Does NFO plugin also perserve collection info?

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

The title is what I want to ask. I read in other threads about the NFO plugin and I have it installed and enabled and it is correctly putting NFO files in the directories with the media.

 

I need to move some files around and I know I should move the NFO files as well. However, before I do a mass move I thought I would ask if collection data for the moved file would be preserved?

 

I guess I could just test with a small move of the files for only one collection but that, which is too easy , did not occur to me until I typed this question so I thought I would ask anyway and include the additional question: Is there a way, if this does not work, to preserve collection info?

 

Sorry if this is answered elsewhere but my poor searching skills did not reveal the answer.

 

Thanks.

[Luke 42085]

No, collections are their own entity and keep the list of items to themselves. It's the same thing as a playlist but just presented differently.

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

No, collections are their own entity and keep the list of items to themselves. It's the same thing as a playlist but just presented differently.

 

That is what I thought. Is there a way to preserve collection info without editing every collection info (whatever they are called. I will look it up later) file?

 

Thanks again.

[Luke 42085]

Not really. Imagine they were m3u playlists. The playlists contain paths to the media files. If you move the media files, those paths will no longer be valid and they'll need to be updated. It's the same concept here. But I would think you could do this with some search and replace.

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

Not really. Imagine they were m3u playlists. The playlists contain paths to the media files. If you move the media files, those paths will no longer be valid and they'll need to be updated. It's the same concept here. But I would think you could do this with some search and replace.

 

Unfortunately the number of files involved is pretty high BUT I am pretty good at scripting and even writing text manipulation in C++ (C++ still works in Windows 10 does it not?)

 

Now I've got to decide if the time recreating the collections or the time spent writing the manipulation program or editing the files manually (using a search and replace) is time better spent or if I should just not try for the marginal improvement to my file system the move would  produce.

But not too sad.

 

One more thank you.