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"Show Movie Sets" option for video node - xodi - 2019-04-14

Hi, I have "Show Movie Sets" option enabled for entire movie library, but for some video nodes, I want movies in there are not grouped together in movie set. Is this possible?

RE: "Show Movie Sets" option for video node - DaVu - 2019-04-15

The "Show movie sets" is a global setting. It might be possible to do that by modifying the skin. But I´m not sure about that.

RE: "Show Movie Sets" option for video node - xodi - 2019-04-17

(2019-04-15, 15:27)DaVu Wrote: The "Show movie sets" is a global setting. It might be possible to do that by modifying the skin. But I´m not sure about that.
Thanks. I think skin just lists all ListItems returned from Kodi, they can't control what to return from Kodi. Couldn't find a skin which provides this feature. Is it possible to add this feature to Kodi, like adding an attribute to video node file to control this behavior?

RE: "Show Movie Sets" option for video node - scott967 - 2019-04-18

(2019-04-17, 06:08)xodi Wrote:
(2019-04-15, 15:27)DaVu Wrote: The "Show movie sets" is a global setting. It might be possible to do that by modifying the skin. But I´m not sure about that.
Thanks. I think skin just lists all ListItems returned from Kodi, they can't control what to return from Kodi. Couldn't find a skin which provides this feature. Is it possible to add this feature to Kodi, like adding an attribute to video node file to control this behavior? 

Certainly there is a default video node of movie sets.  I don't know if other custom nodes could be created with filter rules if you don't want sets for all movies.

scott s.
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RE: "Show Movie Sets" option for video node - xodi - 2019-04-18

(2019-04-18, 02:01)scott967 Wrote: Certainly there is a default video node of movie sets.  I don't know if other custom nodes could be created with filter rules if you don't want sets for all movies.

scott s.
. 

If Kodi supports such a flag, when skin asks a movie list, Kodi can decide to return a normal list (which contains movie set or not according to global setting) or return all movies without movie set if the flag is set. I don't know how a skin can do this (expanding the movie set) without the help from a script/addon.

RE: "Show Movie Sets" option for video node - the_other_guy - 2019-04-18

you can even make smart playlists and convert to a node
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<smartplaylist type="movies">
    <name>Adventure</name>
    <match>all</match>
    <rule field="genre" operator="is">
        <value>Adventure</value>
    </rule>
    <order direction="ascending">sorttitle</order>
</smartplaylist>

 
xml:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> 

<node order="3" type="filter">

  <name>a</name>

  <content>tvshows</content>

    <match>one</match>

    <rule field="title" operator="startswith">

        <value>a</value>

    </rule>

    <rule field="title" operator="startswith">

        <value>the a</value>

    </rule>

</node> 

by changing <smartplaylist type="movies"> to <node order="3" type="filter"> and </smartplaylist> to </node>

RE: "Show Movie Sets" option for video node - DAlba - 2019-06-24

(2019-04-18, 05:16)the_other_guy Wrote: you can even make smart playlists and convert to a node
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<smartplaylist type="movies">
    <name>Adventure</name>
    <match>all</match>
    <rule field="genre" operator="is">
        <value>Adventure</value>
    </rule>
    <order direction="ascending">sorttitle</order>
</smartplaylist>

 
xml:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> 

<node order="3" type="filter">

  <name>a</name>

  <content>tvshows</content>

    <match>one</match>

    <rule field="title" operator="startswith">

        <value>a</value>

    </rule>

    <rule field="title" operator="startswith">

        <value>the a</value>

    </rule>

</node> 

by changing <smartplaylist type="movies"> to <node order="3" type="filter"> and </smartplaylist> to </node>

Can you explain this more please? Can this be done through GUI or do I have to edit some setting files? I would like Movies to display movie sets but my "Family" playlist to seperate into individual movies. Makes it a little easier for my 5 year old to find the movie he wants when not grouped into collections, trilogies, etc.

RE: "Show Movie Sets" option for video node - the_other_guy - 2019-06-25

this can be done with library node editor

you could start with mpaa rating
add content movies
Image

xml:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>

<node type="filter">

 <label>test</label>

 <content>movies</content>

 <rule field="mpaarating" operator="is">

  <value>rated g</value>

 </rule>

 <group>sets</group>

</node>


RE: "Show Movie Sets" option for video node - DAlba - 2019-06-25

(2019-06-25, 09:28)the_other_guy Wrote: this can be done with library node editor

you could start with mpaa rating
add content movies
Image
xml:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>

<node type="filter">

 <label>test</label>

 <content>movies</content>

 <rule field="mpaarating" operator="is">

  <value>rated g</value>

 </rule>

 <group>sets</group>

</node>
Ahh thank you. I didn't know I could set Group By to None instead of Default in playlists to disable Movie Sets in certain playlist. But I guess I still don't know what's the difference between library nodes and smart playlists? Right now I just customize my Aeon Nox main Menu to include a "Family" menu which just points to a smart playlist with the filters (genres, ratings)  I need. Should I be using Node editor instead?