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==Concerning Issues Using XBMC with Media Center Master==
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There are five (5) common issues that will come up during a set-up of XBMC by users who also use Media Center Master.
 
  
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*The first issue will come about when adding a collection to XBMC.  In Media Center Master the collection of movies and tv series are contained in folders, known as: "Scan" folders.  The "Scan" folders, are what, will be added into XBMC.  XBMC calls these folders: "Source" folders.  In that some users are accustom to the term "Scan" folder thru the use of Media Center Master and the new term "Source" folder may bring about confusion, this guide will use the term "scan/source" folder. 
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*The second issue will come about when setting the contents of the "Scan/Source" folder. XBMC requires the user to choose a fetching source. Media Center Master has fetchers and they have already been used.  The selection of a fetcher in XBMC is used for more than just picking a fetching source for collecting images and meta-data. This selection is, also, used to "Set the Contents," type of files contained in the "Scan/Source" folder, which then links the "Scan/Source" folder to the correct button on XBMC's "Home Page" (the first screen shown when the XBMC program opens), "Movies" button or "TV Shows" button. 
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'''[http://forums.mediacentermaster.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=26&hilit=legal+download ***** Disclaimer -- read this before using Torrent Downloader *****]'''
  
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*The third issue will come about after selecting the fetcher. Depending on what fetcher is selected there will be several additional options to to set. The first option for both fetching sources will be a "Run automated scan" option.   
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Media Center Master Version 1.33 should be used with this guide.
  
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This guide is for users having experience with Usenet downloads and media collections. It provides a basic set-up configuration for downloading Movies and TV Series Episodes with the associated meta-data for each.  It does not include information for setting up an existing collection for fetching meta-data.
  
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A detailed set of guides is available for downloading with torrents.  It starts with the [[Preliminary_Installation_Guides|Preliminary Installation Guides]] and finishes with [[How_to_Interpret_the_First_Run|How to Interpret the First Run]].  It includes images, details about the steps,  information about how the processing of fetching meta-data, downloads, and automation works, as related to the installation.  It is designed for a specific task of downloading a few episodes at a specific time for a known result to be used for testing the user's configuration and settings.
  
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The settings used in this guide and the detailed guides are not designed to be used as a real life, real time, configuration.  These guides are intended to get an installation of Media Center Master functional so the settings can then be customized by the user.  Jumping between the two guides (attempting to shorten the length of the other guide) to customize a user set-up may not produce the results the user is wishing to accomplish. 
  
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The three (3) wiki guides use a different presentation for a configuration setup than what is listed in the forums (Support>[http://forums.mediacentermaster.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2629 (Guide) MCM & µTorrent integration]).  Do not attempt to jump between the the wiki guides and the forum guides to solve a problem.
  
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If the internet is left connected, this process will take a long time with a large collection.  In that Media Center Master has already scrapped meta-data and images, with it's fetchers, disconnect the internet at the modem during the initial set-up of the "Scan/Source" folder/s.  After the "Scan/Source" folder/s are scanned into XBMC, reconnect the internet so XBMC can update Add-ons/scripts, weather data, and other stuff.  
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All four (4) guides work.  Once you have chosen a guide stick with the one guide to avoid problems.
  
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Should a user have issues with these guides, support is available through the forum.  How to access logs, support information file, and other information is listed at the end of this guide.  Please send any related material, what guide was used, step number, portion of log file, support information, screen captures... along with a detailed description of the problem in you topic. 
  
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==Media Center Master Settings==
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Additional options, outside of what is listed, should be added after a test run.
  
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#Application Menu>Set scan folders...
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#:Enter folder Location/s for Media Collections.
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#::Must use separate folders, one for Movies and one for TV Series.
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#:::For first time run/test purposes empty folder/s should be chosen.
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#::::If (a) folder/s with an existing media collection is used for this location,
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#::::Media Center Master will automatically start a scan of the folder/s contents after closing the Scan Folder List Window.
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#Application Menu>Settings & Preferences>Renaming Tab.
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#:Set options as needed.
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#:
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#Application Menu>Settings & Preferences>Downloader Tab.
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#:Enable, "Enable movie downloads."
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#::Select quality of download.
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#:Enable, "Enable TV downloads."
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#::Select quality of download.
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#:Skip TV episodes before:
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#::If this option is not set to a date, Media Center Master will attempt to download every episode for each TV Series added.
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#:"Look for higher definition of movies than what I have and download if found"
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#::This option should not work with this test run (your scan folder should be empty).
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#:Set other options as needed.
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#:
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#Note - Episode downloads are dependent on the date set in Step 3, and the Airing Dates of the TV Series/s chosen in Step 7.
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#:
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#Application Menu>Settings & Preferences>Usenet Tab.
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#:Enable, "Enable Usenet downloads."
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#::Enter NZBMatrix.com username and password.
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#:What should Media Center Master do when it downloads a .nzb file:
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#:Set preferred options and supply additional information were needed.
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#Application Menu>Settings & Preferences>Download Parser Tab.
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#:Completed downloads scanned from this folder (watch folder):
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#::Create folder and enter folder location where Media Center Master is to move completed downloads.
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#:::The default NZB processing folder is located in Media Center Master's user hidden folder.
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#:Automatically detect new video files here and process them.
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#::Enable this option, and
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#:::Enable, "auto-rename"
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#:::Enable, "auto-move"
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#:::Enable, "auto-fetch meta data"
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#:Don't allow duplicates; replace with better quality
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#::This will not work in the test run (scan folders should be empty)
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#:Move movie downloads to this folder:
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#::If this location is not set to the same location set in Step 1, these movies will not be processed into the collection cache.
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#:"Attempt to extract from archives"
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#::.rar downloads will require this option.
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"Automatically clean-up folders left behind by T.V. downloads (if no video files or archives exist)"
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#::Enable/Disable - user choice.
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#Media Menu>Add a T.V. series...
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#:Step 1.
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#::Be careful to select the T.V. folder, not the Movie folder, from list.
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#:Step 2.
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#::Enter TV Series Name.
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#::Spelling must match thetvdb.com site TV Show Listing Name.
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#::Click Search.
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#::Click Next.
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#:Step 3.
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#::Click Finish.
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#Log Window.
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#:Media Center Master GUI>Show log (bottom, middle of screen).
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#::Click to enable.
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#:Application Menu>Settings & Preferences>General Tab>Show timestamp in the log window.
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#::Click to enable.
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#Auto Run.
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#:Application Menu>Settings & Preferences>General Tab.
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#::Adjust Time Frames.
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#:::download new movies every.
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#:::download new TV episode every.
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#:::run download parser every.
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#:::use uTorrent integration every.
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#Manual Run.
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#:TV Series.
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#::Tools Menu>Download new T.V. episodes.
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#::Right Click on the Series in the Media Collection List.
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#:::Download new episodes now.
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#::Application Menu>Settings & Preferences>General Tab.
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#:Movies.
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#::Tools Menu>Download new movie releases.
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#::Application Menu>Settings & Preferences>General Tab.
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#Additional Options.
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#:Search Forum, or Post Topic in Forum.
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#:See User Interface for Option Descriptions.
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#::This is a work in progress, please be patient.
  
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*The fourth issue is using the actors/crew member images collected with Media Center Master.  XBMC requires the images to be in the individual movie folders.  Media Center Master, only, has a setting for all of the images to be downloaded into one folder.  This issue has been addressed through the forums and is, already, listed in the Issue Tracker, [http://code.google.com/p/mediacentermaster/issues/detail?id=780&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Summary%20Opened%20Modified%20Stars Issue 780: Ability to use existing Actor images from MCM/MB with XBMC].  Should you, also, wish to have a feature like this in Media Center Master, please visit the link and star it for priority consideration (sign in and click on the star next to the issue tracking number).
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==Support Information==
  
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*The fifth issue is XBMC has a feature to click an icon and view Movie Theatrical Trailers from a movie title page. Settings in XBMC allow for the trailer to be viewed from an on line source, or directly from locally stored trailer files. XBMC requires locally stored trailer files to be named in a specific manner and be saved in the individual movie folders. A "Premium Version" of Media Center Master is required for downloading, renaming and parsing trailer files for use in XBMC.
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#Log.
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#:Application>Log all output to a file...
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#Support Information.
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#:Help>Support information.
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#Debug...
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#:Help>Debug.
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#::Show developer-level debug messaging.
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#:::Messages show in log window and listed in log file.
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#::Log auto-update attempts to disk.
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#:::File and location:
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#::::%AppData%\Peter Souza IV\Media Center Master\AutoUpdate.log
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#:::::The file can also be found through.
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#::::::Application>Log all output to a file...>Open logs
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The current version of Media Center Master is 2.14. Version 1.32 has been used for many the examples in the wiki, so beware that some of the options may be expanded or look different than various screen shots.

Official/Unofficial Wiki Pages Most of the content on the wiki was written by fans and users like yourself. If a page is marked as Official, then the content was written with official information (usually by the software author).


***** Disclaimer -- read this before using Torrent Downloader *****

Media Center Master Version 1.33 should be used with this guide.

This guide is for users having experience with Usenet downloads and media collections. It provides a basic set-up configuration for downloading Movies and TV Series Episodes with the associated meta-data for each. It does not include information for setting up an existing collection for fetching meta-data.

A detailed set of guides is available for downloading with torrents. It starts with the Preliminary Installation Guides and finishes with How to Interpret the First Run. It includes images, details about the steps, information about how the processing of fetching meta-data, downloads, and automation works, as related to the installation. It is designed for a specific task of downloading a few episodes at a specific time for a known result to be used for testing the user's configuration and settings.

The settings used in this guide and the detailed guides are not designed to be used as a real life, real time, configuration. These guides are intended to get an installation of Media Center Master functional so the settings can then be customized by the user. Jumping between the two guides (attempting to shorten the length of the other guide) to customize a user set-up may not produce the results the user is wishing to accomplish.

The three (3) wiki guides use a different presentation for a configuration setup than what is listed in the forums (Support>(Guide) MCM & µTorrent integration). Do not attempt to jump between the the wiki guides and the forum guides to solve a problem.

All four (4) guides work. Once you have chosen a guide stick with the one guide to avoid problems.

Should a user have issues with these guides, support is available through the forum. How to access logs, support information file, and other information is listed at the end of this guide. Please send any related material, what guide was used, step number, portion of log file, support information, screen captures... along with a detailed description of the problem in you topic.

Media Center Master Settings

Additional options, outside of what is listed, should be added after a test run.

  1. Application Menu>Set scan folders...
    Enter folder Location/s for Media Collections.
    Must use separate folders, one for Movies and one for TV Series.
    For first time run/test purposes empty folder/s should be chosen.
    If (a) folder/s with an existing media collection is used for this location,
    Media Center Master will automatically start a scan of the folder/s contents after closing the Scan Folder List Window.
  2. Application Menu>Settings & Preferences>Renaming Tab.
    Set options as needed.
  3. Application Menu>Settings & Preferences>Downloader Tab.
    Enable, "Enable movie downloads."
    Select quality of download.
    Enable, "Enable TV downloads."
    Select quality of download.
    Skip TV episodes before:
    If this option is not set to a date, Media Center Master will attempt to download every episode for each TV Series added.
    "Look for higher definition of movies than what I have and download if found"
    This option should not work with this test run (your scan folder should be empty).
    Set other options as needed.
  4. Note - Episode downloads are dependent on the date set in Step 3, and the Airing Dates of the TV Series/s chosen in Step 7.
  5. Application Menu>Settings & Preferences>Usenet Tab.
    Enable, "Enable Usenet downloads."
    Enter NZBMatrix.com username and password.
    What should Media Center Master do when it downloads a .nzb file:
    Set preferred options and supply additional information were needed.
  6. Application Menu>Settings & Preferences>Download Parser Tab.
    Completed downloads scanned from this folder (watch folder):
    Create folder and enter folder location where Media Center Master is to move completed downloads.
    The default NZB processing folder is located in Media Center Master's user hidden folder.
    Automatically detect new video files here and process them.
    Enable this option, and
    Enable, "auto-rename"
    Enable, "auto-move"
    Enable, "auto-fetch meta data"
    Don't allow duplicates; replace with better quality
    This will not work in the test run (scan folders should be empty)
    Move movie downloads to this folder:
    If this location is not set to the same location set in Step 1, these movies will not be processed into the collection cache.
    "Attempt to extract from archives"
    .rar downloads will require this option.

"Automatically clean-up folders left behind by T.V. downloads (if no video files or archives exist)"

  1. Enable/Disable - user choice.
  2. Media Menu>Add a T.V. series...
    Step 1.
    Be careful to select the T.V. folder, not the Movie folder, from list.
    Step 2.
    Enter TV Series Name.
    Spelling must match thetvdb.com site TV Show Listing Name.
    Click Search.
    Click Next.
    Step 3.
    Click Finish.
  3. Log Window.
    Media Center Master GUI>Show log (bottom, middle of screen).
    Click to enable.
    Application Menu>Settings & Preferences>General Tab>Show timestamp in the log window.
    Click to enable.
  4. Auto Run.
    Application Menu>Settings & Preferences>General Tab.
    Adjust Time Frames.
    download new movies every.
    download new TV episode every.
    run download parser every.
    use uTorrent integration every.
  5. Manual Run.
    TV Series.
    Tools Menu>Download new T.V. episodes.
    Right Click on the Series in the Media Collection List.
    Download new episodes now.
    Application Menu>Settings & Preferences>General Tab.
    Movies.
    Tools Menu>Download new movie releases.
    Application Menu>Settings & Preferences>General Tab.
  6. Additional Options.
    Search Forum, or Post Topic in Forum.
    See User Interface for Option Descriptions.
    This is a work in progress, please be patient.

Support Information

  1. Log.
    Application>Log all output to a file...
  2. Support Information.
    Help>Support information.
  3. Debug...
    Help>Debug.
    Show developer-level debug messaging.
    Messages show in log window and listed in log file.
    Log auto-update attempts to disk.
    File and location:
    %AppData%\Peter Souza IV\Media Center Master\AutoUpdate.log
    The file can also be found through.
    Application>Log all output to a file...>Open logs

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