[mythtv-users] Group TV Shows in (Myth)Video

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Mon Jan 14 16:56:17 UTC 2013


On 01/14/2013 11:20 AM, Harald Nehring wrote:
> Still on 0.24 but looks like it didn't change in 0.26.
>
> I'm trying to find the best way to present a growing number of
> recorded/ripped TV shows and regular movies in (Myth)Video. I mostly use
> list/gallery view and then "browse by genre". Downside is that all tv show
> episodes are listed individually in their genre, cluttering e.g. the
> "animation" genre with hundreds of "bob the builder" episodes, making it a
> long scroll to get to "Tintin".
>
> Alternatively we use "browse by tv/movies", which nicely structures all
> the tv shows but dumps all of the movies into one flat list. Is there a
> way to combine the best of both worlds - structured tv shows with movies
> by genre in one view? I'm not sure I can train the family on going through
> the "browse by..." procedure whenever they want to watch something, as
> they don't care so much about something being a "tv show" or a "movie".
>
> PS: Check out XBMC, they do this much more intuitively without having to
> open menus once. They can even group related movies like all James Bond
> titles, or the Lord of the Rings trilogy etc.
>

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/519758#519758
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http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/519996#519996

then use file system directory structure to organize the videos as you like.

Mike


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