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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 21 for Windows => Topic started by: imeric on February 07, 2016, 06:19:53 pm

Title: Media Subtype Request
Post by: imeric on February 07, 2016, 06:19:53 pm: Add some more fields (or ability to customize it) in the Media Sub Type
Title: Media Subtype Request
Post by: imugli on February 07, 2016, 06:51:12 pm: Quote from: imeric on February 07, 2016, 06:19:53 pm
Add some more fields (or ability to customize it) in the Media Sub Type

Like???
Title: Media Subtype Request
Post by: imeric on February 07, 2016, 08:43:30 pm: "Kids" is what I needed
Title: Media Subtype Request
Post by: Arindelle on February 08, 2016, 02:24:04 am: Quote from: imeric on February 07, 2016, 08:43:30 pm
"Kids" is what I needed
I'd recommend either using an existing list field (like Keywords which works for all media types) and filter your views to not show (or show) Kids stuff. Or you can set up a custom field call it for example "Hide" -- you could even create multiple ones that are associated with Media Types ... you could filter by genre even .. just add Kids. Sub types have specific uses --- I suppose you could use one that exists already that you don't use like "Educational" or why not mark everything EXCEPT the kid's stuff with Adult. Filter on not Adult and Adult. Adult can mean pg13 if you want it to
Title: Re: Media Subtype Request
Post by: Hendrik on February 08, 2016, 06:54:33 am: As everytime this came up before - Media Sub Type will never be fully customizable because its values are used internally to control playback behavior.
Its also important to remember that its not meant to be a replacement for "Genre".

Media Sub Type should clearly identify the type of content, ie. Movie, TV Show, Music Video, etc.
A "Kids" show for example, is still a TV Show or a Movie, its not a new type, its just a specific categorization either fit for "Genre" or maybe "Keywords"
Title: Re: Media Subtype Request
Post by: glynor on February 08, 2016, 07:09:56 am: Quote from: Hendrik on February 08, 2016, 06:54:33 am
A "Kids" show for example, is still a TV Show or a Movie, its not a new type, its just a specific categorization either fit for "Genre" or maybe "Keywords"

This is exactly what I do, using [Genre]=[Kids] as the filter on my views.
Title: Re: Media Subtype Request
Post by: imeric on February 08, 2016, 07:16:07 am: I would find it handy to have just that one sub type added as "Kids" as it is definitely a sub type of a movie and/or a show.

Yes I'm currently tagging the genre but would have preferred Sub-Type that's all. If you don't want to add it then don't!
Title: Re: Media Subtype Request
Post by: glynor on February 08, 2016, 07:27:52 am: Quote from: imeric on February 08, 2016, 07:16:07 am
I would find it handy to have just that one sub type added as "Kids" as it is definitely a sub type of a movie and/or a show.

The problem is that the Automated Metadata Lookup system needs to know which of those two it is (if it is a TV Show episode or a Movie). If you had a [Media Sub Type]=[Kids] the system wouldn't know which it was in order to look them up.

That's what Hendrik meant, and is why [Genre] (or [Keywords] if you prefer) is a better scheme for this use.
Title: Re: Media Subtype Request
Post by: imeric on February 08, 2016, 09:06:00 am: Makes sense glynor. Thanks for the clarification.
Title: Re: Media Subtype Request
Post by: ~OHM~ on February 08, 2016, 09:41:45 am: I instead of using keywords found I preferred to use (Grouping)