2012-06-25, 13:08
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.
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.