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Stu2j

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Movie Trailers... - 2008/04/02 10:56 I don't know if this has come up before but it might be nice if there were an option to watch a trailer as part of the video synopsis page.

Here is one site that has divx trailers for download (I don't know if there are better sites)...

http://www.digital-digest.com/

During media search couldn't a parser (IMD

check to see if a trailer is available from the site and go get it? Then swiss could simply add an option on the synopsis page to view it?

Since IMDB is treated as a plug in (not officially part of Swiss) the downloading of movie trailers shouldn't present a problem for Swiss. (yes/no?)

Edit: While I would certainly prefer to have a parser do the work for me, I can download the trailers myself if I had a place to store them where they could be viewed from the synopsis page. Showcenters 1000g/200/250HD Popcorn Hour A-100
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Stu2j

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Re: Movie Trailers... - 2008/04/02 13:26 Well I'll be darned... dvdloc8 has movie clips

http://www.dvdloc8.com/list_clip.php

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Stu2j

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Re: Movie Trailers... - 2008/04/02 21:22 OK.. this is sort of an ancillary issue so I will bring it up here.

When I select "Watch a Video", I get a category list of videos (Movies, Music Videos, Comedy Specials, etc) nothing unusual there.

However, I use sub categories (yes there is actually someone using this feature) for my Movies and thus selecting Movies I get the following screen:

OK.. now what is really cool here is that if I select "All Categories" to see the entire list, I will get a single menu selection for a movie which contains both the entire movie and a trailer or clip (assuming I have given them the same name).

Now my question: How can I guarantee that the movie trailer will play at either the beginning or the end of the actual movie?

Edit - Please note that I only want to change the trailer/clip file name to accomplish this so naming them A and B isn't what I want to do.

Also: This is a possible solution for the person who requested a way to preceed a movie with a clip: Simply name it the same as the movie so that it plays with it.

Side note - btw, I am using sub categories more and more. For instance, I just started organizing my "home videos" into sub categories. Showcenters 1000g/200/250HD Popcorn Hour A-100
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Stu2j

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Re: Movie Trailers... - 2008/04/03 21:19 How can I guarantee that the movie trailer will play at either the beginning or the end of the actual movie?
(tapping foot impatiently)

Hmmm... ok.. let's start with this:

Movie and trailer have the exact same file name. Trailer plays last. Why? Is it using a file date or the force? Showcenters 1000g/200/250HD Popcorn Hour A-100
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Pernod

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Re: Movie Trailers... - 2008/04/04 06:21 Movie and trailer have the exact same file name. Trailer plays last. Why?
The videos are ordered by filename, but since both filenames are the same then you get them in the order that MySQL retrieves them from the database. I guess your trailers were added to the database after the movie files. You cannot guarantee the order of identical files. You should rename your trailers, maybe precede them with and underscore or something else that comes before alpha-numerics. Player : Netgear EVA700 & Popcorn A-100 (081224)
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Stu2j

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Re: Movie Trailers... - 2008/04/04 07:06 You cannot guarantee the order of identical files.
Thus my query Obi-Wan

You should rename your trailers, maybe precede them with and underscore or something else that comes before alpha-numerics
Aha.. and if I wanted them to play last, I would just need to add "something" to the end of the file name right? Showcenters 1000g/200/250HD Popcorn Hour A-100
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Re: Movie Trailers... - 2008/04/04 07:11 and if I wanted them to play last, I would just need to add "something" to the end of the file name right?
Correct. Player : Netgear EVA700 & Popcorn A-100 (081224)
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Stu2j

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Re: Movie Trailers... - 2008/04/04 10:20 Two questions for ya:

1) Any thoughts on my suggestion to add the ability to view a movie trailer on the movie synopsis screen? Couldn't it simply look to a directory and if there were a file with the exact same file name, play that as a trailer else display a message that a trailer was not found? This seems simple to me but its probably not.

2) My dos is a tad rusty. If I want to rename a group of files from file.avi to file_.avi what is the proper syntax for the rename command?

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Sparky
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Re: Movie Trailers... - 2008/04/04 18:43 Stu2j wrote:
Two questions for ya:

1) Any thoughts on my suggestion to add the ability to view a movie trailer on the movie synopsis screen? Couldn't it simply look to a directory and if there were a file with the exact same file name, play that as a trailer else display a message that a trailer was not found? This seems simple to me but its probably not.

2) My dos is a tad rusty. If I want to rename a group of files from file.avi to file_.avi what is the proper syntax for the rename command?

Thanks

C:\Documents and Settings\Sparky>help ren
Renames a file or files.

RENAME [drive:][path]filename1 filename2.
REN [drive:][path]filename1 filename2.

Note that you cannot specify a new drive or path for your destination file.

C:\Documents and Settings\Sparky>

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Stu2j

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Re: Movie Trailers... - 2008/04/04 19:43 Thanks Sparky but I'm looking for the actual command. I've tried many different wildcard combinations and keep screwing it up.

I've got files a.avi b.avi c.avi

Would like them to be a_.avi b_.avi c_.avi

Can't seem to get er done

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Sparky
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Re: Movie Trailers... - 2008/04/05 05:38 Ah OK. Well there's some routines here which you may be able to adapt - http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/MSDOS/Q_21873735.html

Or maybe easier is a program to do it for you - http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php

Stick ([a-z]*) in the RegEx Match box and \1_ in the Replace box. Untick the include extention box. Highlight all the files you want changing and click Rename.

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Re: Movie Trailers... - 2008/05/15 00:52 Bump....

Video Synopsis or Info Screen

Add line: Play Movie Clip/Trailer

Look in pre-defined folder for clip with exact same name and play it. If not found display: No Clip Available

Seems like a simple thing.... of course that means it probably isn't

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Re: Movie Trailers... - 2008/07/31 13:50 Bump...

I'm going to convince ya'll that this is a good idea

Lot's of movie trailers on dvdloc8 in hd format that can be played on the PCH. Adding an option to play a trailer from the movie synopsis screen would be really nice. Adding an option in the config to download the trailer would be even better.

Ideally, if the trailer was present the option to play it would appear and it would not appear if there were no trailer... Showcenters 1000g/200/250HD Popcorn Hour A-100
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Re: Movie Trailers... - 2008/08/05 19:48 Bump

Where's the love man?

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Re: Movie Trailers... - 2008/11/08 20:22 Bump...

I'm going to keep requesting it until I get it

I would REALLY like an option on the video synopsis screen to play a movie trailer or clip. This really can't be that difficult. Define a trailer directory in the config and if a movie of the same name exists... play it. Showcenters 1000g/200/250HD Popcorn Hour A-100
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