = Film
\\nasshare\music with Media Type = Music
\\nasshare\pictures with Media Type = Picture
\\nasshare\shows with Media Type = Video / Media Sub Type = Live Show
\\nasshare\TV with Media Type = Video / Media Sub Type = TV Show
\\nasshare\videos with Media Type = Video / Media Sub Type = Home Video

only to find that these 2 fields are hard-coded to certain values, so I can't use some of the above! I don't want any of the above grouped together in Theater View, hence having separate folders on the NAS for them, and this structure should be seen in Theater View, in that I have the Video roller, which drills down to;

YouTube
Films
Shows
TV
Home Videos
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MrC

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Re: Theater View
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2014, 03:08:10 pm »

This topic has been long debated, and generally the results are that new Media Sub Types are added periodically based on demand.  Until then, your best bet is to create a new field where you assign your types, and then base your views first on the non-emptiness of your field, and when it is empty, falls back to the standard field.
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Re: Theater View
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2014, 03:09:38 pm »

FWIW, the only Media Sub Type missing for your structure is "Live Show", everything else can be represented already with minor changes (ie. Films = Movies), so without knowing what it actually means, maybe you can simply use another one which already exists for it?
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Re: Theater View
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2014, 04:36:59 pm »

Yeah I went with that in the end Hendrik, and used Other for the Live Shows.

Maybe another label can be added, as there's nothing at the moment to label a concert or comedy show (something like Stand-up). They're obviously neither a movie or a TV Show.
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Re: Re: Theater View
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2014, 07:00:43 pm »

Technically, they need to have the Media Sub Type as Movie so that it can scrape correctly.  I then have Stand Up and Live Concert in Genre and use that to sort them out from "regular" Movies in my views.
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