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[SOLVED] How are movies stored on Hard drive??
CAD:
Now the price of Hard drives is comparable to DVDs - I have decided to store my collection on Hard drive.
I am still deciding how I am going to store it.
eg Drives per Genre, All movies in one directory, subdirectories per Genere etc etc.
( I am interested in knowing how others store their media on Hard drives and how they then catalog them in PVD).
This is response from Ivek23 in thread - http://www.videodb.info/forum_en/index.php?topic=1981.0
With me, the media database
Code:
to an external hard disk arranged by category.
Example:
Action
Comedy
Western
and
Rest..
In PVD, I have the custom section done custom field Movie Categories and manually confirmed one of the categories of films that I have an external disk.
Arrangements may also be in the File Information.
CAD:
--- Quote ---With me, the media database
Code:
to an external hard disk arranged by category.
Example:
Action
Comedy
Western
and
Rest..
In PVD, I have the custom section done custom field Movie Categories and manually confirmed one of the categories of films that I have an external disk.
Arrangements may also be in the File Information.
--- End quote ---
OK I do similar with DVD media. I don't import the category from imdb and use this as a custom field.
My movies are then stored in boxes alphabetically by Comedy, Sci Fi etc.
But when storing media on HD, I am streaming to xbox, so I think this way may not work.
I am thinking of having movies in one directory and a total reliance on PVD for managing them.
Ivek23:
OK, now I see what you wanted to ask.
--- Quote ---But when storing media on HD, I am streaming to xbox, so I think this way may not work.
I am thinking of having movies in one directory and a total reliance on PVD for managing them.
--- End quote ---
Sorry, this (xbox) unfortunately I have no experiences.
patch:
--- Quote from: CAD on June 11, 2010, 11:33:53 pm ---I am interested in knowing how others store their media on Hard drives and how they then catalog them in PVD
--- End quote ---
Very simple on the hard disks. If you are any thing like me your collection will grow out of what ever storage you start with.
So I use a simple and unambiguous initial classification on my hard disk (some of which span more than one disk)
Animated movie
HD movie
Movie (ie standard def none animated)
TV series
All real cataloging, searching, and movie playing is done via PVD, so the hard disk structure becomes less relevant on a day to day basis.
CAD:
--- Quote ---Very simple on the hard disks. If you are any thing like me your collection will grow out of what ever storage you start with.
So I use a simple and unambiguous initial classification on my hard disk (some of which span more than one disk)
Animated movie
HD movie
Movie (ie standard def none animated)
TV series
--- End quote ---
Thanks patch - so you create sub directories for each genre? or Disk per Genre?
I am using scan /folders for changed paths to add new media.
How does this affect the database if you have swapped hard drives??
--- Quote ---Sorry, this (xbox) unfortunately I have no experiences.
--- End quote ---
xbmc will recurse subdirectories, and I can sort on genre /watched /not watched etc.
So it makes no difference to the systems that I use, whether they are laid out in flat format or sub-directories.
But it matters to my brain when I look at the folders and I see a flat format.
So I wonder if there are any advantages to putting them into sub-directories? (apart from appeasing my brain) :) or leaving them in flat format.
When disk is full - put in a new disk. How does this affect adding and removing movies from PVD?
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