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Taomyn
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Taomyn

I've added a folder on my server that contains a mixture of photos and video, and I have added it as folder type "Photos". But I still see the videos when I browse through the web interface. Is this expected behaviour as it doesn't make sense to me to have a folder type set to photos but to include non-photos.

 

What I really need are the following:

 

Folder: Movies Type: Movies only

Folder: TV Type: TV only

Folder: Photos Type: Mix of Photos and Videos

Folder: Misc Type: Photos only

Folder: Msic Type: Videos only

 

The last two point at the same folder, but I want them separated into Photo and Video categories as it makes it easier for me to go through them.

 

Can I achieve what I want?

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swhitmore

Would it not be easier to separate the content and mix the collections where needed, instead of the other way around?

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Taomyn

Would it not be easier to separate the content and mix the collections where needed, instead of the other way around?

 

Depends, my photo album where I have tens of thousands of files, many are a mix because it makes sense as the folder structure is by "subject matter".

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swhitmore

Depends, my photo album where I have tens of thousands of files, many are a mix because it makes sense as the folder structure is by "subject matter".

 

Fair enough. I use tags for subject matter and sort by year and event.

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Taomyn

So I'm still wondering what folder type "Photos" is for if it's going to include any non-photo files?

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CBers

So I'm still wondering what folder type "Photos" is for if it's going to include any non-photo files?

My photos library has the type set to Photos - it contains around 30,000 photos and around 2,000 video clips.

 

They are all in a year/month/topic tree.

 

Seeing photos and related videos in the web client isn't an issue in my opinion.

 

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Taomyn

My photos library has the type set to Photos - it contains around 30,000 photos and around 2,000 video clips.

 

They are all in a year/month/topic tree.

 

Seeing photos and related videos in the web client isn't an issue in my opinion.

 

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Then what's the idea of a folder type? I agree in some places I do want to see both, but if I'm telling MB that this folder is Photos, shouldn't it ignore anything else?

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CBers

It was borne out of the photos plugin a while back.

 

Some clients will ignore video clips, some won't.

 

The type just tells MBS to ignore trying to fetch metadata, but check exif data instead.

 

 

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Taomyn

Ok, maybe one day I'll think about restructuring my photos folders, but it's 10 years of files so not something I'm eager to do.

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