For whatever reason Microsoft still hasn’t mastered the art of the MP3 tag. Past versions of Windows Media Player contained an “Advanced Tag Editor” that would allow you to edit the mp3 details contained in the ID3 tag. This time around it’s part of Windows Explorer, a change that can be somewhat confusing for those used to WMP 11. Neither [...]
Thanks to Simon at The Digital Lifestyle for this tip on not only checking what encoding your video files are using but also adding that information to Media Browser as well. Unfortunately, Media Browser doesn’t let you sort out your HD from your SD videos but at least you will be able to tell which is which from inside Media [...]
While Media Center has no trouble playing back your ripped movies, videos and music there has been no love lost in the between it and TV series DVDs. The Media Browser plug-in for Media Center eases the situation a bit adding support for TV series’ within the plug-in interface. Once it’s in there, however, it still lacks metadata in most [...]
Acquiring details for your Media Center’s Movie Library can be difficult. Built-In support for adding this information is slim and complicated, furthermore it can’t be edited by the end user. You’re stuck with what you get. There are a few other options like DVDXml.com, though searching for all those movies on the DVDXml.com website can get tiring. Fortunately, there is [...]
Since this article a flurry of Metadata tools have come along to fill the void in Media Center’s Movie Library Synopsis view including DVD Library Manager, MediaScout, My Movie Finder, YAMMM, Media Center Master and more! To find the latest on Metadata downloading programs and tools check out our Metadata articles and guides or subscribe to the Metadata RSS feed [...]
