[mythtv-users] MythVideo suggestions

[raptorjr]

I'm pretty new to MythTV and like it pretty much. But it is still possible to improve.
Here i have som suggestions on what i would like to see in MythVideo.
Maybe someone think that it is good things and we'll see it in the future. I'm no
linux programmer, i would have made it myself if i was.

1. Have the possibility to see new videofiles in the video directory without going to the Video Manager first.
(Maybe this is already possible?)

2. Be able to edit the info of a videofile directly from the video directory. Would save time and be much easier if it was possible.
Especially if you could see new files in the directory, would be fast and easy to give it a category or other info. Instead
of having to go to the videomanager.

3. Have som special behaviour of the folders in the video directory. Not all folders of course, you should be able to select
if it should behave like a ordinary folder, or special.

And the special features of the folder would be:
3.1 A folder should be able to act as a playlist for the files it contains. This way if you have a video of 2 or more files
you could "play" the folder, and it would start to play the first file. This would mean a much "cleaner" video directory
with only one folder for a video instead of 2,3,4 files. And would be very good for series as well.

3.2 You should be able to set a picture on the folder for the video or series, and set info for the folder. So if you "open"
the folder you would see the same videoinfo screen that you see when you select a videofile. And if you change a setting
like Category for the folder, all files in the folder will get the same Category.

3.3 The folder should remember where you stopped watching, so you begin at the same place the next time. Very good
when watching series. Would be even better if it remembered not only what file that was played last, but even where in the file. 
So we could have a bookmark. And begin viewing where we left. (Would like to see this for ordinary videofiles also)

The Video Manager is a little time consuming and hard to work with. These changes could really make life easier.
I think this would be pretty useful and hope someone has the knowledge to make it happend. Feel free to add more suggestions
or discuss this with me.
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