Using AddMediaFile properly

[tmiranda]

Gents,

I am using AddMediaFile(), AddShow() and SetMediaFileShow() to add .mpg files to the imported videos. I'm noticing something strange, when I go to MediaCenter->Videos and view by Folders the imported files show up at the root and the folder they are stored in is not shown at all.

I have an import directory defined as \\SERVER\Movies.
I am storing the new .mpg's in \\SERVER\Movies\NewFolder.

When I call AddMediaFile() I am passing it the file name and the folder name (NewFolder in my simple example.) Should I be using a null instead of the folder name?

What am I doing wrong?

Tom

[GKusnick]

Originally Posted by tmiranda

...I am passing it the file name and the folder name...

Without seeing your actual code, my guess is that these two arguments aren't quite right. The first should be a java.io.File (not just the String name of the file). The second should be a String that is a proper substring of the full path of the File.

So the File would be something like \\SERVER\Movies\NewFolder\MyFile.mpg (again, as a File, not a String), and the prefix would be "NewFolder".

Also be sure to check the result of the call to make sure it actually worked. If, for instance, the file is already in the database, then this call will have no effect.

[tmiranda]

Greg,

I am using a java.io.File and a string. I'm pretty sure it's working, the result is non-null and IsMediaFileObject() returns true.

Everything else about the MediaFile seems good. I use AddShow() and SetMediaFileAShow() and all of the data I populate appears when I select "View Video Detail" from the Media Center -> Videos menu. The only strange thing is that in the Folder view it appears at the root instead in the subdirectory where it actually exists.

I tried using null and "" for the second parameter and it made no difference at all. I'm really not sure what that parameter is supposed to do, for me it seems to do nothing at all

There is only 1 place in the default STV where this method is used and I think I'm using it the exact same way.

Tom