"View By" selections changing

[playloud 10]

MBC Version 3.0.163.0

Diamond Theme 0.3.6.4

 

MBC does not seem to remember my selection of "view by" in each movie.

 

Example: 

 

Using Diamond, I go into Die-Hard and select "Coverflow" to display the 5 movies.  I back out. 

 

I go into Back to the Future and select "Detail" to view the 3 movies.  I back out.

 

When I go back into Die-Hard, it is now in "Detail" view.  If I switch back to "Coverflow", Back to the Future will now be in "Coverflow", etc.

 

This was never an issue in MB2, and I have been waiting to see if an update to MB3 will fix this.  

 

I have not seen anyone mention this issue yet.

 

Brad 

[ebr 14913]

That isn't a bug - it is how it is designed to work.

 

99% of people want the same view for all "like" types.  Since both Die Hard and Back to the Future are Box sets, they share the same settings.

[playloud 10]

Thanks for the response.  I can understand that, though that is not how it worked in MB2.  I could set each movie and subfolder to whichever view I wanted.

 

I have movies that are multiple discs (Ex: Pearl Harbor 4-disc set) and these I prefer to view in detail since I use the same cover art for each disc.  

 

Or mix within a set, for example:

 

Avengers: Coverflow to scroll between Hulk, Iron Man, Capt. America, Thor

 

If I select Iron Man, I use coverflow to scroll through 3 different Iron Man films.

 

Then I select Iron Man 2, it has 2 discs, I prefer to view this in Detail. 

 

Picky on my part, but I never minded going folder by folder and setting it how I want.  Frustrating to me that it won't stick now.

 

Thanks for all you do,

Brad

[ebr 14913]

Actually, it is the same as MB2.  If you want different view styles you will need to not make them collections/boxsets.  If they are plain old folders, then they will retain separate settings.

[playloud 10]

Is this determined by the presence of a collection.xml file vs. folder.xml?  I use metabrowser for metadata and it seems to add a collection.xml file to any folder with more than 1 movie.  I'll take a look at the settings.

 

Thanks.

[ebr 14913]

Yes, the existence of that file tells us it is a collection (box set).