Overview

Using My Movies Collection Management (3.1.8) with My Films - setup, field mapping, and special considerations.

Introduction

The My Movies Collection Management product lets you maintain and manage your entire movie collection, letting you add your movies with high-quality meta-data from their its online service. You can either manage titles that you have stored on your computer, or home storage device, or you can manage titles you have on the shelf in your home, to bring you in control of which movies you have, including all the details about each movie.

My Movies provides several other products such as My Movies for Windows Home Server, however My Films has been tested only with Collection Management.

Setup

My Movies

Export your catalog to XML - My Movies will store it by default in

C:\Titles.xml

. However you may choose any folder or filename you wish. The full path to your cover images is stored in the exported XML, so you do not really even need to set a cover image path.

MyFilms

Use the Setup Wizard:

• Catalog type - MyMovies
• Catalog XML - select the XML file you exported from MyMovies (see above)

The wizard presets most settings for you, however you should verify them, especially the paths set for displaying images in Artwork Setup.

Note: Since My Movies exports the full path for cover images, you do not need to specify a path for cover images. 

Supported Features

• My Films displays the large cover front image

• Although My Movies stores covers, actors photos and backdrops in

  ...\ProgramData\My Movies\FileStorage

  sub-folders, only the filenames for covers are exported. Filenames for actors photos and fanart are not linked to the movie titles, or exported, so My Films cannot display them.  However you can add Fanart and additional cover images within My Films which will be stored in the folders (preset to defaults) you select in Artwork Setup.

• Links to local trailers can be stored in the Local Trailer field and can be played using the Trailers feature in My Films.
• Watched status will be displayed but updates can only be done in My Movies

Field Mapping

Fields are listed by the field name in the xml, sorted by the My Films/AMC xml. Items in red are not currently exported or mapped and thus not displayed in My Films.  See below for a list of Fields in My Movies not mapped or displayed in My Films.

Extended Fields

In addition to the internal supported fields, My Films supports extended fields for:

• Writer - preset as a Custom Display Item when you use the Setup Wizard and can be used to create a custom view 
• Certification (MPAA) - can be displayed as a Custom Display Item or mapped to either the Description or Comments field on the External Catalogs Setup tab
• Tagline - can be displayed as a Custom Display Item or mapped to either the Description or Comments field on the External Catalogs Setup tab
• Tags - can be displayed as a Custom Display Item, and/or used to create a custom view similar to Categories (Genres)

For further details how to display these fields see Customizing Display; and Custom Views.to learn how to create a view based on these fields.

My Films also generates several fields when you open the plugin in MediaPortal:

• IndexedTitle
• DateAdded
• RecentlyAdded
• AgeAdded
• Persons

These fields are supported for any catalog and can be used within My Films to create views, or as custom display items. However, the data is not saved when you exit My Films, and cannot be viewed/used in your movie catalog app,

Note: Tagline is supported in My Movies but does not seem to be exported properly. Parental Rating is mapped to Certification, and Categories are mapped to Tags.

As of v 6.0.0 - IMDB tt number is also imported to the MyFilms IMDB_id extended field.

My Movies fields not supported by My Films

The following fields exist in My Movies, and are exported to the xml file, but are not mapped or displayed in My Films:

• WebServiceID
• Edition
• AspectRatio
• VideoStandard
• ReleaseDate
• ReleaseDateDisplay
• ExtraFeatures"
• DataProvider
• ImportSource / ID
• IBack Cover
• DataChanged
• CoversChanged
• LockData
• LockCovers
• RecordChanged
• Studios
• ChangerSlot
• CheckSum

Related

• Supported Catalogs