Problem using dynamic menu to filter video screen

[Tiki]

I'm running the latest release of SageTV (6.4.8) and SageMC (6.3.8a).
I have set-up the dynamic menus with two menu items that take me to the Video Library screen.

One looks like:

                <internalScreenMenuItem icon="C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\STVs\SageTV3\SageMCE\Themes\nBlue\MenuIcons\videos.png" screen="Video Library Folder View" title="Video Config">
                    <evalExpression> </evalExpression>
                </internalScreenMenuItem>

I put this one inside of the "My Menu" sub menu and added a PIN code to it. This works fine and after entering the correct PIN I can see all of my videos and browse them by Genre or File System, or whatever.

The other looks like:

        <internalScreenMenuItem icon="C:\Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\STVs\SageTV3\SageMCE\Themes\nBlue\MenuIcons\videos.png" screen="Video Library Folder View" title="Videos">
            <evalExpression>AddStaticContext("PathFilterExprs", new_java_util_ArrayList())</evalExpression>
            <evalExpression>java_util_List_add(PathFilterExprs, "G:\\Imported Videos\\")</evalExpression>
            <evalExpression>AddStaticContext("PathFilterExcludes", true)</evalExpression>
        </internalScreenMenuItem>

I put this one with the filter on my main menu. The filter should hide anything in the "G:\Imported Videos" folder and its subfolders.

It mostly works, except when I go to the "Genre" view. In the Genre view, I see a Genre folder for each genre that is in use by the videos in my collection (but not the genres from the filtered directory). This is as it should be. The problem is the genre folders are all empty. The only videos that are visible are the ones in the "Unassigned" genre folder (which happen to be home movies for which I did not assign a genre). The other views (such as File System) seem to work correctly.

I have tried re-starting Sage and re-scanning my imports library, but so far nothing. Any ideas on what could be causing this or what else I could try?

[Tiki]

has nobody else seen this before?

[wjones]

Originally Posted by Tiki

has nobody else seen this before?

Hi Tiki,

Yes, I see the same thing, I added a similar filter system, breaking down my DVD collection into groups (Series, Movies & family videos).. now the Genre view does not work.. I see all films in other views (e.g. file system etc).. and I can see all the films have a genre assigned.

Did you ever manage to resolve this?

Thx

[Tiki]

No, I didn't. But I haven't tried in a while - I gave up on SageMC some time ago andwent back to the default Sage STV.

[kolakowj]

I split my collection into folders for Movies vs TV Series vs Stage productions (stand-up and concerts).
Created filtered menu to choose: Movies vs TV Series vs Stage productions. Now Genre folders are empty for each submenu.
Everything else is great.
I use BMT to get Fanart and genre.

[MrFusion]

I have the same issue with empty Genre folders.

Fixed it by not using Genre view...
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