My wish: I want the SMP to display backdrops and general informations about the chosen serie on the level of the “series” folder.
I tried to give the folders of the different series the name of a file to force the SMP to use xml infos.
For example: If i name the folder “Game of Thrones.avi” and put a corresponding xml (“Game of Thrones.xml”) in the “series” folder, the SMP displays the xmls infos. But it does not display the backdrops, I wrote in the xml. Why not?
Tony is correct, “Moviesheets” will not work for Folders (even with the file extension trick)
However, “Linksheets” will work for Folders
This is how Linksheets Work:
SHEETS FOR FILES: Rename the Moviesheet with a File Extension that matches your Movie File. eg. If you have… Watchmen.mkv then Rename your Moviesheet to Watchmen.mkv then cut and paste it into your Theme Folder.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHEETS FOR FOLDERS: Rename the Moviesheet with NO File Extension eg. If you have… MYMOVIES folder then Rename your Moviesheet to MYMOVIES then cut and paste it into your Theme Folder. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The File Path to Place Moviesheets is the Root of your Theme folder (ie. where all the XML files are) .wd_tv\theme\My Theme\ [Place Movie/LinkSheets here]
EDIT*** Hmmm I may have read that wrong. Looks like you are trying to add backdrops for a folder containing other files/folders. If thats the case, I have an idea, but I have not tested it.
If you create a fake/zero byte avi file with the series name at that folder level, you can get backdrops but its still not a backdrop for the selected folder.
Its still not what you want tho… Im pretty sure that the other guys above are correct as this would only be a bandaid.
Wait a minute… can you explain this again. I think I am already doing this.
nobrakes2, are you trying to understand how to make local backdrops with XML sheets, or how to make folder sheets using “Linksheets”. For folders, go back to the third post down by JoeySmyth and it explains how to make the linksheets for folders. For your SMP, you could do XML sheets for the individual movies, and a few folder sheets using the Linkhseet method. A mix of the two methods will get you the info and pictures for both.
It’s worth noting that for Linksheets if you decide to use them for some folders, they are really just JPGS of all the data, where the movie sheets pull the data from your XMLs to make the backdrop. So a change in the XML will change the info or metadata with your movie sheets. The folder sheets are static since they are a JPEG that will always stay the same unless you replace it.
Good Luck. It would be worth checking out the LiveHub Themes forum area to get some ideas and a good understanding of what you can do with each type of sheet.
STEP3: Apply the Theme, and then browse to the MYMOVIES sample Folder to see the Linksheet Backdrops (within this folder are also sub-folders of Genres which also have Linksheet backdrops)