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#22

Labels is the better idea but someone already mentioned that so I thought I'd mention this way.

Labels has another advantage over my method. If the developers ever add a new feature that accesses the hidden/not hidden tag on TV shows, it could make things more difficult for you. I was also using this method to control what movies showed up in my DVR section. But when the developers added Theater Mode (which doesn't work on movies that are hidden) I had to switch to a different system in order to use it! That's what happens when you use features in non-standard ways!

#23

? This should work just fine.

#24

I appreciate all the replies. The labels worked perfectly. It took me some trial and error to create the screens the way I wanted but everything is great now!

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#25

I may not have explained it well here but I meant trailers won't show up for movies that are hidden, as you said in a previous thread: "unfortunately, yeah, if a movie is hidden, then it won't be available for trailers. That's not something we'll change as the expectation of hiding a movie is exactly that, it's hidden". By hiding all my personal library movies, and leaving only the DVR recorded movies visible, the feature wasn't very useful! So I switched to another method you suggested. Eventually I'll get around to doing the same with my tv shows as well, but it works for now at least!

#26

ahh yes.

#27

OK, forget everything I said about not being able to filter TV Shows by if they were imported or not. The latest pre-release server adds this.

You can now use the Imported facet in your Smart Rules for TV Shows and accomplish what you guys have been wanting to accomplish.

This will be true if a TV Show has even 1 import.

Additionally, we've added Number of Imports. So if you want, you can filter on HOW many imports there are.

There may be cases where a TV Show only has 1 import, and you don't want it showing in your filtered list of imported shows, or you need to filtered list of recorded shows and the single import throws it off. Gain more precision using the Number of Imports rule.

#28

I still think you're right that labels is the better way to do this, but it's nice to have more options!

#29

Just a heads up, the Smart Rules introduced last week have all been replaced as of the latest pre-release.

They were replaced with a much more useful Smart Rule that is way more functional for building stuff.

Please read the release notes and update any rules you created using last weeks new rules.