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

[Michael Knoll]

I'm having the same trouble with this option.  I have a large video
collection, which takes a while to load from a remote DB to begin
with, then having to set it to file browser makes it significantly
longer.  My collection is spread over 3 drives, which all have to spin
up to browse my collection, adding delay, increasing power
consumption, and increase wear on my drives.

Why was this ablity removed?  Was it just considered undesired?  Was
it breaking something else?

Mike

On 3/8/06, Robert Tsai <rtsai1111 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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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