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Revision as of 14:05, 7 July 2011

Media Center Master reference guide

This is a work in progress, please be patient.

System Requirements

Area for Community users who have tested MCM -

from installation through at least the first running, using the Preliminary Installation Guides.

Windows

Mac

Linux


Installation Notes - read, before installing

The key to Installing Media Center Master free from problems, the first time, is Preparation and some Basic Knowledge of How it Works.

MCM is a front-end interface that automates the organizing of a media collection with the use of a BitTorrent Client, “uTorrent” for downloading TV Series Episodes and/or Movies in the background. For MCM and uTorrent to work properly together there are a few important issues to prepare for and understand before installing MCM.

The Preliminary Installation Guides have been written with the intent that the user has an interest in creating a media collection from scratch (has no TV Series/Movies) and has some knowledge and experience with BitTorrents. The Main focus of these guides will be to prepare for a fresh, new, installation of, both, MCM, and uTorrent, for a new media collection to be used for keeping TV Series up to date with current episodes.

Please Note

For users who have a current instance of uTorrent installed with custom user settings for manual downloads and intend to use the Preliminary Installation Guides with the existing uTorrent, they will not find any trouble shooting information for problems, should they occur. The instance of uTorrent for MCM is for automation, it is therefore suggested that the user uninstall uTorrent remembering to check the tick box to also remove the user settings during the uninstall process, and then reinstall uTorrent using the Preliminary Installation Guides.

If a user still intends to use this instance of uTorrent for manual downloads also and wishes to make changes to the settings of uTorrent, that is not listed in the Preliminary Installation Guides, the user should do so after MCM is installed, set-up, configured, and running smoothly with the use of these guides.

For users who have installed MCM previously, and are having problems. It is suggested to do a Main_Page, also removing the hidden user files, and then reinstall starting with the Preliminary Installation Guides.

The first set of issues of concern is MCM and uTorrent, both, require separate dedicated Folder Structure for file storage to operate correctly. Setting up and understanding the basic principles of the two (2) Folder Structures ahead of time will make the installations, and set-ups of MCM and uTorrent go a lot smoother, with the least amount of problems. This information will also assist a user in preparing an existing media collection to be added in later.

The second issue of concern is MCM uses uTorrent’s Web User Interface (WebUI) to integrate these two programs together. The WebUI is what allows MCM to hand off a .torrent file it has fetched from an online source to uTorrent for proper downloading of the desired TV Series Episodes/Movies. It is also used by MCM for monitoring the progress of downloads to inform MCM a download has completed and is ready for parsing.

In addition to uTorrent, MCM requires the Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 with SP1 update. If this is already installed on your system, there is no additional set-up for this program. It works internally with the MCM program. If it is not installed, links will be provided for downloads.

The Preliminary Installation Guides that follow these notes will show:

  1. How to set up a Folder Structure for MCM,
  2. How to set up a Folder Structure for uTorrent,
  3. How to Set-up and Install uTorrent,
  4. How to Customize uTorrent for MCM,
  5. How to Enable and set-up the Web User Interface of uTorrent, also
  6. How to check your system to see if the Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 with SP1 update is required.

In order to reduce the problems associated with this initial installation and set-up of MCM, the information found here will not include instructions on how to set-up MCM for downloading Movies nor will there be any information about preparing and/or adding an existing media collection to MCM. There will be no information given for interfacing a media collection with any Media Center Programs, such as: Windows Media Center, MediaBrowser, or XBMC. These items/issues can be added in and set-up later through other parts of this Wiki. Keep in mind the Preliminary Installation Guides are strictly for PREPARING to install MCM, so a user can install, set-up, configure, and get it up and running smoothly the first time with no problems.

Preliminary Installation Guides

How to set up a Folder Structure for MCM

How to set up a Folder Structure for uTorrent

How to Set-up and Install uTorrent

How to Customize uTorrent for MCM

How to Enable and set-up the Web User Interface of uTorrent

How to check your system to see if the Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 with SP1 update is required


Installing Media Center Master

Set-up and Configuring for First Run

Using Media Center Master

Free or Premium Version

The Basics

TV Series

Movies

Technical Guides to Features

Fetch Meta-Data

Add New T.V. Shows

Download T.V. Episodes

Download Subtitles

Download Trailers

Complete Uninstall of MCM

Running MCM Uninstall Program

Removing User Files

Removing Hidden Files

Removing Registry Entries

Interfacing

Windows Media Center

MediaBrowser

XBMC


Other Stuff

Codecs

Subtitles




Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.


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