2023-09-10, 05:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 2023-09-10, 05:46 AM by JRPGod. Edited 2 times in total.)
To achieve the desired effect you are after, where you can nest your content in folders like so (as an example):
Base Library -> DC -> Shows -> Legends of Tomorrow
Base Library -> DC -> Shows -> > Titans
Base Library -> DC -> Movies -> Dark Knight
Base Library -> Disney -> Movies -> Toy Story 2
Base Library -> Disney -> TV Shows -> Hercules TV series
etc.
You need to use the mixed library type. I can personally confirm that this works ALMOST perfectly, but there is one small caveat, you must not use numbers in the titles of your movies. For example, instead of "Toy Story 2", you must name it (and the folder it is, if you nest it in a folder as well) "Toy Story II" elsewise it will detect the movie as a TV series and cause all sorts of headaches.
This is how I have both my kids and anime libraries, and once you get the hang of it, it works like a treat and provides far more flexibility over organising content how YOU want than the TV Shows or Movies content type can allow.
If this is confusing because I haven't explained it the best let me know and I can try to elaborate.
It's also worth noting that the devs have consistently expressed their displeasure with the Mixed Content library type and are intending to overhaul the entire system when the database rewrite finally drops, so there's no saying how future-proof this system is - Although technically speaking, from the conversations I've had with them, their desire is to fix it so that this sort of functionality becomes easier and more supported, and SHOULD in theory work out of the box with the database rewrite.
Base Library -> DC -> Shows -> Legends of Tomorrow
Base Library -> DC -> Shows -> > Titans
Base Library -> DC -> Movies -> Dark Knight
Base Library -> Disney -> Movies -> Toy Story 2
Base Library -> Disney -> TV Shows -> Hercules TV series
etc.
You need to use the mixed library type. I can personally confirm that this works ALMOST perfectly, but there is one small caveat, you must not use numbers in the titles of your movies. For example, instead of "Toy Story 2", you must name it (and the folder it is, if you nest it in a folder as well) "Toy Story II" elsewise it will detect the movie as a TV series and cause all sorts of headaches.
This is how I have both my kids and anime libraries, and once you get the hang of it, it works like a treat and provides far more flexibility over organising content how YOU want than the TV Shows or Movies content type can allow.
If this is confusing because I haven't explained it the best let me know and I can try to elaborate.
It's also worth noting that the devs have consistently expressed their displeasure with the Mixed Content library type and are intending to overhaul the entire system when the database rewrite finally drops, so there's no saying how future-proof this system is - Although technically speaking, from the conversations I've had with them, their desire is to fix it so that this sort of functionality becomes easier and more supported, and SHOULD in theory work out of the box with the database rewrite.