2012-05-14, 07:45
Hi There XBMC Peoples.
While searching for a replacement for Windows Media Centre I stummbled upon XBMC.
And while i see a few things i would like to see changed (Thats only me, and i havent read through all the instructions yet so i might be able to do these things myself)
This program is Brilliant. I love it, so thank you to all those who are working on it. THANKS!
The little thing I would like to see, and i have looked around the forums, but cant see a concise answer.
I have around 2000 + Movies on my system and 40 or so Complete old tv series (Taking up 4tb of Hard Drives, and I need more).
Now all my movies are pretty much working great, as they are sorted into individual folders. Each folder containing
The Movie - 2012.avi (You guessed it, The Movie)
The Movie - 2012.jpg (The Movie Poster)
The Movie - 2012.jpeg (The DVD Cover)
The Movie - 2012.srt (Subtitles in SubRip Format)
The problem im having Arises when I have the same movie in different cuts
Star Wars A New Hope (OP) - 1977
Star Wars A New Hope (DC) - 1977
or
Blade Runner (FC) - 1982
Blade Runner (EC) - 1982
Blade Runner (TC) - 1982
I have these notes for different cuts in brackets after the movie title as you can see
(EC) Extended Cut
(FC) Final Cut
(TC) Theatrical Cut
(UR) Unrated Cut
(DC) Directors Cut
(OP) Original Print
Now that Ive told you my life story (Sorry for the rambling), I was wondering, Nay Hoping, that XBMC could be made to read these bracketed tags and maybe label the films somehow. Perhaps print over the top of the artwork "DIRECTORS CUT" or something similar. There are some coverart and fan art pics out there for these different cuts, but XBMC doesnt seem to be able to distinguish between the two. (Or Perhaps I've missed something, more likely)
Perhaps even these tags could be adjustable by the user and added to in the future, eg someone might like to add (FE) for Fan Edit to their version.
And i would guess that the tag in the brackets could be ignored by the Scrapers, so as not to interfere with how they work.
Anyway, I hope you can give my idea some thought. Thanks for the brilliant program, keep up the good work, and I'll help promote this wonderful program.
Cheers
OzDrDj
(Col)
While searching for a replacement for Windows Media Centre I stummbled upon XBMC.
And while i see a few things i would like to see changed (Thats only me, and i havent read through all the instructions yet so i might be able to do these things myself)
This program is Brilliant. I love it, so thank you to all those who are working on it. THANKS!
The little thing I would like to see, and i have looked around the forums, but cant see a concise answer.
I have around 2000 + Movies on my system and 40 or so Complete old tv series (Taking up 4tb of Hard Drives, and I need more).
Now all my movies are pretty much working great, as they are sorted into individual folders. Each folder containing
The Movie - 2012.avi (You guessed it, The Movie)
The Movie - 2012.jpg (The Movie Poster)
The Movie - 2012.jpeg (The DVD Cover)
The Movie - 2012.srt (Subtitles in SubRip Format)
The problem im having Arises when I have the same movie in different cuts
Star Wars A New Hope (OP) - 1977
Star Wars A New Hope (DC) - 1977
or
Blade Runner (FC) - 1982
Blade Runner (EC) - 1982
Blade Runner (TC) - 1982
I have these notes for different cuts in brackets after the movie title as you can see
(EC) Extended Cut
(FC) Final Cut
(TC) Theatrical Cut
(UR) Unrated Cut
(DC) Directors Cut
(OP) Original Print
Now that Ive told you my life story (Sorry for the rambling), I was wondering, Nay Hoping, that XBMC could be made to read these bracketed tags and maybe label the films somehow. Perhaps print over the top of the artwork "DIRECTORS CUT" or something similar. There are some coverart and fan art pics out there for these different cuts, but XBMC doesnt seem to be able to distinguish between the two. (Or Perhaps I've missed something, more likely)
Perhaps even these tags could be adjustable by the user and added to in the future, eg someone might like to add (FE) for Fan Edit to their version.
And i would guess that the tag in the brackets could be ignored by the Scrapers, so as not to interfere with how they work.
Anyway, I hope you can give my idea some thought. Thanks for the brilliant program, keep up the good work, and I'll help promote this wonderful program.
Cheers
OzDrDj
(Col)