Same disc# for multiple films on a disc (1 Viewer)

[punking]

Hi

I've just set up Myfilms5 and I'm pretty impressed but I've got a few things to sort out. One of them is regarding the disc#. I have some discs with more than one film on and they are stored in numbered sleeves. When I imported the Ant XML into AMC it gave each film and individual number and when I select that it says insert disc#xx. I had the correct disc# in the media label field.

How do I get it to either use the media label field or source field in the insert disc message, or change the number field to match them?

Thank you.

 

[Dadeo]

Hi punking, I have a similar use case with multiple films on discs and I also use the media label field for my own catalog #s (including binder#/sleeve#).

If I understand correctly, you have your catalog numbers (i.e. sleeve numbers) correctly added in the media label field. You just want My Films to use that field to tell you which disc you need when you try to play the film in My Films.

If that is correct, all you need to do is set the field in the Ant Identification item field in My Films Setup on the General tab at the bottom. You can even add your own label in the second box - i.e. 'Sleeve' if you want.

Is that what you wanted?

 

[punking]

Yes, that's exactly what I wanted. I went through the wiki and the forum and didn't see anything about it, so I apologize if I missed it. Thanks for taking the time to reply.

 

[Dadeo]

Great! It's always nice when you can help easily

Yeah it is not that obvious in the Wiki It is mentioned on the Customizing My Films page at the bottom, but pretty easy to miss. So, I just added a FAQ entry: Custom Disc IDs because I agree it is an important use case. Can you check that and see if it is clear? Thanks!

We tend to use FAQ entries for specific use cases, because if we add all use cases to each Wiki page they might get really long !

Pro Tip :
When you scan/import new films, either in AMC Updater, or in GUI via Update DB (which also uses AMCU settings) you can set the Media Label field as you wish using the settings on the Database Fields tab in AMCU setup. It is preset to 'AMCU' so you can easily search and find all the films you added via My Films/AMCU by searching for 'AMCU" in the Media Label field - either in Ant or via My Films search in GUI (Media Label is defined as a searchable property by default on the Search tab in Setup)

Now, you can go one step further - change the Media label field value in AMCU to "Binder" or whatever you prefer. Then you can even update your Disk IDs in My Films GUI and just add the binder/sleeve # via the virtual keyboard - example Binder 1.10 where 1 is the binder, and 10 is the sleeve. I actually use a different name for each Binder and just update the value in AMCU when I start a new one. That way I can create a Custom View for 'Binder' (or whatever name you want) based on the Media Label field, that lists all my Binders and which films are stored in them as a cross reference/index by Binder.

 

[punking]

I checked your added FAQ entry and that seems clear to me. Thanks it worked perfectly, and thanks for the pro tip I'm going to look into that. I have noticed that some of the films are doubled in the MP library when there's only one on the HD. I'll figure it out in the morning, apparently the wife wants to actually watch something other than me sorting it out