MediaBrowser

[zay]

You beat me to it Demon. We also need more info on how you have things setup so we can know how to address the issue. Do you see folders in the MB config tool? Are your movie folders named EXACTLY like the movie?

 

[stomper]

Hey, Tnx for the speedy reply.

Yes, everything is as its suppose to be, set-up has been done correctly and media providers are turned on.
Plug-in for downloading metadata is also downloaded and installed.

Still nothing.

I also checked that the tick is made in MC setting for automatic download of media info.

Looking back at all this it "should" work but for some reason it doesn't.

Do you recommend an reinstallation and set-up?

Tnx

 

[Bonez]

Have you tried a 3rd party app to see if it will download the required metadata and then shows in mediabrowser?

Also a silly question but you are trying to view your TV shows via the plug in and not the movie or videos buttons on MC?

 

[zay]

Hey Stomper, what do you see here : c:\programdata\mediabrowser\startup?
Also can I get a screenshot of your settings in MB config tool? Please layout your folder structure. A few posts back I put a link to a .vf file, download it and edit it to suit your needs, and see if that helps.

 

[lionking]

Hi Zay

Thank you for the script. Will let u know how it goes as soon as i try it

Thanks

 

[stomper]

Sory for the late reply, been away for weekend.

@Bones and Zay : Thanks for the advice but I got a bit fedup so I unstalled media browser and did everything over, File2Folder setup ect.

So after a few hour of playing around it finally started to work, another thing I realized was that media browser must be open for the metadate to be downloaded, is this normal?

I don't no what I did wrong in the beginning but I'm amped no that it works, REALLY AWESOME.
It even downloads info for every episode sepperatly

So any other tricks you know about relating to media centre?

Last question, I saw there's a question earlier in the thread were it was ask if it's possible to click on a episode of a TV series and when its's done the next episode will automatically start. Any luck with that, because that is the only anoying thing I came accross so far, esspecially if some of the episodes are only 20min long

Are there any solutions which can be added to ones provided so far and that'll work with Media Browser?

Thanks All

 

[zay]

The new themes of MB will play your series either randomly, unwatched, or play all. I use the chocolate theme, and when I go to one of my tv series folders, and I hit play button for the main folder for the series, MB then asks if I want either play all, play random, or play unwatched from the series. I chose my option, then press Ok, and voila. YAMMM also creates playlists for your tv series as well. If you don't want to use MB for that, then you can add your tv series to the videos library in MCE, and then play from there as a playlist.

 

[stomper]

Thanks zay, will try that, only problem.....where do I get the choclate theme, I googled it but all was in vain.

Can you supply a download link for it please.

Thanks

 

[zay]

Do you have the latest version of MB, the latest comes with the themes in it. Open the MB config tool, click on plugins you should see all the themes in there. If they are not, click the more plugins button, and then you see a slew of plugins for you to choose from. Select the ones you want, then click install. once all your themes have been installed, click on the display tab, and select the one you want to use in the Theme Settings section, then click save. NOTE: You can also choose your theme from within MB as well.

 

[stomper]

Thanks zay, will give it a bash, rep is on its way.

Tnx

 

[Bonez]

Stomper, Glad you got your MB working at last, as zay has already covered at themes and plug-ins I'll only suggest getting a meta scrapper like media centre master, meta-browser or yamm. these 2rd party apps will save you downloading meta data via media-browser each time you enter it they ofc are totally optional and one which might suit one person might not suit another.

 

[zay]

I second what Bonez has said. As for meta scrapers, my fav is MCM as it offers so many options. The way it manages the trailer downloads, it downloads torrents, and so many more. YAMMM on the other hand is great as well because it runs in the background as a service so you don't have to actually run it for it download the metadata. For those of us that download torrents, MCM can automatically rename, move your downloads to your movie collection folder that MB monitors. I use both meta scrapers.

 

[stomper]

hey zay, I installed the chocolate theme but I can't get the option to play all the contents either in order or in random mode, to be honest, don't get any pop up options to pick from.

Are there any settings I need to set up in order to play all the episodes of a particular season one after the other?

Thanks

 

[Twotinners]

Desperate !!

I really need some help here. I tried following Demon's advice and going over to the MediaBrowser site, but I can never log in there. It seems as if all the forums are closed and I can't log in even after resetting my password.... SO... I'm reposting my earlier question with the hope that someone can answer it.

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One interesting thing I discovered after looking at my file structure is that my standard DVDs rip to a more shallow file/folder structure that my BluRays.

DVD Example: g:\movies\tranformers2\Video_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB = plays fine in MC

BD Example 1: g:\movies\transformer1\BDMV\Stream\00004.m2ts = Error in MC

BD Example 2: g:\ movies\transformer1\00004.m2ts = plays fine in MC


While it may seem that my problem is solved by just moving my .m2ts files up a couple of levels in the folder structure, if I have more than one m2ts files (chapters) in the folder, it wants to treat each one as a seperate movie.

I DO have the nested folders option turned on but it doesn't seem to make a difference. So.... it doesn't seem to be an external player issue for the blue ray m2ts files but a nested folder issue.

I have to be doing something wrong because the whole set up worked fine 2 days ago.

Signed - Stumped and Dumbfounded !!

 

[DemonSeed]

hey zay, I installed the chocolate theme but I can't get the option to play all the contents either in order or in random mode, to be honest, don't get any pop up options to pick from.

Are there any settings I need to set up in order to play all the episodes of a particular season one after the other?

Thanks

Zay wasent very clear on how to pull up that menu.

To access the Play All, Play Random, Play Unwatched popup, you just highlight the Show Folder and press play or Ctrl-P. That will bring up the menu. Don't enter the folder or the menu will not popup.

 

[DemonSeed]

Twotinners This is the site you need to be going to. Media Browser Community Tracker

The old forum has all but been closed down.

If you continue to have troubles I will copy your question and post it there and link it back here for you.

 

[Twotinners]

Twotinners This is the site you need to be going to. Media Browser Community Tracker

The old forum has all but been closed down.

If you continue to have troubles I will copy your question and post it there and link it back here for you.

Same thing. I can't get in.

 

[DemonSeed]

OK DO me a favor and repost your question here, as if you where posting it there. Seeing as you will be unable to respond to the post I make for you, it need to have any and every bit of usable info they may need to help you. SO wright a book if you need to, but make sure you rpovide all the info those guys might need to help. That way I'm not playing forum tag to get your responses posted. Thanks.

 

[Twotinners]

I just signedup for anew account. My other account must be corrupt or something.

I really am computer literate !!!!

 

[DemonSeed]

OK Cool let me know if there is anything else you need.