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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 18 for Windows => Topic started by: jondavis on July 18, 2013, 01:56:15 pm

Title: move videos out of movies and tv shows
Post by: jondavis on July 18, 2013, 01:56:15 pm: I just downloaded JRiver and the system decided to scan all my media and drop it into the folders where it thought it belonged.
Of course I have way more videos then just movies and tv shows.
I can see how to make new folders but not sure how to change the library tag from like movies to sports or tv shows to concert videos.
Is there a way to do that?
Title: Re: move videos out of movies and tv shows
Post by: jondavis on July 18, 2013, 02:09:25 pm: I deleted all videos out of movies, then all videos removed out of the other folders like tv shows.
Then I added just one video to concert videos which then shows up in all the rest of the folders like movies and tv shows.
Is there no way to keep those separated?
Title: Re: move videos out of movies and tv shows
Post by: jondavis on July 18, 2013, 02:19:35 pm: I think I found it.
You have to add the tag - Media Type and Media Sub Type before you can change them.
Title: Re: move videos out of movies and tv shows
Post by: jondavis on July 18, 2013, 02:25:43 pm: Next question then is can we create new media sub types?
Title: Re: move videos out of movies and tv shows
Post by: fitbrit on July 18, 2013, 02:39:09 pm: Quote from: jondavis on July 18, 2013, 02:25:43 pm
Next question then is can we create new media sub types?

Not currently. Which subtypes do you need? A bunch were added for MC17/18.
Title: Re: move videos out of movies and tv shows
Post by: jondavis on July 18, 2013, 02:51:08 pm: Animation or Anime or both
Books
Comedians or Comedy
Commercials
Concerts
Documentaries
Dubs
Fan Films
Funny
Home Videos
Interviews
News
Sermons
Short Films
Speakers
Spoof
Sports
Teachers
Trailers
Unexplained

Stuff like Interviews I'm not sure if that should be the root or a sub to another root.
I have lime music interviews, sports interviews, conspiracy type interviews.
Title: Re: move videos out of movies and tv shows
Post by: fitbrit on July 18, 2013, 02:57:28 pm: Animation or Anime or both Genre
Books Could be Genre
Comedians or Comedy Genre
Commercials
Concerts Media subtype: Music Video (exists), Genre: Concert (?)
Documentaries Genre
Dubs
Fan Films Genre
Funny
Home Videos Subtype exists
Interviews
News
Sermons
Short Films Mediatype: Short exists
Speakers
Spoof Genre
Sports
Teachers
Trailers Subtype exists, I think
Unexplained

In many cases, what you mean by subtype, most would consider genre; the good news is that that field IS editable,a nd you cna even put in multiple entries for each file.
Title: Re: move videos out of movies and tv shows
Post by: jondavis on July 18, 2013, 03:06:24 pm: I'll see what I can come up with.
It would be nice to add a few more sub categories.
Real Player lets you name the video category but if you export your list and import it to another computer then the category goes back to just video most of the time.
Title: Re: move videos out of movies and tv shows
Post by: MrC on July 18, 2013, 03:15:20 pm: Media Sub Type is generally used to drive special program behavior. If the stock values meet your needs, use them (and at least set them appropriately so that MC will do that special behavior - which you haven't learned yet).

Use Genre or Keywords, or your own custom field if you have other needs or want other behavior based on the field.
Title: Re: move videos out of movies and tv shows
Post by: jkauff on July 19, 2013, 01:01:14 am: Also remember that you can highlight multiple files and change the field value in all of them at once.
Title: Re: move videos out of movies and tv shows
Post by: jondavis on July 19, 2013, 01:21:04 am: Quote from: jkauff on July 19, 2013, 01:01:14 am
Also remember that you can highlight multiple files and change the field value in all of them at once.

Yea that is very helpful
And thanks everyone for the help.