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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dadeo" data-source="post: 793099" data-attributes="member: 27204">Hi wouter1971:I tried to answer Arkard that in <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/my-films-164/blog-my-films-5-future-here-100818/index2.html#post792237" target="_blank">my post on the previous page</a>.  I really don't understand why it is not clear. My Films is a completely different concept than Moving Pictures or My Videos which use a SQLite DB in MP. My Films uses (or can create), a movie catalog DB in XML format that can be used either in MP or in any of the seven movie catalog apps it supports outside of MP. Have you ever used a movie catalog app?  Perhaps many MP users don't know what they do or why most film buffs use them?Let me give you my own example. I use my movie catalog for many things besides MediaPortal.  I index my library of thousands of files, DVDs and BRDs. I index them all so I can find them (My Films even gives me my catalog number when I want to play them).  I also lend a lot of DVDs/movies, and my movie catalog tracks all that, plus a lot more.  I spent years developing  and customizing my catalog and data. I do not wish to re-scan my entire collection (the thought of rescanning all those DVDs makes me shudder) and repeating all that customization just so I can use it in MediaPortal, and then have to maintain two catalogs separately.  My Films just lets me use my movie catalog in MP with all the bells and whistles I am used to.So I hope you can understand it is not double effort.  My Films fills a gap that Moving Pictures and My Videos do not support. However, if your concern is more that you want to use all the great new features of My Films and don't understand why these are not added to MediaPortal itself, I can appreciate that point of view. However, please understand that many of the features in My Films, like centralized data on a network, simply cannot be easily supported within MP architecture (so I have been told when I asked! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />)Can I ask why suddenly you are asking this question?  My Films has been around for years, long before Moving Pictures, and when My Videos was pretty bare bones. Did you ask what the difference was when those apps were developed?</blockquote>

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