View Full Version : Set tv shows/movies as watched only manually?
freddan101
2009-03-01, 15:58
I like the feature where you can filter watched tv shows/movies but I wonder if it possible to prevent xbmc to mark as watched automatically? I would like to only choose myself when to mark as watched.
The workaround right now is to disable the filter, mark as unwatched by pressing Z and then apply the filter again.
jmarshall
2009-03-01, 23:01
No, that is not possible. I have no idea why you'd want such a thing either - mind to enlighten me?
JackieBrown
2009-03-02, 00:28
I'm not the poster but I can hazard a guess.
A lot of times I watch something that I should wait for my wife. The marker is a give away.
Also, If you filter by unviewed only and you like to watch movies before letting your kids view them, then that is helpful.
That said, I never play a movie through the entire credits so this is never a problem for me (plus as said, you can unmark it.)
freddan101
2009-03-02, 09:06
No, that is not possible. I have no idea why you'd want such a thing either - mind to enlighten me?
We're several people watching the same movies/TV episodes. That's why I don't want them to automatically be marked as watched.
What is the rule for automatically mark as watched? I don't think you have to let it play to the end of the show for it to do that.
I Think it's about 2 thirds of it watched then it marks it as watched i am sure i read it in another thread
check the wiki about the advanced.xml (if i recall correctly) there is a option to specify a percentage when the video is marked as watched ... and for your watched problem, consider profiles for different users .. then youre set!
freddan101
2009-03-03, 12:16
check the wiki about the advanced.xml (if i recall correctly) there is a option to specify a percentage when the video is marked as watched ... and for your watched problem, consider profiles for different users .. then youre set!
This sounds very interesting! I tried to find the wiki but it seems empty, http://xbmc.org/support/faq/. Am I looking in the wrong place?
I also searched the whole disk for advanced.xml but couldn't find any file related to xbmc.
Have just searched my self and could not find any information on the advancedsettings.xml
so god knows where it's been moved to, any pointers anybody?
Sorry were trying the link in freddon101's post that link is no good.
freddan101
2009-03-03, 13:29
Found this (http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Advancedsettings.xml). Will start reading the details! :)