meta<browser/>

• WiX Toolset
• XBMC Frodo
• TMDb 3.0
• %eval()
• Other Updates

Please check your settings after update, as some might have changed or reset.

WiX Toolset¶

I've been wanting to switch my installer to the WiX Toolset for a while now and finally got a reason to do so. Upgraded to Windows 8 (yes, I'm liking it) and Visual Studio 2012 (still on .NET 4.0 Framework) and didn't realize that VS2012 killed off Visual Studio setup projects, so I kind of had to switch my installer.

The update to WiX had a little learning curve as everything is setup through a XML configuration file, but you get the hang of it after playing around with it. The new installer adds a "Launch meta<browser/>" checkbox at end of install/update and also takes care of adding permissions to the ProgramData\MetaBrowser 2.0 folder, although you still need to run as administrator if you are using the web service.

XBMC Frodo¶

With the release of XBMC Frodo comes a new local/saver plugin (available through Auto Update) to read/save metadata compatible with Frodo. Use the following steps to easily convert your existing Eden metadata to Frodo. The steps are the same whenever you want to convert metadata from one format to another.

• Set XBMC - Eden as your Primary Local in Settings->Movies->Locals and Settings->TV->Locals
• Disable (uncheck) XBMC - Eden Saver in Settings->Movies->Savers and Settings->TV->Savers
• Enabled (check) XBMC - Frodo Saver in Settings->Movies->Savers and Settings->TV->Savers
• Press Process All
• Uncheck all checkboxes in all four tabs (Movies/Series/Season/Episode) under the Settings tab
• Check "Include locked items"
• Click on the "Generate" button and wait for it to finish generating your list
• Check "Process locked items"
• Check "Force save images" (not Force update images)
• Click on "Process" and wait for it to finish processing
• Set XBMC - Frodo as your Primary Local in Settings->Movies->Locals and Settings->TV->Locals
• Click "Rebuild" to rebuild your media collection list

Please note that currently there is no way to delete/remove Eden level metadata, so both will remain.

TMDb 3.0¶

The TMDb plugin has been updated to use their v3.0 API. v2.1 is not being developed anymore and will eventually be phased out and v3.0 adds some niceties such as ordering posters based on your preferred language...no more posters in different languages popping up b/c they are higher rated.

Read here about TMDb API 3 which also lists some differences from v2.1.

%eval()¶

A new %eval() function is now available in mappings. This will only apply to Regex mappings and you can only put the %eval() in the replacement value. This function will be most useful for Sorting (Filename) mapping, basically the %eval() function allows you to evaluate mathematical expressions..ie, subtract one from a particular season/episode number.

Here are two examples (Sorting Filename Mapping) a user is using and may be of help to others who watch American Dad or Portlandia:

For Portlandia season 3, we need to subtract 1 from the episode number:

Type:        Regex
Pattern:     ^(Portlandia.S03E)([0-9]{2})
Replacement: $1%eval($2-1)

For American Dad we always need to add 1 to the season number (it's been like this for the last couple of seasons):

Type:        Regex
Pattern:     ^(American.Dad.S)([0-9]{2})
Replacement: $1%eval($2+1)

Other Updates¶

Bug #959: Movie sorting with special characters failing.
Bug #961: FilmAffinity fetcher - html changes
Bug #973: IMDb.com fetcher - html changes
Bug #982: 403 Error in Youtube Downloader
Bug #1004: Customize Quick Access Toolbar - More Commands open wrong page of settings
Bug #1012: MediaBrowser to XBMC - Trailers moved and not copied
Bug #1016: Process All - Force Save Images requires checking the downloading of posters/backdrops/banners etc to work
Bug #1035: Fanarts.tv fetcher broken
Bug #1048: Locked media item still allows right click context menu on images
Bug #1052: Movie-List.com Trailers - html/search changes
Bug #1056: Exception thrown after midnight if media collection is grouped by date
Feature #691: A simple way to refresh ONLY the mediainfo data for selected movie/episode
Feature #916: New command line option to start minimized
Feature #971: Update to TMDB 3.0 API
Feature #977: Sorting - Delete Empty Folders option per type.
Feature #986: New Field: Publisher's Website URL
Feature #987: Make the timeline for episode extraction configurable
Feature #988: enable/disable scanning of subfolders for sorting
Feature #990: Prevent Accidental Deletion of Items When Folder is Checked (Using Delete Item)
Feature #991: Add ability to filter by and export bitrate (video/audio) of media item
Feature #1017: XBMC - Local/Saver changes for Frodo
Feature #1018: Specify IMDb/TMDb/TVDb numbers in folder/file
Feature #1027: Cinefatcts.de fetcher - HTML changes
Feature #1033: Allow filtering by Set value
Feature #1037: Disable/Hide arrow links (IMDB, TVDB, etc) when no ID exists for those items
Feature #1041: eval function for regex in Mappings
Feature #1042: Update installer to use WIX Toolset
Feature #1046: IMDb - Fetch Top 250 value
Feature #1047: XBMC - add option to save series level images as season-all-(poster/fanart/banner).jpg

Take Care

• Cast Images
• Web App
• Movie Sorting
• Media Center Notification
• Media Info
• Other Updates

Please check your settings after update, as some might have changed or reset.

Cast Images¶

Cast images OCD! You can now fetch/select individual cast images through meta<browser/>. If a plugin supports cast images and has an image available it will be displayed in the preview window. The more plugins that support cast images you have installed the more choices you will have. For example you can install the MoviePlayer.it plugin to fetch cast images even though you might not use it to fetch any metadata.

Web App¶

A new iPad centric web app is now available. Browse and search your entire movie and tv collection easily!

Movie Sorting¶

Similar to episode sorting, you can now sort your movies. Configure you settings in Settings->Sorting and set your monitored and destination locations. Monitored locations now support a Type of either Movie or TV, so set it accordingly based on the monitored location.

NOTE: Please be carefull and DO NOT set the type to Movie for a TV monitored location or it will move all your episodes into individual folders thinking they are movies.

Movie sorting has an option to confirm the movie before being sorted. You can access the movie confirmation window by using the shortcut key F9 or through the settings window in Settings->Sorting. You can then confirm that the movie was identified correctly or, if not identified correctly, you have the option to search for the correct movie.

Media Center Notification¶

If you are using episode or movie sorting and have the Add In installed on your media center machines, you can now send a message to your media center when new media is added to your collection.

Media Info¶

If you update to the latest version of MediaInfo you can now fetch media info for Blu-ray ISOs, but be warned that the process is a little slow and can timeout.

External subtitles are now supported as well and will automatically be added info media info on a fetch. The subtitle file must be named the same as the video file. If an external subtitle file does not contain a language you can set the default language for an external subtitle in Settings->Misc.

For multi-language subtitle files support you files must be named as below:

 Video File: The Matrix.avi
 Subtitle 1: The Matrix.English.srt
 Subtitle 2: The Matrix.French.srt
 Subtitle 3: The Matrix.German.srt

Other Updates¶

Bug #879: Sorting Specials vs Season 0.
Bug #900: Rename pattern variables only evaluated once
Bug #925: Enumeration error while renaming files
Bug #926: Sorting - If filename mapping applied, accompanied files are moved with original filename instead of mapped filename
Bug #935: TV Episode Sorting, transfer method not honored
Feature #858: Request: Play Video Plugin
Feature #861: Cast Images - Ability to manually choose from available cast images from plugins similar to posters/backdrops
Feature #862: Add global plugins to Settings
Feature #863: Use Cast panel for TV episode guest stars
Feature #880: Add resolution as patterns for file and folder renaming
Feature #890: Add language support to fanart.tv plugin
Feature #894: Sorting - add option to sort movies
Feature #901: Web App - iPad centric web app to browse collection
Feature #902: Episode List - Allow changing sort order of season groups
Feature #903: Limit cast images download to only Actor/Director/Producer/Writer types
Feature #904: Option to configure type mappings for folder rips
Feature #905: Runtime available for filter/export
Feature #906: Add ability to filter by and export resolution (width/height) of media item
Feature #908: Option to specify default language for external subtitle file (auto add to mediainfo/fileinfo)
Feature #909: MediaInfo ISO support (Blu-ray)
Feature #910: Show connected MCE Clients (using the AddIn) in Settings->Web Service
Feature #911: Option to send message to connected MCE Clients when sorting is finished and new media added to collection
Feature #913: Allow multi-select of folder items
Feature #946: Make "Watched" a fetchable field
Feature #947: MediaInfo - Add Default/Forced values for Audio/Subtitle

Take Care

• Tooltips
• Cast Context Menu
• Mapping (Sorting Filename)
• Resize Cast Images
• Fanart.tv (Movies)
• Other Updates

Please check your settings after update, as some might have changed or reset.

Tooltips¶

Some helpful tooltips were added to the Cast and Trailers panels.

For Cast it displays a larger view of the cast image, in its original aspect ratio along with the original image resolution. Use this along with the new added context menu for cast iamges to easily weed out unwanted images.

For Trailers (current trailers), it displays information about the trailer such as description, cast and release date.

Cast Context Menu¶

Right click context menu has been added to the cast panel. It allows you to easily delete an image, add a locally stored image (a lot better experience than the already supported drag-drop) as well as go to the containing image folder.

A copy/paste is also available which can make it easy to perform other tasks. It copies the image to the clipboard and pastes from the clipboard as well (if an image is available). It can make some tasks easier, such as:

• Right Click->Copy an image from Google Images and paste it into meta<browser/> (for those hard to find images)
• Copy an image from meta<browser/> and paste it into your favorite image editor. Edit to your liking, copy from image editor and paste into meta<browser/>.

Mapping (Sorting Filename)¶

A new mapping is available for sorting, which maps the actual filename before any processing/sorting is done with the episode file in your sorting location.

This can come in handy to map episodes from one season to another, for example, you can map American Dad - s06e01 - xyz.mkv => American Dad - s07e01 - xyz.mkv, so now the episode will be sorted as Season 7 instead of Season 6.

Using regex mappings you would be able to accomplish much more advanced mappings for sorting. See Mappings for more details.

Resize Cast Images¶

The Image Resize plugin received an update to resize cast images as well.

Please note that it will only resize newly downloaded cast images and not cast images already in your collection.

Fanart.tv (Movies)¶

Support for logos and clear art for movies from fanart.tv has been added. Please make sure to install and/or update the fanart.tv plugin.

The plugin was also updated to use the latest version of their API, which also means that you can now Process All season level thumbs for TV since their new API returns the season number indicator in their results.

Other Updates¶

There were a lot of other fixes and updates in this release, including a lot of updates relating to Episode Sorting and the ability to overwrite existing episodes with newer ones based on certain key words and/or higher resolution.

Bug #825: Green rename history indicator displays even if no new renames have occured
Bug #828: XBMC Saver Episode NFO <aired> date in wrong format
Bug #829: Backdrop and Poster windows resize
Bug #833: Possible freeze when showing Rename Hisotry window while performing renaming
Bug #834: Process All Item context menu remained disabled even if no process all was currently running
Bug #836: XBMC - gueststars in nfo, split on commas and check for role fix
Bug #841: Process All - Generate list memory issue in some cases
Bug #844: TV.com - HTML changes
Bug #847: MediaInfo (Custom) - FF Codec values not editable
Bug #848: Year not included in XBMC tvshow.nfo data
Bug #851: FileSystemWatcher - "The network BIOS command limit has been reached" error when trying to reattach to disconnected drive
Bug #852: Don't allow edit of multi-value multi-selected <keep> values, only allow delete
Bug #853: Threading/Image Dispose issue when locking/locking while Cast panel is visible
Bug #866: IMDb.xx plugin fails to get some titles
Bug #877: XMBC - Add option to create .ignore file in .actors folder (Media Browser compatibility)
Bug #878: MultiSelect - Changing set value multiple times while same items selected empties out cast/crew
Feature #739: Episode Sorting - Option to overwrite existing episodes based on Resolution or Text (PROPER, REPACK, etc)
Feature #793: Allow multi-edit of 'Media Info (custom)' information
Feature #809: Download Trailers for Selected Items from the Media Collection List
Feature #823: Option to flatten folders in media collection list for movies
Feature #824: Add 'total running time' to Process All and Proces Profiles
Feature #826: Allow XBMC Saver to save metadata/images/.actor content as hidden
Feature #830: Option to use Display Aspect Ratio (DAR) insted of fetched value for MediaInfo/FileInfo values in xml
Feature #837: Episode Sorting - Option to overwrite existing episodes
Feature #838: Episode Sorting - Delete Accompanying Files
Feature #840: Episode Sorting - skip sorting if refresh/rebuild is running
Feature #846: Add option to use Folder Name for SortTitle
Feature #849: Episode Sorting - Option to disable automatic polling
Feature #850: Episode Sorting - Option to only create new series (tv show) folder for season 1, episode 1
Feature #854: Cast - Add more right click context menu options
Feature #855: Cast - Add tooltip to show resolution and larger image
Feature #856: Resize Images - Add option to resize cast images
Feature #860: Add "RowDoubleClick" event to global plugin interface
Feature #864: Mappings - Sorting Filenames
Feature #865: Movies - Add option to select first search result even if no exact matches found
Feature #869: fanart.tv - Update to new API / Add Logos and ClearArt for movies / Auto processing for Season Thumbs
Feature #873: Allow Cusom Rating and Aspect Ratio to be filterable
Feature #875: Netflix - Add poster fetching
Feature #876: Current Trailers - tooltip showing movie overview/cast/genre
Feature #881: XBMC - add support for <dateadded> tag in nfo (frodo or nightlies)
Feature #882: Add option to not exceed original image size inside the image panels
Feature #883: Add "Sort Name" to export list

Take Care

Please check your settings after update, as some might have changed or reset.

This release is mostly a maintenance release.

Thanks to a knowledgeable XBMC user who helped point out some issues and offered enhancements ideas for the XBMC saver plugin.

One such issue, for example, related to how meta<browser/> was populating the codec tag for the <fileinfo> (MediaInfo for the MediaBrowser users) details in the nfo file.

XBMC uses ffmpeg to populate the codec information and the codec string, when compared to MediaInfo, is different, causing file info icons in xbmc to not display. For example, MediaInfo reports AVC for a video codec while ffmpeg reports h264. For audio MediaInfo reports AC-3 while ffmpeg reports ac3.

To make things compatible there is now a new option available in Settings->Misc to specify location for ffprobe.exe, meta<browser/> now uses ffprobe to populate the codec tags for the xbmc saver.

You can download ffmpeg/ffprobe from here, download the latest Static build available. Once extracted, the exes will be in the bin folder.

Other Updates¶

Bug #791: Can't unlock locked items if force auto save and auto save are enabled.
Bug #798: IMDb TV - don't fetch based on first air date or episode title if season/episode numbers exist
Bug #811: XBMC Saver: error in some tag(durationinseconds and codec) in the xml output(nfo)
Bug #814: XBMC Saver: airsafter_season, airsbefore_episode, airsbefore_season are not exported into the nfo
Bug #815: XBMC Saver: Add episodeguide tag in tvshow.nfo to allow online update via tvdb
Bug #818: XBMC Saver: language tag in episode nfo use 639-1 instead of 639-2B
Bug #819: XBMC Saver: tag aspect in fileinfo/streamdetails incorrect value with movies and empty in tv episode
Feature #787: Rename History - ability to only view failed renames
Feature #794: Allow disabling of renaming of Movies per Movie
Feature #797: XBMC - Option to create a .ignore file in extra folder (Media Browser compatibility)
Feature #802: Move Check for Updates/Manage Plugins
Feature #803: Add 'Login' button for trial users to enter their login details
Feature #812: Add tiered expanding of items in media collection list
Feature #817: Add 'Has Aired' column to filter list for TV Schedule
Feature #821: XBMC Saver: watched tag should be mapped to playcount tag in the nfo

Take Care

• Multi-Select
• Music
• Image Context Menu
• Fanart.tv
• MyMovies.xml (Media Browser)
• Other Updates

Please check your settings after update, as some might have changed or reset.

Multi-Select¶

Multi-select is now available in meta<browser/>. Apart from the normal Right Click context menu items for multi-select (lock/unlock/process/etc) you can now multi-select and manually edit and save metadata for the selected items. This can come in handy if you want to, for example, change one value for all selected items to another (ie, changing Type from DVD to Blu-ray) or to delete all posters for selected items.

Notes

• Only items of the same type can be multi-selected
• Information Panel
  • Edit any information available
  • Items that have different values will be shown as <keep>
  • Items that have same values will show the value
  • Items that are empty will remain empty
• Multi-value items (cast/crew/genres/studios/taglines/etc)
  • Remove all items from the list (ie delete all genres)
  • Add an item to the list (ie add the Genre "Family" to selected movies)
  • A combination of the two above (you cannot edit/delete a specific item when multi-selected)
• Images
  • Delete any image for the selected items
  • Update images for the selected items by adding a locally stored image (all selected items will now have the same image)

Please be careful, as there is no undo, so if you accidentally change the LocalTitle of all selected items to one value, there's no way to go back (other than to refetch).

Music¶

Preliminary music support has been added to meta<browser/>. Please make sure to install the mp3 Tagger plugin from auto-update.

Notes

• Music support is still beta (it might be dropped)
• Only supports MP3 files
• The media collection list is built using Artist->Album->Song structure using existing ID3 tag information
• No fetching is yet available, you can manually edit and save any metadata
• Metadata is saved to the file itself using ID3 tags
• No local metadata is saved or read

Image Context Menu¶

Right click context menu has been added to image panels. It allows you to easily add a locally stored image (a lot better experience than the already supported drag-drop) and save the currently selected image to disk.

A copy/paste is also available which can make it easy to perform other tasks. It copies the image to the clipboard and pastes from the clipboard as well (if an image is available). It can make some tasks easier, such as:

• Right Click->Copy an image from Google Images and paste it into meta<browser/> (for those hard to find images)
• Copy an image from meta<browser/> and paste it into your favorite image editor. Edit to your liking, copy from image editor and paste into meta<browser/>.

Fanart.tv¶

Support for logos, clear art and thumbs from fanart.tv have been added. Please make sure to install the fanart.tv plugin.

Please note that season level thumbs will not be fetched through automation (ie Process All) since their current API does not identify what particular season a thumb is for. Their next version of the API will support season level thumb identification and meta<browser/> will be updated accordingly.

MyMovies.xml (Media Browser)¶

As of Media Browser 2.5.2 - Apollo, MediaBrowser will now primarily look for movie.xml instead of mymovies.xml (although they will still provide backward compatibility for non-encrypted mymovies.xml files in this version). This is due to the change in MyMovies management software which now encrypts the mymovies.xml file causing issues with any application that relied on reading the file created by MyMovies management software.

The MediaBrowser saver plugin will now create a movie.xml file instead of a mymovies.xml. Although, if you have not updated to the latest version of Media Browser, you can still enable the creation of mymovies.xml through the plugin options. The options available are:

• Save mymovies.xml
• Delete existing mymovies.xml (do not check if using MyMovies management software or MyMovies frontend)
• Fallback on mymovies.xml if no movie.xml exists (will only work if existing mymovies.xml is not encrypted)

Ideally, after you have updated to the latest Media Browser and have converted your existing metadata to movie.xml, you would want none of those options checked.

Other Updates¶

Bug #346: Group By Date Added doesn't update properly if Metabrowser is always running
Bug #716: Error when updating to the latest update of MediaBrowser plugin
Bug #723: Episode Sorting - SEE detection incorrectly picks up 720p as Season 7, Episode 20 (remove SEE detection for sorting)
Bug #734: FFmpeg - image extraction timeout error
Bug #742: Cast Images - If found image from one source fails to download, it does not try other sources
Bug #749: MetadataCleanup Plugin - When set to keep All genres or studios, it only keeps 1
Bug #753: Export List lists all media items even if media collection list is filtered
Bug #754: TV Schedule refresh with no groups enabled causes error
Bug #768: Polling (Samba) fetches metadata for newly detected items even if "Fetch metadata when new media is detected" is unchecked
Bug #773: Country dosent get updated on Movies from IMDB?
Bug #776: IMDB - TV / Episode list html changes
Bug #790: TV.com - HTML changes
Feature #85: MultiSelect - Lock/Unlock multiple items
Feature #692: Ability to save custom filter within the tv schedule
Feature #693: Enable episode discovery (within tv schedule) automatic
Feature #694: Auto refresh TV Schedule approx every 6 hours
Feature #696: Add ability to delete cast images from GUI
Feature #702: Fanart.tv support
Feature #706: Allow disabling of renaming of episodes per Series
Feature #727: Execute manual saving on a separate thread
Feature #728: MultiSelect editing of metadata
Feature #729: Add option to initially load metabrowser with all groups collapsed
Feature #740: Add Right Click Context Menus to image panels
Feature #748: Preliminary Music Support (manual editing/saving only, no fetching)
Feature #755: Improve Grouping speed
Feature #760: XBMC - Option to save cast images to a .actors sub directory
Feature #763: Add "first air date" patterns to TV renamer
Feature #764: MediaBrowser - Saver update to save in new movie.xml file + backward compatibility for unencrypted mymovies.xml files
Feature #767: Add taskbar progress indication when running Process All
Feature #780: Resize Images - Add option to resize logos/clear arts/thumbs for TV
Feature #786: Add rename history window (remove rename queue, renaming is no longer queued)

Take Care

Please check your settings after update, as some might have changed or reset.

.Net 4.0 is required for this version to function properly, please make sure you have .Net 4.0 installed prior to updating (Download Here)

• Updated UI
• TV Schedule
• Other Updates

A lot of changes in this version of meta<browser/>, including a fresher/cleaner look, faster load times, faster refresh times and more.

Updated UI¶

The first thing you'll notice when you launch meta<browser/> 2.2.0 is a revamped user interface. Everything has been updated to have Office 2010 visuals and everything looks a little cleaner and more professional. The Settings and Autoupdate screens have been completely redone and is easier to navigate. All windows within metabrowser are now resizeable (image preview/settings/auto update/etc) and will remember their window positions on the next launch.

Also available is the Quick Access Toolbar, which allows you to add and customize your most used buttons for easy access.

All in all I believe these updates make for a better user experience.

TV Schedule¶

This feature was requested over a year ago and has made it's way into metabrowser. The request was made by users of the popular program tvrename which incorporated a When to Watch screen.

Along with the Schedule, you can also now easily filter based on any criteria, including the ability to find out exactly which episodes you have on disk or not. A calendar is also available which shows dates in bold whenever an episode is set to air.

It also brings the ability to add a series to the tv schedule that you currently do not have in your collection (Offline Series), so you can keep track of when it might air next.

* Note: TVDb plugin is required for the TV Schedule.

Other Updates¶

There were a lot of other updates made to metabrowser, including the ability to skip refreshing of locked Series/Seasons (configurable in Settings->TV), ability to show your media collection list sorted by Date Added, Grouping by Location and the ability to refresh only that group.

Bug #628: Wrong Runtime when using MediaInfo for runtime with multi-part files
Bug #648: XBMC - Clicking "Download Cast Images" button does not update <thumb> tag in .nfo files
Bug #651: Hide information fields popup closes when clicking on the scroll bar
Bug #666: ForceSaveImages issue with ProcessAll
Bug #673: Refresh speed issue
Bug #677: XBMC local trailer rename issue
Bug #678: MediaInfo not processing Locked items in ProcessAll
Bug #680: Loading of Export List window is slow
Bug #690: XBMC local trailer is treated as movie when "Allow multiple movies per folder" is enabled and trailer extension is differnt from movie
Bug #698: Editing UnusedTags values not being saved
Bug #700: FilmAffinity plugin - html changes on website
Bug #703: Application closes if online check for updates times out
Bug #710: Amazon Fetcher not working
Feature #173: Possibility of adding a watch schedule for TV shows
Feature #186: Show the width/height of a panel when resizing
Feature #258: Find missing episodes
Feature #325: Movieplayer.it Fetcher (Italian)
Feature #523: Separate Settings files from Layout files in Settings folder
Feature #545: Do not scan Locked Series/Seasons
Feature #583: Process to move trailers from Mediabrowser to XBMC and XBMC to Mediabrowser
Feature #627: Option to specify minimum width/height for backdrops when auto downloading
Feature #643: Move to Visual Studio 2010 / .Net 4.0
Feature #649: XBMC - Include first fanart in extra folder
Feature #654: Episode sorting: New season folder creation: naming convention
Feature #656: Add Query endpoint to Web Service
Feature #657: Display First Aired Date in the Date Format of the Local Machine.
Feature #658: Overhaul and update metabrowser GUI
Feature #659: Add Group By "Location" options and also allow refreshing of locaiton groups.
Feature #660: Show save file dialog when saving export list
Feature #662: Allow sorting of movies and/or series by Date Added + add sortable column header to media collection list
Feature #665: Fetch MPAA Rating full description from fetchers
Feature #672: Add option to select and cancel multiple trailers at once with right click context menu
Feature #674: Add Quick Access Toolbar + ability to customize in settings
Feature #681: Default Watched Field to No when creating metadata
Feature #682: Add SEE episode detection for episode sorting
Feature #684: TV Schedule - Custom group order for Air Date
Feature #685: TV Schedule - Filter by Selected Series in media collection list

Take Care

Please check your settings after update, as some might have changed or reset.

Renaming¶

A new renaming construct $()$ is now available, which will help avoid blank characters from showing up if the metadata required for that rename is missing. You put your values in between the $( and )$ tags.

For example, if your current rename pattern is:

%lt (%py) [%type]

It should rename your item to the following:

Local Title (2005) [DVD]

But, if, for example, the Production Year is empty in the metadata, you end up with the following instead:

Local Title () [DVD]

But now, if you wrap the new construct around your items which can be conditional, it will not output the value if it is empty, for example, the new rename pattern would look like:

%lt $((%py))$ $([%type])$

So now, if Production Year was empty, it would be renamed to the following instead:

Local Title [DVD]

If Type was also empty, it would be renamed to the following instead:

Local Title

Export List¶

Export List got a little update which adds a few more options and a little more control on the current export list functionality.

Hide Fields¶

As more and more fetchers get added, more Ids and fields need to be added to support re-fetching, but then the Information panel fields get cluttered with all the new fields which not everyone uses or needs to see.

A new right click context menu is added to the information panel which allows you to hide any unwanted fields.

NOTE

Please note there is a small bug which could not be fixed for this release where if you click on the scrollbar and drag it down, the popup disappears when you let go of your mouse. To get around the issue do the following:

• Right click on the Information panel to bring up the popup
• Click anywhere inside the popup
• Use your mouse scroll wheel to scroll down

Plugins¶

Some new plugins were added as well as some updates on some existing features.

• iTunes Metadata Tagger (read here)
• CSFD.cz Fetcher (Czech) (read here)
• Current Trailers now downloads backdrops and has the ability to skip trailers of certain genres

Other Updates¶

Bug #593: Manage Filters window not selecting correct filter if filter is set to nothing
Bug #594: Episode Sorting - Moving dvr-ms/wtv file sometimes causes wrong episode number to be assumed from filename
Bug #596: No MediaInfo for TV Episodes ripped to Folder Structure
Bug #598: Process all generating list error when no TV or Movie fetcher plugins installed
Bug #605: Setting for "Extract episode images" is reset after launch
Bug #617: Don't get trailers for items in CurrentTrailers download path
Bug #629: Ampersand character not properly formatted in URL when browsing media collection through web interface
Bug #639: Threading issue when using Process Profiles with a Saved Filter
Bug #641: Rename folder also renames file if file is named the same as folder
Feature #147: Allow users to hide fields from Information Tab
Feature #590: Add ability to manually run Process Profile from main ribbon instead of Settings
Feature #591: Renaming new construct "$( )$" to avoid empty ( ) [ ] etc
Feature #595: Add "Show meta<browser/>" command to notify icon on taskbar
Feature #597: Add studio icons to be displayed on top of poster/backdrop
Feature #600: Improve Export List functionality
Feature #602: CSFD.cz Fetcher (Czech)
Feature #603: Episode sorting - Move duplicate/existing episodes to specified location
Feature #618: Add option to not populate MPAA rating for current trailers
Feature #619: Fetch backdrops for CurrentTrailers
Feature #620: Option to skip downloading of CurrentTrailer trailer with specific genres
Feature #624: Add Right Click->Process All Item for items in media collection list
Feature #625: Interface update to include series level metadata access to episode saver
Feature #626: iTunes Metadata Tagger (Saver Plugin)
Feature #630: Add option to sort media collection by DateAdded for Web Service
Feature #635: Add logfile filesize limit of 10MB
Feature #638: Fetch trailer url from TMDb + add to saver plugins
Feature #642: Add ability to stop a Process Profile while it's running
Feature #644: Option to fetch information from akas.imdb.com instead of www.imdb.com
Feature #646: Add progress percentage in media collection list when downlading cast
Feature #647: XBMC - Add user configurable options to define Extra folder name and Extra prefix for multiple backdrops

Take Care

Please check your settings after update, as some might have changed or reset.

Type Mapping¶

Type Mappings brings a little flexibility on what media type to assign to your media items. The mappings are based on file extension and file size and should cover most bases on tagging your media types correctly. Folder rips (VIDEO_TS, BDVM, HVDVD_TS) are automatically mapped to DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD.

To configure your mappings go to Settings->Mappings->Type.

You can easily process all your items and run it through the new Type Mappings using Process All:

• Click on Process All button
• Under Settings tab, make sure nothing is checked in all 4 tabs (movies/series/season/episode) except Type in the movies and episode tab (since that's all you want to update, that's the only thing that needs to be checked).
• Click on the Process List tab
• Click on Generate List
• Click on Process List

Episode Sorting¶

Episode sorting has been a part of meta<browser/> for a while now, but this update brings the ability to sort your episodes based on air date and sorting dvr-ms/wtv recordings with embedded metadata.

So now, for example, if your monitored sorting location has filenames with air dates in them, meta<browser/> will be able to automatically sort them in the correct location and fetch all metadata.

Example of filenames w/ air date:

• The.Daily.Show-2011-02-16.xyz.mkv
• The.Colbert.Report.2010.10.05.mkv

Along with air date sorting, you can now drop your recorded dvr-ms/wtv files in the monitored sorting location and meta<browser/> can read it's embedded metadata and sort/fetch metadata for it.

* Note: TVDb plugin must be installed for this to work.

Metadata Cleanup¶

Previously known as Studio Cleanup, this update brings the ability to clean your Genres and Studios. If using MediaBrowser, you can import your genres/studios list from the ImagesByName folder.

Please read here for more details about this plugin.

Process Profiles¶

Process profiles got a few updates.

First, it is now possible to manually trigger a profile to run. Just go to Settings->Process Profiles and click on the green arrow next to the profile you wish to run.

Second, you can now optionally specify a saved filter to use which the profile will run against. You first have to setup a Saved Filter, after which it will be selectable in the Process Profiles options.

Please note, that the filtering for Process Profile is a little different than in Process All, in that, Process Profile is a lot more specific. For example, if you have a profile to only process items with MediaType='Series', then, it will only process the Series level and will not process its Seasons or Episodes. For that, you have to specify an exact filter of exactly what media items you want to process by including all 3 media types (series/season/episodes) in your filter.

Other Updates¶

Bug #551: CurrentTrailer fails to move correctly if "Fetch metadata for each trailer" is not checked
Bug #558: XBMC Fanart Not Saving Under Expected Filename
Bug #568: Add current trailer to downloaded trailers log after sucessful move instead of when starting download
Feature #486: Add 'Import Studios from MediaBrowser IBN folder' to Studio Cleanup plugin
Feature #512: Add ability to manually trigger/run Process Profiles at any time
Feature #540: Add ability to select a saved filter for Process Profiles to run against
Feature #546: Change behavior of "Refresh media colleciton list on start" to not remove items from list if unchecked
Feature #557: Make TVDb the default selected plugin for the Episode List
Feature #560: Sorting Queue Progress/Indicator
Feature #561: Add mapping for Type based on file extension and size
Feature #576: Episode Sorting - Ability to automatically sort dvr-ms/wtv
Feature #577: Episode Sorting - Automatically sort files named by air date
Feature #585: Add genre cleanup ability to studio cleanup saver (renamed to Metadata Cleanup)
Feature #586: (XBMC) Save extra fanart to "extrafanart" folder for movies and tv.
Feature #587: MediaInfo for Blu-ray folder rips

Take Care

Please check your settings after update, as some might have changed or reset.

This was released a little earlier than planned mainly to fix a renaming issue with tv episodes, which was pointed out by one of meta<browser/>'s users. Although this bug wouldn't affect 99% of you, I still thought I should roll out a release to fix this issue.

MediaInfo¶

Please note, that this version and all subsequent releases will be targeted at x86 systems (yes, it will still work fine on x64 machines). This was done because of the YouTube downloader plugin and flash not working correctly (or w/o a 64-bit flash update) with x64 systems.

What does this mean for MediaInfo? Well, it means that the MediaInfo.dll MUST be the x86 build even if you are running a x64 system. So, if you currently have a 64-bit version of MediaInfo.dll, please replace it with a 32-bit version and place it in C:\ProgramFiles\MetaBrowser 2.0 by downloading the latest version from here.

- Read more about MediaInfo

YouTube Trailers¶

This plugin was thought of many times, as it has a wealth of trailers, especially for older movies, but was always thrown out as an automated way to grab trailers b/c there was no concrete way to match the search results returned to the actual movie.

So now, instead of an automated way, this global plugin will allow you to manually search for and download trailers for your movies within the meta<browser/> interface.

Read more about the YouTube Trailer Downloader.

Watch a short YouTube video of it in action.

Rotten Tomatoes Fetcher¶

Fetches metadata from Rotten Tomatoes using their newly available API.

You will have to Register for a Rotten Tomatoes API account and enter the API Key in the plugin settings.

* Note: If you already have a Mashery account for Netflix, you can use the same account, just get an API Key for Rotten Tomatoes.

One issue with the API is that it currently does not return Descriptions for all movies, this is not a meta<browser/> issue but a rights issue with distributing synopsis (read more here).

Other Updates¶

Bug #455: Auto Update for Application doesn't launch installer if using custom cache location
Bug #500: tv episodes renaming problem
Bug #520: Wrong Media Type for TV Episodes
Bug #533: Download All Trailers downloads even if an item is locked
Feature #248: Rotten Tomatoes fetcher plugin
Feature #528: Webservice - Return IMDb Id at Item Level
Feature #532: Add HD/SD option for downloading Current Trailers
Feature #534: YouTube Trailer Downloader (Global Plugin)
Feature #535: Add option to allow movies which have a "Set" value to appear as normal movies in the media collection list

Take Care

• Process All
• Process Profiles
• Media Info
• Plugins
• Other Updates

Please check your settings after update, as some might have changed or reset.

A good amount of internal code was changed as well, it should hopefully load faster, respond quicker and use less memory.

Process All¶

Process All got an overhaul this update.

Previously, when generating a list, all items are queried against the initial fetcher and metadata is fetched for that item, even if an existing id for that fetcher existed.

To speed up generating the list, it will no longer fetch metadata during the generating list process. Instead, if the ID that the initial fetcher is looking for already exists in the local metadata, it will list the media item as confirmed and the "fetching" will now be done in the Processing phase of Process All (if any fetching is required). If an ID does not exist, it will perform a fetch like it does currently and put it under the Needs Confirmation group.

Also, the Processing has been improved, as no fetching will be done if no fetching is required, for example, wanting to update MediaInfo for all your titles or converting your existing collection from one frontend to another (xbmc to mediabrowser or vice versa) will now zoom through.

Process Profiles¶

A 'Profile' is a set of options (very similar to what you see for Process All) that can be configured to be run at specific day/time intervals.

Profiles can be useful, for example, to fetch metadata for items that have some missing metadata or items that did not have metadata when you first processed (ie. an episode that did not have an episode image when you first processed, but might a couple of days later).

Another example would be to keep a specific metadata field up to date since the metadata might keep changing over time, for example, user ratings. A profile can be created to update only movie ratings from IMDb once every 7 days at 3:00am.

Please note the following when a profile is triggered to run.

• An item will only be processed if it already has metadata and that metadata has an Id that the selected fetcher is looking for.
• If a profile is triggered while another profile is running, it is queued to be run.
• If a profile is triggered while Process All or a Refresh is running, it is queued to be run.

Media Info¶

MediaInfo is now capable of scanning DVD folder rips (VIDEO_TS). I have decided against grabbing MediaInfo for Blu-ray folder rips because of the time it takes for it to process the files, but it is scheduled to be available in a future update.

Please download to the lastest version of MediaInfo.dll (0.7.43 as of today) (32-bit version | 64-bit version) and place it in C:\ProgramFiles\MetaBrowser 2.0.

Plugins¶

• CD Universe Fetcher - New fetcher for those with adult titles.
• Play Trailer - Adds a Right Click context item to play any locally stored trailer for your movie, if you have any locally stored trailers for that movie.
• MediaBrowser Saver - Small update to save taglines in a format for MediaBrowser (look out for the upcoming update to the Lotus Theme which will incorporate taglines)
  • Tip: Run a Process All with nothing checked to quickly update your existing metadata to use this new format.

Other Updates¶

Bug #456: Filter - Index out of range error when dynamic filtering enabled
Bug #470: Delete currrent trailers by age from oldest to newest
Bug #476: Cast not saved correctly if Locking an item and have "Only save cast who have images" in plugin settings
Bug #482: Cine Passion fetcher/plugin API change
Bug #484: folder.xml not being created after MediaCollection is Rebuilt
Bug #491: Random metadata replacement when ForceAutoSave and AutoSave enabled under certain situations
Bug #505: Multi-part files fail to rename properly on some systems
Feature #153: Support for drag and drop Actor image and folder
Feature #460: Improve Speed of ProcessAll Generating List and Processing
Feature #461: Please remove 'topmost' flag from splash screen
Feature #467: Change minimum value for 'Delete trailers after...' to 1 and 'Lower Limit' to 0
Feature #468: Add support for MediaInfo for Folder Rips (VIDEO_TS)
Feature #469: Add option to only download trailers newer than last downloaded trailer’s postdate (current trailers)
Feature #473: Add primary subtitle to renaming pattern
Feature #481: Add 'Profiles' to be schuduled to be run on a specific day/time cycles
Feature #485: Add notification bar to main application
Feature #490: Skip Samba Refresh/Queue Process Profile if ProcessAll is running
Feature #499: Add Import/Export functionality for ValueLists/Mappings/ProcessProfiles
Feature #501: Add title type "Video" for IMDb results movie search

Take Care