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post #3781 of 4018
6/7/12 at 12:21pm
Media Browser displays excessively long movie plot descriptions. I use Media Center Master to download all of my backgrounds and movie xml files. When I open up an xml file for one of my movies, I notice that there are several different portions of the file that could be used by Media Browser, to display a plot description. In the xml file, the 'Description' and the 'Synopsis' are excessively long. It seems like Media Browser is using either the Description or Synopsis. I don't want it to use either of these. I would prefer it to use the 'Outline' or 'Short Description' from the xml file. Is there any way to change which of these Media Browser uses?
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post #3782 of 4018
6/7/12 at 12:23pm
Media Browser "Atlas" has been release to the wild. Head on over to the Community Tracker and download it.

Xzener
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post #3783 of 4018
6/7/12 at 1:17pm
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Originally Posted by xzener View Post

Media Browser "Atlas" has been release to the wild. Head on over to the Community Tracker and download it.
Xzener

And I can finally use TMT5 after a year cool.gif
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post #3784 of 4018
6/7/12 at 2:03pm
ARGH! No more Chocolate?!?!?!
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post #3785 of 4018
6/7/12 at 2:13pm
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Originally Posted by Reiter View Post

ARGH! No more Chocolate?!?!?!

What? Is the Chocolate Theme no longer supported?
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post #3786 of 4018
6/7/12 at 2:15pm
Doesn't look like it.
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post #3787 of 4018
6/7/12 at 5:22pm
I am using Chocolate. Updating my guides right now.
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post #3788 of 4018
6/7/12 at 6:19pm
Yeah, looks like they marked it as available. Earlier it was listed as unavailable with 2.6.
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post #3789 of 4018
6/7/12 at 7:03pm
I have added a section to my guides (for those that use them) on using the internal Media Browser scraper.

Enjoy.

http://assassinhtpcblog.com/?page_id=177#guide102
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post #3790 of 4018
6/8/12 at 8:19am
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Originally Posted by jhoff80 View Post

Like mentioned in my original post, the problem is that those alternate titles find other movies or nothing at all.

I did a little experiment with Face Off:

Created a new blank folder with a blank VIDEO_TS folder inside it.
I renamed the new folder as Face Off (1997) and let Media Browser scrap the data. And it worked, MB found the correct meta-data for the movie.

Try it and see if it works for you. If it does then simply delete the VIDEO_TS folder and move your current movie file inside the new Face Off folder.

Good Luck!
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post #3791 of 4018
6/8/12 at 10:20am
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Originally Posted by Mopar_Mudder View Post

And I can finally use TMT5 after a year cool.gif

+100
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post #3792 of 4018
6/8/12 at 7:49pm
Anybody using this yet? Does MB now support returning to the point you left off (in MPC-HC)?
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post #3793 of 4018
6/9/12 at 12:00am
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Originally Posted by Sammy2 View Post

Anybody using this yet? Does MB now support returning to the point you left off (in MPC-HC)?
Yes it does and very effectively too.
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post #3794 of 4018
6/9/12 at 6:35pm
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Originally Posted by hirent View Post

I did a little experiment with Face Off:
Created a new blank folder with a blank VIDEO_TS folder inside it.
I renamed the new folder as Face Off (1997) and let Media Browser scrap the data. And it worked, MB found the correct meta-data for the movie.
Try it and see if it works for you. If it does then simply delete the VIDEO_TS folder and move your current movie file inside the new Face Off folder.
Good Luck!

Yeah, it worked correctly for me as well with this name, but only in Atlas.
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post #3795 of 4018
6/10/12 at 7:32am
I have never had a problem launching TMT5 from MB. I use the MCE version of TMT5.
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post #3796 of 4018
6/10/12 at 8:15am
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Originally Posted by Sammy2 View Post

Anybody using this yet? Does MB now support returning to the point you left off (in MPC-HC)?

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Originally Posted by steelman1991 View Post

Yes it does and very effectively too.

The resume function is awesome!
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post #3797 of 4018
6/10/12 at 1:20pm
id like to try the update today.

whats the best way to go about it? do i download on top of the current version and just run the set up or should i uninstall my current version? will i need to redo my settings?
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post #3798 of 4018
6/10/12 at 1:37pm
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Originally Posted by pittsoccer33 View Post

id like to try the update today.
whats the best way to go about it? do i download on top of the current version and just run the set up or should i uninstall my current version? will i need to redo my settings?

It was easy. A little time consuming and I'm not sure I did it right, but what worked for me was to just download and install over the 2.5.3(?). The I cleared all the metadata from my files that media center master put in and after I configured the new internal metadata scraper I just let 2.6 do it's thing...
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post #3799 of 4018
6/10/12 at 2:16pm
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Originally Posted by pittsoccer33 View Post

id like to try the update today.
whats the best way to go about it? do i download on top of the current version and just run the set up or should i uninstall my current version? will i need to redo my settings?

Just download and overwrite - no need to re-scrape metadata with internal fetcher if you already have it and use MCM - unless of course you want to - just seems a waste of time.
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post #3800 of 4018
6/10/12 at 2:23pm
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Originally Posted by BudgetHT View Post

It was easy. A little time consuming and I'm not sure I did it right, but what worked for me was to just download and install over the 2.5.3(?). The I cleared all the metadata from my files that media center master put in and after I configured the new internal metadata scraper I just let 2.6 do it's thing...

No need for it to be any more time consuming than downloading and overwriting - no need to clear and re-scrape metadata. The information you had in place from MCM was perfectly good. In fact, having tested the internal scraper I would suggest that anyone considering using MB continue to use, or start using MCM. In my experience metascraping is still flaky using internal scrapers, particularly with TV Series.

Otherwise its a terrific release (especially the enhancements to external players - resume playback particularly). The whole experience now seems more rounded and professional than previous versions. Very snappy too. Certainly the equal to or better than both XBMC and Media Portal. Well done everyone concerned.
Edited by steelman1991 - 6/10/12 at 3:11pm
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post #3801 of 4018
6/11/12 at 7:10pm
2.6 with the chocolate theme is not showing subtitles when playing .mkv files which include subtitles. When I right click the screen with an .mkv file playing it does not show the MPC-HC menu. I am not getting a PowerDVD 11 menu. I am really getting more of a windows media center menu at the bottom of the screen but I did not think 7MC played .mkv files. So, I am not sure what program is playing the .mkv and I need some advice on how to turn on subtitles. I used the diamond theme with previous versions of media browser.
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post #3802 of 4018
6/11/12 at 8:16pm
I have made MPC-HC an external player. Media Browser 2.6 now uses MPC-HC and I can get subtitles. If anyone knows if the internal media browser2.6 player will show subtitles, please post your configuration.
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post #3803 of 4018
6/12/12 at 6:36am
Media Browser has no player at all. If you don't define one is is passed off to the Windows Media Center player
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post #3804 of 4018
6/12/12 at 10:26am
Media Browser 2.6 Atlas release notes highlights say:
Highlights:
•True searching with an on-screen keyboard has been added at all levels. The search screen is produced with ctl-s or the yellow button on your remote or via a search button in the theme
•Box sets are now a recognized type and can have their metadata downloaded by the internal internet providers. To designate a folder as a box set simply include “[BoxSet]” in the folder name.
•Playback has been completely revamped for both the internal and external players. Media Browser now has built-in support for MPC-HC, TMT5 and VLC2 offering position tracking and resume support
•External players can now be setup by both media type and video format (standard or 3D)
•A “Play All From Here” context menu has been added for episodes
•A number of defects with the internal player have been resolved
•The internal metadata providers have been improved in both their ability and speed. You can now have them save a local copy of all metadata and images which can greatly reduce the amount of time required for subsequent refreshes.
•If you use the internal tmdb provider, it can automatically download actor images
•Problems starting the service and configurator when MB is not installed in the default location have been solved
•Many, many more features and bug fixes.

Clearly, I did not understand what they meant by internal players by which they must mean 7MC. Further, I did not know 7MC plays .mkv files without the Shark007 codec pack.

I appreciate that 2.6 will play .mkv files and it does so quickly and smoothly. However, it is a limited player in that it does not currently allow subtitles to be selected for viewing. I suspect others will want capabilities the internal player does not have yet.
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post #3805 of 4018
6/12/12 at 11:21am
Yellow button for the OS Keyboard Searching. Awesome. I'll be trying that out tonignt.

The resume feature works great. I've been using it for several days now.
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post #3806 of 4018
6/12/12 at 12:10pm
I have a problem with 2.6. I am now getting a problem where all my movies (other than the deeply nested ones) are causing a pop up error message saying something like "this is a movie and not a folder, it should be a folder". All of my movies are in their own folders. The only ones not giving me the error are ones inside an additional folder. For example:

O:\Shooter\Shooter.ISO - ERROR
O:\SciFi\Aeon Flux\Aeon.ISO - NO ERROR

I had to roll back to using 2.5
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post #3807 of 4018
6/12/12 at 12:17pm
I thought I saw somebody else report this too but I haven't had any issues (yet). I hope I don't either.
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post #3808 of 4018
6/12/12 at 1:30pm
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Originally Posted by Postmoderndesign View Post

Media Browser 2.6 Atlas release notes highlights say:
Highlights:
•True searching with an on-screen keyboard has been added at all levels. The search screen is produced with ctl-s or the yellow button on your remote or via a search button in the theme
•Box sets are now a recognized type and can have their metadata downloaded by the internal internet providers. To designate a folder as a box set simply include “[BoxSet]” in the folder name.
•Playback has been completely revamped for both the internal and external players. Media Browser now has built-in support for MPC-HC, TMT5 and VLC2 offering position tracking and resume support
•External players can now be setup by both media type and video format (standard or 3D)
•A “Play All From Here” context menu has been added for episodes
•A number of defects with the internal player have been resolved
•The internal metadata providers have been improved in both their ability and speed. You can now have them save a local copy of all metadata and images which can greatly reduce the amount of time required for subsequent refreshes.
•If you use the internal tmdb provider, it can automatically download actor images
•Problems starting the service and configurator when MB is not installed in the default location have been solved
•Many, many more features and bug fixes.
Clearly, I did not understand what they meant by internal players by which they must mean 7MC. Further, I did not know 7MC plays .mkv files without the Shark007 codec pack.
I appreciate that 2.6 will play .mkv files and it does so quickly and smoothly. However, it is a limited player in that it does not currently allow subtitles to be selected for viewing. I suspect others will want capabilities the internal player does not have yet.

Yes it is not worded very well when they do that. But anytime it says "internal player" they mean the WMC Player, MB has no player.

As for WMC playing MKV I can't help, I try and stay as far away from them files as possible...
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post #3809 of 4018
6/12/12 at 1:43pm
Why would you do that?
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post #3810 of 4018
6/13/12 at 1:27pm
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Originally Posted by Sammy2 View Post

Yellow button for the OS Keyboard Searching. Awesome. I'll be trying that out tonignt.
The resume feature works great. I've been using it for several days now.

Okay, I pushed the yellow button on my Harmony 900 and nothing. I don't think it is mapped in the H900 right now. Do I need to map it to MCE ==> Yellow in the Harmony software?
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