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[Stub Files]Adding a physical Hard Disk - Brainfrz - 2012-06-25
Hi All,
First, let me sketch my situation: i've got a NAS serving my movies and tv shows. When my disk is nearly full, i archive old movies and shows (the ones i'd like to see again later) to an USB drive which is usually disconnected .
On the other hand, i'd like to keep them in XBMC. Now i got 2 options:
1. Move the files to the USB drive, and create a stub file on the NAS.
2. Move the files to the USB drive, and index them from there.
#1 has 2 disadvantage:
- When i try to play files, i can get a message, but i have to go through the video screen (through files) to play them.
- there is no real HDD stub file, so i misuse "bluray rip" for it.
#2 also has 2 disadvantages:
- When i press play, i get an ugly notification to cancel or remove the movie (not very child friendly).
- When i cleanup my database and the drive is not connected, all movies are removed.
both have 1 big issue: all movies are indexed again, so they appear on "recently added".
What i'd like to see:
An stub file, combined with the xml. In the xml there is an reference to the actual path of the file. So when i press play, i get the notification "connect archive-hdd", and after that, it plays the actual file. also in the xml would be the "added" date. I could script my way to automate the xml generation
Would that be possible, or is there another nice way to "fix" this.
RE: [Stub Files]Adding a physical Hard Disk - Ned Scott - 2012-06-25
Anything is possible if you know how to script/code it. Right now there is nothing like that which exists, so you'd have to create it yourself.
RE: [Stub Files]Adding a physical Hard Disk - Brainfrz - 2012-06-25
Well, the problem is i'm a bit code-dyslectic
I can work my way around some code/scripting, as long as i've written it myself. Inside a large project like XBMC i wouldn't know where to start and i'd get hopelessly lost. 
I was hoping there would some ready-to-go way to fix this. Maybe someone with the right skills and the same issue will come along? There must be more people with the same configuration
RE: [Stub Files]Adding a physical Hard Disk - da-anda - 2012-06-25
Hi, there is a PullRequest pending on github that's adding stub file support for removeable media like USB-Sticks and HDDs. I think that's what you're looking for. Feel free to add your thoughts to the PR551
RE: [Stub Files]Adding a physical Hard Disk - Ned Scott - 2012-06-25
Nice!
RE: [Stub Files]Adding a physical Hard Disk - Brainfrz - 2012-06-25
This seems to be exactly what i'm looking for. Glad to see i'm not alone on this one
I'll keep an eye on that Pull request
RE: [Stub Files]Adding a physical Hard Disk - kaffekask - 2012-07-23
I'm also in need of this, is 0001-efile-stub-v7.patch the latest code or is there any newer?
Maybe there is a compiled package I can try before I set up an environment for compiling?