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Originally Posted by
devilbrand
I just purchased Mezzmo after comparing it with several other media servers and think you guys are doing a great job. There are a couple of feature requests that I think would make your product much more solid and an even greater step above the others. Here are my suggestions:
I'm glad you like Mezzmo and thank you for the suggestions!
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1. Ability to specify artwork by filename. (not always use folder.jpg - maybe use wd_tv.jpg etc)
Mezzmo supports a few more artwork filenames (see: http://www.conceiva.com/products/mez...p#MetadataRead), but having a list of possible ones is flexible, I agree.
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2. Video metadata that can be assigned in the same way that audio tags create playlist structure with proper art displayed. It would be nice to browse playlists in the following ways (the field titles may not be exact as I am not in front of my server at the moment but this should give the idea):
- Movie Year
- Movie Title
- Synopsis (summary)
- TV Series
- Season
- Episode#
This data could be populated from Series.xml and MyMovies.xml
We already get data from series.xml and mymovies.xml - do you mean to add these keywords to smart/active playlists?
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3. A refresh of the library that works similar to TVersity where a playlist or folder can be quickly refreshed without running full maintenance of the library
You don't need to refresh the whole library - just right-click on a playlist or folder and there's an option to maintain that folder in the popup menu.
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4. The ability to map Series.xml and MyMovies.xml fields similar to the way mapping audio files works with mp3 tags. I am aware that this can currently be done using the drop down audio fields but not all video metadata is mappable this way. A separate drop list for video files would be preferrable.
Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean as there is no user-defined mapping in Mezzmo at the moment? Can you please send a screenshot of those lists?
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5. For video files allow rating to be user generated OR auto generated based on IMDB metadata rating.
Files can be rated by opening up their properties dialog. We'll implement IMDB ratings in one of the future versions.
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6. The ability to hide all media folders that are added and only stream the playlists.
This can be achieved by moving the media folders into the root of your library tree (for example), so that they are all gathered in one place (under one "normal" playlist, for example). Then you won't see them, unless you go into this folder specifically.
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7. Instead of a Videos tree make a Movie tree and TV Shows tree to recognize proper folder structure for movies vs tv series and display the playlists accordingly. Folders would look like:
Movies -> MovieName (YYYY) -> movie (YYYY).avi
TV Series -> SeriesName -> Episode# -> Series S##E##.avi
Thank you for that suggestion - it's an interesting idea and we'll certainly consider adding it in.
