Re: video file organization

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MCE recognizes dvr-ms as TV Shows, so I see 2 choices.
You can use a 3rd party application to convert your files to dvr-ms which would have a negative impact on quality or you can add the files to the MCE Video Library in their current format. An exception seems to be divx. See this for more info:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/688893.html

"James" <James@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:AB0CEFB3-8E30-415C-A682-44E7298613E7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Perhaps I was unclear. I have video files from my own DVDs that I backed up
onto my own HDD. These files are sitting in avi, mpeg, or divx format,
depending on when I did it, and what my HDD size was at the time. These
files have no metadata attached to them, because that is not inherent in
their formats, like with mp3, which has id3. Some of these DVDs were TV
shows. I would like Media Center to recognize them as TV Shows, and organize
them according to TV series, season, and episode, like my music can be
organized by artist, album, and track. My question and suggestion remains -
I would like a way to tag these files so that Media Center can organize them
like my music library is organized. This can't be a very difficult problem
to solve. We can do this kind of organized sorting with music, why not with
videos?

James

"Bob" wrote:

If you don't have a Recorded TV folder why did you ask about "tv show,
season, episode, guest star, etc."?

In any event, my answer applies to any folder "Watched" or otherwise.

"James" <James@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:F2DF5078-F0BC-4F6D-9B4F-01F03529977A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I have plenty of 'watched' folders. The problem is that there is no
>recorded
> TV, since I don't have a tuner. I would simply like to add metadata to > my
> existing files, and for Media Center to read the metadata so it can > sort
> appropriately.
>
> "Bob" wrote:
>
>> In the Recorded TV folder (Details View) sort a column header by >> clicking
>> on
>> it. If you don't see the header you want, right click any header and >> add
>> the
>> additional header.
>>
>> To enable Media Center to view video files add the folder(s) to >> "Watched"
>> folders.
>> -------
>> *Report back, please*
>>
>>
>> "James" <James@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:7AF2B4DB-BF41-4641-8F83-7FB9A101289B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I would like to make a suggestion regarding video files. Many people
>> >have
>> > them, but there's no unified way to tag these files like with id3 >> > tags
>> > on
>> > mp3s. Can you somehow 'wrap' the video files, adding the metadata >> > onto
>> > the
>> > file, so that I can sort by, say tv show, season, episode, guest >> > star,
>> > etc.?
>> > If you managed to do that, you would be doing the world a huge >> > favor.
>> > Even
>> > better, enable Media Center to view video files like it can already
>> > with
>> > the
>> > music.
>> >
>> > What do you think?
>> >
>> > James
>> >
>> > ----------------
>> > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to >> > the
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>> >
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