Step 1: Tag concepts
Tags are stored against content in several ways. They can simply be detected through paths and titles, for example a folder called “Riley Reid” or a filename starting or containing “Riley Reid”. They can be coded in the title i.e. (DP,Anal,BJ), or they can be kept purely within Pornspective as metadata. I recommend though you try to do as much through paths, titles and coded tags as this means your underlying files contain all this information in the name and benefit other apps you might use to browse your collection. Alternatively if you really don’t want Pornspective to change the names of your files then you can specify this when choosing locations to scan (more about that later though).
Step 2: View, Edit and Create Tags
To view, edit and create Tags, click the ACTIONS menu and then choose Edit Tags, or simply hit Ctrl+T. Here you’ll be presented with a list of tags filtered by category (top left drop down). Choose a tag to edit, let’s start with People type tags.
Step 3: Tag Basics
The Edit Tag screen will give you plenty of flexibility in terms of how you want to specify and search for the tag. Starting with the basics, each Tag must have a Name and be placed in a Group i.e. People, Studios, etc. This will determine what additional features are available against the Tag. Unless you wish to code People or Studios (not recommended) then the Code should simply be the same as the Title. If you check Show in Chooser then the person will show in the People Chooser available on the main screen, it is recommended this is checked for either for all people or at least your favourites.
- Search Tokens
This is the list on the right hand side and is ideal for aliases, or other stage names or even different ways to mean the same thing. i.e. Riley Reid might have “Riley Reed” or other AKAs. Anal might have AssFuck as an example. It is really important though to not add common texts to search token as it will mean unwanted Tags. For example don’t just have “Riley” as there are many actresses called Riley. Be careful of this when importing tags from plugins as they’ll likely have aliases that are common and should be removed. - Search Code
This looks for the code specified in Code which appears between brackets in the title. For example (BJ, Anal, DP). Codes should be kept short. It is not recommended checking this for People or Studios. - Search Title
This will search the filename for occurrences of the Tag Name or any Search Tokens. - Strip Title
This is not used often but can remove the Tag Name from the title of the content (doesn’t rename the file, simply removes it so that Pornspective doesn’t show it). The reason for this is you may have prefixed all files with “Riley Reid” as part of your organising and now that it’s got Riley Reid as a Tag you don’t need it to appear in the Title. - Search Path
Similar to Search Title, this will search the entire path (folders) for occurrences of the Tag Name or any Search Tokens. - Search Metadata
For some content, i.e. metadata such as keywords, synopsis are available. This option will check metadata for occurrences of the Tag Name or any Search Tokens.
