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Hi there, been using Aeon MQ5 skin which is awesomely powerful, but almost too much so.
I tried rapier at random after a re-install, and I really like it, it's so simple, so has a great WAF acceptance factor.
Only thing is that I want to add two menu items to home, "Kids TV" and "Kids Movies".
Both can be identified by root path, and / or some kind of meta category tagging.
I can't see that this can be done, in custom categories I can only select that I want it to show me "files" which is the same as the sub menu items of videos.
Am I missing something?
Thanks again
Dave
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Yes, that's really helpful, thanks!
Also, is there any way to change the order of the home page menu items?
Custom 1 comes after pictures, and I'd rather have it before that if possible?
Thanks again, it's amazing how much great stuff gets created for all to share and enjoy on the internet now!
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Hi,
Loving Rapier, i'm another convert from MQ5...
Is there any way to change the names of the custom categories?
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tullm
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Hi,
I also have a Problem with the same goal. I was on 12.3 with your Skin an now updated to helix with your skin (clean install). The Problem is that the custom category doesn´t work the way it was an I think as it ment to be:
I´ve set a favorite (name kids) in the video -> files section to one path, lets say: e:\downloads\kids .
I've added a custom category to the home menu and set it to favorit and set Kids as the one to use.
When I'm now opening Favorites and choose kids it goes to exactly were it should an says: "Videos\Kids" in the upper left corner. When I'm using the Custom Category it ended up in the root of Videos, but says "Database\Video" (ore something like that). So it handles the Favorit different then favorites in the submenu.
Hope You understand what I mean.
Any tips on how exactly I can add a custom category with goind into VideoFiles\Kids without using the Database?
Otherwise thx for the great skin.
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Gade
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(This post was last modified: 2015-01-07, 02:05 by Gade.)
Hi tullm.
I just tried the same and everything works on my end.
Did this work in Frodo?
Can you explain in detail what you do? Did you create the path you use as a source (using Add Videos...) and save this source to favourites?
EDIT: It works perfectly with network shares. I just tried the same with a local source, and got the exact same result as you.
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tullm
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Hi,
What I did was:
1. Added a VideoSource with one path in it
2. Added this Source as a favorite
3. Added a custom category in the main menu with the favorite in it
That leads to the before mentioned result.
But I've tried a bit more and found a solution. It seems that it is not working with only on path in the source.
When there are more than one path in the source it is working for me.
Regards
Tullm
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Gade
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Hi tullm.
You did everything correctly.
I have been looking to solve this known issue for years and you somehow brought me on the right track.
I'm currently working on the fix, and I will post an update here as soon as I have it finished.
Cheers
Gade
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tullm
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Great to hear.
Thank you very much
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tullm
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Hi,
great to hear. Will give it a try as soon as possible. Maybe tonight.
Thank you!
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Working Good here. Thank you for Update and tue great skin
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Gade
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Great to hear.
I'll start reworking the custom submenus from favourites.