[mythtv-users] MythVideo 0.19: DB == Flat List == why?

Robert Tsai rtsai1111 at comcast.net
Wed Mar 8 05:42:23 UTC 2006


On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 12:13:36AM -0500, Cheetah wrote:
> In 0.18.1, this worked great.  I could use the metadata filters, and
> also browse my videos in their folder hierarchy.  In 0.19, I can
> either have my folder hierarchy, or my metadata, but not both.  I
> cannot see the folder hierarchy in a mode where I can filter :(
> 
> One obvious reply to this would be "well, create categories for all
> the stuff."  Well, that amounts to creating a category for every
> leaf folder, and then applying those categories to every file.  And
> then when viewing videos, selecting from one of those categories.  I
> checked, I have 76 such leaf folders.  To arrow key to the 40th one,
> with a remote control, would suck very much.
> 
> So Please, Pretty Please, can we have the folders view back in
> metadata mode?  Or, evil that it may be, make this yet another
> checkbox in the settings page (e.g. "Show flat list in non-browse
> mode")?

Eh. What's wrong with checking both the "Video List browses files" and
"Video List Loads Video Meta Data" checkboxes in the MythVideo setup?

--Rob
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