2012-05-07, 21:26
firstly
love xbmc at the moment im testing and building on windows but will move to a client server (mysql) arrangement in future with at least 4 x xbmc boxes. I am tip toeing carefully around as i have found a querk and need to ask some questions before i begin to even consider pulling any hair out down the line or making basic mistakes from assumption
Okay i have the following on aeon skin main like everyone does:
VIDEOS / MOVIES / HD MOVIES / MUSIC / WEATHER etc...
And my folder structure is simply HDD single folder imports of Blueray movies / Youtube videos / Music / Pics , as you would expect i have added blueray into 'movies' , music into 'music' , youtube videos into 'videos' , pics into pictures
questions:
1. why is there 'movies' and 'videos' and 'HD movies' ? surely i just need 'videos' / 'movies' (or videos and hd movies if i want to look flash)
2. Can i remove one of the menu items so i only can choose between what i consider to be common 'videos' be it home grown or youtube? so id end up with the above example i.e 'movies' and 'videos' no hdmovies
3. It seems I can only actually edit the thumb/fanart in 'movies' ? is this normal and if so why? every time i right click a box cover on 'HD movies' it just takes me back to the main menu. it seems like 'movies' is actually the editing part yet sits on the menu system like a main selection, if this is true then that feels designed wrong and should either be allowable in HD movies also or not at all.
4. why is it that when i look in 'videos' under 'files' i have blueray movies as a folder option along side my youtuve videos folder import? i don't remember adding it, i can also look in videos for recently added movies? am i misunderstanding the word videos? for me this means camcorder, or clips not VHS videos so why would i look for movies? further more selecting this brings up the entire BD collection. ((scratches head.. movies for movies and videos for videos.. cool, ok yet i can see any folder added in either section))
This is the hair pulling part..
5. i removed blueray movies folder from videos as i didn't want the option to see it as it looked tacky as videos is for videos right? I only wanted youtube videos as a viewable folder. This promptly removed blueray movies folder (not the movies) but in doing so also removed fan art and all cover art which was custom so i now have to import and select each of my movies thumbs again which is annoying as there all default medium quality with the next thumb down on the online library a HD copy ?! (why not give me the HD one first please, is there an option) .. ahh the question.. why did removing the folder in videos actually remove the job lot and not just the reference?
I noticed that once i had taken it from videos on the main menu hdmovies disappeared and movies had nothing in? are they all linked and if so then why have separate sections?
6. why are my youtube videos or cam clips not treated like movies ? ((or are they)) i would like a nice cover view and the option to add a background like a default even so its not just a stack of files same with music. it seems XBMC is movie awesome.. but then billed as an all in one? its stacked towards movie playback admit it
Any help appreciated, it was the folder confusion that put me off about a year ago. Xbmc 11 is noticeably better but im not sure im really understanding the separate options but all having access to the same added folder system? seems odd.
thanks and keep up the amazing work
love xbmc at the moment im testing and building on windows but will move to a client server (mysql) arrangement in future with at least 4 x xbmc boxes. I am tip toeing carefully around as i have found a querk and need to ask some questions before i begin to even consider pulling any hair out down the line or making basic mistakes from assumption
Okay i have the following on aeon skin main like everyone does:
VIDEOS / MOVIES / HD MOVIES / MUSIC / WEATHER etc...
And my folder structure is simply HDD single folder imports of Blueray movies / Youtube videos / Music / Pics , as you would expect i have added blueray into 'movies' , music into 'music' , youtube videos into 'videos' , pics into pictures
questions:
1. why is there 'movies' and 'videos' and 'HD movies' ? surely i just need 'videos' / 'movies' (or videos and hd movies if i want to look flash)
2. Can i remove one of the menu items so i only can choose between what i consider to be common 'videos' be it home grown or youtube? so id end up with the above example i.e 'movies' and 'videos' no hdmovies
3. It seems I can only actually edit the thumb/fanart in 'movies' ? is this normal and if so why? every time i right click a box cover on 'HD movies' it just takes me back to the main menu. it seems like 'movies' is actually the editing part yet sits on the menu system like a main selection, if this is true then that feels designed wrong and should either be allowable in HD movies also or not at all.
4. why is it that when i look in 'videos' under 'files' i have blueray movies as a folder option along side my youtuve videos folder import? i don't remember adding it, i can also look in videos for recently added movies? am i misunderstanding the word videos? for me this means camcorder, or clips not VHS videos so why would i look for movies? further more selecting this brings up the entire BD collection. ((scratches head.. movies for movies and videos for videos.. cool, ok yet i can see any folder added in either section))
This is the hair pulling part..
5. i removed blueray movies folder from videos as i didn't want the option to see it as it looked tacky as videos is for videos right? I only wanted youtube videos as a viewable folder. This promptly removed blueray movies folder (not the movies) but in doing so also removed fan art and all cover art which was custom so i now have to import and select each of my movies thumbs again which is annoying as there all default medium quality with the next thumb down on the online library a HD copy ?! (why not give me the HD one first please, is there an option) .. ahh the question.. why did removing the folder in videos actually remove the job lot and not just the reference?
I noticed that once i had taken it from videos on the main menu hdmovies disappeared and movies had nothing in? are they all linked and if so then why have separate sections?
6. why are my youtube videos or cam clips not treated like movies ? ((or are they)) i would like a nice cover view and the option to add a background like a default even so its not just a stack of files same with music. it seems XBMC is movie awesome.. but then billed as an all in one? its stacked towards movie playback admit it
Any help appreciated, it was the folder confusion that put me off about a year ago. Xbmc 11 is noticeably better but im not sure im really understanding the separate options but all having access to the same added folder system? seems odd.
thanks and keep up the amazing work