Hi guys,
I'm happy to report that we've improved the category system in MCE! Please see this post in the Announcement forum for details:
"MCE categories improved"
http://www.icetv.com.au/iceforum/index.php?topic=560Technical details for the fellow geek-minded:
Categories have always been a problem for us in MCE because of the two-level system they use. Our database (like most PVRs other than MCE) uses a one-level system for categories, so a program can be marked as being in the categories "Movie", "Children", and "Animated". The trick is getting those one-level categories converted into the two-level categories that MCE uses, such as "Movie/Children", "Movie/Animated", and "Children/Animated". This new system we're releasing seems to work pretty well at figuring out how to make the conversions for the MCE guide, but I'll be honest and say it's not entirely perfect. One problem is with programs marked with a single category. While we can convert the single category "News" to MCE's top-level "News" category, other single categories such as "Drama" and "Action" only appear under other top-level categories such as "Movie/Drama" or "Children/Action". They don't appear as a top-level category of their own. To deal with this problem, we've created a new top-level category called "Other", that contains all other categories below it ("Other/Action", "Other/Adventure", "Other/Drama", etc.). So if you're doing a search by category, start with the appropriate top-level category such as "Movie", "Children", etc. If you don't find what you're looking for, you might try the "Other" category as well. As I said, not perfect, but hopefully it's a step in the right direction and the new system will help you find what you're looking for.
Thanks!
Russell