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First off, I have to say I love XBMC I've been a proud user since the early xbox days... thank you all!

What is the best way to manage 2 different categories of Movies. IE. Kids Movies Vs Normal Movies?

I currently have a large library of videos (Moves/TVshows) that managed wonderfully with XBMC's library but my life has changed and now I find myself also building a massive collection of Kids movies. I don't want to have both movies show in a massive library list but I'd still like to have the kids movies in a library format(to see movie information instead of just file names from video view). I'd almost like a separate library for just the kids movies because I have about 700 titles (moves/tv shows).

The categories in library mode don't seem to separate the movies very well and xbmc doesn't give me any place to classify or change a movies information to help me sort it.

Is anyone else out there managing 2 different types of movie type and keeping them completely separate while also using the full library features on both? Let me know please and thank you!

[harryzimm]

Hi,

I think your best bet is to set up two profiles, one for the kids and one for you. That way you can have separate library's for each.

cheers

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I've always avoided multiple profiles but I think its time to give it a shot.

[ilBrutto]

I use Ember Media Manager to manage all my movies. I let each movie have several dfferent genres like Children, animation, Family, Wife and so on. Then i have created smart playlists i XBMC like "Animated childrenmovies" where i sorted out the movies with genre Children AND Animation NOT Adult(No not porn), i think you get the point.

After i have created the playlist i mark them and add them as a "Favorite" where the kids kan reach them. Not perfect but it works

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Ilbrutto, Thank you very much. I love Ember... very useful tool. Thank you.