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1041 Preferences - Part 1
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Introduction
Database
Appearance
UI Controls
In Part 2:
Commands
Media Handling
Data Importing
Special Features
Introduction
Following is a summary of the settings found at Tools>Preferences. They are grouped in functional categories, while the left-hand column indicates the location of each setting in the Preferences window.
* Database—set according the nature of the database (see *Database Design); generally set when the database is first created, and not changed.
* Appearance—change the appearance of the UI, and do not directly affect the operation of the program.
* UI Controls—for user navigation of the UI.
* Command—affect the operation of active commands that change or manipulate data.
* Media Handling—the recording and management of media files in the database.
* Data Importing—plugin configurations and other settings affecting the import of online data.
* Special Features—Loans manager, Screenshot maker, Web search, and Twitter plugin.
Database
Setting
Choices Movies > Main Show movies added from Filmography.
Results in all movies in filmographies appearing in the movie list. Intended for collections of people (and the movies they're associated with), rather than the more common collection of movies (with the people associated with them).
Boolean
WARNING:
Cannot be undone easily.Movies > Main Automatically set IDs for new movies
Indexing Boolean
Take first available number | Take maximum number + 1Movies > Custom items
Field name/type Add | Rename | Change type | DeletePeople > Main Show people added from movie credits.
Must be set if people are to be shown in the people list and information about them recorded.
Boolean
WARNING:
Cannot be undone easily.Lists Values for list fields (Genre, Category, Language, Country, Media type, Quality, Video codec, Audio codec, Translation, Location, and Tags) existing in the database may be changed here.
This is a powerful way to revise list terms in the entire database to restrict them to desired, consistent values.
Add | Rename | RemoveFolders Default folder for images: Posters, Photos, Screenshots, Covers, Thumbnails Specified | N/A if images saved in database
Folders Save screenshots and covers in separate folder for each movie Boolean | N/A if images saved in database
Screenshots Take screenshots automatically on video file assignment
Take one screenshot to use as poster Boolean
Boolean
Plugins General: ValueConverter NonePlugins Merge Filmography BooleanPlugins Do not add people from awards if they are not listed in movies credits
BooleanMiscellaneous Save images in database file
It's preferable to save images in the database, unless they regularly need to be accessed by other applications (e.g., imaging software). Boolean
Appearance
Setting
ChoicesMovies > Main Filter episodes (Only single field filters) BooleanMovies > Main Do not create season group if series has only one season BooleanMovies > Title formatting Show movie in the list as %T-Title | %O - Original title | %Y - Year | %N - ID | %R - ReleaseMovies > Title formatting Capitalize first letters in all words BooleanMovies > Title formatting Prefixes Leave as they are | Put at the end of the title | Put at the beginning of the title | Remove from the titleMovies > Tree View Nodes
Determines how the list is grouped when Tree view is selected. Supports nested grouping (e.g., Genre\Year or Director\Genre).
FieldsMovies > Visible items Fields Field multi-select listMovies > Information card Show credits as Name
Show credits as Translated name
Show credits as Role
Boolean
Boolean
BooleanMovies > Information card Default seen state Seen | Not seenMovies > Information card Show random poster BooleanMovies > Information card Use minutes far duration field BooleanMovies > Information card Use gigabytes far file size field BooleanPeople > Title formatting Show people in the list as %N - Name | %T - Translated namePeople > Title formatting Capitalize first letters in all words BooleanPeople > Tree View Nodes FieldsPeople > Visible items Fields Field multi-select listPeople > Information card Show random photo BooleanAppearance > Main Color of list items by type Color pickerAppearance > Main List font Select listAppearance > Movie panel skin Select Movie Panel skin Select listAppearance > People panel skin Select People Panel skin Select listDialogs Interface Language English | Russian | German | Dutch | Serbian | French | Italian | Chinese | Slovenian | Hungarian
UI Controls
Setting
ChoicesAppearance > Toolbar/Hotkey The following controls may be assigned to Toolbar buttons and hotkeys, but they do not appear in the menus. Many other commands are included in the Toolbar and Hotkey configuration dialogs, but are not listed here.
Default Hotkey: Next record
Previous record
Expand all fields
Collapse all fields Ctrl+6
Ctrl+4
Ctrl+Num +
Ctrl+Num -
Refresh skin Miscellaneous Wait for Enter before filtering if records > 1000 or searching in all fields BooleanMiscellaneous Use space for scrolling BooleanMiscellaneous Do not jump to the next movie when scrolling movie information with SPACE BooleanMiscellaneous Visible record link Click
Visible record link Ctrl+Click
Invisible record link Click
Invisible record link Ctrl+Click Nothing | Switch to record | Open in browser
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--- Quote ---People > Main Show people added from movie credits. Must be set if people are to be shown in the people list and information about them recorded.
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What is the purpose of this option? PVD comes with this unchecked and I don't see how it "must be set if people are to be shown in the people list and information about them recorded." I've always had this unchecked and when I click on a person in Movies view, they're made visible in the People list (whose filter I have set to Visible). If I want to remove their visibility, I use the Delete key (and omit adding CTRL to it). And "information about them" is certainly recorded. Comparing this with the related option,
--- Quote ---Movies > Main Show movies added from Filmography.
Results in all movies in filmographies appearing in the movie list. Intended for collections of people (and the movies they're associated with), rather than the more common collection of movies (with the people associated with them).
--- End quote ---
my guess was it meant that setting this option will, when you import the cast in Movies view, immediately set all those people to Visible in People view. But what I found when I tested it on a copy of my database was that it set all 79000 of my People to Visible.
rick.ca:
Yes, without this option selected, you could click on one person at a time to make them visible. Or display them all, select some and set all those visible. This is the default, and it's meant to serve those who only want information about the people they specifically select.
There's nothing mysterious about this option. If it's selected, it will not do the rather unusual default behaviour of hiding people until they're somehow made visible. Every person added from movie credits will be visible in People View. This makes sense if you don't want to spend time deciding which people to make visible and update, and would rather just download information for them all. By doing so, information for all people is always immediately available. That includes the thumbnail and other information displayed in tooltips in Movie View—very handy for identifying actors not recognized by name.
With 79,000 people in your database, you've probably not restricted actors to "main page only," and may also be adding people from awards. That's going to mean a lot of people you'd rather not download information for. So I imagine you'll prefer to stick with the strategy of downloading all people, but only getting information for those you're interested in. If you're not regularly referring to people information, that's probably the best choice. At worst, it means waiting a few seconds while information about a person is downloaded.
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