Virtual Folders

[chocolateboy]

It would be nice if you could specify the location in the DLNA tree of each virtual folder e.g.

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[
    {
       "name": "Movies", // root folder
       "files": [ "/path/to/Movies1", "/path/to/Movies2" ]
    },
    {
       "name": "/Media/TV", // TV appears under the Media folder
       "files": [ "/path/to/TV1", "/path/to/TV2" ]
    }
]


Also: why do you need the @ sign?

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vfolders = @vfolders.json

And, someone (I guess me) should mention the fact that the "children" field is optional.

Oh, and thanks to everyone who's contributed! It works well.

[lightglitch]

It would be nice if you could specify the location in the DLNA tree of each virtual folder e.g.

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[
    {
       "name": "Movies", // root folder
       "files": [ "/path/to/Movies1", "/path/to/Movies2" ]
    },
    {
       "name": "/Media/TV", // TV appears under the Media folder
       "files": [ "/path/to/TV1", "/path/to/TV2" ]
    }
]


You can by using the children, the structure is a recursive tree. You can specify all the levels that you want.

Also: why do you need the @ sign?

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vfolders = @vfolders.json

That's because you can set the vfolders configuration inline and I needed a token to know if it's inline or in a file.

[chocolateboy]

You can by using the children, the structure is a recursive tree. You can specify all the levels that you want.

That's a nice feature, but it creates duplicates rather than merging folders with the same name. It still works well, but it requires the filesystem to be reordered somewhat.

[lightglitch]

You can by using the children, the structure is a recursive tree. You can specify all the levels that you want.

That's a nice feature, but it creates duplicates rather than merging folders with the same name. It still works well, but it requires the filesystem to be reordered somewhat.

I don't understand how it creates duplicates, can you put your configuration here?

[chocolateboy]

PMS.conf

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folders = \/path\/to\/media
vfolders = @vfolders.json


vfolders.json

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[
    {
        "name": "media",
        "children": [
            {
                "name": "Movies",
                files: [
                    "/path/to/Movies 1",
                    "/path/to/Movies 2",
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
]


This creates a second top-level folder called media (containing the merged Movies folder), instead of adding Movies to the original top-level media folder.

[lightglitch]

Ok, now I understand. The best option to solve that would be make the normal folders parameter disappear because virtual folders includes normal folders functionality but because I didn't implemented gui I decided to maintain both.

[chocolateboy]

Fair enough. Thanks.

[DerMega]

Hi,

@first: Great Job!! I appreciate what you do here.
The virtual folder plugin is what I needet.

I took the community Beta from here : viewtopic.php?f=14&t=7844&p=36961#p36961
The installation was no problem. But I can´t figure out how this vfolder addon works.
I created the vfolder.json file an adde the "vfolders = @vfolders.json" line in PMS.conf but it won´t work.

vfolder.json:

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[
    {
       "name":"Serien all",
       "files":["E:\\Serien","I:\\Serien 2"]
    }
]

Any ideas to this?

[lightglitch]

I created the vfolder.json file an adde the "vfolders = @vfolders.json" line in PMS.conf but it won´t work.
Any ideas to this?

Do you have the names correct because in your post you don't.
Do you have any errors in the debug log? What is your system configuration?

[coryj]

I am running the latest community build (December 17 version)...

I set up a test and it worked one time, but now all that it shows are the folders that I set to share through the GUI... is there anything I need to do/not do in the GUI or other settings to make this work?

I am just trying to set up a test, and like I said, it worked correctly once but then disappeared for good after I changed a setting and restarted the service.

PMS.conf

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vfolders = @vfolders.json
thumbnails = true
network_interface = eth4
hostname = 10.0.0.79

vfolders.json

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[
    {
       "name":"Movies",
       "files":["Y:\\Movies","Z:\\Movies"]
    }
]