Customizing My Films

Catalog/Database Info

1. Catalog File (XML) : Complete filename for your XML Movies Database (use the Browse button to select)
   1. Catalog Type : Your catalog's Type (i.e. ANT Movie Catalog or DVD Profiler etc.) - select from dropdown list

Security

1. Password - Enter a password to protect this configuration. You may create multiple configurations - some password protected and some not.  This is especially useful when using a Filter to create a configuration which displays only adult films which you do not wish your children to see (even the fanart/covers will then not be visible to them).
2. Repeat - to confirm the password.

Title Order

1. Master Title : Required - the Title in your database you wish to use as the Master Title by the plugin.
   AMC has 3 Titles : Original, Translated and Formatted. You must define which one you want to use.
   Note: Be careful, if the field is empty, those films will be excluded! So you may end up with less records displayed than are really stored. So choose the right field or verify that field always contains data.
   1. Group Hierarchy Separator : You can simulate a hierarchy by using the character you enter here. For example a backslash '\' :
      1. Series\Friends\Season 1\episode 1
      2. Series\Friends\Season 1\episode 2
      3. Series\Friends\Season 1\episode 3
      4. Series\Friends\Season 2\episode 1
         will be displayed as a hierarchy - first one folder with 4 entries,
         then a folder with 2 entries 'Season 1' and 'Season 2' and so on...
2. Secondary Title : the Title you wish to display as the alternate Title
3. Sort Title : Select the Title you wish to use when choosing 'Sort by Name' in the My Films main menu (default=Formatted Title) This option also affects what displays in the Sort options for Custom Views on the Views Tab

Note: Most websites display Original Titles and My Films grabs and maps these to the Original Title field.  Often websites display a localized Title, and these titles are grabbed and mapped to the Translated Title field.  However, on English websites, foreign language films sometimes display the English titles and sometimes the Original Titles and sometimes both in different listings.

Movie Playback

1. DB Field for Movie Source Info : select the field in your XML database where you store the Movie's file name. Often in AMC this is URL field (address Web), but you can define any other unused field of your database. Many users choose the Source field.
   1. Scan media on start - My Films will search your movie paths to find the currently available movie files.  If you do not enter data in the 'DB Item for Movie Source Info' box, i.e. you do not have Source entered in your movie catalog. It will use the Search by Movie's name options instead.
      Note: if you have many movies in different locations this can take some time, you can always Update online availability in the GUI using the Global Updates feature. 
2. Paths for Movies File Search  - The plugin will search in the folders you select for 'Paths for Movies File Search''. You can selecte or enter several folders separated by ';' (semi-colon).
3. Search by Movie's Name - If you don't want to store the filename for each movie, you can ask the plugin to search for the right file. Check this option and indicate which field the plugin should search for the movie title/name. The filename must contain the value of the chosen field!
   1. Only exact matches - if you have several movies files with similar names, you may wish to only search for exact matches.
   2. Search in Sub Folders - enable this option if you wish the search for Movie files to include sub folders of the path selected in Paths for Movies File Search.
4. Offline Media Identification Item: If the movie file isn't found, you can select a field to display the location of the movie (such as a CD / DVD location or catalog number) and a text message to display.
5. External Player - as of v 6.0.0, you may choose to use an External Player with My FIlms (can be useful for playing Blu-ray discs (BRDs).
   1. Enter the path to your external player (you may use the [,,,] button to browse)
   2. Enter the supported placeholders for the media file to be played.
      

      %filename% -> media file name
      %fps% -> refreshrate in frames per second
      %root% -> Root directory
      %drive% -> drive letter
      

   3. Enter the media file extensions for the files you wish to play using an External player.