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Easier TV episode management
« on: February 24, 2008, 09:55:52 am »
I hope I did not miss a feature like this somewhere, but I would like to see the ability to batch add a bunch of movie files as auto numbered episodes under a main heading.  All I can find is to add the files/entries for episodes one at a time, which will suit my needs, but will take a very long time!  Thanks for any consideration and my apologies if this is already possible!

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Re: Easier TV episode management
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2008, 03:59:21 pm »
Episodes management will be improved in future.
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Re: Easier TV episode management
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2008, 05:52:48 pm »
Good to hear!  I am looking forward to it (while enjoying organizing my videos very much now!)

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Re: Easier TV episode management
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2008, 12:53:27 am »
Episodes management will be improved in future.

 Is it possible to add a feature that makes Episodes appear in an Actors Filmogrphy? That would be very nice

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« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2008, 12:59:35 am »
I'll try to implement this as soon as possible.
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Re: Easier TV episode management
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2008, 01:32:35 am »
Nested within series, I hope. Many actors have been in hundreds of episodes.

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« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2008, 01:44:30 am »
Yes, of course
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Re: Easier TV episode management
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2010, 02:54:27 pm »
Episodes management will be improved in future.

 Is it possible to add a feature that makes Episodes appear in an Actors Filmogrphy? That would be very nice

Do you still consider adding such a Feature or are there more important Features to add first? I was just wondering because I realy think that that is something that PVD is realy missing

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Re: Easier TV episode management
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2010, 09:20:08 pm »
This may not be as straightforward as it seems. If the implementation is to parallel that for movies, then every episode an actor every appeared in would be downloaded and recorded as a "movie." That might be what you want—so the actor and the episodes are properly cross-linked. But this also means your database could to end up with hundreds of thousands of invisible episode records you're not interested in. This would slow things down, and probably increase the likelihood of problems with duplicate records and other such things.

So, given the current database structure, it might be preferable to just record the a list of the episode appearances in a separate field associated with the filmography, rather than recording them all relationally. On the other hand, if the implementation were deferred until the next major change in the database structure (I have no idea when that might be, if ever), then perhaps this could be handled much more effectively by introducing a separate table for episode details.

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Re: Easier TV episode management
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2010, 01:18:20 am »
Rick is right: it is not so simple to add this functionality, so it will probably be available only in 1.0
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