[spiff]

because it will mess up the code for no good reason.

afaict you want to adresse two issues;

1) updates takes forever - this you can now handle
2) you want searches to be more narrow. this should be handled that way - by narrowing searches.

i think what you are really after is another content type for documentaries. this is something that is most welcome.

[brownbug]

content type thats the right word for it. and when I search that conten ex documentary, dont want to se die hard 4 in it

[spiff]

yeah, precisely.

this should be handled just like we handle the other content types today, currently movies, tvshows, musicvideos. there is no reason to switch db file. i'll gladly give you some pointers if you want.

[Gamester17]

Yes, and again additional content types is also being requested/discussed in these threads:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=33710
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=37206
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=12721
These tree threads are all related and kind of dependent on the different ideas in them

I suggest you try to catch spiff and jmarshall on IRC (#xbmc on freenode), see:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Appendix_D:_...ct_methods
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Appendix_D:_...ment_Notes

Happy coding!