Virtual Folders

[squadjot]

The json is valid - validate at http://jsonlint.com/

Did you put the above structure in a file called "vfolders.json" placed in the same dir as pms.exe?
And you are sure that the PMS.conf you are editing, are the actual file that PMS uses?

Whats your OS?

[timmyj]

The json is valid - validate at http://jsonlint.com/

Did you put the above structure in a file called "vfolders.json" placed in the same dir as pms.exe?
And you are sure that the PMS.conf you are editing, are the actual file that PMS uses?

Whats your OS?

I just had it next to PMS.conf in C:\ProgramData\PMS
The Media Server "Traces" says that it's using that .conf
My OS is Windows 7 x64 SP1
I tried moving vfolders.json to C:\Program Files(x86)\PS3 Media Server (beside PMS.exe) but it still makes no diff

[chocolateboy]

I just had it next to PMS.conf in C:\ProgramData\PMS

If that's the working directory listed near the top of the Traces tab/debug.log, then, yes, that should currently work. However, in the next major release (1.40), relative vfolder paths - i.e.

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vfolders = @vfolders.conf

- will be looked up in the profile directory along with the other configuration files. If in doubt, you should be able to use an absolute path.

https://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserve ... il?id=1150

[timmyj]

ok thanks i've got it working now

[hottif]

Hi there,

first of all I like to thank the developers of this enhancement for their great work. I was playing around with hardlinks/junctions/symbolic links some time to get that functionality but it did not work out well.

Now that I got my virtual folders configured I got 2 issues:

1. I got my movie covers in a separate folder and configured the folder in PMS

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alternate_thumb_folder = \\\\Datavault\\pms\\Cover

That works for normal folders and for subfolders of virtual folders but not for virtual folders themselves. Here is my virtual folder config:

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[
    {
        "name": "Video",
        "children": [
            {
                "name": "HD-Filme",
                "children": [
                    {
                        "name": "Action",
                        "files": [
                            "Q:\\Action",
                            "R:\\Action",
                            "S:\\Action",
                            "T:\\Action",
                            "U:\\Action"
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Animation",
                        "files": [
                            "Q:\\Animation",
                            "R:\\Animation",
                            "S:\\Animation",
                            "T:\\Animation",
                            "U:\\Animation"
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Comedy",
                        "files": [
                            "Q:\\Comedy",
                            "R:\\Comedy",
                            "S:\\Comedy",
                            "T:\\Comedy",
                            "U:\\Comedy",
                            "Q:\\Tragicomedy",
                            "R:\\Tragicomedy",
                            "S:\\Tragicomedy",
                            "T:\\Tragicomedy",
                            "U:\\Tragicomedy"
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Dokumentation",
                        "files": [
                            "Q:\\Dokumentation",
                            "R:\\Dokumentation",
                            "S:\\Dokumentation",
                            "T:\\Dokumentation",
                            "U:\\Dokumentation"
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Drama",
                        "files": [
                            "Q:\\Drama",
                            "R:\\Drama",
                            "S:\\Drama",
                            "T:\\Drama",
                            "U:\\Drama"
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Eastern & Western",
                        "files": [
                            "Q:\\Eastern",
                            "R:\\Eastern",
                            "S:\\Eastern",
                            "T:\\Eastern",
                            "U:\\Eastern",
                            "Q:\\Western",
                            "R:\\Western",
                            "S:\\Western",
                            "T:\\Western",
                            "U:\\Western"
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Fantasy & SciFi",
                        "files": [
                            "Q:\\Fantasy",
                            "R:\\Fantasy",
                            "S:\\Fantasy",
                            "T:\\Fantasy",
                            "U:\\Fantasy",
                            "Q:\\SciFi",
                            "R:\\SciFi",
                            "S:\\SciFi",
                            "T:\\SciFi",
                            "U:\\SciFi"
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Horror",
                        "files": [
                            "Q:\\Horror",
                            "R:\\Horror",
                            "S:\\Horror",
                            "T:\\Horror",
                            "U:\\Horror"
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Musical",
                        "files": [
                            "Q:\\Musical",
                            "R:\\Musical",
                            "S:\\Musical",
                            "T:\\Musical",
                            "U:\\Musical"
                        ]
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "Thriller & Krimi",
                        "files": [
                            "Q:\\Krimi",
                            "R:\\Krimi",
                            "S:\\Krimi",
                            "T:\\Krimi",
                            "U:\\Krimi",
                            "Q:\\Thriller",
                            "R:\\Thriller",
                            "S:\\Thriller",
                            "T:\\Thriller",
                            "U:\\Thriller"
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "name": "SD-Filme",
                "files": [
                    "H:\\SD-Filme"
                ]
            },
            {
                "name": "Serien",
                "files": [
                    "F:\\"
                ]
            },
            {
                "name": "Dokumentationen",
                "files": [
                    "H: \\Dokus",
                    "G: \\Band-Dokus"
                ]
            },
            {
                "name": "Comedy",
                "files": [
                    "I: \\"
                ]
            },
            {
                "name": "TV",
                "files": [
                    "H:\\TV"
                ]
            },
            {
                "name": "Konzerte",
                "files": [
                    "G:\\Konzerte"
                ]
            },
            {
                "name": "Videoclips",
                "files": [
                    "G:\\Videoclips"
                ]
            },
            {
                "name": "Temp",
                "files": [
                    "D:\\"
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
]


As you can see I am merging 5 hard drives with identically named subfolders into virtual folders. When I enter for example the folder "Action" on my PS3 there are no cover thumbnails. If I enter a subfolder of "Action" like "[Place your favorite action movie name here]" the cover thumbnails are shown.

2. In my configuration above some virtual folders are named like "Fantasy & SciFi". Actually I'd like to have a virtual folder for every genre itself, but when I tried that the PS3 only showed me 10 virtual folders and left out the rest. Is there a limitation in numbers of virtual subfolders?

And one last question here as I have not found an solution in the forum yet: Is there a way to get rid of the normal folders. When I delete all folders in the navigation configuration all drives are shown as default and when I insert a dummy folder to disable sharing all drives the dummy is shown above the virtual folders.

Thanks in advance,
hottif

[squadjot]

Thumbnails not working is a know issue
Maybe vote for this: http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver ... il?id=1107