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27.12.2006 21:44:52

Feature Request for Movie Library

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I was wondering in the next update if it would be possible for the movie library to search for .mp4 files as well as video ts, or if there would be a way for the user to personalize what type of movie files it would search for.

Thanks

Edit: Busy: signal is now gone and works amazinly well!!! It searches all of my externals and the internal and puts them in alpha order and it is amazing!

With that some enhancements could come from a larger amount of screen shown to do this, larger text so it would be easier to read further away, as well as displaying longer titles.

This is a huge improvement (now if you could add .avi, and .mp4 to a possibily for spotlight to search for under VLC that would be a huge improvement and make the mac media center that much closer to be being perfect.

Thanks for all of your hard work on making this great product

Last edited: 28.12.2006 02:26:51

These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic:

Behaviours

Can I also add DivX/AVI/MOV files to the built-in movie library and not just VIDEO_TS folders? (FAQ015E0200)
Yes. All you need to do is to install VLC and organize your files in a given folder structure. It's also possible to add covers then. If, for example, you want to add the file MyMovie.avi, the folder structure should look like this:
```
Title of my movie/VIDEO_TS/MyMovie.avi
Title of my movie/File with Cover.jpg
```
You can add movies that are split up into several files the same way. The folder structure then looks like this:
```
Title of my movie/VIDEO_TS/MyMovie part 1.avi
Title of my movie/VIDEO_TS/MyMovie part 2.avi
Title of my movie/VIDEO_TS/MyMovie part 3.avi
Title of my movie/File with Cover.jpg
```
The names of the movie- and coverfiles are freely choosable - you only need to make sure the suffix fits the format of the file. Supported formats for cover files include JPEG, PNG and GIF.

In Remote Buddy's menu, you can then start playback of your movies complete with existing covers in the context menu of the VLC Behaviour.

User

28.12.2006 11:24:54

Re: Feature Request for Movie Library

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Hi Felix

I agree with Tim. Those features would be nice.

Regards Anders

Last edited: 28.12.2006 11:25:30

User

28.12.2006 11:47:15

Re: Feature Request for Movie Library

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Hi All

Remote buddy movie library allready works with mp4, avi and m4v. Just make a directory named with the films name , under that you have a directory with the name VIDEO_TS with the media file. Placing a movie poster i the film name directory named cover.jpg.
Ex:
Clerks 2\VIDEO_TS\Clerks 2.mp4
Clerks 2\cover.jpg

Regards Anders

Sorry about my sorry english.

User

01.01.2007 21:39:01

Re: Feature Request for Movie Library

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Thanks for asking. There will be.

Best regards,
Felix

User

01.01.2007 22:00:02

Re: Re: Feature Request for Movie Library

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Hello Anders,

thanks for sharing this!

Just a small correction: the graphics file can have any name though,
as long as it ends with gif, jpeg, jpg or png. This i.e. allows you
to drag and drop covers right from a website without the need for any
further actions.

Best regards,
Felix

User

03.01.2007 08:35:43

Re: Feature Request for Movie Library

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How about adding in the VLC behaviour the possibility of browsing a specific folder ("Movies" for example) and showing only movie files.

For example someone could have a structure like:

Movies/
TV/
TV/24 - Season 1
TV/24 - Season 2
Trailers/
etc...

Something similar was available in Sofa Control and was very handy...

Thank you for the great product!
Davide

User

03.01.2007 08:49:59

Re: Feature Request for Movie Library

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I would like the possibility to put the movie library out in the root of the menu, not under VLC.

/Anders

User

04.01.2007 22:34:01

Re: Feature Request for Movie Library

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Hello Davide,

thanks for sharing the idea. The Movie Library as can currently be
seen in Remote Buddy is actually only the top of the ice berg and a
special case of a feature that is not yet exposed to the user in
general ;-) ..

Expect to see more functionality in future releases ..

Best regards,
Felix

User

04.01.2007 22:37:01

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Hello Anders,

thanks for letting me know.

I can only give you the same answer as Davide, though. There is more
under the hood than is currently apparant. :-)

Stay tuned.

Best regards,
Felix

User

31.12.2007 00:51:39

Re: Feature Request for Movie Library

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This doesn't work for me with 1.8.1 on 10.5.1: RB appears to try to play the mp4 with DVD Player, rather than QuickTime, and I get a "media type not supported" error from RB

Any ideas?

Regards,
David

User

07.01.2008 18:16:02

Re: Re: Feature Request for Movie Library

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DVD Player does not support playback of MP4s.

The "VIDEO_TS-for-movie-files" trick only works with the VLC player.

Best regards,
Felix

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