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<blockquote data-quote="SMa" data-source="post: 273352" data-attributes="member: 52414">I agree, their should be a better way to recognize movies.A possible solution is adding a (hidden) file containing data like the name of the movie, the year, and the director. I excpect these 3 properties will always be unique. (I wouldn't use an ID because this could get mixed up with other movies when migrating a folder from one pc to another)When MyVideos detects &quot;new&quot; movies, combined with such a file it should check the database for existing entries and link the new movie to the correct entry.Their are 2 ways to do this:- Oblige the user to give each movie its own folder and let MP add a &quot;movie.dat&quot;-file.=&gt; Some users will have to reorganize their collection...- Link the name of the extra file to the name of the movie-file.=&gt; What if one of the files is renamed?A second solution is writing and reading the tags of the movie-files. But as far as I know this is only supported by the mkv-container. So this wouldn't be solution for avi, mpeg, wmv, ...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SMa, post: 273352, member: 52414"] I agree, their should be a better way to recognize movies. A possible solution is adding a (hidden) file containing data like the name of the movie, the year, and the director. I excpect these 3 properties will always be unique. (I wouldn't use an ID because this could get mixed up with other movies when migrating a folder from one pc to another) When MyVideos detects "new" movies, combined with such a file it should check the database for existing entries and link the new movie to the correct entry. Their are 2 ways to do this: - Oblige the user to give each movie its own folder and let MP add a "movie.dat"-file. => Some users will have to reorganize their collection... - Link the name of the extra file to the name of the movie-file. => What if one of the files is renamed? A second solution is writing and reading the tags of the movie-files. But as far as I know this is only supported by the mkv-container. So this wouldn't be solution for avi, mpeg, wmv, ... [/QUOTE]

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