- string ext = path.extension().string ();
- transform (ext.begin(), ext.end(), ext.begin(), ::tolower);
-
- if (valid_image_file (path)) {
- content.reset (new ImageContent (film, path));
- } else if (SndfileContent::valid_file (path)) {
- content.reset (new SndfileContent (film, path));
- } else if (ext == ".srt") {
- content.reset (new SubRipContent (film, path));
- } else if (ext == ".xml") {
- content.reset (new DCPSubtitleContent (film, path));
+ if (boost::filesystem::is_directory (path)) {
+
+ LOG_GENERAL ("Look in directory %1", path);
+
+ if (boost::filesystem::is_empty (path)) {
+ return shared_ptr<Content> ();
+ }
+
+ /* Guess if this is a DCP or a set of images: read the first ten filenames and if they
+ are all valid image files we assume it is a set of images.
+ */
+
+ bool is_dcp = false;
+ int read = 0;
+ for (boost::filesystem::directory_iterator i(path); i != boost::filesystem::directory_iterator() && read < 10; ++i) {
+
+ LOG_GENERAL ("Checking file %1", i->path());
+
+ if (boost::starts_with (i->path().leaf().string(), ".")) {
+ /* We ignore hidden files */
+ LOG_GENERAL ("Ignored %1 (starts with .)", i->path());
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if (!boost::filesystem::is_regular_file(i->path())) {
+ /* Ignore things which aren't files (probably directories) */
+ LOG_GENERAL ("Ignored %1 (not a regular file)", i->path());
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if (!valid_image_file (i->path())) {
+ /* We have a normal file which isn't an image; assume we are looking
+ at a DCP.
+ */
+ LOG_GENERAL ("It's a DCP because of %1", i->path());
+ is_dcp = true;
+ }
+
+ ++read;
+ }
+
+ if (is_dcp) {
+ content.reset (new DCPContent (film, path));
+ } else {
+ content.reset (new ImageContent (film, path));
+ }
+