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--- managing_movies [2016/06/23 00:50]
admin [Movie playlists]
+++ managing_movies [2016/07/05 04:04] (current)
admin [Naming your movie video files]
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 ====== Managing your collection of movies ======
-Mezzmo lets you add your collection of movies and stream them to your devices and web browsers.  You can organize your movie collection how you you like - for example, a 1:1 representation of your folders, or organized by attributes such as Genre, Year, Actor, Movie Set, etc.
+Mezzmo lets you add your collection of movies and stream them to your devices and web browsers.  You can organize your movie collection how you like - for example, a 1:1 representation of your folders, or organized by attributes such as Genre, Year, Actor, Movie Set, etc.
 All popular video formats are supported.  Formats that are not compatible with your devices or web browsers are automatically transcoded.
 All popular subtitles are supported - including external subtitles, embedded subtitles and burning subtitles.
+===== Naming your movie video files =====
+Mezzmo can pick up the name and year of your movies if you follow Mezzmo's supported file naming styles.  See [[Supported_Filenames|Supported file name styles]].
 ===== Movie metadata and artwork =====
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 You can easily extend the number of playlists for your movie collection by creating your own smart playlists and active playlists in your Mezzmo library.
+**Tip:** When a video is detected to be a movie, then the **Category** attribute for the video is set to **Movie**.  You can use this Category value when creating smart playlists and active playlists.
 ===== Movie sets =====