2009-07-03, 18:24
Hi everybody,
I've been using xbmc for some time (years) now. I never used library mode finding it more confusing than useful. At the time pm3 was more or less the only skin option (I mean good skin ).
Time passed, HD came along, nice skins also. I learned to appreciate library mode. Well, let's say I was led to...or forced. Most skins are thought and designed around library mode and show their best in that mode only. So I would say the option to choose between file and library mode is not a completely free one today.
This introduces my proposal:
1) what I'm missing in library mode is the possibility to save filtered views. Basically sql views with a gui on top - in the background. Like an independent folder, in the foreground. The one thing where I miss this the most is to keep the kids section separated from the adults section. So making a "family genre" filtered view and saving it would be the solution. But you obviously could have A LOT of customization for your virtual folders. The idea is very similar to iTunes (or mt-daapds) smart playlists.
2) as a consequence this would somehow reduce or remove the need for the file view. The actual file view could be merged with the file manager (the one in pm3 - system setup) to care for
- file management + mantainance
- editing, reorganizing files (physically)
- "moving" new things into the library
Point 2 would be a deep change maybe. But the first should not be difficult to achieve - I always wondered why it was not there...
I've been using xbmc for some time (years) now. I never used library mode finding it more confusing than useful. At the time pm3 was more or less the only skin option (I mean good skin ).
Time passed, HD came along, nice skins also. I learned to appreciate library mode. Well, let's say I was led to...or forced. Most skins are thought and designed around library mode and show their best in that mode only. So I would say the option to choose between file and library mode is not a completely free one today.
This introduces my proposal:
1) what I'm missing in library mode is the possibility to save filtered views. Basically sql views with a gui on top - in the background. Like an independent folder, in the foreground. The one thing where I miss this the most is to keep the kids section separated from the adults section. So making a "family genre" filtered view and saving it would be the solution. But you obviously could have A LOT of customization for your virtual folders. The idea is very similar to iTunes (or mt-daapds) smart playlists.
2) as a consequence this would somehow reduce or remove the need for the file view. The actual file view could be merged with the file manager (the one in pm3 - system setup) to care for
- file management + mantainance
- editing, reorganizing files (physically)
- "moving" new things into the library
Point 2 would be a deep change maybe. But the first should not be difficult to achieve - I always wondered why it was not there...