Coverart

[gmeleski]

Boxee seems to have no way to change the art for movies that it catalogs into it's database.

Why isn't there an option to override or replace coverart with that of our own choosing ?

I don't know about other users, but a pretty standard way of setting up your movie library is to place each movie in it's own folder with the covert named "folder.jpg".

I.E. ---->>
Apaloosa (folder)
Apaloosa.avi (movie)
folder.jpg (coverart)

You always have options to modify the coverart in any of the established programs such as XBMC, Meedios or Mediaportal.

Can this be added to Boxee or is it there and I just don't know how to get to it ?

Many regards,

Gary Meleski

[davepedigo]

I have also run into where cover art for an artist does not show up, but when you click on the artist, the cover art for the album shows up. You cannot add an image for cover art for image that does not have cover art.

Either way this is a really nice product , I am enjoying it greatly.

[gmeleski]

I have also run into where cover art for an artist does not show up, but when you click on the artist, the cover art for the album shows up. You cannot add an image for cover art for image that does not have cover art.

Either way this is a really nice product , I am enjoying it greatly.

Yes, this is an area where Boxee needs to be completely re-written to allow user intervention and manipulation of the database or however Boxee stores it's data.

Also, it would be nice, if the program parsed out the video file details such as codec, width, height and etc. so a search could be done looking for HD movies. For example add a tag in the search that does :

-----> if size [width >= 1000] then... blah blah this is a HD movie.

Otherwise there is NO way to know if your movie is HD or not with the simple system employed by Boxee.

Regards,

Gary

[Rusdude]

Not sure about regular XBMC but MyTV plug-in for VMC (http://mytv.senseitweb.com/) IDs HD videos, I think.

[basilfawlty]

I'd be happy if there was just an option to have boxee use the cover art I have in each folder (for movies).

[gmeleski]

I'd be happy if there was just an option to have boxee use the cover art I have in each folder (for movies).

Normally, most HTPC systems would look for a file called "folder.jpg" in the movies folder. For some really unknown reason , Boxee does not even look at this nor does it have an option to cause it to look at this.

Further, there is no means whatsoever to edit the database (or so it seems) to fix these errors.

I understand the need for simplicity, but not at the expense of useability.

Regards,

Gary

[skierdb526]

The way I know if my movies are HD or not is by having 1080p or 720p somewhere in the name. This lets me know whats HD. However if a search feature is added to Boxee, being able to search by those things would be nice. However I think you could just search by extension (MKV) to tell whats HD or not.

[gmeleski]

The way I know if my movies are HD or not is by having 1080p or 720p somewhere in the name. This lets me know whats HD. However if a search feature is added to Boxee, being able to search by those things would be nice. However I think you could just search by extension (MKV) to tell whats HD or not.

No, there is a MUCH better way of doing this and Boxee should be doing it. As boxee scans the folders for video files, it can use any number of available applications to parse out the codec, bitrate, width, height and etc.

This information can then be used for a myriad of items.

For instance, adding a search option "HD Movies" would consist of a logical string expression such as "({video_width} >=1000) OR ( {video_width} = <1920)" would result in all HD movies to be selected.

Further, with that information, Boxee could add a display in the movies detail view that showed the Codec, either HD720 or HD1080 !!

If they want this to be the best it can be, this is what they will do. If they insist on being just another program in the crowd, they won't.

This is similar to the way "Meedios" operates except it is not quite as user friendly. You can even add your own searches (as I did with the search tag above).

Regards,

Gary

[subvertbeats]

Gary is right.

Id love to see that in boxee

[shockem17]

instead of telling what 'they should be doing' and complaining about missing features, why not focus on what it does do and the buggy feature of that. feature requests should be put in that appropriate forum.

your opinion on 'making this best software' really isn't relevant. if you want it better, develop it yourself.