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Originally Posted by James  Jumping backward/foreward by a fixed amount is an existing feature in MP1. When I think about "Bookmarks" in movies I get an image of pushing a button and setting manual bookmarks. That I can later use to jump to parts I find interesting/like. Which could be an interesting feature.
However, Auto bookmarks I don't understand what you mean by that? |
Hi James - I'll try to clarify...
Firstly, let me say again, FANTASTIC product - PLEASE don't interpret this as a "complaint" or general "lack of features" malaise...
What I mean is - when you purchase a DVD, the movie is set into "chapters" which allow quick navigation from one "scene" to the next. While I know you're aware of this, I just wanted to indicate the context of this "auto-bookmarking" feature. On many home DVD creation programs, you can have the program auto-scan for "chapters" to create for you in your own DVD menu.
All I was thinking was, if a component could be set for "chaptering" your AVI files by a set amount (say user-defineable 3min, 5min). When watching a video, the user would have an extra option on the "Information" menu called "Chapters" or "Scene selection" or something. MediaPortal would scan each AVI as they were loaded and save a thumbnail of "jump points" inside this AVI that the user could navigate to like in a DVD's scene selection menu.
While I relaize that the user can skip through the AVI and set bookmarks manually, I thought maybe it would be helpful to have the ability to auto-set the initial index.
Maybe I'm just a lazy bum, but that's my idea... thanks for your consideration...