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yan00s
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Posted - 05 Apr 2009 : 12:40:09

I wonder if it would be possible to revamp the logic of what a "media" item is (maybe as part of the 7.x effort).

From my point of view the information chain looks like that:

[location] --> [media] --> [container] --> [codec(s)]

i.e.:

[NAS] --> [HDD] --> [Matroska] --> [video codec: MPEG4-Visual | video codec version: DivX 5.0 | audio codec: ...]
[Shelf #2] --> [DVD] --> [DVD-Video or n/a] --> [video codec: MPEG2...]
[Disc #56] --> [DVD-ROM] --> [Audio Video Interleaved] --> [video codec: MPEG4-Visual | video codec versio: XviD 1.1 | ...]

Actually this would mean to have a field like '(file) container' - which in case for DVD / (S-)VCD / videotapes either would be empty or just get copied from 'media' since it does not seem to be a useful information to know that VOB / DAT etc. are used here.

The Icon View in the grid could look like

Media Icon | Container Icon | Video Codec Icon

and in cases where no Container Icon shall get displayed and a question mark is not the wanted outcome an empty / transparent icon could get used.

Since I can imagine a lot of different usage scenarios this may need some discussion first. It's just that the current intepretation of what belongs into the 'media' field looks kinda messy to me.

Edited by - yan00s on 05 Apr 2009 12:43:57

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