Theming - add get metainformation like @@genre in other templates

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Hey Guys,

I already serached for it (and dont htink nobody asked it before), but didnt find anything regarding the following topic.

Is it possible to use metainformation variables like @@genre, @@browse_text, @@actors etc in other browse page views like rv_preview_browse_page.xml? 

In rv_gallery_browse_page.xml you can just call @@genre an it is shown up in the theme - but unfortunately not for the preview or other views.

I didnt want to digg to deep into this topic, if someone could tell me easily if its possible or not (would be a shame if not)

Regards,

KddC_

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KddC_ wrote:

Hey Guys,

I already serached for it (and dont htink nobody asked it before), but didnt find anything regarding the following topic.

You didn’t search very well then because this has come up many, many times.  Like here:

http://community.wdc.com/t5/WD-TV-Live-Streaming-Discussions/Variables-to-use-in-Large-Video-Browse-Page/m-p/502614/highlight/true#M14244

here:

http://community.wdc.com/t5/WD-TV-Live-Hub-Themes/A-few-theme-questions/m-p/519700/highlight/true#M10395

With that said though, for @@genre, @@actors, etc., the answer is no.  Most variables are “view” specific and can’t be used in other views.

For “@@browse_text”, replace with “@@focused_title”, which does the same thing and can be used in any view.

If you want that info in other views, your only choice is to use linksheets, but for the SMP this really requires using a custom firmware because with the official firmware you are limited to a theme size of 30MB, which is not really large enough to use linksheets.

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