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<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 605893" data-attributes="member: 18896">Re: AW: Expressions/Rules requestsUse hardlinks then, they allow you to create a 0-byte reference to the same file, but with a different name. The only requirement is that you have the NTFS filesystem, but most people do, and you can otherwise convert your FAT based drive over via Microsoft tool into NTFS without loosing any data.Example (same works on any show you actually plan to do this with): You have DVD ISOs on &quot;24&quot;.Create a folder that is not monitored by MP-TVSeries, for example &quot;D:\DVD-ISOs\24&quot; in which you place your ISO files, such as: &quot;24 - S01E01-06.iso&quot;,&nbsp; &quot;24 - S01E07-12.iso&quot;, &quot;24 - S01E13-18.iso&quot; and &quot;24 - S01E19-24.iso&quot;Now in the folder that MP-TVSeries monitors, create the hardlinks, for example: &quot;D:\TV Shows\24\24 - Season 1&quot;. In this folder you need to create hardlinks for all 24 episodes, and you can name them &quot;24 - S01E01 (Hardlink).iso&quot;, &quot;24 - S01E02 (Hardlink).iso&quot;, ..... &quot;24 - S01E24 (Hardlink).iso&quot;. You might want to create the hardlinks with MediaPortal not running, so you can take your time creating the hardlink structure first.MP-TVSeries will import your show correctly with all episodes shown. The only problem you have is that you still have to jump to the right episode after playback starts. This is why you might want to look into an alternative, such as remuxing the ISO into individual files, splitting up the episodes without re-encoding the video+audio streams. The remuxed split files take up the same amount of space, and are the same quality, but spare you all these problems.There are many ways to create hardlinks, but the easiest way for you might be to use: <a href="http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html" target="_blank">Link Shell Extension</a> (read entire website first to not make a mistake you will regret later)WARNING: When you delete a hardlink the wrong way, you will loose the original file as well. So be careful once you start using them. Windows 7 uses a lot of hardlinks, most famously in the WinSxS folder, so eventhough Windows Explorer says that folder uses a lot of storage space, in reality it doesn't.Eventually MP-TVSeries will have a better solution for this problem, but until then hardlinks will work and might offer a temporary solution to many users.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 605893, member: 18896"] [b]Re: AW: Expressions/Rules requests[/b] Use hardlinks then, they allow you to create a 0-byte reference to the same file, but with a different name. The only requirement is that you have the NTFS filesystem, but most people do, and you can otherwise convert your FAT based drive over via Microsoft tool into NTFS without loosing any data. Example (same works on any show you actually plan to do this with): You have DVD ISOs on "24". Create a folder that is [b]not[/b] monitored by MP-TVSeries, for example "D:\DVD-ISOs\24" in which you place your ISO files, such as: "24 - S01E01-06.iso", "24 - S01E07-12.iso", "24 - S01E13-18.iso" and "24 - S01E19-24.iso" Now in the folder that MP-TVSeries monitors, create the hardlinks, for example: "D:\TV Shows\24\24 - Season 1". In this folder you need to create hardlinks for all 24 episodes, and you can name them "24 - S01E01 (Hardlink).iso", "24 - S01E02 (Hardlink).iso", ..... "24 - S01E24 (Hardlink).iso". You might want to create the hardlinks with MediaPortal not running, so you can take your time creating the hardlink structure first. MP-TVSeries will import your show correctly with all episodes shown. The only problem you have is that you still have to jump to the right episode after playback starts. This is why you might want to look into an alternative, such as remuxing the ISO into individual files, splitting up the episodes without re-encoding the video+audio streams. The remuxed split files take up the same amount of space, and are the same quality, but spare you all these problems. There are many ways to create hardlinks, but the easiest way for you might be to use: [url=http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html]Link Shell Extension[/url] (read entire website first to not make a mistake you will regret later) [b]WARNING[/b]: When you delete a hardlink the wrong way, you will loose the original file as well. So be careful once you start using them. Windows 7 uses a lot of hardlinks, most famously in the WinSxS folder, so eventhough Windows Explorer says that folder uses a lot of storage space, in reality it doesn't. Eventually MP-TVSeries will have a better solution for this problem, but until then hardlinks will work and might offer a temporary solution to many users. [/QUOTE]

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