Custom folder display names on Renderer
Custom folder display names on Renderer
So I run UMS on my main pc, and it points to folders on that Computer as well as on my NAS and on my laptop when it is on, and also a removable hard drive occasionally.
I store all of the videos on these separate devices in a folder appropriately named "video"
so when i fire up the PS3 I see two to four folders named video depending on whats running.
I think much like we can pick the display name of the server, it would be super awesome to pick the display name of the folders on the renderer, without having to actually change the names of the folders themselves .
It would take alot of guesswork out of navigating without having to change a "standard" (for me at least) storage folder naming convention
so:
Video
Video
Video
could become :
Video [NAS]
Video [Tower]
Video [Laptop]
I store all of the videos on these separate devices in a folder appropriately named "video"
so when i fire up the PS3 I see two to four folders named video depending on whats running.
I think much like we can pick the display name of the server, it would be super awesome to pick the display name of the folders on the renderer, without having to actually change the names of the folders themselves .
It would take alot of guesswork out of navigating without having to change a "standard" (for me at least) storage folder naming convention
so:
Video
Video
Video
could become :
Video [NAS]
Video [Tower]
Video [Laptop]
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Re: Custom folder display names on Renderer
also in addition, a way to customize the file/folder name sorting option for each shared folder individually. so as a default sorting option is chosen for my archived folders/drives, and a newest/oldest sorting option possible for new media added to a specific shared folder/drive that is in a different location then the archive hard drives.
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Re: Custom folder display names on Renderer
Individual sorting is added (at least in 5.0). Add
sort type should be one of the following numbers:
0: Locale-sensitive A-Z<
1: Sort by modified date, newest first
2: Sort by modified date, oldest first
3: Case-insensitive ASCIIbetical sort
4: Locale-sensitive natural sort
5: Random
6: No sorting
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sort_paths=<some path>,<sort type> <other path>,<sort type>
0: Locale-sensitive A-Z<
1: Sort by modified date, newest first
2: Sort by modified date, oldest first
3: Case-insensitive ASCIIbetical sort
4: Locale-sensitive natural sort
5: Random
6: No sorting
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Re: Custom folder display names on Renderer
For your second question have you considered using virtual folders? That allows you to set custom names to folders
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Re: Custom folder display names on Renderer
@SharkHunter: What about folder name with ",". What definition should be used in this case?
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Re: Custom folder display names on Renderer
ExSport - don't name your dirs to "," 
I might add some special sequence for that if it is a real problem...Do you got a lot of commas?

I might add some special sequence for that if it is a real problem...Do you got a lot of commas?
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Re: Custom folder display names on Renderer
SharkHunter - It was meant as a technical question
I suppose I don't have many or any but many users may have. What I spotted in user logs is like "MovieName, The" or typo like "What,You.did,Last.Week" etc...
But in this case it is not stop-go behavior which generates some exceptions because this setting must user make manually so renaming folders in this case is possible/required

I suppose I don't have many or any but many users may have. What I spotted in user logs is like "MovieName, The" or typo like "What,You.did,Last.Week" etc...
But in this case it is not stop-go behavior which generates some exceptions because this setting must user make manually so renaming folders in this case is possible/required

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Re: Custom folder display names on Renderer
Yeah there is a problem here, we need some separator char but almost all chars are valid in filenames. I use , and I think thats ok..ExSport wrote:SharkHunter - It was meant as a technical question![]()
I suppose I don't have many or any but many users may have. What I spotted in user logs is like "MovieName, The" or typo like "What,You.did,Last.Week" etc...
But in this case it is not stop-go behavior which generates some exceptions because this setting must user make manually so renaming folders in this case is possible/required
ps. this feature is not documented either I think

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Re: Custom folder display names on Renderer
Documentation....magical word 
