2008-01-02, 21:18
Hey all,
I have a NAS (Networked Attatched Storage file-server device) with a few hundred movies on it as I store all my media digitally in this one location, and I use XBMC to play them and catalog all in the video library. Recently I have started adding quite a lot of HD (High-Definition) to my movie collection as well, ...high-definition movies which the Xbox obviously cam not play, however I want these movies in the XBMC video library. You see, instead of using XBMC for Xbox to play these high-definition movies I will just play them on my computer, but since the XBMC video library is such an excellent tool to catalog my movie collection I still want to be able to browse them there even if the old Xbox ca not play them.
I would love an option in XBMC that would allow me to 'flag' certain movies as "HD" (and anything not flagged HD would be assumed to be "SD", for Standard-Definition). This way for me HD movies would basically only be listed in the XBMC video library, and if I decided to watch one I wouldn't even bother playing it on the Xbox and instead just watch it through my computer.
Sorting and filtering HD verses SD movies would be helpful too when deciding what to watch. I imagine this will become more and more of a requested feature as HD downloads become more common, at least now that XBMC for Linux/Mac/Windows is maturing, or we can play these HD movies on a PS3, or Xbox360, or whatever other HD playback device one might have that can playback all high-definition video files.
Also, I don't know if it's possible but hopefully this flagging could maybe be automated by the database scanning process in XBMC, perhaps by checking frame width, and mark anything over 719 pixels in frame width as 720p, and anything over 1079 pixels in frame width as 1080p?
Here are a few example screenshots from a MeediOS skin (a skin called "meedioVintage") with such HD flags in action:
(as you can see it also have flags for surround sound audio such as Dolby Digital and DTS, with the number of channels)
For more screenshots of this Meedio Vintage skin see the MeediOS forum here:
http://www.meedios.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1477
Another Meedio Vintage skin see the MeediOS screenshot:
Aeon skin mockup examples with overlays on thumbnails that could be optional if the skinner choose to add them to their skins:
PS! There are several nice ideas for icons sets to suit this that could be found in the MediaPortal forum, see:
http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/tvseri...21816.html
I have a NAS (Networked Attatched Storage file-server device) with a few hundred movies on it as I store all my media digitally in this one location, and I use XBMC to play them and catalog all in the video library. Recently I have started adding quite a lot of HD (High-Definition) to my movie collection as well, ...high-definition movies which the Xbox obviously cam not play, however I want these movies in the XBMC video library. You see, instead of using XBMC for Xbox to play these high-definition movies I will just play them on my computer, but since the XBMC video library is such an excellent tool to catalog my movie collection I still want to be able to browse them there even if the old Xbox ca not play them.
I would love an option in XBMC that would allow me to 'flag' certain movies as "HD" (and anything not flagged HD would be assumed to be "SD", for Standard-Definition). This way for me HD movies would basically only be listed in the XBMC video library, and if I decided to watch one I wouldn't even bother playing it on the Xbox and instead just watch it through my computer.
Sorting and filtering HD verses SD movies would be helpful too when deciding what to watch. I imagine this will become more and more of a requested feature as HD downloads become more common, at least now that XBMC for Linux/Mac/Windows is maturing, or we can play these HD movies on a PS3, or Xbox360, or whatever other HD playback device one might have that can playback all high-definition video files.
Also, I don't know if it's possible but hopefully this flagging could maybe be automated by the database scanning process in XBMC, perhaps by checking frame width, and mark anything over 719 pixels in frame width as 720p, and anything over 1079 pixels in frame width as 1080p?
Here are a few example screenshots from a MeediOS skin (a skin called "meedioVintage") with such HD flags in action:
(as you can see it also have flags for surround sound audio such as Dolby Digital and DTS, with the number of channels)
For more screenshots of this Meedio Vintage skin see the MeediOS forum here:
http://www.meedios.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1477
Another Meedio Vintage skin see the MeediOS screenshot:
Aeon skin mockup examples with overlays on thumbnails that could be optional if the skinner choose to add them to their skins:
PS! There are several nice ideas for icons sets to suit this that could be found in the MediaPortal forum, see:
http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/tvseri...21816.html