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<blockquote data-quote="Lehmden" data-source="post: 1181695" data-attributes="member: 109222">We agree in the result, there should be a visible sign and a filter &quot;for this new&quot; in the GUI. Only the way to achieve this we have different opinions.Indeed there are no watched flags in MP2 so you can not remove them. To determine if a media item is watched the playcount is used. (0 means un-watched, 1 or more means watched). So it is the same as to use &quot;Date added&quot;. MP2 and also MP2-Edit sets the playcount to 0 if the user marks an item as un-watched.Not if you see it from a DB or Program &quot;point of view&quot;. Indeed it is really difficult to modify a DB entry after a given time automatically. This will add a huge amount of extra DB work and for this will lower the performance. It is much better to calculate the recently added value from the &quot;date added&quot; field than to use an extra flag for this... For watched flags it would be easier a lot to have a separate toggle in the DB as this is time independent and has to be set by an action from the GUI (play an item or mark it manually...) But it is not necessary, so it isn't existing.The user won't notice the difference (he gets a note &quot;this is new&quot; or &quot;this is not watched&quot;) but it's much better for the program if you use &quot;date added&quot;. I don't believe this. I only can tell about MP1 and Kodi as I only had a closer look at their databases. Both also are using &quot;date added&quot; fields to calculate the &quot;recently added&quot; values...This best should be configurable by the user. For special cases like the home screen it can be a fixed value (5 in BV case) but as filter it should be up to the user how long &quot;recently&quot; should be... Later I will have a look if this filter is already existing and only hidden in the deeper menu structure or if it is not available. I'm not on my HTPC, so I can't have a look now.&nbsp; Nevertheless this should be not too hard to add...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lehmden, post: 1181695, member: 109222"] We agree in the result, there should be a visible sign and a filter "for this new" in the GUI. Only the way to achieve this we have different opinions. Indeed there are no watched flags in MP2 so you can not remove them. To determine if a media item is watched the playcount is used. (0 means un-watched, 1 or more means watched). So it is the same as to use "Date added". MP2 and also MP2-Edit sets the playcount to 0 if the user marks an item as un-watched. Not if you see it from a DB or Program "point of view". Indeed it is really difficult to modify a DB entry after a given time automatically. This will add a huge amount of extra DB work and for this will lower the performance. It is much better to calculate the recently added value from the "date added" field than to use an extra flag for this... For watched flags it would be easier a lot to have a separate toggle in the DB as this is time independent and has to be set by an action from the GUI (play an item or mark it manually...) But it is not necessary, so it isn't existing. The user won't notice the difference (he gets a note "this is new" or "this is not watched") but it's much better for the program if you use "date added". I don't believe this. I only can tell about MP1 and Kodi as I only had a closer look at their databases. Both also are using "date added" fields to calculate the "recently added" values... This best should be configurable by the user. For special cases like the home screen it can be a fixed value (5 in BV case) but as filter it should be up to the user how long "recently" should be... Later I will have a look if this filter is already existing and only hidden in the deeper menu structure or if it is not available. I'm not on my HTPC, so I can't have a look now. Nevertheless this should be not too hard to add... [/QUOTE]

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