This was much needed - I’m not sure what some people were playing at with genre labelling - one of my horror films was listed as ‘Family’.
Not a one of my films noir was listed as such as its first genre (only the first genre applies when filtering).
Also, I wanted to apply my own genres, so for example I have a load of films formerly listed as ‘Horror’ now listed as ‘Hammer Horror’ or ‘Amicus Portmanteau’. I’ve also created a few of my own - I’ve listed all my James Bond films as ‘James Bond’ by genre.
I’ve also edited the titles of many, so ‘The Innocents’ is now ‘Innocents, The’ and my 'T’s aren’t clogged up. It’s been great for adding alternate titles - ‘A Matter of Life and Death’ is now ‘Matter of Life and Death, A (a.k.a. Stairway to Heaven - US Title)’.
Finally, I took a huge step and created my own file for Nicholas Nickleby (1947), which doesn’t appear at the OMDB, even under its alternate title. I took another XML file, changed the name, edited the information, etc, etc. It worked a treat!
What’s great is the sort & filter option. I can filter by genre and go to ‘James Bond’. I can then sort by date, so Dr. No comes first and Quantum of Solace at the end. Didn’t realise that I could do this.
I’m very pleased with the unit - very pleased indeed. Well done WD!
One problem I’ve noticed (though this doesn’t relate directly to editing XMLs) is that the date sorting doesn’t always function properly.
I have my Amicus Portmanteau films labelled as such for genre, and all dated correctly. But when I filter by genre and just bring them up Asylum (US title House of Crazies) comes up as the first film, when it isn’t. This error occurs on other selections, too.
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<genre>Drama</genre>
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<director>Martin Scorsese</director>
<actor>Steve Buscemi/Michael Pitt/Kelly Macdonald/Vincent Piazza/Stephen Graham/Michael Shannon</actor>
<overview>It's January 1920. On the eve of Prohibition, Nucky Thompson, Atlantic City's Treasurer, condemns alcohol at a Women's Temperance League meeting. This is where he is noticed by Margaret Schroeder, a pretty, pregnant housewife who comes to him for help in getting her abusive husband, Hans, a job. Later that evening, the duplicitous Nucky privately tells his ward bosses about the opportunity to make huge profits selling bootleg liquor. At a countdown-to-midnight blast at Babette's Supper Club, he assures Jimmy Darmody, a recently returned WWI vet, that his appointment as "Man Friday" to the new Chief Clerk of the Fourth Ward, Paddy Ryan, will lead to bigger things. Jimmy, meanwhile, has higher aspirations and ends up making an alliance that may have dire consequences for both him and Nucky.</overview>
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… and a MOVIE:
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<title>Avatar</title>
<mpaa>PG-13</mpaa>
<year>2009-12-18</year>
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<genre>Science Fiction</genre>
<genre>Romance</genre>
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<name>Zoe Saldana</name>
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<actor>
<name>Sigourney Weaver</name>
<role>Dr. Grace Augustine</role>
</actor>
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<role>Col. Quaritch</role>
</actor>
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</actor>
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<actor>
<name>Giovanni Ribisi</name>
<role>Selfridge</role>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>CCH Pounder</name>
<role>Moha</role>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Laz Alonso</name>
<role>Tsu'Tey</role>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Wes Studi</name>
<role>Eytukan</role>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Dileep Rao</name>
<role>Dr. Max Patel</role>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Matt Gerald</name>
<role>Lyle Wainfleet</role>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Dean Knowsley</name>
<role>Samson Pilot</role>
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So, does one just name the XML file the same as the video file, put it in the same directory, and the Media Library imports this instead of looking it up online?
