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Hello everyone, I need your help:

I want to create an html template containing a link that allows me to play the film directly from AMC (the right panel).
the link is as follows: <a href=$$ITEM_FILEPATH> $$ITEM_FORMATTEDTITLE2 </a>

So I have some questions and if anyone can answer me please do.

1 - Why AMC contains no button/link to do this? this is so important! (without this feature the program becomes a photo album ).

2 - $$ITEM_FILEPATH does not work because it is not a valid field. I need a list of ALL valid fields (especially the field of the full path of the film on the hard disk).

3 - When I fix the size of thumbnails and close AMC, then in it's next opening it restores the default size !! How to fix this ?

Sorry for my bad english and thanks in advance.

Hi,

1 - Why AMC contains no button/link to do this? this is so important! (without this feature the program becomes a photo album confused ).

You can use URL field to store filepath if it is so important for you.
In this case, you have to store website url in other field such as field comments or custom field of type URL.
You can use shorcut such as CTRL+M to launch movie or CTRL+SHIFT+M to open folder.
You have also a little arrow at right of this field to launch movie/open folder/...
In a future version, I will add a new field for filepath only. Just be patient.

2 - $$ITEM_FILEPATH does not work because it is not a valid field. I need a list of ALL valid fields (especially the field of the full path of the film on the hard disk).

You can see all valid html tag in AMC Help or in HTML Template Editor.
If you want to use field URL, use this tag: $$ITEM_URL

3 - When I fix the size of thumbnails and close AMC, then in it's next opening it restores the default size !! How to fix this ?

I you talk about tumbnails in movie list, this problem has been fixed in last version 4.1.1 [BETA].
This this post to use this version: viewtopic.php?t=4844

Soulsnake.

Thank you soulsnake for the reply,

* For the thumbnails size, you are right, this problem has been fixed in last version 4.1.1 (the version i used was 4.0.1)

* I found the whole fields list in AMC's help (thanks)

BUT (for the link, I think I was not very clear):
I explain :

- when I spoke of the html template, I meant the right panel of the main
window of AMC (not the export feature) you know, you can change
this template by clicking the menu (Display--> Select Html).

- I tried all the available templates to find one that contains a link /
button to play the film directly but I have not found. So I try to modify
an existing one to add this but I have not found a suitable field (fullPath).

- when i use CTRL+M it opens a web navigator to site of the film (and
that's not what I want), and when i use CTRL+SHIFT+M it shows a
message error "the path C:\amc_full_4.1.1\http:\imdb.com\title
\tt0265208 does not exist or is not a directory". what i want is to play
the movie.

- i don't find the arrow you are talking about.

- when you saud "You can use URL field to store filepath" i don't know
what you are talking about (I am not an expert in the creation of
templates).

So please, can you add a button in the AMC's Toolbar to play the movie ? or simply give us a template containing the link (i found many templates in EAX Movie Catalog doing this but i can't use them in AMC)

thank you very much for reading and reply

Hi,

A field is the place where you store movie information such as original title, actors, ...
If you look at the right panel of main window (not in html display), you have all available fields.
In this panel, you have to put the good filepath of movie in field URL instead of website url (in your exemple website url is: http:\imdb.com\title\tt0265208 - the arrow is at the right side of this field ).
You can put the website url in field comments if you can to keep it.

When you will put the good filepath in field URL, you can use shorcuts as I give you to launch movie.
For now you open the website url and not the movie because the value in field URL is website url and not filepath.

If you want to see a button in toolbar to launch movie, you can add it:
Go in Preferences > Customize toolbar > Check URL in list.

Soulsnake.

You are a kind man, soulsnake

Now I added my link to my template (at the top) and when I click that link, it plays the movie directly, thank you

Now I see the little arrow (it contains a sub menu of 4 items the first one interest me.

I added the button to the toolbar but I must do click 2 times (the first one to display the sub menu, the second for selecting the command "Open URL").

Soulsnake, I have some suggestions (not a requests ):

1- Can you add in the next release of AMC a special field ($$ ITEM_FILEPATH) and add its button to the toolbar (only one click) (if possible of course). That way, we keep intact the URL field and the FilePath field is AUTOMATICALLY filled.

2- Add the possibility to group by folder containing the movies (some times we remember the folder more than the movie itself

3- Add the possibility to remove the film (to the recycle bin).

4- add a batch system to retrieve information from the internet for a lot of movies (if you do not want to stay long in front of our PC when the connection is weak)

5- when no thumbnail is selected in left panel then try to display a picture in right panel like in an empty thumbnail "No poster available" or simply an empty page with a SOFT color instead of white.

My problem is solved thanks to you, and you can forget my suggestions if you want.

THANKS again

Very perfect your post is! I just read articles of other's before, and this time I am pondering your words seriously. It is my appreciation to learn from you something.