|
Welcome to the Frontpage
|
2902 is up on mipupdate, 2952 also available |
 |
 |
 |
|
Written by Administrator
|
|
Tuesday, 14 July 2009 20:04 |
|
Build 2902 is available via mip update. NOTE: You will have to do a manual install (i.e. extract the archive to your install directory) for test builds Newest Patch (Nov 09) - Build 2.1.1.2952 http://www.mediainfoplus.com/mipupdate/download/mip_2952_full.rar |
|
Last Updated on Thursday, 03 December 2009 20:12 |
|
|
Welcome to Media Info Plus - Your Media Manager |
Media Info Plus - The next generation of MIP is here!
Let me start with the most important part of this program, you!
- A Huge thanks to all the testers that helped fix over 400 items for this release Without you, MIP2 would be months away!
- Thanks to everyone who submitted bug reports and feature requests!
- Thanks for the ideas on gui changes and icons for the app
- And of course for the nature of Open Source, to those folks that helped with patches and changes!
Thanks to the dude who insisted on Music support! Without that push, I may have never put it in there!
What is Media Info Plus?
- Media Info Plus is Movie Info Plus rev 2
Where can I download it?
Newest Patch - 2882 http://www.iamkizer.net/xbmc/mip/mip...xefilesonly.7z
(install 2870 and patch to 2882)
Latest Version - MIP 2.01 - build 2870
http://www.iamkizer.net/xbmc/mip/Med...linstaller.zip
This is all fixes post 2801 to 2860, 99% of things should now be working correctly.
This is the full install version of MIP
- Offical release rev 2.0.1 4/8/2009
Previous Versions - MIP 2.0.0 Initial Release rev 2.0.0.2801
- March 18, 2009
- Mirror 1 - http://www.mediafire.com/?me5iimmmgij
Test build's
2861 is current and up to date.
Where do I get the Music Fanart Pack?
Grab the fanart pack
http://www.mediafire.com/?kbugjrxatij
Extract it to
C:\Program Files\mediainfoplus\customimages\music\fanart
If you installed to a non default directory
<install folder>\customimages\music\fanart
Is this the same as Movie Info Plus
- Yes and no. Yes it's rev 2 of Movie Info Plus, with bugfixes and a ton of new features.
Can I use my cached information from Movie Info Plus with Media Info Plus.
- Yes, in fact I recommend that you do so you don't have to re-download everything
How to upgrade from Movie Info Plus
- Uninstall Movie Info Plus, this will leave all cached information
- Remove the config.xml file from the Movie Info Plus Directory
- Remove the temp folder from the Movie Info Plus Directory
- Rename the old movieinfoplus folder to mediainfoplus
- Install Media Info Plus to that directory
Does MIP support HD Flagging information for XBMC
- Yes, thanks to cptBry Video Flagging Support is contained in all .nfo files for Movies and Shows
How does MIP handle Music?
- MIP reads the ID3 tag for your Music, during the initial scan it creates a cache of that data, allowing for fast reloading and checking the file for any changes to it. It will automatically add any new files.
Should I run the music sort wizard to the same folder where my music currently is at?
- No, for the first time using it you should select a different folder. Everything is based off the ID3 tag information, if that tag is wrong it will put it into the wrong folder.
What the heck is it?
Movie Info Plus is a movie manager (so to speak) that uses images and data from websites such as TheTVDB, TheMovieDB, impawards, mediaicons, and IMDb. By default it knows about more then 50,000 different posters from impawards and 44,000+ Movies from IMDb.
It allows you to select the icon (wide, box shot, poster, square, and others) for the thumbnail posters/covers as well as the FanArt image. Movie and TV Show metadata can be modified and edited from the user interface. It also uses API's from alot of the same websites that XBMC uses, including themoviedb.org (a.k.a. TMDb) and TheTVDB.com, with images from mediaicons.org and impawards.com as well as meta data from imdb.com
It allows pre-caching of the icons, posters/covers, FanArt, and more (this will take awhile, it downloads alot of images from many locations, all images are then user selectable under the settings)
What does it manage right now?
Movies - Yup
TV Shows - Yup
Home Videos - It will support these once I figure out what I want to be able to do with them
Music - Yup
What are the requirements?
- Internet connection to download the data, you can move cached downloaded data and use it on a standalone or enclave network.
- Patience - it downloads alot of data and images and this takes some time
- While not required, NTFS formatted drives are recommended as FAT32 drives have limits to the number of files and folders and my app will reach those limits if you have a big collection
- If your hard drive is formated using Fat32, use the version that does not include the imdb cached data, it leaves out the 44,000+ additional XML files that are cached IMDB data. Fat32 is limited to the number of files and directory sizes. NTFS is recommended.
- Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista - 32bit and 64bit versions (thanks to the folks that helped test that part out and give feedback)
- for Linux, use wine 1.1.8 or 1.1.10+ (a cross platform version will be created using mono, but it not close to working yet)
How does it handle Media Organization
Example:
Movies by Folder Level (use folder name for lookups)
D:\Movies\ <-- Root Movies Folder (select this for folder level)
In my D: Drive under the folder Movies I have the following movies
D:\Movies\The Matrix\
D:\Movies\Wall-E\
D:\Movies\Action\Die Hard\
D:\Movies\KidsJunk\Flowers and Me\
Movies by File Name
E:\MyMovies\ <---- Root Folder housing a bunch of movies
TV Shows
D:\TVShows\ <-- Root Tv Shows Folder (Add this folder)
D:\TVShows\Chuck\
D:\TVShows\Chuck\Season 1\
D:\TVShows\CSI\All\
D:\TVShows\House\everything\
What if i don't like it and want to change something or add a feature?
It's open source under the GPL, the SVN contains the full dev files that are needed. You will need your own API keys from themoviedb and tmdb to use it.
If you have a feature, feel free to request it, if it's not completely outside of the scope of the app, I will at least take a look into it. Feedback is the key.
Image Tagging
I've made up a bunch of default icons, you can add your own, match the same size as the defaults for best results. Put your own into resource\tagimages\default (in the folder you want them to be tagged under, i.e. DVD for DVD, etc.) Only 18 per type are displayed in the GUI, so i'd keep it to a max of 18 per folder or name the ones you want to be displayed with a 1_ first so they will be pulled first
To use the tagging feature, you must install Image Magick
Image Magick does need to be 6.4.8-3-Q16 or newer Version the (16bit DLL version)
Image Magick (32bit) - http://www.imagemagick.org/download/...indows-dll.exe
Image Magick (64bit) - http://www.imagemagick.org/download/...x64-static.exe
during the install check the following option
"Install ImageMagickObject OLE Control for VBscript, Visual Basic, and WSH"
Supported OS
Windows 2000, XP, 2003 Server, Vista, (maybe 2008-untested)
Wine 1.1.15 (or higher recommended) for Linux / Mac support
x64 support (Vista and Windows XP 64bit)
Is MIP Portable?
Yes, the only thing used for the registry is the installer. You can move the entire directory to another location or machine.
Is there an update version for Movie Info Plus?
With all the changes in this version, the installer is the best way to ensure you have the files and folders you need to run MIP. |
|
Learn about the new update utility for Media Info Plus 
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Copyright © 2010 mediainfoplus.com. All Rights Reserved.
|
|
Who's Online
We have 4 guests online
Advertisement
XBMC is an award winning media center application for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
and XBox. The ultimate hub for all your media, XBMC is easy to
use, looks slick, and has a large helpful community. Visit xbmc.org and try it now!
|
