MediaBrowser

[DemonSeed]

I just wanted to show the world the best Media Center Plugin I have found!


This is MediaBrowser
AND IT'S FREE .................

It can do it all and much, much more!
Sort out Giant Library's over multiple HDD's or even PC's
Find cover and backdrop's with no help.
It has the best UI I've ever seen.
I'm going to shut up and let the videos talk for me! Check it out!

Related links: Media Center- Setup Movie Library by Orbital Shark.

If your looking for some custom icons to dress up your Media Browser be sure to check out my icons thread!




It's Game Time in Media Browser!! A plugin for MB

 

[damoh]

rep for you mate, thats awsome doesnt take long to sort out either, was looking for something for windows that had the same effect as plex for mac. Looks good, thanks

 

[DemonSeed]

No problem
I know you'll love it just as I do.
If you or any one else needs any help with setting up the plugin
I am more than glad to help!

 

[Blongs]

I can't seem to get it installed. I only get to set configuration but no way to start application. I have build 7077 of windows 7. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[damoh]

I can't seem to get it installed. I only get to set configuration but no way to start application. I have build 7077 of windows 7. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Start Media configurator, set your folders etc... start media centre, go to extras select media browser, there you go

 

[Blongs]

Start Media configurator, set your folders etc... start media centre, go to extras select media browser, there you go

Thanks for clarifying. I did that and the program will not find my pictures or music. Tried adding several folders and also tried clearing cache and letting program rescan for media. Still shows nothing when I click on music or pictures.

 

[Orbital Shark]

OMG!! This plugin is awesome!! It even has images for movies that have just come out in the cinema

Also, +rep duly given

 

[DemonSeed]

Thanks for clarifying. I did that and the program will not find my pictures or music. Tried adding several folders and also tried clearing cache and letting program rescan for media. Still shows nothing when I click on music or pictures.

Yea as of now it does not support Pictures or music.
I know
It sucks But I have herd rumors that they are adding support for both.

To get a launcher on MC Home Page go to the Program Library and right click on the Media Browser and set to main strip.

 

[zay]

While using the configuration for MB is good, if you have movies in more than one folder, then it shows multiple folders in MB. If you want to show one folder in MB, do this:
Before installing MB, create notepad file and save it with a .vf extension (not .vf.txt). Create it in your users\videos folder
Put this in it:
folder: C:\AVI movies 1\
folder: G:\AVI movies 2\
folder: G:\DVD's\
You can edit this to suit your needs.
When you install MB, it will look for that and set it up for you.
If you already installed MB, then go to your program data\media Browser\start up folder, and put the .vf file there.
If you want to launch MC to go straight to MB create a shortcut on your desktop with the following entry:
%systemroot%\ehome\ehshell.exe /entrypoint:{ce32c570-4bec-4aeb-ad1d-cf47b91de0b2}\{fc9abccc-36cb-47ac-8bab-03e8ef5f6f22}
Don't worry, it automatically assigns the MC icon to it. Once you double click it, it will automatically go to MB.
If you have trailers in a folder somewhere on your computer
create a XML file in the same movie folder so it points to the trailer folder. Put this in the .xml file
<Title>
<LocalTrailer>
<URL>C:\Users\Public\Videos\HD Movies\Bangkok Dangerous\trailer.mov</URL>
<Type>1</Type>
</LocalTrailer>
</Title>
MAKE SURE TO NAME IT MYMOVIES.XML
edit it to your likeness by changing the url information to point to where your trailer movies are located.

 

[damoh]

While using the configuration for MB is good, if you have movies in more than one folder, then it shows multiple folders in MB. If you want to show one folder in MB, do this:
Before installing MB, create notepad file and save it with a .vf extension (not .vf.txt). Create it in your users\videos folder
Put this in it:
folder: C:\AVI movies 1\
folder: G:\AVI movies 2\
folder: G:\DVD's\
You can edit this to suit your needs.
When you install MB, it will look for that and set it up for you.
If you already installed MB, then go to your program data\media Browser\start up folder, and put the .vf file there.
If you want to launch MC to go straight to MB create a shortcut on your desktop with the following entry:
%systemroot%\ehome\ehshell.exe /entrypoint:{ce32c570-4bec-4aeb-ad1d-cf47b91de0b2}\{fc9abccc-36cb-47ac-8bab-03e8ef5f6f22}
Don't worry, it automatically assigns the MC icon to it. Once you double click it, it will automatically go to MB.
If you have trailers in a folder somewhere on your computer
create a XML file in the same movie folder so it points to the trailer folder. Put this in the .xml file
<Title>
<LocalTrailer>
<URL>C:\Users\Public\Videos\HD Movies\Bangkok Dangerous\trailer.mov</URL>
<Type>1</Type>
</LocalTrailer>
</Title>
MAKE SURE TO NAME IT MYMOVIES.XML
edit it to your likeness by changing the url information to point to where your trailer movies are located.

Nice one thanks mate. Also to topic starter, how do you get your background images on? I am assuming they are custom in the first shot?

 

[zay]

Are you referring to the image of the folder when you first open MB? If that is what you are referring to, you can do it two ways.
1. Launch the media browser config tool, then on the left pane, highlight your folder, then when it shows up on the right pane, click the button to change the image. Browse to where you have a picture, and select it.
2. Copy and paste or type this: image: d:\movies\folder.jpg
in the .vf folder you created. (make sure the picture is there.)
Edit to suit your needs.

 

[zay]

Merge the attached reg file to allow taking ownership of any file of folder by just right clicking it.

 

[zay]

I know some of you probably have a ton of movies in one folder, but remember MB needs each movie to be in its own folder. Yeah you have the headache of sitting there creating 500 folders with names to match your 500 movies......so you thought. Extract the zip file to the folder that has all your movies. Double click the batch file, sit back and watch your 500 movies get put into 500 folders with matching names.

 

[damoh]

thanks mate

 

[Orbital Shark]

I (used to LOL) have a rather large collection of movies, but i've only got a few now. I've got them all stored in the same folder & it's working fine. The only thing is TV series, is there a specific format with which the filenames/folders have to be called?

 

[Mark]

Great add on thank you DemonSeed, it's nice the way it adds the movie covers and descriptions.



It even does it for all my Heroes episodes and renamed them as well.

 

[DemonSeed]

There is an easer way!

And to see a backdrop in the starting window go to
Program Data/Media Browser/Startup Folder and add your jpg then name it backdrop.jpg

 

[zay]

I (used to LOL) have a rather large collection of movies, but i've only got a few now. I've got them all stored in the same folder & it's working fine. The only thing is TV series, is there a specific format with which the filenames/folders have to be called?

In the case of tv shows, the files need to be grouped in a season folder inside the shows main folder:
Suggested Directory Structure for TV Shows
D:\TV Shows\My TV Show\Season 1\
101-Episode 1.avi
102-Episode 2.avi
D:\TV Shows\My Tv Show\Season2\
201-Epispode 1.avi
202- Episode 2.avi

 

[zay]

Oh I forgot to mention that the file in the archive uploaded earlier is hidden. Change your folder options to show hidden, so you can see it. Then change the attribute of the file to unhidden for further use.
I attached 2 text files. After saving the show_hidden_files.txt. change it to show_hidden_files.vbs<<< use it to toggle between showing or not showing hidden files. Saves you the headache from launching folder options.
The second file, file2folder.txt, convert that to a batch file to move files to folders, and automatically give it the name of the file that it is moved to the folder.

 

[zay]

I (used to LOL) have a rather large collection of movies, but i've only got a few now. I've got them all stored in the same folder & it's working fine. The only thing is TV series, is there a specific format with which the filenames/folders have to be called?

Wait!!!! Are you saying that MB is working fine with more than one movie in the same folder? Is it displaying the art for each movie in the folder?