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v5.5 New folder option for Actors

May 19, 2020

Adding Actors as folder option has been on our ideas list for a long time, but it was never implemented because of performance problems.
After all, on large collections, the list of actors can get HUGE.

But during the past few weeks, our mobile team has been working to improve the performance of the folder lists, including the recently introduced folder list search.

Soo… today we can finally introduce Actors as a folder option!
(BTW: the performance improvements we made will also make your other folders faster!)

New folder options for Actors

With this update, we’re introducing an Actors folder option:

IMPORTANT: for correct sorting of actor folders, you first need to use Update from Core on all your movies. Here’s how:

  • Go to your All Movies list.
  • Tap and hold on 1 movie to select it, then choose Select All on the top right.
  • Now tap the menu icon on the bottom right, then choose Update from Core.

Redesigned Select Folder Field screen

Through the years, the number of available folder fields has grown enormously, making the Select Folder Field screen a bit “unwieldy”. And with todays addition of yet another folder option, we decided to come up with a better solution.

That is why version 5.5 also includes a re-designed Select Folder Field screen, with all folder options nicely grouped under sensible headers, and the most popular options (Format, Director, Actor, Location, IMDb Rating) instantly accessible at the top (see screenshot above).

Faster Update from Core

The Update from Core feature has become essential in this update, so that you can retrieve the correct sort names for your Actors from Core and get nicely sorted Actor folder list.

However, on large collections the old Update from Core feature was quite slow, as it updated your movies one by one, that is doing separate requests to our server for each and every movie.

So for this 5.5 update, we also complete rewrote the Update from Core feature to do the updates in batches of 100 movies at a time, making it much much faster!

Fixed:

  • Sorting on Release Date could be off within the same year

Enjoy!


Recent changes

v9.5: New app icon to fit our new company name and logo Oct 12, 2024 v9.4: Several improvements and fixes Sep 27, 2024 v9.3.2 New “search for…” suggestions when adding movies by title Aug 07, 2024 v9.2: CLZ Movies is now free to use up to 100 movies May 31, 2024 v9.0: Improved Add by Title screen, Collection tabs and much more! Feb 02, 2024 v8.5: Easier access to Manage Pick Lists tool Oct 25, 2023 v8.4: Pre-fill screen: Orange highlights and a Clear button Oct 16, 2023 v8.3.1: New in-app getting started tips Sep 13, 2023 v8.2: New Sync button on main screen Sep 06, 2023 v8.1: Modify the Cast and Crew lists of your movie entries! Jul 20, 2023 v8.0: Use multiple folder levels May 17, 2023 v7.5: New report screen after Updating IMDb Ratings/Votes Jun 24, 2022 v7.4 New “Card View” May 11, 2022 v7.3: Back Cover images! Mar 29, 2022 v7.2: Progress Bars and Cancel buttons! Mar 13, 2022 v7.1: Improved Pre-fill screen: choose your own fields! Feb 14, 2022 v7.0: New features and lots of improvements Dec 02, 2021 v6.6.2: Main screen lists now fully support system font sizes Sep 28, 2021 v6.6 Submit to Core / New Select Mode and action menu Sep 23, 2021 v6.6 Submit to Core / New Select Mode and action menu Sep 22, 2021 v6.5: Six new features! Sep 09, 2021 v6.5: Six new features! Sep 09, 2021 v6.4 New look for movie list, cover view & movie details May 23, 2021 v6.4 New look for movie list, cover view & movie details May 23, 2021 v6.3: Automatic Audience Ratings from IMDb Mar 08, 2021

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