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<blockquote data-quote="cyberquixote" data-source="post: 153721" data-attributes="member: 24539">I too am very interested in using this to play dvds which I have stored in directories on my HD.&nbsp; I am using DVDProfiler 3.0.3 to manage my collection, latest svn of media portal and My Films 4.2.4.&nbsp; I am having some problems getting things going, and was hoping for some insights...1) Launching from the HD seems to require putting a partial path in one of the database fields chosen in the configuration program.&nbsp; I don't see where these come from in DVDProfiler - the discs/disc/location or discs/disc/slot tags seem like the logical choices to me, but as it stands, I see no way to get the information in to &quot;my films&quot;.&nbsp; Argh, actually now that I look at it, it seems location is limited to 30 characters and slot is limited to 10, so it would not be sufficient for &quot;SAVING_GRACE\VIDEO_TS\VTS_11_0.IFO&quot;2) box images do not seem to make it.&nbsp; I do not see anything obvious in the dvdprofiler xml that has the information, so maybe i isn't possible...that would be a show stopper... do you think there is any method that can make this work?3) (enhancement) it would be nice to be able to use the &lt;SortTitle&gt; tag (it eliminates beginning words like &quot;The&quot; and &quot;A&quot;.4) (enhancement) if I understand how the paths to files SHOULD work, it checks the &quot;ant item for storage file info&quot; locations below each of the &quot;Paths for Movies File Search&quot; directories.&nbsp; It would be nice if it could automatically try appending &quot;\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO&quot;.&nbsp; For that matter, it might be nice if I would be able to use &quot;SortTitle&quot; as the storage file name, and it would automatically append the rest - that would take all the manual steps out of data entry, as long as one was careful naming directories.5) (enhancement)&nbsp; It would be nice if we could use the DVDProfiler tag &quot;&lt;Tags&gt;&quot; like a genre... it is the main customizable categorization for each movie.&nbsp; It looks like&nbsp;&lt;Tags&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;Tag Name=&quot;Favorite&quot; FullName=&quot;Favorite&quot;/&gt;&nbsp;&lt;/Tags&gt;I am really excited by this solution if I can get it to work.&nbsp; It will be a large step ahead of the mp built in movie database!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cyberquixote, post: 153721, member: 24539"] I too am very interested in using this to play dvds which I have stored in directories on my HD. I am using DVDProfiler 3.0.3 to manage my collection, latest svn of media portal and My Films 4.2.4. I am having some problems getting things going, and was hoping for some insights... 1) Launching from the HD seems to require putting a partial path in one of the database fields chosen in the configuration program. I don't see where these come from in DVDProfiler - the discs/disc/location or discs/disc/slot tags seem like the logical choices to me, but as it stands, I see no way to get the information in to "my films". Argh, actually now that I look at it, it seems location is limited to 30 characters and slot is limited to 10, so it would not be sufficient for "SAVING_GRACE\VIDEO_TS\VTS_11_0.IFO" 2) box images do not seem to make it. I do not see anything obvious in the dvdprofiler xml that has the information, so maybe i isn't possible...that would be a show stopper... do you think there is any method that can make this work? 3) (enhancement) it would be nice to be able to use the <SortTitle> tag (it eliminates beginning words like "The" and "A". 4) (enhancement) if I understand how the paths to files SHOULD work, it checks the "ant item for storage file info" locations below each of the "Paths for Movies File Search" directories. It would be nice if it could automatically try appending "\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO". For that matter, it might be nice if I would be able to use "SortTitle" as the storage file name, and it would automatically append the rest - that would take all the manual steps out of data entry, as long as one was careful naming directories. 5) (enhancement) It would be nice if we could use the DVDProfiler tag "<Tags>" like a genre... it is the main customizable categorization for each movie. It looks like <Tags> <Tag Name="Favorite" FullName="Favorite"/> </Tags> I am really excited by this solution if I can get it to work. It will be a large step ahead of the mp built in movie database! [/QUOTE]

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