Question on Video List Display (1 Viewer)

[mrc73]

OK, first up, apologies if this has been answered somewhere already. I did look and couldn't find it.

So, I am working to transition from WMC to MP for the HTPC use. I have everything installed and found a nice skin I like. The problem is with the addition of my video library. Currently I have video's stored on multiple drives in my network. I rip all my DVD's and Blu-ray disks so I have a lot of movies in digital format that just won't fit on one drive. The issue I am having is that when I add the path's for the video drives during setup and go into the video folder, it doesn't show everything at the same time. Instead it's almost like I am looking at one folder/drive at a time. In WMC when I add multiple path's they all show together in the "Movies" section. Is there any way I can do the same in MP so I don't have to navigate multiple folders to try to find something?

I have tried to import the XML file from MyMovies AND I have tried to create a video database but neither seems to work. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong but just can not figure out what it is.

 

[LJG]

There are a number of options available to you. You could use the built in video database option:

http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/13_Setup_Guides/7_Videos

And / or there are two very excellent plug-ins - Moving Pictures for films, and MP TV Series for TV Series.

There is a video of my set-up on post 8 of this thread:

https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/new-user-moving-from-windows-media-centre.130471/

Showing those two plug-ins, which are very configurable for how you would like your media displayed.

 

[mrc73]

Thanks for the reply. I had looked at that Wiki on Video's previously and also the thread you mentioned. I hadn't watched the video but I did just now.

I have tried multiple times to create a video database. When i attempt it through the configuration tool I receive an error message stating the network share is no longer available. After this error if I try to open the network drive it opens with no problems. I also tried it within the MP interface. I do not get an error there however, as I first tried this a couple days ago and it still shows "Scan" next to each mapped drive and no databases appear in the configuration tool, I have to assume it's not working.

Regarding Moving Pictures, I did install that and, through that configuration, did import everything I had in MyMovies. However when I click on the Moving Pictures option in the interface there is nothing there and I get an error message stating "No Import Paths!" and a message indicating I need to open the MP configuration tool.

I know the drives are mapped since, as I stated in my initial post, the videos do show up but unfortunately it's not in a clean manner as already stated.

I'm probably missing something but I can't, for the life of me, figure out what! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[LJG]

Hi, I'm afraid that the help I can give may be limited to only configuring the parts of MP and the plug ins that I use.
The correct way to ask for help is to post logs, and then a developer will be able to help you properly by checking for what is technically happening on your system. Here is how you post logs:

http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/16_Support/3_Forums/2_Log_Files

Meanwhile... I may be able to help you with getting Moving Pictures set up properly (unless there is some technical issue with your network shares).

So, firstly, in Moving Pictures Configuration - Movie Manager tab - are your films listed, something similar to this..

 

[mrc73]

Sorry for the late reply, was out of town for the weekend. I did get to spend some time on this and I now have Moving Pictures working. For some reason it was not working on the default skin (Titan). I changed to the Maya HD skin and now I see it in my list. All my movies appear to be there although i have't looked for every single one, they at least appear to be there now. I will post a log file shortly showing the error or whatever related to the database in Video's... I have tried on multiple PC's, on different versions of Windows and I still get the same error. On one PC it did scan the LOCAL folders only but on no PC am I able to get it to scan the network drives.

Thanks for your help!

 

[mrc73]

OK, so I don't actually get an error message within the application itself, it simply does nothing. I tried this on two different PC's and same response. I only get the error when in the configuration application. I did run through the debug and exported the debug file, which is attached. I also attached a screenshot of the error plus I copy and pasted the details that come in that error message (there is an arrow I can click which shows more information). Hopefully that is helpful.

 

[mrc73]

Can anyone help at all?

 

[davidf]

Can't be sure but could you try a UNC path without a space character in it (no expert in the videos, but's a common problem with UNC handling)