Possible to have the videos use shortcuts?

[shumardw]

I am still pretty new to GameEx, but from what I have seen it is an amzing program. What I am trying to do is get the video player to play shortcuts as well as the standard avi files. I have all my videos in separate catagories like, comedy, action, etc. That works great if you want to only put the video in one catagory. But lets say you have a science fiction video that might also be good in a action catagory, a link to the original file would take much less space than another copy of the same video file. I am trying to do something like the different catagories in the music section. I did try to search the site and FAQs for any help before posting, I hope I didn't miss anything. Thanks in advance for any help.

[bkenobi]

That wouldn't be a problem in Linux since it has a good linking system. Unfortunately, Windows link files SUCK! I don't think there's any way to do this. It sounds like you are trying to use subfolders which is a problem from the start. I don't think videos or games can be in subfolders. I think it's ok with music, but the others just don't work.

[headkaze]

I think your looking for something called hard links. Check out this Link Shell Extension.

[shumardw]

Thank you for your input. This Hardlinks might do the trick. Hopefully when I go into the multimedia and video menu after doing this the Hardlinks will show up in the list. I will try this tonight. Maybe in the future GameEx can have something that allows things to show up in differnt genere, or classes. I love the way Mame separates into different lists by year, alpha, vector, fighting etc. I will try the Hardlinks when I get home tonight and post the results. Thanks again for your help.

[bkenobi]

SWEEEEEEET!!!!! I didn't know that could be done!

I haven't read the docs on the Linux/Unix ln command recently. How does LSE compare? I see there are around half a dozen ways to implement a link via LSE, but I'm not yet clear on which one to use on a typical implementation. Guess I'll just have to play around and see how it works.

Thanks!

[shumardw]

Just wanted to say thanks again to Headkaze for your info. After messing around with it for a few days now, I feel that it is exactly what I needed. Its nice to know that people with vast knowledge of GameEx are willing to help others.