Why do you assume my episodes are in a season folder? An app should not delete user data without permission.
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Why do you assume my episodes are in a season folder? An app should not delete user data without permission.
Since when is an empty folder user data!? I seriously don't understand why you want to keep empty folders?
Are you frickin serious? It's MY folder on my NAS. It does not belong to infuse at all!
Maybe you should rethink your tone if you want people to understand the problem.
Easy solution (I really don't trust any apps with my media/data): Set a user with read-only rights on your NAS. Use those credentials for media apps such as infuse.
I tested it and the empty folder wasn't deleted from my NAS. I'm using Infuse on ATV4
Sorry for the trouble. I can confirm this is something that will be improved in the next version.
FWIW, Infuse won't change anything with regard to your files unless the 'File Management' option is enabled, and you choose to use the Infuse UI to delete a video.
Ok so finally organised my TV Shows into Folders like this:
Big Bang Theory > Season 1 > Episode Name
Originally I just had all shows together in a single folder.
But organising my media has now led to problems with my watched indicators. When in Library View the watched indicators are not on the show cover art, I have to go in a level to the next screen where it shows each season for the watched indicators to display.
Is this a bug or intentional?
Big Bang Theory > Season 1 > Episode Name
Originally I just had all shows together in a single folder.
But organising my media has now led to problems with my watched indicators. When in Library View the watched indicators are not on the show cover art, I have to go in a level to the next screen where it shows each season for the watched indicators to display.
Is this a bug or intentional?
This is kind of expected since these are simply folders that Infuse has added artwork to.
If you were to switch over to using the Library, you would be able to get the same organization by series/season but Infuse would show watched indicators at all levels.
The Library is actually different than your folder based favorites. It will effectively scan through your favorites, and organize things into categories (genre, rating, season/series, recently added, etc...) automatically. How your files are organized won't make a difference when using the Library since it will handle all the organization for you.
The Library can be accessed through the Library icon that appears in the main menu. You can also create library based favorites from any category in the Library (long-press to reveal this option).
Also, you can pick and choose which items are indexed by the Library in the Settings > Library menu. Any folder based favorites you don't want visible on the home screen (but want to keep indexed in the Library) can be hidden by long-pressing on them (select hide instead of remove).
Hope this helps.
No word yet, but it's something we're definitely interested in.
No word yet, but it's something we're definitely interested in.
And this is what gets you guys a special spot in my heart (and a great spot on every device
).No word yet, but it's something we're definitely interested in.
I highly doubt it. Apple, Google nor Amazon is going out of their way to support user sourced content
That would be fantastic. Looks like the TV app could be the "global watch list" many have been waiting for ...No word yet, but it's something we're definitely interested in.
What I don't get is why Infuse is the only player that rejects pure audio files. All others can play them, not this one. I just did the following for one album I have:
1 - First of all, all files are FLACs, not MP3s.
2 - Used an image and with Photoshop I added a text saying "Track 1: X", saved the image. This for each one of the 21 tracks.
3 - Opened Sony Vegas, added one FLAC and one image, removed the audio and saved only as .mp4 (only the video, but with the same length as the audio. I don't want any reencode).
4 - Used MKVToolnix and added both the FLAC and the MP4. Saved as .MKV. There is no reencode, according to the thread from the software, from Doom9.
After step #4, Infuse can readily recognize everything, the video is played while the audio can be heard.
However, to do all of this to countless tracks would take A LOT OF TIME.
And I must say that it takes a lot more disk space. For example, track #4 is wasting 31 MB for the video alone, saved as 4:3 (480p = 640x480), and 21 MB for the FLAC. Considering that FLAC already wastes more disk space than MP3, do the math and you'll see how this isn't ideal by any means.
BTW, I tried adding a FLAC to MKVToolnix and saved as .MKA (Matroska Audio). Infuse can't recognize. When I renamed the MKA to MKV, it could, but if you fast-forward at any moment, the playback stops immediately. This is only useful if you plan to listen from start to end.
I know Infuse is focused on videos, but no one these days use a 2nd player for audios only. Not even in my PC I use Winamp or similar software anymore, I rather use Media-Player Classic (or VLC) for all contents. The only exception are Blu-ray discs, then I use DVDFab Media Player. Still, this player is only useful if I want to see menus and some contents that can't be converted to MKV (and that require the authored disc to be played).
1 - First of all, all files are FLACs, not MP3s.
2 - Used an image and with Photoshop I added a text saying "Track 1: X", saved the image. This for each one of the 21 tracks.
3 - Opened Sony Vegas, added one FLAC and one image, removed the audio and saved only as .mp4 (only the video, but with the same length as the audio. I don't want any reencode).
4 - Used MKVToolnix and added both the FLAC and the MP4. Saved as .MKV. There is no reencode, according to the thread from the software, from Doom9.
After step #4, Infuse can readily recognize everything, the video is played while the audio can be heard.
However, to do all of this to countless tracks would take A LOT OF TIME.
And I must say that it takes a lot more disk space. For example, track #4 is wasting 31 MB for the video alone, saved as 4:3 (480p = 640x480), and 21 MB for the FLAC. Considering that FLAC already wastes more disk space than MP3, do the math and you'll see how this isn't ideal by any means.
BTW, I tried adding a FLAC to MKVToolnix and saved as .MKA (Matroska Audio). Infuse can't recognize. When I renamed the MKA to MKV, it could, but if you fast-forward at any moment, the playback stops immediately. This is only useful if you plan to listen from start to end.
I know Infuse is focused on videos, but no one these days use a 2nd player for audios only. Not even in my PC I use Winamp or similar software anymore, I rather use Media-Player Classic (or VLC) for all contents. The only exception are Blu-ray discs, then I use DVDFab Media Player. Still, this player is only useful if I want to see menus and some contents that can't be converted to MKV (and that require the authored disc to be played).
I don't think it ever did, which forces me to insert the audios inside the videos. That doesn't make any sense, it's not like Infuse can't read FLAC or MP3.
I use other paid app here that plays MP3 and FLAC. And I read just now they are developing a future version for ATV, so it would be advisable to take into consideration this feature, among other suggestions, of course.
Edit: I wrote just now this other player managed audio files differently (missing buttons and finger gestures), but I was wrong, I checked better (had to tap the album icon), and it works the same way for both audio/video files.
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I also noticed something funny while playing the video with a static image: if the picture is totally white you can't see Infuse buttons in the bottom center of the screen, because they are white, too. In case you are wondering, this was the image I tried: http://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/uploads/metal-gear-solid-game.png
P.S. the "white overlap" bug mentioned above was fixed in iOS version 4.3.4, released in November 1st, after I reported here. It only affected iOS.
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When can we expect this new update?We have a number of great new things in progress for release later this fall.
For all of your iTunes content maybe.... Apple isn't interested in helping you find your personal collection.
Well, the non-Itunes content is exactly where Infuse could help if it was compatible with the TV app.
But generally I agree, I'm also sad that Apple seems to neglect Homesharing users (e.g. no Siri search).
To clarify, the TV App supports much more then iTunes but I recommended you check out WatchAid which seems to do everything the New TV App does and more (like support for Netflix). I believe the InFuse App supports Trakit and so does WatchAid (at least in the iOS Version) but not sure about their ATV App. You may want to check with the developer. I do not use Trakit so not sure of the options. Maybe that would be a way to have 1 App for everything.Well, the non-Itunes content is exactly where Infuse could help if it was compatible with the TV app.