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Title: Problem with Import.
Post by: jlb on July 24, 2010, 11:48:32 pm

Hello I recently purchased Media Center 15 to handle my music and movie library. I notice the other day that MC is not importing all my movies. My movie library consists of .AVI, .RMVB, .MKV and .WMV files. I've noticed that each format has been imported successfully however not all the movies. Some .RMVB and .MKV movies are ignored even if import the specific folder.

Can someone tell me how to solve this problem?

Title: Re: Problem with Import.
Post by: JimH on July 25, 2010, 09:02:23 am

Welcome to the forum.

In the Import options, you can specify which filetypes to import.

If MC can't find a DirectShow filter for a filetype, it may import it as a Data type file.

You could read about DirectShow and CCCP in the wiki (link above).

Title: Re: Problem with Import.
Post by: MusicHawk on July 25, 2010, 11:23:22 am

Is there a chance the "missing" files were imported at least once, then removed from the library? If so, make sure Import option "Ignore files previously removed from library" is not checked.

Title: Re: Problem with Import.
Post by: jlb on July 26, 2010, 12:10:44 am

MusicHawk: The files haven't been imported before.

JimH, I have properly configured the filetypes in the import. How do I know when I file was imported as a Data type file?
All the video file type (MKV, AVI, RMVB etc) have been configured in MC to use an external player instead of the external player so basically I just need to make sure MC is importing the files.

Title: Re: Problem with Import.
Post by: JimH on July 26, 2010, 06:37:51 am

Quote from: jlb on July 26, 2010, 12:10:44 am

I have properly configured the filetypes in the import. How do I know when I file was imported as a Data type file?
All the video file type (MKV, AVI, RMVB etc) have been configured in MC to use an external player instead of the external player so basically I just need to make sure MC is importing the files.

Search for it under the media type Data.

Title: Re: Problem with Import.
Post by: jlb on July 28, 2010, 05:57:03 pm

It shows in the documents node of the treeview. How can I make this file to be treated as a movie (because is one) so it shows on the screen in theater view among with the other movies?

Title: Re: Problem with Import.
Post by: Yaobing on July 29, 2010, 05:57:14 am

Quote from: jlb on July 28, 2010, 05:57:03 pm

It shows in the documents node of the treeview. How can I make this file to be treated as a movie (because is one) so it shows on the screen in theater view among with the other movies?

Select those files that showed up under Documents, and click Tag in Action Window.  Click the icon at upper left corner of Tag window and make sure "Show All Tags" is checked.  Then scroll down to find "Media Type", and change the value from "Data" to "Video".

Title: Re: Problem with Import.
Post by: jlb on July 29, 2010, 10:44:08 pm

that actually worked. thanks a lot. just out of curiosity, do you know the reason those files are not getting imported as  videos?