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Windows 7: Media Center- Setup Movie Library
Media Center- Setup Movie Library How to Setup a Media Center Movie Library in Windows 7
Published 26 May 2009
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Featured Tutorial | | | How to Setup a Media Center Movie Library in Windows 7
 Information This tutorial will show how to manage your movie library in Media Center, including poster images & full synopsis information.  Note Windows Media Center is not available in Windows 7 Starter and Windows 7 Home Basic editions.
Examples: With & without poster information.
 
Before you start:
NOTE: Special thanks to DemonSeed for the file2folder batch file.1. Click on the Download button below to download the file2folder.zip file and extract the file2folder.bat file to the drive containing your movie files (e.g. G:\MOVIES). Run the file which will create directories based on the movie file name (e.g. Babylon A.D.avi will have the directory Babylon A.D created) and the movie file moved to the directory.
2. Search for & download a file for the movie you would like as a poster and save it in the movie folder and name it folder.jpg. Do this for each movie.
 Warning I would advise at least 2GB of memory as due to the size of the folder.jpg files there is a lot of memory used. You could (like me) resize all folder.jpg files to a width of 300 pixels & maintain aspect ratio.
Here's How:1. Run Media Center and navigate to Movies
2. Open movie library, you should notice no movies shown
3. Right-Click within the inner (empty area) and select Manage Library, you will be shown the 'Add folders' wizard. Select 'Add folders to the library' and click next
4. Select the location where your drive with the videos is stored, and click on next.
5. Navigate to the folder where your videos are stored (e.g. G:\MOVIES), and click next.
6. On the final screen select 'Yes, use these locations' and click finish
Now your folder is added, Media Center will show the Video folders (with posters if you downloaded an image file for each movie).
Note If you wish to include metadata you will need to download Yammm. The meta data will download the DVDID.XML file which will allow for Media Center to download full synopsis information for each movie
Recommended Yammm settings
 
 Note These setting will automatically rename folders/files, download folder.jpg & DVDID.XML files for Media Center to read from.
Update
The Yammm application has been updated to include Image Resizing
This will allow Media Center to use less memory when rendering folder images.
 Tip It's recommended that you use a setting of 92 Quality & 300x420 medium size as this will greatly reduce the amount of memory used by 7MC when viewing a large movie library
Update 2: More Synopsis
I thought i'd include an example of how the DVDID.XML file works.
1, Full synopsis information
2, Similar Movies shown, with posters
3, Click the similar movie to get full details of that movie
4, Cast & Crew information
5, Click on a name to see a fimography (film list) relating to that actor/director
Enjoy
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02 Jun 2009
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Update added to last section of the turtorial
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Compaq Desktop
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU AMD Sempron Dual Core
Memory 3GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Screen Resolution 1024x768
Hard Drives 150GB Sata
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Killer tutorial man, you get a rep from me  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Multirama PC Expert [Bulgaria]
OS Windows 7 Home Premium [64-Bit]
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33 GHz
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-G31M-S2C
Memory 4094 MB DDR2
Graphics Card SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6970 (2 GB VRAM)
Sound Card Realtek ALC883 @ Intel 82801GB ICH7 - High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster BX2235 [21.5" LCD with LED Backlight]
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard A4 Tech X7 G800 (Gaming Keyboard)
Mouse Razer Lachesis (4000 DPI, Blue Version)
PSU Cooler Master GX750 - 750W
Case Multirama (Black / 2010 Revision)
Cooling Stock + Cooler Master
Hard Drives Hitachi HDT721075SLA360 - 750 GB
Internet Speed Spectrum Net "Start" [15 Mbps]
Other Info Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch S (Graphics Design Tablet)
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04 Jun 2009
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Second update, showing examples of data pulled directly off the net (images might not show, click them to view) | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Compaq Desktop
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU AMD Sempron Dual Core
Memory 3GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Screen Resolution 1024x768
Hard Drives 150GB Sata
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05 Jun 2009
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Nice tutorial Shark! Thanks for the pointers. I didnt know there was a DVDID.xml that MC could read. Cool Thanks | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built Rig BY ME "My Baby"
OS 7 Ultimate x64
CPU AMD Athlon 64X2 4600+ 2.51Ghz
Motherboard ASUS M2N-E SLI
Memory 6GB DDR2 900 Kingston
Graphics Card 2x BFG Nvidia 9600 GT-OC
Sound Card SoundBlaster XF-I
Monitor(s) Displays 19"acer, 22"acer, 19"acer, 48" HITACHI HDTV
Screen Resolution 1400x900, 1680x1050, 1400x900, 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech (Bluetooth)
Mouse Logitech (Bluetooth)
PSU BFG 800 Watt SLI Power Supply
Case Game Master
Cooling Thermotake
Hard Drives Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 320 Sata (Primary)
Western Digital 500GB IDE
Western Digital 500GB IDE
Western Digital 300GB IDE
Maxter 720 Sata (USB)
Internet Speed Turbo Cable
Other Info ATI 650HD TV Tuner X2,
Samsung (Light scribe) DVD-R,
Sony (Dual Layer) DVD-R
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05 Jun 2009
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Thanks 
Even with the extremely small file sizes of the DVDID.XML files MC still downloads all the info it requires. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Compaq Desktop
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU AMD Sempron Dual Core
Memory 3GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Screen Resolution 1024x768
Hard Drives 150GB Sata
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05 Jun 2009
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awesome thanks for this iv been wondering how to do this | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number TripOG - Kwamathon
OS windows 7 X64
CPU amd phenom II x4 940
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-UD4H
Memory 8GB
Graphics Card integrated radeon hd3300
Sound Card Realtek ALC889A
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VH222H
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Hard Drives PQI DK9320GD3R000A03
Internet Speed 30Mbps down / 2Mbps up
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05 Jun 2009
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Thanks TripOG, you're welcome | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Compaq Desktop
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU AMD Sempron Dual Core
Memory 3GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Screen Resolution 1024x768
Hard Drives 150GB Sata
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06 Jun 2009
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Nice tut, +rep to you. 
P.S: Again lol  EDIT: Lol, it says I gotta spread around rep before giving it to you again. Well I'll give you rep some time later. 
Last edited by The Cool Guy; 06 Jun 2009 at 01:19 AM..
Reason: on the post
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x32
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53 Ghz
Motherboard Intel Desktop Board DG31PR
Memory 2GB Transcend DDR2 PC2-5300 (333 Mhz)
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
Sound Card Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 540N
Screen Resolution 1024x768
Keyboard Microsoft Intelli Pro Wireless Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft Intelli Pro Wireless Optical Mouse
Case iBall Engine-X
Hard Drives 250 GB Seagate HDD, 500 GB Seagate HDD
Internet Speed 2 Mb/sDownload Speed, 512 Kb/s Upload Speed
Other Info Have a laptop too (With Windows 7 Ultimate x64).
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06 Jun 2009
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Thanks The Cool Guy | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Compaq Desktop
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU AMD Sempron Dual Core
Memory 3GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Screen Resolution 1024x768
Hard Drives 150GB Sata
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