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=='''Media Center Master Reference Guide'''==
 
 
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===Introduction===
 
  
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Media Center Master is a powerful, multipurpose, front-end interface that automates the organizing of video files, meta-data files, and image files for a media collection.  It supports several Media Center applications and products, XBMC, Popcorn Hour, Windows Media Center, Media Browser...  At it's core is a meta fetcher, the most important feature of the "Free License" version, which handles the processing of video related text and image files.  Using a "Premium License" version with “uTorrent,” a BitTorrent Client, provides the user complete management of downloading TV Series Episodes and/or Movies, including the removal of; completed seeding downloads, completed .torrent files and data from the uTorrent GUI.  Additional features of the "Premium License" version provides downloading of Theatrical Trailers, and Subtitles.
 
Media Center Master is a powerful, multipurpose, front-end interface that automates the organizing of video files, meta-data files, and image files for a media collection.  It supports several Media Center applications and products, XBMC, Popcorn Hour, Windows Media Center, Media Browser...  At it's core is a meta fetcher, the most important feature of the "Free License" version, which handles the processing of video related text and image files.  Using a "Premium License" version with “uTorrent,” a BitTorrent Client, provides the user complete management of downloading TV Series Episodes and/or Movies, including the removal of; completed seeding downloads, completed .torrent files and data from the uTorrent GUI.  Additional features of the "Premium License" version provides downloading of Theatrical Trailers, and Subtitles.
  
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The installation guides are written with an intent the user has an interest in creating a media collection from scratch, has some knowledge and experience with BitTorrents.  The Main focus of the installation guides is to complete a successful first run, test, by:
 
The installation guides are written with an intent the user has an interest in creating a media collection from scratch, has some knowledge and experience with BitTorrents.  The Main focus of the installation guides is to complete a successful first run, test, by:
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To reduce errors with a first time configuration set-up for all users of Media Center Master, the installation guides will not include instructions on how to set configurations for downloading Movies, Trailers, or Actors/Cast/Crew Members Thumbnails...,  nor will there be any information about preparing and/or adding an existing media collection to Media Center Master.  There will be no instructions given for networking/interfacing a media collection with any Media Center programs or products (e.g., Windows Media Center, MediaPortal, MediaBrowser, Popcorn Hour, or XBMC).  These extras require, separate, individual preparations and customized user settings, and are not used by all users.
 
To reduce errors with a first time configuration set-up for all users of Media Center Master, the installation guides will not include instructions on how to set configurations for downloading Movies, Trailers, or Actors/Cast/Crew Members Thumbnails...,  nor will there be any information about preparing and/or adding an existing media collection to Media Center Master.  There will be no instructions given for networking/interfacing a media collection with any Media Center programs or products (e.g., Windows Media Center, MediaPortal, MediaBrowser, Popcorn Hour, or XBMC).  These extras require, separate, individual preparations and customized user settings, and are not used by all users.
  
All of the installation guides are written for a new user of Media Center Master using a Premium License Version.  Users wishing the use these guides with a Free Version may also use them, as limited by the license restrictions.  These guides are written as a fundamental building block in the beginning sections, by condensing and simplifying the actual processing actions of Media Center Master's operations .  As a user gets deeper into the installation guides, more of the technical processes are revealed, and the user becomes better prepared for other sections of this reference guide.
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Although the guides are specifically written for a new user, they are designed to be "user friendly" for all users.  This is done with the use of screen shots and information boxes.  A large majority of the steps outlined in the guides include a screen shot to give the user a visual of the outlined steps.  The steps in each guide are outlined in a numbered format, if more than one step is required.  Located above (a) step/s may be an outlined box, or several boxes, containing additional information relating to the step/s, but the information in the box is not required to complete the step/s.  These boxes are classed for four (4) different levels of additional information.  The levels range as listed:
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Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
 
Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.

Latest revision as of 12:22, 24 August 2011


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).


Introduction


Media Center Master is a powerful, multipurpose, front-end interface that automates the organizing of video files, meta-data files, and image files for a media collection. It supports several Media Center applications and products, XBMC, Popcorn Hour, Windows Media Center, Media Browser... At it's core is a meta fetcher, the most important feature of the "Free License" version, which handles the processing of video related text and image files. Using a "Premium License" version with “uTorrent,” a BitTorrent Client, provides the user complete management of downloading TV Series Episodes and/or Movies, including the removal of; completed seeding downloads, completed .torrent files and data from the uTorrent GUI. Additional features of the "Premium License" version provides downloading of Theatrical Trailers, and Subtitles.

The only requirement necessary for an installation of Media Center Master is the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 with Service Pack 1 be pre-installed.

For most users, downloading and installing Media Center Master is a straightforward task. Although, Media Center Master installs with a set of default options, there are however several options left for the user to configure, depending on the set-up used.

The installation guides are written with an intent the user has an interest in creating a media collection from scratch, has some knowledge and experience with BitTorrents. The Main focus of the installation guides is to complete a successful first run, test, by:

  1. Preparing for,
  2. Installing, and
  3. Configuring
    1. An instance of Media Center Master integrated with
    2. An instance of uTorrent
  4. To automatically;
    1. Create a TV Series folder,
    2. Create season folder/s,
    3. Download, rename, and move
  • Episodes, related text, and image files to
  • Corresponding folders,
  • Located on the system hard drive of a computer.

To reduce errors with a first time configuration set-up for all users of Media Center Master, the installation guides will not include instructions on how to set configurations for downloading Movies, Trailers, or Actors/Cast/Crew Members Thumbnails..., nor will there be any information about preparing and/or adding an existing media collection to Media Center Master. There will be no instructions given for networking/interfacing a media collection with any Media Center programs or products (e.g., Windows Media Center, MediaPortal, MediaBrowser, Popcorn Hour, or XBMC). These extras require, separate, individual preparations and customized user settings, and are not used by all users.

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


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