Friday, August 27, 2010

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Tool for lite movie management when not using MyMovies

I use MediaBrowser and I have movies spread over 6 partitions. When I want to delete one, or browse to one, I have to search for it. I made a tool that will show you all your movies in a list, allow you to open the folder containg the movie, delete the movie, view the images in the movie folder, delete images, and even preview the movie. Each movie clicked on will show the description and the cover image.

I call this tool Where Are My Movies At? wamma for short.

Get it here.

Cannot delete folder because of thumbs.db on Windows 7

I run into this problem a lot when trying to delete network folders. Here is a way to prevent the problem.

Go to Control Panel>Folder >Options>View>Checkmark 'always show icons, never thumbnails'. Click Ok.
You should be able to delete those folders now.

On Windows XP go to the same location and deselect 'Do not cache thumbnails'.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Media Browser and Media Center cannot open file error playing movies

What fixed this for me was going into the Media Browser configuration tool and clicking advanced, and then cache. Clearing the items cache fixed the problem.

Also, depending on the types of files you are attempting to play it could be a codec issue. A good solution to this is the Shark007 codec pack. Here's a link for Windows 7. Scroll to the bottom and you will see the download link to 'Major Geeks'.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Media Browser - file cannot be found error when trying to play MKV files

Here is the solution to the problem I found:
1) Install this Divx Codec Plus pack
2) Install AC3Filter

Now my MKV files play and I can hear them. Without the AC3Filter I had no audio. I am getting choppy playback though so I don't know where to point the finger for that problem. Is it my network or is it a codec issue?

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Movie Backdrops cleanup tool (for use with Media Browser)

I made a tool with the help of BAS Concepts that allows one to view all their backdrops, delete the one's they do not want, and have them auto renamed so they cycle properly in Media Browser. Check it out if you have been looking for a tool like this. It can be downloaded here.

New beginner's guide to PowerShell on my GitHub page

 I created a beginner's guide to PowerShell here: https://github.com/aamjohns/Powershell_Guide/blob/main/README.md I hope it helps someo...