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You can add (http://www.anidb.net/pics/anidb_file_addmylist.gif) such generic files to your mylist just like regular files, but they have a new property, "type", which also illustrates their use:
You can add (http://www.anidb.net/pics/anidb_file_addmylist.gif) such generic files to your mylist just like regular files, but they have a new property, "type", which also illustrates their use:


:http://www.anidb.net/pics/anidb_filestate_other.gif ''' other''' <small>(For everything not covered by the other types)</small><br>
:http://www.anidb.net/pics/anidb_filestate_selfripped.gif ''' self ripped''' <small>(A copy from some other medium; use this type instead of adding new file-entries nobody else would have a use for.)</small><br>
:http://www.anidb.net/pics/anidb_filestate_selfripped.gif ''' self ripped''' <small>(A copy from some other medium; use this type instead of adding new file-entries nobody else would have a use for.)</small><br>
:http://www.anidb.net/pics/anidb_filestate_ondvd.gif''' on dvd'''<br>
:http://www.anidb.net/pics/anidb_filestate_ondvd.gif''' on dvd'''<br>
:http://www.anidb.net/pics/anidb_filestate_onvhs.gif''' on vhs'''<br>
:http://www.anidb.net/pics/anidb_filestate_onvhs.gif''' on vhs'''<br>
:http://www.anidb.net/pics/anidb_filestate_ontv.gif''' on tv''' <small>(You watched it on TV; note that you regardlessly have to mark the generic file "watched")</small><br>
:http://www.anidb.net/pics/anidb_filestate_ontv.gif''' on tv''' <small>(You watched it on TV. Note: you have to manually mark it as ''watched'' for the system to know you have seen it.)</small><br>
:http://www.anidb.net/pics/anidb_filestate_theater.gif ''' theater''' <small>(You watched it in cinema; again, you have to manually mark the generic file "watched")</small><br>
:http://www.anidb.net/pics/anidb_filestate_theater.gif ''' theater''' <small>(You watched it in a cinema. Note: you have to manually mark it as ''watched'' for the system to know you have seen it.)</small><br>
:http://www.anidb.net/pics/anidb_comment.gif''' filler ep''' <small>(Since a long time, files that contain more than one episode cause mylist-filters and other functions to not work properly. Generic files should be used as a workaround for this.) </small><br>
:http://www.anidb.net/pics/anidb_comment.gif''' filler ep''' <small>(Files that contain more than one episode can only be listed under a single episode. The workaround for this is to use a generic file for the episode where the file is not listed so the episode will show up in mylist.) </small><br>
:http://www.anidb.net/pics/anidb_filestate_other.gif ''' other''' <small>(For everything not covered by the other types)</small><br>


If there's any additional info about this episode you want to preserve, just enter it in the comment-field.)
If there's any additional info about this episode you want to preserve, just enter it in the comment-field.


==How can I set the type for many generic files at once?==
==How can I set the type for many generic files at once?==
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