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Kev052683

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Still Having Trouble With Root Dir Vids
« on: August 22, 2003, 05:48:00 AM »

I had tried doing it this way once before and never got it to work.  Instead, just for the root directories like games, apps, emulatores, etc., make a folder in your MxM folder entitled "Videos" or whatever you'd like to call it.  In your media line for each directory, just point to the file in that folder.  So, instead of doing the MXM_SS.wmv for these, you'd have something like: F:\apps\mxm\videos\xboxgames.wmv.  You dont have to put every video in that folder(like your individual game ones), just the ones you want to run for your directories.  Hope this helps!
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Phantasm

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« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2003, 06:01:00 AM »

QUOTE (Kev052683 @ Aug 22 2003, 01:48 PM)
I had tried doing it this way once before and never got it to work.  Instead, just for the root directories like games, apps, emulatores, etc., make a folder in your MxM folder entitled "Videos" or whatever you'd like to call it.  In your media line for each directory, just point to the file in that folder.  So, instead of doing the MXM_SS.wmv for these, you'd have something like: F:appsmxmvideosxboxgames.wmv.  You dont have to put every video in that folder(like your individual game ones), just the ones you want to run for your directories.  Hope this helps!

Thanks, I'll give it a try...I wonder why it would work like that, but not the way I'm doing it now.  I tell you, half the fun is just setting up the dash just the way you want it.
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BenJeremy

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« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2003, 06:16:00 AM »

Stop using <EndSort /> tags!!!

:::sigh::: it doesn't need to be used 99.9% of the time, and you are using them incorrectly, anyway.

The media tags look fine, if the "//" was replaced by "\" (I don't know if that was an intentional edit because the forums delete single backslashes or not)
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hazed69

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« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2003, 06:00:00 PM »

QUOTE (Phantasm @ Aug 22 2003, 02:22 PM)
Well here is my latest incarnation of my menu.xml.  I am still not getting videos for the root directorys for some reason.  Can you guys see anything wrong with it?  Thanks for all of the help!

<Menu>
<SubMenu>
<SortField>Title</SortField>
<Title>Games</Title>
<EndSort>title</EndSort>
<Media>F://games//mxm_ss.wmv</Media>
<Item>
<AutoDir Flatten="True" NoDemo="True" DefaultOnly="True">F://games</AutoDir>
</Item>
</Submenu>
<SubMenu>
<SortField>Title</SortField>
<Title>Apps</Title>
<EndSort>title</EndSort>
<Media>F://Apps//mxm_ss.wmv</Media>
<Item>
<AutoDir>F://Apps</AutoDir>
</Item>
</Submenu>
<Submenu>
<SortField>Title</SortField>
<Title>Emulators</Title>
<EndSort>title</EndSort>
<Media>F://Emulators//mxm_ss.wmv</Media>
<Item>
<AutoDir>F://Emulators</AutoDir>
</Item>
</submenu>
</Menu>

take the menu out and just use the cache ... reboot and reset try that ....
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koldfuzion

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« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2003, 07:41:00 PM »

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Man, this still dosn't seem to work...I seems like when autodir is used, it dosn't use the preview vids...Heres my latest menu.xml:

<Menu>
<SubMenu>
<SortField>Title</SortField>
<Title>Games</Title>
<Item>
<AutoDir Flatten="True" NoDemo="True" DefaultOnly="True">F:/games</AutoDir>
<Media>c:/videos/games.wmv</Media>
</Item>
</Submenu>
<SubMenu>
<SortField>Title</SortField>
<Title>Apps</Title>
<Item>
<AutoDir>F:/Apps</AutoDir>
<Media>c:/videos/Apps.wmv</Media>
</Item>
</Submenu>
<Submenu>
<SortField>Title</SortField>
<Title>Emulators</Title>
<Item>
<AutoDir>F:/Emulators</AutoDir>
<Media>c:/videos/Emulators.wmv</Media>
</Item>
</submenu>
</Menu>



Look at the bolded items below.   i dont think you are using the backslash instead of the forward slash... and if you are spending the time to convert them just for the forums...why not just add another \ to make it show up correct and not leave us guessing?


is this the actual way it looks?


<Menu>
<SubMenu>
<SortField>Title</SortField>
<Title>Games</Title>
<Item>
<AutoDir Flatten="True" NoDemo="True" DefaultOnly="True">F:\games</AutoDir>
<Media>c:\videos\games.wmv</Media>
</Item>
</Submenu>
<SubMenu>
<SortField>Title</SortField>
<Title>Apps</Title>
<Item>
<AutoDir>F:\Apps</AutoDir>
<Media>c:\videos\Apps.wmv</Media>
</Item>
</Submenu>
<Submenu>
<SortField>Title</SortField>
<Title>Emulators</Title>
<Item>
<AutoDir>F:\Emulators</AutoDir>
<Media>c:\videos\Emulators.wmv</Media>
</Item>
</submenu>
</Menu>

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Phantasm

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« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2003, 05:41:00 AM »

QUOTE (koldfuzion @ Aug 23 2003, 03:41 AM)
QUOTE
Man, this still dosn't seem to work...I seems like when autodir is used, it dosn't use the preview vids...Heres my latest menu.xml:
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