Usage ‐ SLM ‐ Selecting from Search Results - babsonnexus/stream-link-manager-for-channels GitHub Wiki

No matter if the list of programs to potentially bookmark came from Search Results, checking New & Updated on your services, or using the Feed & Auto-Mapping functionality, the activities to take from there are exactly the same.

At first, up to one hundred potential selections are available. As you scroll downward, more (if in the list) will be loaded in. However, you can also narrow things down using the filters available at the top of the page.

By entering values in these fields, the results can be trimmed significantly.

Activities are only run against the items visible on the page. After reviewing what is available, the core three actions for those items can be made against whatever remains.

First, Set Status is the watched/unwatched condition. Leaving it checked is the equivalent of "unwatched", which means a Stream Link/File could potentially be generated for it. "Watched" items are skipped during the generation process, so consider that use carefully. If done with a TV Show, all episodes will be marked in whatever way you select, although there are quick tools to adjust this in edit mode.

Next are the Labels, which are only available for Movies and TV Shows. Video Groups are assigned their labels on the edit page.

Users can select none, one, or many labels, adding and removing as they see fit for their specific unique situation.

Finally there is the Select Action itself, which varies greatly depending on the object type (Movie, TV Show, Video, or Video Channel). If left on None, no actions will be taken against that item and it will be ignored during processing. However, all the object types have the option of Hide to make sure the item never shows up in search results again. Otherwise, the differing choices are presented. For instance, a Movie will look like this:

Aside from 'Hide`, a Movie could be bookmarked, have its metadata imported, have its Stream Link generated, be edited, or some combination thereof. The idea is that you should be able to do almost all basic actions without having to go through any additional menus. TV Shows are quite similar:

In addition to what can be done with a Movie, you can also choose Disable Get New Episodes. This is particularly important with older shows so that SLM does not continually try to find additional episodes that are never coming. Further, if you choose to import metadata but do not disable getting new episodes, then the Bookmark Action will be set to get metadata for all new episodes.

Videos are more unique in that you can add them to existing video groups or create a new one.

It is also possible to add multiple videos to the same new video group by selecting Same New Video Group (Playlist). When you create a new video group, you are immediately thrust into its edit page. It is at this point you can assign labels.

Aside from Videos, Video Channels also have their own specific selection options.

In this case, you can even add them to a Provider Group.

Once all your selections are made, you can then click Execute Visible. Again, this will only run actions against what is visible on the page and if you have selected any other action besides None.

You also have the option to automatically do the "Hide" function against the "None" selections by pressing the + Hide 'None' Action button instead.

This will do everything Execute Visible does, except it changes "None" to "Hide".

As noted above, one of the options is to edit the programs in more detail. What can be done there is discussed in totality on its own page.

Of course, there is always the option to do nothing with what it is visible and just click Clear Results to return to the main menu.