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 Posted: 24/09/2008 10:33:59 Post subject: Videophile II - Terminologie used |
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Videophile II - Terminologie used
Most of the definitions (not to say all) are taken right out of the written document.
The definitions "may change / may be completed" in time as Videophile II is still in development phase.
However reading and understanding these definitions can make "understanding and using Videophile II" much easier.
- Files and Segments
- File(s) :
A file is just that, a file located on a hard disk or other storage device.
In the case of a Videophile Library, the file is also a multimedia file, typically with file extensions such as (but not limited to) AVI, DIVX, MPG, or WMV.
- Segment(s) :
A Segment is conceptually the same as a File, the only difference being that a Segment is defined as being only a part of the File and not the entire File.
To illustrate this, if we were to play a file we could reasonably expect it to start from the beginning and play til the end. If, however, we were to play a Segment we would only be playing back a part of a File, for example the closing credits of a movie.
For the purpose of this document, the terms File and Segment are interchangeable, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
- Tags
Tags are the labels that you attach to a File in order to describe its content.
The file ‘Pulp Fiction.AVI’, for instance, might be tagged ‘Tarantino’ (a Tag in the ‘Directors’ Tag Category), ‘Travolta’ (from the ‘Actors’ Tag Category’) and ‘Movie’, amongst other things.
- Tag Categories
Tag Categories represent a collection of related but mutually exclusive Tags, usually arranged in a hierarchy.
A Tag Category represents the top-most level of that hierarchy, i.e. all Tags within the hierarchy belong in that Tag Category.
A group of related tags that, typically, represent mutually exclusive values for one attribute of a files content.
- Links
Links represent relationships between Tags that exist in different Tag Categories.
When creating a Link, you are effectively ‘tagging a tag’.
See the section ‘Linking Tags’ for more information on this powerful feature.
- Views
Views represent a dynamic way of viewing Files in the File Browser that meet a defined criteria.
They are essentially saved searches, implemented as automated sequences of dragging and dropping.
See the section ‘Creating Views’ for more information.
- Folders
Folders serve no purpose other than to contain Tags or other Library Objects. It is not necessary to use Folders when building a Library but you may find that they are useful if, for example, a Tag Category contains an unmanageable number of items at a particular level in a hierarchy. For example, a list of people’s names could be very large and it might be convenient to group them in folders called ‘A-D’, ‘E-H’, etc..
- Special Items
There are several other items that always appear in a Library and these cannot be removed or altered. They are:
- Untagged Items
This Library object is a special non(!)-Tag that allows you to locate all Files that have yet to be tagged.
- Unplayable Items
This Library object serves as a reference to all the Files that the internal Videophile Media Player has not been able to open or playback. Files are automatically tagged ‘Unplayable’ at the time a problem is identified.
- Saved Views
- Saved PLaylists
- Saved Searches
- Explicit Tag
Any Tag that exists on a File or a Segment is an Explicit Tag
- Implicit Tag
An Implicit Tag is a tag that exists on another Tag by inference. For example, a Segment has to exist within a file and therefore a Tag on the Segment is also a Tag on the file. Also, in the case of a Tag Link, the Tag that is linked-to will serve to Implicitly tag the files possessing the tag that is linked-from.
- Tag Link
A link from one Tag to another for the purpose of Implicitly Tagging a File or Segment.
- Browser History
The term "Browser History" is now used to refer to the Full History of Views created during a VideoPhile II session. See here : Videophile II - Browser History explained
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Videophile II - Browser History explained
Functions related to the File browser and File browser history :
- 'Go back' (F4)
- 'Go Forward' (F6)
- 'Refresh' (F5)
Whenever you perform an 'Open' (i.e. dragging-and-dropping a Tag without CTRL, SHIFT, or ALT keys pressed as well) you are actually creating a 'View'.
The subsequent sequence of drag-and-drop operations you perform on top of that (i.e. Appending, Filtering In/Out with CTRL, ALT, SHIFT keys) also form a part of that View.
All of this is displayed in the combo-box on the toolbar that shows you the sequence of drag and drop operations that comprise the View. (You are probably also aware of the capability to save this 'View')
The F4 and F6 function keys let you navigate through your Views.
For example:
- View 1: Open 'Football'
Filter To 'Manchester United'
Filter To 'Goal'
- View 2: Open 'Golf'
- View 3: Open 'Boxing'
Filter Out 'Lightweight'
If you were looking at "View 2" and pressed F4 the Browser would display the result of the entire sequence that comprises "View 1".
F6 would take you in the opposite direction and behaves the same....
Notes:
- Views exist and are remembered by Videophile II (for the life of the session only) regardless of whether or not they have been saved as a View by the user.
- Views are automatically refreshed as you cycle through them.
- Views provide a complete Browsing History for a session in Videophile.....
- New Views are always added to the end of the History:
To illustrate this,
If you had pressed F4 in order to go back to "View 2" and then begun to create View 4, pressing F4 would take you (backwards from "View 4") to "View 3.
This keeps the series of Views in the chronological order in which they were created.
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