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[wobbly]

hello new here and to jriver mc
1: i have my media on my drive like this
d:
d:movies
d:tv
d:cartoons
d:cooking
d:home movies   
how to setup jrmc so it looks like this

movies
tv
cartoons
cooking
home movies
2 i use media center master for all my media already have all the matadate can  jrmc import it from my folders  ?
3 is there any videos on how to setup jrmc,  i cant find any cand anyone  out there make some?  thank you 

[JimH]

Welcome.  This might help:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Getting_Started

[wobbly]

Welcome.  This might help:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Getting_Started

thank you i have all ready read the Getting_Started but no real help

[glynor]

hello new here and to jriver mc
1: i have my media on my drive like this
d:
d:movies
d:tv
d:cartoons
d:cooking
d:home movies  
how to setup MC so it looks like this

movies
tv
cartoons
cooking
home movies
2 i use media center master for all my media already have all the matadate can  MC import it from my folders  ?
3 is there any videos on how to setup MC,  i cant find any cand anyone  out there make some?  thank you  

What you want to do is fill those categories into tags in your MC database.  The ways you can decide to do this would be potentially endless.

What I'd do is set [Media Sub Type] (one of the built-in tags) to the following:

Moves = Movies
TV = TV Shows
Cartoons = Other (with [Genre] set to Cartoon)
Cooking = Other (with [Genre] set to Cooking)
Home Movies = Home Video

And so on and so forth.  This should be relatively easy to do if you use a combination of the Fill Properties from Filename tool and breaking it down by import folder.

Then, you can build views that filter to show only the media you have tagged with those fields.  So, you make a new View under Video in the Tree, and then click the Set rules for file display button in the Customize Current View dialog, and set a rule to limit [Media Sub Type]=TV Show or whatever.

[wobbly]

What you want to do is fill those categories into tags in your MC database.  The ways you can decide to do this would be potentially endless.

What I'd do is set [Media Sub Type] (one of the built-in tags) to the following:

Moves = Movies
TV = TV Shows
Cartoons = Other (with [Genre] set to Cartoon)
Cooking = Other (with [Genre] set to Cooking)
Home Movies = Home Video

And so on and so forth.  This should be relatively easy to do if you use a combination of the Fill Properties from Filename tool and breaking it down by import folder.

Then, you can build views that filter to show only the media you have tagged with those fields.  So, you make a new View under Video in the Tree, and then click the Set rules for file display button in the Customize Current View dialog, and set a rule to limit [Media Sub Type]=TV Show or whatever.

thank you so much i will have a look at that

[wobbly]

thank you so much i will have a look at that

do i do this in the tree view on the left side  or under options menu ? dont worry i think i just found it  i right cliced types

[wobbly]

getting there  i think just to make things clear
i have d :\Cartoons\The Flintstones\Season 1 in this folder
The Flintstones - 1x01 - The Flintstone Flyer
The Flintstones - 1x02 - Hot Lips Hannigan
under video i have a category  name cartoons
if i click the cartoons i just get a big mess of  files how to get the to  show like
click cartoons see a sub menu Flintstones  then Season 1  click
Season 1 and see a ep 1- 25 and so on .................. iam starting to see how MC works i think thank you all for your help

[wobbly]

ok i ve got it all worked out now thank you all

i will make some videos may help some people out

[JimH]

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[Trill304]

2 i use media center master for all my media already have all the matadate can  MC import it from my folders  ?

I would be interested if there was a way to merge or migrate the data from media center master (MCM) into JRiver.  The structure is close to but not exactly like the ones media center creates.  Any follow-up?

[wobbly]

try this http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/MyMovies
media center master  can create MyMovies.XML files

[Trill304]

I don't think you can import those files any longer.  They appear to be encrypted.  I followed the instructions on the wiki page but most of the information is not brought into j. river