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Davu: Redirected page to Naming video files/Movies#Split Video Files

2019-01-06T16:46:20Z

Redirected page to Naming video files/Movies#Split Video Files

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Ned Scott: Redirected page to Naming video files/Movies#Split video files (file stacking)

2014-09-11T10:07:47Z

Redirected page to Naming video files/Movies#Split video files (file stacking)

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Ned Scott: Redirected page to Naming video files/Movies#File stacking

2014-09-11T10:06:01Z

Redirected page to Naming video files/Movies#File stacking

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	~~{{mininav\|[[Video library]]\|~~[[~~Video management]]\|[[Naming video files]] }}~~		#REDIRECT [[Naming_video_files/Movies#File_stacking]]
	~~<section begin=intro~~ />XBMC's file stacking feature handles your multi-part videos in a clean, intuitive manner. File stacking combines your multi-part files into a single item in the file list or library. Playback of stacks is completely transparent to you as the user, all parts are automatically queued for playback in order. Stacking is a view option available in videos file mode window. It is always applied when scanning movies into the library.

	~~File stacking only works for movies and does not work yet for TV shows.<section end=intro />~~

	~~== How does file stacking work? ==~~
	~~The stacking function is presented with a list of file items from a directory listing.~~
	# ~~Sort the file list alphabetically.~~
	~~# PART1, PART2, ..., PART9 directories are collapsed if they contain only one video file.~~
	~~# Each filename is tokenized into Title, Volume, Ignore and Extension parts.~~
	~~# For each consecutive filename where all tokens '''except''' Volume match, the file's index in the file list is stored in a vector.~~
	~~# Once the above condition fails...~~
	~~## The stack path is generated (eg. "stack://movie-part1.mkv , movie-part2.mkv")~~
	~~## The stack name is created from the Title Ignore and Extension tokens (eg. movie.mkv)~~
	~~## The path and label of the first file item are replaced by the stack path and stack name, respectively.~~
	~~## The remaining file items in the stack are removed from the file list.~~
	~~# This continues until the file list is exhausted.~~

	~~==Stacking name extensions==~~
	~~The following are default stacking extensions that can be added to file names~~

	~~'''#''' can be '''1''' through '''9''' or '''A''' through '''D'''. No spaces between the "part" and number.~~
	* {{code\|part#}}
	* {{code\|cd#}}
	* {{code\|dvd#}}
	* {{code\|pt#}}
	* {{code\|disk#}}
	* {{code\|disc#}}


	~~You can also use:~~
	*moviename'''#'''.ext
	~~where '''#''' can be '''A''' through '''D'''.~~

	~~== Limits ==~~
	* Stacking is currently only applied to filenames, not the full path.
	* The default expressions will NOT stack files which use only a number as the volume token (eg movie1.avi, movie2.avi). This is intentional due to false positives which can occur with sequels in a flat directory layout. Some solutions to this problem (in order of best to worst) follow...
	*# Use a dir-per-movie directory layout, see the '''append''' example of the [[Advancedsettings.xml#.3Cmoviestacking.3E\|moviestacking]] advanced setting.
	*# Rename offending files to match one of the more specific volume tokens (ie. cd1, part1, etc).
	*# Create special-case regular expressions for those files that fail to stack (see [[#Fine tuning]]).

	~~== Fine tuning ==~~
	~~File stacking can be tuned by the user to match obscure cases using the [[Advancedsettings.xml#.3Cmoviestacking.3E\|moviestacking advancedsettings.xml setting]]:~~

	~~;<moviestacking>~~
	~~{{#lst:advancedsettings.xml\|moviestacking}}~~

	~~{{forum link2\|[[forum:138640\|File Stacking multiple CD's forum thread discussion]]}}~~
	~~{{gotham updated}}~~

	~~[[Category:XBMC Manual]]~~
	~~[[Category:Video library~~]]

Ned Scott: /* Limits */

2014-09-11T10:00:58Z

Limits

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	== Limits ==		== Limits ==
	* Stacking is currently only applied to movies.
	* Stacking is currently only applied to filenames, not the full path.		* Stacking is currently only applied to filenames, not the full path.
	* The default expressions will NOT stack files which use only a number as the volume token (eg movie1.avi, movie2.avi). This is intentional due to false positives which can occur with sequels in a flat directory layout. Some solutions to this problem (in order of best to worst) follow...		* The default expressions will NOT stack files which use only a number as the volume token (eg movie1.avi, movie2.avi). This is intentional due to false positives which can occur with sequels in a flat directory layout. Some solutions to this problem (in order of best to worst) follow...

Ned Scott at 20:23, 29 August 2014

2014-08-29T20:23:13Z

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	{{forum link2\|[[forum:138640\|File Stacking multiple CD's forum thread discussion]]}}		{{forum link2\|[[forum:138640\|File Stacking multiple CD's forum thread discussion]]}}
	{{~~frodo~~ updated}}		{{gotham updated}}

	[[Category:XBMC Manual]]		[[Category:XBMC Manual]]
	[[Category:Video library]]		[[Category:Video library]]

NedBot: Robot: Changing Category:Video Library to Category:Video library

2014-04-23T18:51:17Z

Robot: Changing Category:Video Library to Category:Video library

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	{{forum link2\|[[forum:138640\|File Stacking multiple CD's forum thread discussion]]}}		{{forum link2\|[[forum:138640\|File Stacking multiple CD's forum thread discussion]]}}
			{{frodo updated}}

	[[Category:XBMC Manual]]		[[Category:XBMC Manual]]
	[[Category:Video ~~Library~~]]		[[Category:Video library]]
	~~{{frodo updated}}~~

Ned Scott at 11:31, 3 April 2014

2014-04-03T11:31:37Z

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	{{mininav\|[[Video library]]\|[[Video management]]\|[[~~Video library/Naming files\|~~Naming files]] }}		{{mininav\|[[Video library]]\|[[Video management]]\|[[Naming video files]] }}
	<section begin=intro />XBMC's file stacking feature handles your multi-part videos in a clean, intuitive manner. File stacking combines your multi-part files into a single item in the file list or library. Playback of stacks is completely transparent to you as the user, all parts are automatically queued for playback in order. Stacking is a view option available in videos file mode window. It is always applied when scanning movies into the library.		<section begin=intro />XBMC's file stacking feature handles your multi-part videos in a clean, intuitive manner. File stacking combines your multi-part files into a single item in the file list or library. Playback of stacks is completely transparent to you as the user, all parts are automatically queued for playback in order. Stacking is a view option available in videos file mode window. It is always applied when scanning movies into the library.

Ned Scott at 11:31, 3 April 2014

2014-04-03T11:31:16Z

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	{{mininav~~\|[[General topics]]\|[[Videos]]~~\|[[Video library~~/Management\|Management~~]] ~~{{l2~~\| [[Video ~~library/Navigation\|Navigation~~]] }}\|[[Video library/Naming files\|Naming files]]~~<br/> ~~}}		{{mininav\|[[Video library]]\|[[Video management]]\|[[Video library/Naming files\|Naming files]] }}
	<section begin=intro />XBMC's file stacking feature handles your multi-part videos in a clean, intuitive manner. File stacking combines your multi-part files into a single item in the file list or library. Playback of stacks is completely transparent to you as the user, all parts are automatically queued for playback in order. Stacking is a view option available in videos file mode window. It is always applied when scanning movies into the library.		<section begin=intro />XBMC's file stacking feature handles your multi-part videos in a clean, intuitive manner. File stacking combines your multi-part files into a single item in the file list or library. Playback of stacks is completely transparent to you as the user, all parts are automatically queued for playback in order. Stacking is a view option available in videos file mode window. It is always applied when scanning movies into the library.

Ned Scott: /* Fine tuning */

2014-03-03T04:08:01Z

Fine tuning

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	{{#~~lsth~~:advancedsettings.xml\|moviestacking}}		{{#lst:advancedsettings.xml\|moviestacking}}

	{{forum link2\|[[forum:138640\|File Stacking multiple CD's forum thread discussion]]}}		{{forum link2\|[[forum:138640\|File Stacking multiple CD's forum thread discussion]]}}

Ned Scott: /* Fine tuning */

2014-02-12T15:59:00Z

Fine tuning

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	{{#lsth:advancedsettings.xml\|<moviestacking>}}		{{#lsth:advancedsettings.xml\|moviestacking}}

	{{forum link2\|[[forum:138640\|File Stacking multiple CD's forum thread discussion]]}}		{{forum link2\|[[forum:138640\|File Stacking multiple CD's forum thread discussion]]}}