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<blockquote data-quote="clahti" data-source="post: 476843" data-attributes="member: 84785">This was implemented via a patch to 0.7.0 a while ago by user johnloon called movieboxes (see thread <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/moving-pictures-284/group-series-movies-together-49819/" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/moving-pictures-284/group-series-movies-together-49819/</a>).&nbsp; I thought this was a pretty good implementation of a separate &quot;Group By&quot; function in moving pictures, however it does not patch into the current codebase cleanly so it no longer works with the latest SVN.&nbsp; I think this was on the right track for the ideal situation, to supply a mechanism by which 1 or more movies can be grouped under a user defined &quot;collection&quot;, independent of the currently applied filter.&nbsp; So for example let's say you have all James Bond movies, you define a collection called &quot;James Bond Collection&quot; and assign all the james bond movies to this.&nbsp; In the GUI you can filter by genre &quot;Action&quot; and as a result you see:...Italian JobJames Bond CollectionKing KongKingdom of Heaven...The single entry James Bond Collection appears because at least one of it's members applies to the current filter (Action).&nbsp; Drilling down to James Bond Collection then should display (assuming current sort is Title):A View To A KillCasino RoyalDiamonds Are ForeverDie Another Dayetc...So now you change the filter to be movies released in 2006, now the GUI would still show the James Bond Collection because one or more members fit's the current filter, however drilling down now would have a single entry:Casino RoyaleIn the event no members of the collection fit the current filter then the Collection entry should not appear in the list.&nbsp; I hope this makes sense <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; This could be later expanded to generate &quot;fanart&quot; that is a composite or mosaic of all of the member's coverart but for now a default collection coverart and fanart would be sufficient.&nbsp; This would be soooooooo helpful to us that have 1,000+ movies in our collection.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="clahti, post: 476843, member: 84785"] This was implemented via a patch to 0.7.0 a while ago by user johnloon called movieboxes (see thread [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/moving-pictures-284/group-series-movies-together-49819/[/url]). I thought this was a pretty good implementation of a separate "Group By" function in moving pictures, however it does not patch into the current codebase cleanly so it no longer works with the latest SVN. I think this was on the right track for the ideal situation, to supply a mechanism by which 1 or more movies can be grouped under a user defined "collection", independent of the currently applied filter. So for example let's say you have all James Bond movies, you define a collection called "James Bond Collection" and assign all the james bond movies to this. In the GUI you can filter by genre "Action" and as a result you see: ... Italian Job James Bond Collection King Kong Kingdom of Heaven ... The single entry James Bond Collection appears because at least one of it's members applies to the current filter (Action). Drilling down to James Bond Collection then should display (assuming current sort is Title): A View To A Kill Casino Royal Diamonds Are Forever Die Another Day etc... So now you change the filter to be movies released in 2006, now the GUI would still show the James Bond Collection because one or more members fit's the current filter, however drilling down now would have a single entry: Casino Royale In the event no members of the collection fit the current filter then the Collection entry should not appear in the list. I hope this makes sense :) This could be later expanded to generate "fanart" that is a composite or mosaic of all of the member's coverart but for now a default collection coverart and fanart would be sufficient. This would be soooooooo helpful to us that have 1,000+ movies in our collection. [/QUOTE]

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