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<blockquote data-quote="Marcusb" data-source="post: 73773" data-attributes="member: 11550">Unless I'm misunderstanding you, surely this has been implemented for ages?I have a number of drives all with movies on them.&nbsp; In &quot;Shares&quot; view, I see all the folders separately, but in any other view, I just see a list of movies arranged by whatever category I choose.&nbsp; Just clikc on &quot;Switch View&quot; then choose title for what you want (as long as you already have scanned your movies).I have two HTPC's, one that was originally my test rig but since MP has become so stable it is now just the bedroom HTPC.&nbsp; Rather than scanning everything twice, when I do a rebuild, I just copy everything in the thumbs directory across as well as the relevant database from the database folder.&nbsp; I guess this will only work if you use UNC mappings ie \\marcusb\...&nbsp; rather than local or mapped drives.&nbsp; Even the local drives on one machine need to be UNC so your local c: drive becomes \\local machine name\c\.This way all PC's can find your data no matter what their location on the LAN.&nbsp; Of course these drives need to be shared, but that's obvious.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marcusb, post: 73773, member: 11550"] Unless I'm misunderstanding you, surely this has been implemented for ages? I have a number of drives all with movies on them. In "Shares" view, I see all the folders separately, but in any other view, I just see a list of movies arranged by whatever category I choose. Just clikc on "Switch View" then choose title for what you want (as long as you already have scanned your movies). I have two HTPC's, one that was originally my test rig but since MP has become so stable it is now just the bedroom HTPC. Rather than scanning everything twice, when I do a rebuild, I just copy everything in the thumbs directory across as well as the relevant database from the database folder. I guess this will only work if you use UNC mappings ie \\marcusb\... rather than local or mapped drives. Even the local drives on one machine need to be UNC so your local c: drive becomes \\local machine name\c\. This way all PC's can find your data no matter what their location on the LAN. Of course these drives need to be shared, but that's obvious. [/QUOTE]

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