I've used "Alias files" as a convenient title, but as I may be barking up a red herring, I'll describe what I want to achieve.
I have a large number of movies files mainly in the formats .avi .mp4 and .m4v. They are stored on an external USB drive and all play on my HDR-FOX T2.
The Humax allows me to view/sort them in various ways of which alphabetical is usually the most suitable for my purpose.
I have grouped some of the files by creating folders named by Director and moving individual files into them. Ideally, I would prefer to be able to create folders with playable links to the original files within them without having had to move or copy those files there.
For example: I would like to have a "Billy Wilder" folder with links to "The Fortune Cookie" and "Stalag 17" and others but without moving or copying those actual files to that folder.
I realise that I could partly achieve groupings similar to the folders by prefacing the original files as for example "Billy Wilder's Stalag 17", but that is unsatisfactory in other ways.
On a Mac I can do what I want by by attaching the USB drive, creating the folders then creating alias files for the individual titles (files) and placing these in the folders. I can then play the original files by using VLC to open the alias files from within the folders.
I can't seem to find a way of making this work directly on the Humax. It won't even show the alias files if I leave them labeled as, for instance, "Stalag 17.avi alias" (which is how they show on my Mac) and if I rename to just "Stalag 17.avi" it results in the "cannot support file format" message.
Any suggestions as to how to achieve my goal?
I have a large number of movies files mainly in the formats .avi .mp4 and .m4v. They are stored on an external USB drive and all play on my HDR-FOX T2.
The Humax allows me to view/sort them in various ways of which alphabetical is usually the most suitable for my purpose.
I have grouped some of the files by creating folders named by Director and moving individual files into them. Ideally, I would prefer to be able to create folders with playable links to the original files within them without having had to move or copy those files there.
For example: I would like to have a "Billy Wilder" folder with links to "The Fortune Cookie" and "Stalag 17" and others but without moving or copying those actual files to that folder.
I realise that I could partly achieve groupings similar to the folders by prefacing the original files as for example "Billy Wilder's Stalag 17", but that is unsatisfactory in other ways.
On a Mac I can do what I want by by attaching the USB drive, creating the folders then creating alias files for the individual titles (files) and placing these in the folders. I can then play the original files by using VLC to open the alias files from within the folders.
I can't seem to find a way of making this work directly on the Humax. It won't even show the alias files if I leave them labeled as, for instance, "Stalag 17.avi alias" (which is how they show on my Mac) and if I rename to just "Stalag 17.avi" it results in the "cannot support file format" message.
Any suggestions as to how to achieve my goal?