Vista Tutorial - The Best Video Plugin Ever!!

**DemonSeed** · 04-30-2009

Not sure why that is happening. It should not do that.

**Footloose** · 04-30-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by DemonSeed

Not sure why that is happening. It should not do that.

The problem with my mouse pointer only occurs in the Max screen mode. I googled this and found it is a known problem. Thanks for you help.

**DemonSeed** · 04-30-2009

Try this and see if it wont fix your mouse prob
The Maxifer
It just runs in the taskbar and with a Rt Click will make MC full screen

It should keep the courser on top full time so just move off screen when you dont need it

**Footloose** · 04-30-2009

I appreciate you help but Maxifer just made my mouse pointer problem worst. With it my pointer display will disappear in all modes of media center. thank for help.

**farout** · 04-30-2009

farout i plan on investing on a media centre for all my videos. etc. look very useful and tidey for alot of stuff. farout

**DemonSeed** · 05-01-2009

I have just finished giving my covers a new look what do y'all think?

NEW LOOK

OLD LOOK

I found a tutorial on how to do this (auto Batch file)on the Media Browser forum here
Media Browser BBS • View topic - Stark like covers in Coverflow if any one would like to do theirs as well.

**DemonSeed** · 05-07-2009

I have found a way to add a Trailer Feature to Media Browser.

In order for this to work You will need to have all your movies in there own folder and a mymovies.xml inside. If you don't already here is a BatchFile you can place in your movie folder and run. It will put every movie it a folder named after the movie.
I use This Tool to add all of the metadata and backdrops and covers to all of my movies. It will save everything it can find to each movie folder automatically in a mymovies.xml doc.
It will work for Movies or TV Shows. After you have a mymovies.xml in all of your folders you can edit them to your harts delight. And create any info or picture you want to see for each movie.

Here is How to add the trailer button:
First Go and download HD Movie Trailer Downloader
It can scan your library and add trailers to all of the movies it finds matches to automatically.

Now go in to all the movie folders that have a trailer in them and edit your mymovies.xml

Your going to want to scroll down to the bottom of the xml
and and remove </Title>

Code:

    </Person>
  </Persons>
  <Studios />
  <Covers>
    <Front>folder.jpg</Front>
    <Back />
  </Covers>
</Title>

And Add

Code:

  <LocalTrailer>
  <URL>J:\Wanted\trailer.mov</URL>
  <Type>1</Type>
  </LocalTrailer>
</Title>

Then SAVE

So it will look like this

Code:

  </Persons>
  <Studios />
  <Covers>
    <Front>folder.jpg</Front>
    <Back />
  </Covers>
  <LocalTrailer>
  <URL>J:\Vantage Point\trailer.mov</URL>
  <Type>1</Type>
  </LocalTrailer>
</Title>

And then run Media Browser and you will find a new button!

But the best part is when you play the trailer it plays in the preview window only!
At least in the Vanilla Theme.

Petty Cool Right?!!

OK here is were I would love some help from someone out there that can right a script.
A script that can find the newly added trailers and add the info to the xml automatically.

ANYONE UP TO THE TASK?

Later All,
DemonSeed

**Orbital Shark** · 05-07-2009

You d' man! That's so cool

**DemonSeed** · 05-07-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by DemonSeed

OK here is were I would love some help from someone out there that can right a script.
A script that can find the newly added trailers and add the info to the xml automatically.

ANYONE UP TO THE TASK?

Later All,
DemonSeed

I messed it on another thread but pureMG has already done what I was asking for!
Yeaaaa!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by pureMG

Hey guys.
I wrote a little Program in C# which takes care of the xml editing needed to implement trailers.
Basically it checks every sub-folder of a given path for mymovies.xml and inserts the Trailer Tags.
The Program will only edit your XML file if a trailer.mov is found. Obviously all trailers need to be called trailer.mov and be placed inside the Movie folder.

You can start the Program directly from inside your collection directly or you can supply a working path when you execute it.

Here's the link:
http://www.lasergunspewpew.de/trailerxml.rar

BTW:
It worked perfect for me but I hacked this together in like 10mins and it's just supposed to be a temporary solution until this gets properly implemented in MediaBrowser.

I just ran the app pureMG wrote and it seem to work pretty good.

Later All,
DemonSeed

P.S.
Now if any one knows of a better way to get the trailers please let me know.
The one I show is good but it still left a lot of my movies in the dark.
I'm sure if we put our heads together we can come up with a way for almost all of our movies to have trailers.

**DemonSeed** · 05-08-2009

A Must See
Upcoming features for Media Browser

04-30-2009	#21 (permalink)
DemonSeed Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Bata) & Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Sp2 & Windows XP Professional x32 Sp3 99 posts	Re: The Best Video Plugin Ever!! Not sure why that is happening. It should not do that.
My System Specs

04-30-2009	#22 (permalink)
Footloose Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Vista Ultimate 32bit 9 posts	Re: The Best Video Plugin Ever!! Quote: Originally Posted by DemonSeed Not sure why that is happening. It should not do that. The problem with my mouse pointer only occurs in the Max screen mode. I googled this and found it is a known problem. Thanks for you help.
My System Specs

04-30-2009	#23 (permalink)
DemonSeed Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Bata) & Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Sp2 & Windows XP Professional x32 Sp3 99 posts	Re: The Best Video Plugin Ever!! Try this and see if it wont fix your mouse prob The Maxifer It just runs in the taskbar and with a Rt Click will make MC full screen It should keep the courser on top full time so just move off screen when you dont need it
My System Specs

04-30-2009	#24 (permalink)
Footloose Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Vista Ultimate 32bit 9 posts	Re: The Best Video Plugin Ever!! I appreciate you help but Maxifer just made my mouse pointer problem worst. With it my pointer display will disappear in all modes of media center. thank for help.
My System Specs

04-30-2009	#25 (permalink)
farout Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 home premium 32 bit. 14 posts	Re: The Best Video Plugin Ever!! farout i plan on investing on a media centre for all my videos. etc. look very useful and tidey for alot of stuff. farout
My System Specs

05-01-2009	#26 (permalink)
DemonSeed Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Bata) & Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Sp2 & Windows XP Professional x32 Sp3 99 posts	Re: The Best Video Plugin Ever!! I have just finished giving my covers a new look what do y'all think? NEW LOOK OLD LOOK I found a tutorial on how to do this (auto Batch file)on the Media Browser forum here Media Browser BBS • View topic - Stark like covers in Coverflow if any one would like to do theirs as well.
My System Specs

05-07-2009	#27 (permalink)
DemonSeed Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Bata) & Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Sp2 & Windows XP Professional x32 Sp3 99 posts	Re: The Best Video Plugin Ever!! I have found a way to add a Trailer Feature to Media Browser. In order for this to work You will need to have all your movies in there own folder and a mymovies.xml inside. If you don't already here is a BatchFile you can place in your movie folder and run. It will put every movie it a folder named after the movie. I use This Tool to add all of the metadata and backdrops and covers to all of my movies. It will save everything it can find to each movie folder automatically in a mymovies.xml doc. It will work for Movies or TV Shows. After you have a mymovies.xml in all of your folders you can edit them to your harts delight. And create any info or picture you want to see for each movie. Here is How to add the trailer button: First Go and download HD Movie Trailer Downloader It can scan your library and add trailers to all of the movies it finds matches to automatically. Now go in to all the movie folders that have a trailer in them and edit your mymovies.xml Your going to want to scroll down to the bottom of the xml and and remove </Title> Code: </Person> </Persons> <Studios /> <Covers> <Front>folder.jpg</Front> <Back /> </Covers> </Title> And Add Code: <LocalTrailer> <URL>J:\Wanted\trailer.mov</URL> <Type>1</Type> </LocalTrailer> </Title> Then SAVE So it will look like this Code: </Persons> <Studios /> <Covers> <Front>folder.jpg</Front> <Back /> </Covers> <LocalTrailer> <URL>J:\Vantage Point\trailer.mov</URL> <Type>1</Type> </LocalTrailer> </Title> And then run Media Browser and you will find a new button! But the best part is when you play the trailer it plays in the preview window only! At least in the Vanilla Theme. Petty Cool Right?!! OK here is were I would love some help from someone out there that can right a script. A script that can find the newly added trailers and add the info to the xml automatically. ANYONE UP TO THE TASK? Later All, DemonSeed Last edited by DemonSeed; 05-07-2009 at 11:13 AM..
My System Specs

05-07-2009	#28 (permalink)
Orbital Shark Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Vista x86, Windows 7 x86 Build 7201 (Clean install) 34 posts	Re: The Best Video Plugin Ever!! You d' man! That's so cool
My System Specs

05-07-2009	#29 (permalink)
DemonSeed Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Bata) & Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Sp2 & Windows XP Professional x32 Sp3 99 posts	Re: The Best Video Plugin Ever!! Quote: Originally Posted by DemonSeed OK here is were I would love some help from someone out there that can right a script. A script that can find the newly added trailers and add the info to the xml automatically. ANYONE UP TO THE TASK? Later All, DemonSeed I messed it on another thread but pureMG has already done what I was asking for! Yeaaaa!!! Quote: Originally Posted by pureMG Hey guys. I wrote a little Program in C# which takes care of the xml editing needed to implement trailers. Basically it checks every sub-folder of a given path for mymovies.xml and inserts the Trailer Tags. The Program will only edit your XML file if a trailer.mov is found. Obviously all trailers need to be called trailer.mov and be placed inside the Movie folder. You can start the Program directly from inside your collection directly or you can supply a working path when you execute it. Here's the link: http://www.lasergunspewpew.de/trailerxml.rar BTW: It worked perfect for me but I hacked this together in like 10mins and it's just supposed to be a temporary solution until this gets properly implemented in MediaBrowser. I just ran the app pureMG wrote and it seem to work pretty good. Later All, DemonSeed P.S. Now if any one knows of a better way to get the trailers please let me know. The one I show is good but it still left a lot of my movies in the dark. I'm sure if we put our heads together we can come up with a way for almost all of our movies to have trailers. Last edited by DemonSeed; 05-07-2009 at 05:58 PM..
My System Specs

05-08-2009	#30 (permalink)
DemonSeed Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Bata) & Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Sp2 & Windows XP Professional x32 Sp3 99 posts	Re: The Best Video Plugin Ever!! A Must See Upcoming features for Media Browser
My System Specs

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