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Display TV Show Episode Name - Basil Fawlty - 2008-09-23
Hi there,
Long time meedio user here. After the latest redo (happens every 2 months with meedio), I've decided to give xbmc a try. Wow is it ever easy! Nice.
So ... I've got my TV shows added (setup was a breeze) and all the info downloaded from TVDB.com. So far so good.
By default, I see a list of every show from every season.
Is there a way to list seasons?
Is there a way to display episode info when I view the list of shows? Right now I see the file name (Ex: Friends - S02E01.avi) and a thumbnail for the highlighted show. If I right-click and choose 'episode information' I see all the info, but it would be nice to see at least the episode name, and maybe a synopsis on the browsing screen. Possible?
Thanks for your patience.
- althekiller - 2008-09-23
Are you using library view (toggle off to the left in default skin)? The info you desire is only available in the library.
- matt_cyr - 2008-09-23
Try enabling library mode. It's got what you're looking for.
- Basil Fawlty - 2008-09-23
Thanks! It's starting to come together.
I think I added my media in a way that may not be the best. I created 2 sources, one for tv and one for movies. They are both in videos. Now, when I drill down to movies and use library mode, I see all the movies and can change my view. It looks good.
But my TV shows are gone and I need to navigate all the way back to see my sources to get to the tv library view.
I noticed that some other themes (or skins ... I don't really know the difference yet) have a separate menu selection for TV. Do I need to nuke my existing TV sources or is there a way to move them to the TV menu?
I'm seriously confused.
- KidKiwi - 2008-09-23
You could mod your home screen with a new button (Or change an existing button) to point directly to the TV section. Or...you could mod a button in keymap.xml for your remote (assuming you use one) to point straight to it. (Or, as you already guessed, use a different skin)
See this post for help using the PM3 skin
http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=220535&postcount=22
(wiki is a good source as well http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=XBMC_Online_Manual)
- Basil Fawlty - 2008-09-24
Thanks! That gets me going in the right direction. Is there a way to rescue my TV shows folder that is currently assigned to "Videos" and point the "TV Shows" section or am I better off starting from scratch?