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[muzicman0]

Is it possible to group movies by collection (IE: Lord of the Rings) in theater view?

[tls62dk]

Yes, you can use the SERIES tag to group them.

[muzicman0]

I just tried that, and it didn't group them together in Theater View...what am I doing wrong?

[6233638]

Go to Tools → Options → Theater View
There, you will have to customize the view that you use to display your films.
 
Change it from [Name] (or whatever it currently uses) to an expression using TVInfo(SeriesDisplay)

This will display the Series for any films which have that tag, and the name of the film for one which do not.

[tls62dk]

Yes, you can do expressions to also format the text under the grouped movies.

I use this:

if(isempty([Series]), [Name]Delimit(Watched(2), , / ), Fixcase([Series],3) SERIES)

Which will use uppercase for any groups of movies and add the word "SERIES" after the titel.

[muzicman0]

hmmm...OK...this gives me multiple entries for a collection.  I was hoping I would have one entry under movies, and then if I selected it, then it would show me the actual Movie titles.

[6233638]

hmmm...OK...this gives me multiple entries for a collection.  I was hoping I would have one entry under movies, and then if I selected it, then it would show me the actual Movie titles.

Are you sure that your films are tagged with series information, and you followed my instructions correctly?
 
It should display like the attached images.

[muzicman0]

Oh, I think I know what happened...I went into the customize file info panel instead of the actual menu item.  Let me give that a shot.

[6233638]

You might also want to add a level below that with an expression which uses:

Expression to group by: formatdate([Date,0],yyyyMMdd) [Name]
Expression to display: [Name, 1]
 
 
This will sort the films in chronological order. (otherwise they would be sorted by name)

[muzicman0]

You might also want to add a level below that with an expression which uses:

Expression to group by: formatdate([Date,0],yyyyMMdd) [Name]
Expression to display: [Name, 1]
 
 
This will sort the films in chronological order. (otherwise they would be sorted by name)

Where do I put this?  Sorry to be such a newb!

[muzicman0]

One other stupid question in addition to the above...can I add Series cover art for the movie collections?  If so, how...On TV series, I just go to Tools|Cover Art|Get from Internet, but that isn't an option.  I don't want to replace the cover art for individual movies within the collection.

[daveman]

6233638 - for us simpletons out there,

Tools - options - theatre view...

then what?  I am unsure how to Change it from [Name] (or whatever it currently uses) to an expression using TVInfo(SeriesDisplay)

I assume you are talkig about Items to Show -- Video -- Movies -- Name? but I am not sure of the next sequence of steps

dave

[6233638]

 

[muzicman0]

One other stupid question in addition to the above...can I add Series cover art for the movie collections?  If so, how...On TV series, I just go to Tools|Cover Art|Get from Internet, but that isn't an option.  I don't want to replace the cover art for individual movies within the collection.

I'm back to trying to make this work...can you do the above?

[6233638]

I'm back to trying to make this work...can you do the above?

For film series' you will have to do this manually.
 
Save a JPG image with the exact name of the series to: %APPDATA%\J River\Media Center 20\Cover Art\Series\
 
Copy & Paste that into the Explorer address bar, or the Run box (WIN+R)
Substitute 20 with whichever version of MC you are running.

[muzicman0]

Thanks!  That worked!