Standalone and file organization

[gmcgann]

I've been searching the forum but haven't found an answer to this yet. When browsing video files, isn't there some kind of folder hierarchy that the HD200 recognizes? I have all my video stored on a mediasmart server in different folders - movies, hd movies, tv, etc - but when I try to browse the files I just get one long list of all 12,000 files. Obviously, this is useless. What am I missing?

[Opus4]

Are you using the Folder view in the video browser? If not, You can arrow up to the top bar to make the selection or use the Skip Bk2/FW2 buttons on the remote.

- Andy

[gmcgann]

Yes, I have it in folder view. I think this may be a path thing. I selected the path to the videos on the server, but the HD200 added "all videos" to the end of the path. In other words, instead of /server/videos I have server/videos/AllVideos.

[Opus4]

I'mnot sure I understand what you said is happening. '/server/videos/ is the single import path and the videos are in subfolders below that, or what? I'm not sure where "/AllVideos" is coming from.

What happens if you use Back to go up the folder tree?

- Andy

[gmcgann]

When I choose Filesystems and browse the server I see the correct folders. Using "back" takes me up the correct path.

When I go to Videos from the main menu I just get the single list and the path shows the "all videos" folder.

[Opus4]

Could you take a picture of the screen so I can see what it looks like?

How many import directories have you told SageTV to scan? Are there more than 1 that lead to the path in question?

- Andy

[gmcgann]

I deleted my paths and partially fixed my problem, but I still can't get much for organization. The path to my video files stops at /video on the HD200. On the server I have multiple folders under the /video directory, for example, /video/tv shows, /video/movies, etc. Some of these directories have further subdirectories: /videos/tv shows/startrek/season1.

Here is the problem. When I go to Videos on the HD 200 I do not see the top level folders such as /movies or /tv shows. All I see are a list of all folders. Isn't there a way to view a normal folder hierarchy?

[Narflex]

If you have a folder structure like this:

/video
/video/movies
/video/tv shows
/video/tv shows/startrek

And then you add '/video' as an import folder; you can go into the Videos menu and select the 'Folder' view from the top bar.

Then you'll see:

movies
tv shows

If you select 'tv shows' then you'll see:

startrek

It does show folders as a hierarchy and allows you to browse them that way.