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post #601 of 939
11/12/11 at 7:04am
Sorry I'm not in front of my pc so I can't provide the exact file names or xml details but, if you open the template XML file, there is a section that determines what options are shown. All you need to do is set the top actors property to true (or yes; just match what is already there).
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post #602 of 939
11/13/11 at 11:58am
So i figured i would try Mymovies since i havent used it for a while. I downloaded the pr4.02. When i check the store metadata for dune i can choose a dune index location but when i click configure path nothing happens. Any ideas?
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post #603 of 939
11/13/11 at 8:28pm
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Originally Posted by Mizzer-d View Post

Sorry I'm not in front of my pc so I can't provide the exact file names or xml details but, if you open the template XML file, there is a section that determines what options are shown. All you need to do is set the top actors property to true (or yes; just match what is already there).

Thanks, I found it. However, the instructions in the xml are a bit confusing - it states that it only includes actors specified here. Does this mean I have to individually identify every actor I want included?

Update:

It looks like just setting the number of movies is enough to create a list of actors; however, setting it at 5 resulted in a list of 1,500 actors. Can someone post an example of what the xml entry area where actors are listed so that I can input it correctly as I think I'm just going to create a custom list with my favourite actors - 1,500 is just too many to sort through - perhaps I'll create a top 100 list.
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post #604 of 939
11/14/11 at 12:57am
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Originally Posted by bluewhale1 View Post

So i figured i would try Mymovies since i havent used it for a while. I downloaded the pr4.02. When i check the store metadata for dune i can choose a dune index location but when i click configure path nothing happens. Any ideas?

Are there some paths populated in the window just close to the "configure path" button ?

You should have your paths with a green or red check sign in this window. If it's empty you can't configure anything...
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post #605 of 939
11/14/11 at 6:40am
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Originally Posted by Mr Eric View Post


Are there some paths populated in the window just close to the "configure path" button ?

You should have your paths with a green or red check sign in this window. If it's empty you can't configure anything...

I remember having a similar problem up front. The reason for me was that I had done my initial folder setup incorrectly. In example, I pointed to the drive/folder directly (ie D://movies) instead of pointing to my share ( //servername/movies)
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post #606 of 939
11/15/11 at 1:27am
My ds1511 has a folder share called Video. Inside that folder are 3 folder
Dvd
HD
TV
(along with a yadis foler)

I click the dune index location first and have it set to \\\\DISKSTATION\\Video

When i then click Configure path nothing happens. I eve made a folder that said MyMovies and selected that but still nothing happens when i click the Configure path button
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post #607 of 939
11/15/11 at 1:44am
the "dune index location" is where your index will be built (and index is only the result of your collection)

To configure path you will first need to populate your collection with the correct paths.

Is your collection populated ? You can use the "import from folders" tool when you click on "new title" in Collection Management. Just import \\\\Diskstation\\video\\Dvd and the other folders you have (remember that every movie will need to be in its own folder with correct naming)
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post #608 of 939
11/15/11 at 4:17am
Thanks guys that worked. I forgot to add the movies first
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post #609 of 939
11/15/11 at 4:38am
it works better when you have movies to index
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post #610 of 939
12/22/11 at 1:12pm
I have been using Zappitti an am not really happy with it. I want to give My Movies a try. Unfortunately my movies are no in individual folders. I understand this is required. Does My Movies use name of the folder for getting the meta data? Is just using the name of the movie for the folder name the way to go? My files are ISO files if that matters. Thanks in advance.
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post #611 of 939
12/22/11 at 1:39pm
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Originally Posted by jkbs View Post

I have been using Zappitti an am not really happy with it. I want to give My Movies a try. Unfortunately my movies are no in individual folders. I understand this is required. Does My Movies use name of the folder for getting the meta data? Is just using the name of the movie for the folder name the way to go? My files are ISO files if that matters. Thanks in advance.

It uses the folder name to match the title to the MM database. It's a PITA at first if you have never placed your ISOs into individual folders but after you have done it it will be a lot better organized.

I was positive that someone had created a small little program that automatically put the movie files into folders with the same name as the movie.
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post #612 of 939
12/22/11 at 1:47pm
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Originally Posted by Killroy View Post

It uses the folder name to match the title to the MM database. It's a PITA at first if you have never placed your ISOs into individual folders but after you have done it it will be a lot better organized.

I was positive that someone had created a small little program that automatically put the movie files into folders with the same name as the movie.

Maybe this:

http://community.mediabrowser.tv/per...-media-browser
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post #613 of 939
12/22/11 at 5:55pm
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Originally Posted by dbone1026 View Post

Maybe this:

http://community.mediabrowser.tv/per...-media-browser

That would be the one. I used it when I first got my MyMovies index going ages ago.
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post #614 of 939
12/23/11 at 7:33am
Killroy and Dbone,

Thanks very much, that program did the job in about 60 seconds!
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post #615 of 939
12/23/11 at 10:00am
I have a few older DVDs that are two discs (Sides A&B). I ripped each disc as its own ISO. Should I put both ISOs in the same folder with the Movie Title? Is there a better way to handle this?

Thanks in Advance
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post #616 of 939
12/23/11 at 10:07am
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Originally Posted by jkbs View Post

I have a few older DVDs that are two discs (Sides A&B). I ripped each disc as its own ISO. Should I put both ISOs in the same folder with the Movie Title? Is there a better way to handle this?

Thanks in Advance

I put both of mine into the same folder and title one either "Avatar Disc 1" or "Avatar (Disc 1)". Both seem to work.
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post #617 of 939
12/24/11 at 8:47am
Kilroy,

Thanks for your help. I now have this program on my IPad and can launch movies on the Dune from there. I am really please with how it works. When I add new movies or tv discs, do I need to update the metadata for all the titles to the Dune, or is there a way to do it for just the added information?

Thanks in advance.
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post #618 of 939
12/24/11 at 9:30am
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Originally Posted by jkbs View Post

Kilroy,

Thanks for your help. I now have this program on my IPad and can launch movies on the Dune from there. I am really please with how it works. When I add new movies or tv discs, do I need to update the metadata for all the titles to the Dune, or is there a way to do it for just the added information?

Thanks in advance.

If you are talking about updating just the iPad app then you need to relaunch the app when you add/change/edit your movies. By re-launching you will need to close the app from the taskbar by "click-holding" until the app shakes and closing it out.

When you re-launch the app it will ask you if you want to update your collection. Hit yes and it will add/change/edit your collection to the latest changes.

Now, if you are talking about the MyMovies index that you store for the TV GUI then this will be done in real-time every time you add/change/edit your collection. You only need to update the entire index when you start noticing major problems with with disappearing icons (but I believe that this problem is now gone with the latest 4.02 update as I have not seen it since I updated).
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post #619 of 939
12/24/11 at 9:59am
Kilroy

Thanks again for all your help
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post #620 of 939
1/3/12 at 12:10am
I've searched through this thread and a few other forums but I simply don't have a strong enough grasp about how this works to get any further. I'm hoping someone here can fill in a couple of gaps.

I currently have two D1s in my network, and I just ordered a third. They are distributed throughout the house in the theater, living room, and bedroom. All have local storage for the MM index, because I have over 1000 titles spread out over 10+ drives in my Windows server. Browsing the MM index over the network is simply too slow.

I have read everything I can find on setting up rsync, and I have successfully loaded Scott Johnson's rsync .dsf installer onto one of my D1s. I set up Delta Copy on my server, and I did my best to configure it. However, there aren't sufficient details in Scott's Wiki for someone as clueless as I am to properly configure the rest. My goal is relatively simple. I want MM to create and maintain an index located on my server. I want to use a program (like rsync, or anything really) to keep the local storage on all three D1's up to date with changes on the server's MM index. That's it. Can anyone who is successfully doing this help me out? Thanks for everyone's help up to this point. This thread and the "anticipation" thread are the reasons that I have been able to get this thing working well enough to want to order another, and another!
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post #621 of 939
1/3/12 at 1:25am
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Originally Posted by travis h View Post

I've searched through this thread and a few other forums but I simply don't have a strong enough grasp about how this works to get any further. I'm hoping someone here can fill in a couple of gaps.

I currently have two D1s in my network, and I just ordered a third. They are distributed throughout the house in the theater, living room, and bedroom. All have local storage for the MM index, because I have over 1000 titles spread out over 10+ drives in my Windows server. Browsing the MM index over the network is simply too slow.

I have read everything I can find on setting up rsync, and I have successfully loaded Scott Johnson's rsync .dsf installer onto one of my D1s. I set up Delta Copy on my server, and I did my best to configure it. However, there aren't sufficient details in Scott's Wiki for someone as clueless as I am to properly configure the rest. My goal is relatively simple. I want MM to create and maintain an index located on my server. I want to use a program (like rsync, or anything really) to keep the local storage on all three D1's up to date with changes on the server's MM index. That's it. Can anyone who is successfully doing this help me out? Thanks for everyone's help up to this point. This thread and the "anticipation" thread are the reasons that I have been able to get this thing working well enough to want to order another, and another!

I use a windows program called 'Allway Sync' http://allwaysync.com/?a=1 I have set up a job to do a one way sync to the Dune's at the same time and it works well. I paid for a license in the end as my usage exceeded the 'reasonable use' limits of the free version and I like the product.

*(I only did this after the last firmware update slowed down the browsing of the index. Prior to that I was quite happy with the speed across the lan with 1700 titles.)
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post #622 of 939
1/4/12 at 1:13pm
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Originally Posted by btiltman View Post


I use a windows program called 'Allway Sync' http://allwaysync.com/?a=1 I have set up a job to do a one way sync to the Dune's at the same time and it works well. I paid for a license in the end as my usage exceeded the 'reasonable use' limits of the free version and I like the product.

*(I only did this after the last firmware update slowed down the browsing of the index. Prior to that I was quite happy with the speed across the lan with 1700 titles.)

Okay, I'll check that one out too, thanks. Does it update/rewrite all information, or does it just push the changes? I seem to remember that being a benefit of rsync, especially if I move from SD cards to SSD's.
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post #623 of 939
1/5/12 at 12:40am
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Originally Posted by travis h View Post

Okay, I'll check that one out too, thanks. Does it update/rewrite all information, or does it just push the changes? I seem to remember that being a benefit of rsync, especially if I move from SD cards to SSD's.

Just the changes..... and does both my dunes at the same time.

Obviously if you delete any or all of the target folder trees it will recreate them
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post #624 of 939
1/5/12 at 7:52am
I had Zappiti working well for a long time, then I started having serious issues with it, so I have switched to My Movies. I really like it and coughed up the $50 for backdrops. I then downloaded Mr. Eric's template number 5, which is great by the way. Now however, I'm having issues getting the backdrops I want. It seems that all editing has to be done through "edit titles online." This is simple and easy if there is something you like, but there are a few movies where there are no backdrops, or only fanart (I'm not a fan of the fanart, I like screenshots). So, I then attempt to upload a 1920 x 1080 screenshot, and I get a message telling me that the limit for screenshots for this title has been reached and that if I try to upload it as artwork my account will be closed. This would be fine if there were actually three screenshots for the title, but I am constantly getting this message on titles with less than three screenshots. Is this a bug? Is there a way around this that does not violate the rules?

I've tried to edit the backdrops without the website by saving the image as fanart in the movie's folder on my nas, and then replacing the numbered photo in the mymovies backdrop folder with that same image, but it just changes back to the highest rated photo on the website.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.
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post #625 of 939
1/5/12 at 8:19am
I've seen your post on the official forum, and it reminded me that I had the exact same problem some time ago when I tried to upload some fanarts. The webservice told me that my proposition was against the rules, while it was obvious that it was not (tried to upload a screenshot on a movie where there was only an artwork ). I should have posted right away to their forum with some examples, but never did it

I think this is a bug in their system.

I think also that you can use a personal backdrop without using the online edition. You just need to put a fanart.jpg inside the movie folder. never tried it, don't know if it really works.

PS : thanks for using my template
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post #626 of 939
1/5/12 at 8:49am
Thanks Mr. Eric. I tried to bypass the online edition and have come up empty. I saved the image as a .jpg, put it in the movie's foler on my NAS, entitled it "fanart" and replaced the my movies automatically generated fanart.jpg in the movie's folder. I then went to the backdrops directory in the my movies application data where my movies stores all the backdrops with unique numbers. I replaced that jpg file with the image I just save in the movie's folder and used the same unique number. I turned off automatic updates. My movies just turned it back to the one on the website when I tried to update the title with new info. It's very frustrating because if I could get the backdrops I want, this program would be the perfect solution.
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post #627 of 939
1/5/12 at 8:59am
may be you can cheat a bit ?

try to change the resolution of your fanart to 3840x2160, save it in the folder. Go to options in CM, media center interface, then the backdrop part and set the priority to "image resolution". May be it will do the trick ?

i don't think that you need to change anything in the internal MM folders. But might be that you need to run a full update of your index to take into account your personnal fanart.jpg.
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post #628 of 939
1/5/12 at 9:15am
Thanks again, I will try the image resolution trick and see if that works. At first, I just tried changing the jpg's in the movies folders and running the full update, and that didn't work. Then I saw the backdrops folder in the application data, and noticed that they matched the .jpg's in the movies folders, so thought I should change those. That didn't work. Then I tried changing both, and that didn't work. I ran full updates after each attempt. Hopefully your image resolution trick will work.

I would be willing to pay a couple more bucks to upload my own background. Wish that was a feature.

Thanks again.
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post #629 of 939
1/5/12 at 9:33am
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Just the changes..... and does both my dunes at the same time.

Obviously if you delete any or all of the target folder trees it will recreate them

Great, I'll give it a try. Does anything need to be installed on the Dune, or can I just set the program up on the server and point it to the Dune? I ask only because if there is nothing to install directly into the Dune, I should be able to set it up remotely from work today.
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post #630 of 939
1/5/12 at 11:51am
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Originally Posted by travis h View Post

I have read everything I can find on setting up rsync, and I have successfully loaded Scott Johnson's rsync .dsf installer onto one of my D1s. I set up Delta Copy on my server, and I did my best to configure it. However, there aren't sufficient details in Scott's Wiki for someone as clueless as I am to properly configure the rest. My goal is relatively simple. I want MM to create and maintain an index located on my server. I want to use a program (like rsync, or anything really) to keep the local storage on all three D1's up to date with changes on the server's MM index. That's it. Can anyone who is successfully doing this help me out? Thanks for everyone's help up to this point. This thread and the "anticipation" thread are the reasons that I have been able to get this thing working well enough to want to order another, and another!

I haven't used DeltaCopy myself but from their online instructions I would guess that you need to run DeltaCopy Client on your Windows box. Create a profile and add the MyMovies index directory as the files/folders to copy. For server name use the IP of your Dune. For Virtual Directory, use the name of the Dune storage (same as you see when you FTP to the Dune).

This assumes your Dune storage is used only for the index and nothing else.

It appears that DeltaCopy is pretty limited in what it can do versus the full rsync. Do you have to set up a schedule for when it runs, versus running on demand? It's not clear from their website.

You could also install Cygwin+Rsync on Windows and use the command-line rsync.

But, Allway Sync (which uses FTP) might be sufficient for your needs, and is probably easier to set up. I know WinSCP (free) can also do sync over FTP but it's probably not as automated as Allway Sync.
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