Getting Rid of the Shares Menu Item (1 Viewer)

[MacMini]

I am trying to figure out if there is any way to get rid of the Shares item which pops up in some of the sections, like Pictures or Music.

I have been trying to migrate from MCE to Media Portal for a while, but I think I made the leap last weekend. Plugins like My TV Series and My Films provide great end-user experience and are a joy to use.

But I find the Pictures (and to an extend the Music) sections a but less joyful. While I can live with the basic folder UI in Pictures, the first item is always that damned big arrow, pointing up to DOS-world and stuff like C: and D:

I don't see much use for Shares: there is a "back" button on the remote, and one can always choose any "watched folders." It really mars the UI of what I otherwise consider the best overall front-end available.

Is there a way to edit an available skin to hide the Shares item (I have settled on Foofaraw)? Or is there a plug that I have missed for Pictures or Music, which hides the Shares item? Shares are hidden in My TV Series and My Films, so it must be possible.

 

[nfox]

I'd be keen to get rid of this option, or at least have MP remember the last view I selected as it always seems to revert to "Shares" whenever MP is restarted.

 

[mbuzina]

In Pictures (SVN Version required) you can set "Show by Date" as a view, which will show Year / Month / Day folders.

In Music, select any Database view to show all music by album, artist or whatever.

As a last way out, you can set any of your shares (the "ONE" you would be using) to be the default share (tick it in config).

 

[MacMini]

In Pictures (SVN Version required) you can set "Show by Date" as a view, which will show Year / Month / Day folders.

In Music, select any Database view to show all music by album, artist or whatever.

As a last way out, you can set any of your shares (the "ONE" you would be using) to be the default share (tick it in config).

Thanks. I got the latest SVN and Music shows without the shares arrow - yepee

Pictures, unfortunately, still has it. Even when I leave only my Pictures folder (on a NAS) as the only share (I deleted the CD/DVD drive, which I didn't really want to do,) I still get the arrow. But at least now it doesn't send me to select from a list of letter drives, but only shows my pictures folder.

Still, no need for this arrow, now going nowhere. Wish we had the option to hide it.

 

[Marcusb]

there could be a windows registry method to disable it, since I guess this is the same arrow from explorer. try googleing that if you feel daring...

 

[mbuzina]

Go to Configuration / Pictures / Picture Folders. Then do one of the following :
a) Select Remember last used folder
b) Tick the mark in the folder list for your picture folder (It will be default).