Creation of aliases for bookmarks

[Teddles]

I stand to be corrected, but it doesn't appear as if oATV provides the ability to create aliases for bookmarks. Shortened descriptions for overly long destination paths (i.e. pointing to mounted storage folders on a network/NAS) was a welcome feature of the BW stock firmware.

Can this functionality be similarly incorporated into oATV?

Teddles

[IanSav]

Hi Teddles,

I will add it to the list.

Regards,
Ian.

[Teddles]

Hi Teddles,

I will add it to the list.

Thx Ian,

^{PS: If you give it priority I'll stop pestering you in this forum}

[IanSav]

Hi Teddles,

That won't work for now. I am not in the best of health and my coding availability has been severely compromised. I am awaiting medical tests and treatment alternatives. At the current rate I may not be back to reasonable capacity until mid to later January (at best).

Regards,
Ian.

[Teddles]

Sorry to hear that mate ... wishing you a full and speedy return to health

Teddles

[IanSav]

Hi Teddles,

Thanks.

Regards,
Ian.

[Papi2000]

I think, you mean, that you cannot create them via GUI with the remote.
In EnhancedMovieCenter (EMC), the usual manager for movies for me, you can activate the visibility of recording paths as symlinks in the movie-list.
Other free defined symlinks we always do once on a console / Telnet. You need to define:
1. where_to_store_the_link
2. how_to_name_the_link
3. where_to_point_to_with_the_link

leads to

ln -s where_to_point_to_with_the_link where_to_store_the_link/how_to_name_the_link

A sample command for the creation could look like:
ln -s "/media/autofs/GBue4K1-extern/movie/" "/media/hdd/movie/-FilmeUE4K1ext"
with a link to a sub-directory movie on a sharemount /media/autofs/GBue4K1-extern, shown without any modifcations of settings in the home of the movie-list in EMC (/media/hdd/movie) as a folder named "-FilmeUE4K1ext"

Also you can define bookmarks / symlinks in EMC itself.

You always need to differentiate the usecase: recording definitions (usually shown and choosen in timers for record-paths) and playback-definitions (usually shown in some movie-lists like EMC, movie-player, other players installed,...).

That's all a bit theoretical, but shows several ways to reach a target, and every way needs its own HowTo to be created.

[Teddles]

I think, you mean, that you cannot create them via GUI with the remote.
In EnhancedMovieCenter (EMC), the usual manager for movies for me, you can activate the visibility of recording paths as symlinks in the movie-list.

Thanks for your response. TBH I'm having difficulty deciphering you post - a combination of "lost in translation" and my lack of technical expertise
What I'm referring too, is the ability to substitute the full path descriptor with an alternate text label (an alias), e.g. in the list of bookmarks, the following displayed path:

• /media/autofs/videoDISKSTATION/Claudia/TV/Series

could be changed to the following for example ...

• TVSeries

This was easily achieved via the GUI on the BW stock firmware.

Regards,
Teddles

[IanSav]

Hi Teddles,

What you are asking for is a Beyonwiz feature that will not be familiar to Ralf. I know what you mean and will add the functionality to the LocationBox code ASAP.

Regards,
Ian.

[Teddles]

What you are asking for is a Beyonwiz feature that will not be familiar to Ralf. I know what you mean and will add the functionality to the LocationBox code ASAP.

Thanks Ian, yeah it's no deal breaker ... just a feature of the legacy firmware that I found useful because of network storage configuration. Will await your handy work on this in due course.

Teddles

[Papi2000]

I fully understand now, and it's in deed just a naming topic.
Your bookmark is a recording path, and your alias is a symlink.
And it's right: i always do creation of symlinks on a console, because for me it is the fastest way.