Moving pictures - grouping and ISO (1 Viewer)

alda

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Today I installed moving pictures and I have two questions :
1. ISO files - I have inserted into media list under media portal, but moving picture don't want work with iso ( directory with iso isn't recognized ).
2. Movies like spiderman 1-3 - how to make one group ? I don't want have 3 spiderman movies in the list. I want to have in the list group spiderman and under this group 3 movies. Is it possible ?

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What do you mean "directory with iso isn't recognized"?
You need to set up a virtual drive that can mount the iso for you. It's in "DVD Disc/Images" >"Virtual Drive" in the MP config.

You can group movies inside of Moving Pictures config, under "Movie Importer" > "Join Selected files". You just need to select the 3 Spiderman movies and it gets highlighted to push. Since I guess you already have the movies imported into your database, you need to "Send to importer" each movie in the "Advanced Tools" under the "Movie Manager" section of the config for them to appear in the importer again.

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Btw, you will not get all the information and fancy stuff when grouping movies. You will only get a general movie information for one of the films and then a menu pops up asking which of the disc (movies) you want to play.
You will need to choose the order in the config, because it will only say Disc 1, 2... as I remember.
 
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    Btw, you will not get all the information and fancy stuff when grouping movies. You will only get a general movie information for one of the films and then a menu pops up asking which of the disc (movies) you want to play.
    You will need to choose the order in the config, because it will only say Disc 1, 2... as I remember.
    2. Movies like spiderman 1-3 - how to make one group ? I don't want have 3 spiderman movies in the list. I want to have in the list group spiderman and under this group 3 movies. Is it possible?
    As an alternative option you could try the IMDb+ plugin. This has a lot of extra options, and also the possibility to group movies together.
     
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    As an alternative option you could try the IMDb+ plugin. This has a lot of extra options, and also the possibility to group movies together.


    I did think of imdb+ also, but does it group movies together into one? Isn't it like renamed (grouped) together?
     

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    I did think of imdb+ also, but does it group movies together into one? Isn't it like renamed (grouped) together?

    yes, it uses a rename system. That way you have all movies as separate entries (so with full info per movie) in the list, but have them all 'grouped' together.
     

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    yes, it uses a rename system. That way you have all movies as separate entries (so with full info per movie) in the list, but have them all 'grouped' together.

    Cool, no need for my clunky method then. :)
     

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    You can try the IMDb+ plugin as stated above.

    It can read info from NFO files (but it might need to do a checkup online), it can group movie series together, etc. etc.
     

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    I've grouped the 3 godfather films. So they show up togheter as "the godfather trioligy". When i play it im not able to choose which movie to watch. The first one starts. Is it possible to get à pop up where i can choose 1, 2 or 3?
     

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    I've grouped the 3 godfather films. So they show up togheter as "the godfather trioligy". When i play it im not able to choose which movie to watch. The first one starts. Is it possible to get à pop up where i can choose 1, 2 or 3?

    Series integration like that does not exist for MovingPictures (yet), it is a known enhancement request, but it is one of those complex things that is easier said then done to add it to MovPic, so it has not been added yet by the developers.

    What you did was use a function that is meant to make movie.CD1.avi and movie.CD2.avi become "movie" and play as one back-to-back.

    That's the same workaround I use myself to add trailers and bonus scenes to the end of a main movie to 'group' them without creating seperate entries in the movie list, but is not ideal for movie-series.

    I've got many series myself, so this actually caused me to enhance my own IMDb+ scraper-script system to add support. So as suggested by others the only other workaround that currently allows you to group series, is by using IMDb+ to rename your titles during import, so that the movies are 'grouped' together. Explained easier visually via:

    MovPic.Scraper.IMDb+.png


    So your Godfather movies would be renamed as:

    The Godfather: Part I
    The Godfather: Part II
    The Godfather: Part III
    If you do not like this default rename-order, then you can use the custom option in IMDb+ to adjust it anyway you like.

    Or you can wait for official support to be integrated, or abuse the grouping of multi-part files of the same movie system.
     

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