How to Disable Importing of Movies to MY VIDEOS? (1 Viewer)

[MacMini]

How can one disable movies being imported into My Videos when played in My Films?

Having identical files in My Videos makes My Videos pretty much useless, since it results in two menus with largely duplicate content, which for most serves no purpose, but to increase clutter.

I was planning to use My Videos for stuff like home videos, but now it would become a mess.

Perhaps some want this "feature," but is there an edit that the rest of us can do to stop it?

Thanks a ton for a great plug!

 

[cyberquixote]

I think the reasoning is that to get the info in the on screen display, the data has to be in the "my videos" db as well...
Might not be a bad idea to make that optional though... like you I had thought to use "my videos" for non dvds and I personally don't care too much about the OSD. I can always hit the back button for details...

 

[MacMini]

Oh, I was wondering why would anyone want it like this. But I would gladly give up the OSD and use the back button, like you

If creating an option is too much of a hassle, is there anyway we can edit the code to remove this? Right now I've just disabled My Videos, since i really have no use for it like this.

Alternatively, is there a simple plug which can just show home movies, without having to deal with external databases? Actually, it'd be great to be able to integrate pictures and home videos in one menu item

 

[MacMini]

Here is a non-elegant solution to the problem of movies played in My Films appearing in My Videos:

Select View By Share. Then, if you've selected in MP's configuration ONLY the folders you wish to have appear in My Videos, you will see ONLY the videos in those folders, without the watched movies from My Films.

Not a great solution (I really find Shares disturbing, but it works for now.

Still, it would be great to have the option to eliminate this cross-posting of movies from My Films.

 

[safran64]

Hi!

Doesn't work the TVSeries plugin the same way?

As far as I know the problem has been fixed there; may be MyFilms plugin could be changed in the same way.

But I'm not a programmer, so possibly I'm wrong... Just wanted to mention it.