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buah:
While scanning video files getting list of files in folder too, would be quite useful in many ways.

Thank you for prospective consideration.

Cheers

nostra:
Could you provide a more detailed explanation of what you mean?

buah:
Sure, thank you.

"Select Directory or Files" window for scanning video files is, so far, solution that saves time the most, from the user's point of view, and I was sincerely excited when I saw your approach on it. Users hate, at least I do, classic MS "Open" dialog window.

So, it would be great if it would be possible, alongside with video, through that same window to import all pictures at the same time, via "Import pictures" checkbox situated next to the "Add to the Existing Files" field, i.e., so that all of pictures would be stored in "Front Cover" field for example, and than via context menu in "Front Cover" field to assign any particular picture to designated picture field.

Another, even better approach, I think, would be to have some kind of multiselect list checkbox options "Import as Front Cover", "Import as CD cover", "Import as Poster" near every detected picture, so designation would need even less time, and that way left-right mouse clicks on picture could preserve their primal function - to scroll pictures.

And the last, but not the least thing. I have a lot of rips I didn't make, with subtitles separated from video, and that's the most common case with 95% of rips. So, it's not possible "Subtitle" field to fill in automatically for them. What I do is: scan video file, than go back to Explorer to check out which subs (in terms of language) I have for a scanned movie, than get back to PVD, than select subs language from the multiselect list. If it would possible through "Select Directory or Files" window also to get list of all files stored in scanned folder (this should be an option because of possibility to scan a folder with subfolders with movies in them) and to import that list to some "File List" memo field, the one would save a lot of time and concentration switching between windows and applications, because by looking at "File List" field he/she could know what subs he/she has, just from within PVD.

Another, maybe better approach would be to have multiselect list near any detect sub file (like for the pictures I suggested), so to additionally automatize process of importing data through scanning folders.

But, if it was too complex to involve "Custom" group operations in context menu, like I suggested earlier in some "Support" topic and faked it with this picture:



and I really do believe you, than I guess that my suggestion in this topic is even more complicated to materialize, meaning that it's not worthy of eventual prospective effort.

If something was unclear due to my English, please let me know if it's needed to fake a picture of what I meant.

Whatever you decide regarding my suggestion(s), I want you to know that they are only details that could lead PVD to total perfection: more than enough simple for beginners, very advanced under surface, yet very opened for everyone to involve and to contribute to it.

Wish you all the best.

Cheers

rick.ca:
To keep things simple, let me first point out the dialog you're referring to is a folder selection dialog for the Scan folders routine. As such, it definitely should not include files. Also, the routine is complex enough as is. Adding the ability to scan for images and subtitles is probably not a good idea.

Should there be a separate routine for finding and adding local images? From your comments, I imagine you already have images you would like to include in your database. This is a conversion issue. There are other means by which these images can be imported into the database (e.g., see this topic). Once that's done, any new images are added directly to the database by the program—so there's no need for such a feature.

To see what subtitle files you have, use Movies - Open containing folder. This has a keyboard shortcut, and can be added to your toolbar for easy access. But you probably have a lot of subtitle files in your collections. Consider dumping a directory listing of all your movies to Excel, and parsing this into a list of movies and existing subtitle files. An import of Title, Year, Subs will add the data to the Subs field without affecting existing data. You can, BTW, add any text data using this technique. The exact Title (or Original title) and Year should be included to ensure a match to the existing record.

buah:
rick.ca,

Thank you for reply.


--- Quote ---Consider dumping a directory listing of all your movies to Excel, and parsing this into a list of movies and existing subtitle files.
--- End quote ---

I already tried to do something with a great little free application named YourDir. The problem is I don't have all my movies on HDD, so neither a list of corresponding subtitles. The question was meant to finally be able to generate such a list after manual import of subtitles, and primarily for further single imports - as less as possible "Open" dialogs to open.


--- Quote ---You can, BTW, add any text data using this technique.
--- End quote ---

I already used it, but in such cases I had data, or I was able to generate such a list :) If you recall our correspondence about "Path" field, I finally generated Excel list with with one of columns named "In collection" (with value "-1") and made custom checkbox "In collection" in PVD and updated all owned movies, to keep track of them in such a way.


--- Quote ---An import of Title, Year, Subs will add the data to the Subs field without affecting existing data. The exact Title (or Original title) and Year should be included to ensure a match to the existing record.
--- End quote ---

Even if I could made such a list,  because of the issue mentioned here that I also faced with, I wouldn't dare to do any further update now when I finished importing movie entries with exact titles, original titles, episodes that I own, etc (yes, I made a backup :)).


--- Quote ---To see what subtitle files you have, use Movies - Open containing folder
--- End quote ---

I'd like to try this option, but as for now, don't know how. It's grayed (while "play" is available, if it's related to)?

Anyway, thank you for your effort, at least after several posts, at the end I always get the idea how to do something faster, better, etc. For instance, right now I'm thinking that if ID column could substitute Title column (which I didn't test), I think it would be done without problems above? In my case, ID is manually assigned and represent catalog number of a movie in my collection. Movies that I don't own, don't have IDs for now.

Cheers

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