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Title: Theater View Expressions
Post by: dwvaughn on August 25, 2012, 10:14:28 am

Hello,  so far I love MC17 and I'm still getting things setup so I can't wait until I have it just the way I want it.  The problem I'm having now is displaying show names the way I want under Video when I'm in Theater View.

Currently my file structure is TV Shows -> Series -> Season -> [SeriesName]- SXXEXX- [EpisodeName]

I would like it to display like this in TheaterView if possible but I can't seem to figure out how.  Really all I need is SXXEXX- [EpisodeName].  Can anyone help me out?

Title: Re: Theater View Expressions
Post by: JimH on August 25, 2012, 10:55:28 am

Here's what should happen when the files are imported:

http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Carnac

Title: Re: Theater View Expressions
Post by: BartMan01 on August 25, 2012, 03:37:42 pm

You need to use the file caption setting in the Advanced options for Theater View.  This is one of those areas that could use some work to make it simpler for new/less technical users.  Here is what I currently have in there:

If(isequal([Media Type],Audio,1),[Track #] [Name] - [Artist],If(isequal([Media Sub Type],TV Show,1),If(isequal([Number Plays],1,3),•,)S[Season]-E[Episode] [Name] [Date],If(isequal([Media Sub Type],Music Video,1),[Artist]: [Name],[Name] /([Year]/))))

Basically it does:
Audio = Track# Name - Artist
Unplayed TV Show = •SXX-EXX Name Date
Played TV Show = SXX-EXX Name Date
Music Video = Artist: Name
Everything Else = Name (Year)

Title: Re: Theater View Expressions
Post by: dwvaughn on August 26, 2012, 01:30:15 pm

Thank you both very much for your replies.  BartMan that worked awesome.  With some tweaking to the expression I was able to get it to look exactly how I want it.  Thanks.