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hey fellas.

i was just wondering if this is possible:

i have copied 1 season of friends and 1 season of chappelle show over to my phone.
in my n900 i have created a folder called TV shows. there i have 2 folders:
Friends
Chappelle show.

in total 40 avi files or something,

now if i go to my media player and choose video. it will mix all files up together with my recorded video clips etc. looks very messy.

but i can choose "category " then it will show me a list of " Recorded by device camera
Films
video bookmarks.

which is great. now my question is:

where do you define " films " category, or is this maybe hardcoded? because id like to add more categoris,.
also under " films " it shows list of friends and chapelle show. in an order sorted by upload date/time.

another thing also, i read somewhere that you can create a folder called .tvshows with DOT, .. this should filter it out or something?
coz when i did this, i wasnt able to find it in the media player.

does anyone know , which function the .dot folder name has in n900?

thanx in advance
Sonic

big thanx to mymybib for his guide of how to " disallow " certain folders not to be shown in media player.

on3st4b, i have found a solution. You MUST use xterm and vi.

1 - install (if possible) the ssh server, it be will be easier to edit the file
2 - open xterm on the n900 (or with ssh)
3 - type "cd /home/user/.config/tracker/"
4 - "cp tracker.cfg tracker.cfg.ORIG" (for make a backup file)
5 - "vi tracker.cfg" to edit the file. If you don"t know how to use vi, please read a quick tutorial on google
6 - go to the line NoWatchDirectory and add at the end of the line $HOME/MyDocs/Directory_I_dont_want_index
7 - save the file and exit
8 - "cd /home/user/.cache/tracker"
9 - "rm -f *.db"
10 - reboot the phone.


cheers

and thanx to demigurus for:

You don't need to manually remove the databases and restart the phone after modifying the configuration. Instead do:

~ $ tracker-processes -r
~ $ /usr/lib/tracker/trackerd -r &


This has the same effect: stop running tracker, remove databases and start a reindex.

So, if you put the movies in a folder with a dot (.Friends), it will consider it as a category and present it in Media Player?

I didn't understand what you solved in your 2nd post... Could you explain? Thanks.

hi, not meant to hijack this thread, but why under category all of my videos are listed under 'films' including those taken by camera?