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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1184028" data-attributes="member: 141969">First, apologies to the original poster for going off-topic (again! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />).For me, this does not provide enough granularity.&nbsp; I prefer to create a folder tree that subdivides recordings by subject.&nbsp; When I used WMC with the Microsoft EPG, my batch process would examine the genre in the recording's metadata, and move the recording to an appropriate folder in the folder tree.&nbsp; With the broadcast EPG that I now use with MP, the genres are mostly too vague to be useful, but I still arrange the recordings according to subject.&nbsp; Example (&quot;N:&quot; is my NAS drive):N:\Documentary\xxx\series_name\prog_name.tsN:\Entertainment\yyy\series_name\prog_name.tsN:\Interests\zzz\series_name\prog_name.tswhere:&quot;xxx&quot; might be: &quot;Current Affairs&quot;, &quot;History&quot;, &quot;Medicine&quot;, &quot;Nature&quot;, &quot;Science&quot;;&quot;yyy&quot; might be: &quot;Comedy&quot;, &quot;Drama&quot;, &quot;Film&quot;;&quot;zzz&quot; might be: &quot;Antiques&quot;, &quot;Lifestyle&quot;, &quot;Property&quot;, &quot;Sport&quot;, &quot;Travel&quot;.My batch process does not impose any limit on the nesting of folders, and I can move folders around in the tree without restriction when I decide that I want to re-organise things.What my batch process does is copy files from &quot;Recorded TV&quot; to the appropriate folders in &quot;Videos&quot;.&nbsp; If the copy is successful, the original file in &quot;Recorded TV&quot; is then deleted.&nbsp; I have noticed the following:(1) The resume points for partially-watched recordings in &quot;Recorded TV&quot; are not preserved when the files are moved to &quot;Videos&quot;.(2) I need to use the &quot;Clean Up&quot; function in &quot;Recorded TV&quot; to remove the now-deleted entries from the database.(3) The new files in a particular folder in &quot;Videos&quot; seem to be imported into the database the first time that I subsequently browse that folder (there is a noticeable pause and momentary &quot;flickering&quot; of the displayed programme info as MP works its way through the new files in the folder).I think that the need to update the database derives from my desire to arrange my recordings by subject.&nbsp; It is not obvious to me that MP could provide better support for this, other than (perhaps) a command-line tool for moving/copying/renaming/deleting files, something like:mpcmd.exe move &quot;source_filespec&quot; &quot;target_filespec&quot;-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1184028, member: 141969"] First, apologies to the original poster for going off-topic (again! :rolleyes:). For me, this does not provide enough granularity. I prefer to create a folder tree that subdivides recordings by subject. When I used WMC with the Microsoft EPG, my batch process would examine the genre in the recording's metadata, and move the recording to an appropriate folder in the folder tree. With the broadcast EPG that I now use with MP, the genres are mostly too vague to be useful, but I still arrange the recordings according to subject. Example ("N:" is my NAS drive): N:\Documentary\xxx\series_name\prog_name.ts N:\Entertainment\yyy\series_name\prog_name.ts N:\Interests\zzz\series_name\prog_name.ts where: "xxx" might be: "Current Affairs", "History", "Medicine", "Nature", "Science"; "yyy" might be: "Comedy", "Drama", "Film"; "zzz" might be: "Antiques", "Lifestyle", "Property", "Sport", "Travel". My batch process does not impose any limit on the nesting of folders, and I can move folders around in the tree without restriction when I decide that I want to re-organise things. What my batch process does is copy files from "Recorded TV" to the appropriate folders in "Videos". If the copy is successful, the original file in "Recorded TV" is then deleted. I have noticed the following: (1) The resume points for partially-watched recordings in "Recorded TV" are not preserved when the files are moved to "Videos". (2) I need to use the "Clean Up" function in "Recorded TV" to remove the now-deleted entries from the database. (3) The new files in a particular folder in "Videos" seem to be imported into the database the first time that I subsequently browse that folder (there is a noticeable pause and momentary "flickering" of the displayed programme info as MP works its way through the new files in the folder). I think that the need to update the database derives from my desire to arrange my recordings by subject. It is not obvious to me that MP could provide better support for this, other than (perhaps) a command-line tool for moving/copying/renaming/deleting files, something like: mpcmd.exe move "source_filespec" "target_filespec" -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

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