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<blockquote data-quote="OrionHall" data-source="post: 181116" data-attributes="member: 56502">Hi All,I've been working on a little windows app to automatically update the AMC database file based on my main movie collection folder.&nbsp; I don't know if anyone else needs such a thing but I've made it available just in case!&nbsp; Media Portal with MyFilms has been working really well for me, but I wanted to just dump new movie files in my main archive and have them show up automatically.The tool scans a defined location for compatible files; checks your AMC .xml file to see if they're listed; and adds them if not.&nbsp; It's also scriptable so you can have it run on startup or by a remote control etc.&nbsp; Plus it uses MediaInfo.dll to grab the basic file details such as codec, runtime, resolution etc.One big catch - I've read a few postings on here from people who store complete DVD images on their hard disks and access them via MediaPortal.&nbsp; This program is based on all movies have unique file names (including support for multi-part films such as 'title 1of2.avi'!) but can't cope with duplicates.&nbsp; Sorry.If anyone's interested please feel free to have a play - a compiled app (requires .Net Framework 2) and source code (vb.net) are available on SourceForge ...<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/amcupdater" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/projects/amcupdater</a>It should be fairly self-explanatory, but I've put a few 'FAQs' on SourceForge as well.Do let me know if anyone finds this useful, or if there's any features you think could be added / improved etc.Cheers,Orion Hallp.s. I'm not a professional coder so please be gentle if you read the source code!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OrionHall, post: 181116, member: 56502"] Hi All, I've been working on a little windows app to automatically update the AMC database file based on my main movie collection folder. I don't know if anyone else needs such a thing but I've made it available just in case! Media Portal with MyFilms has been working really well for me, but I wanted to just dump new movie files in my main archive and have them show up automatically. The tool scans a defined location for compatible files; checks your AMC .xml file to see if they're listed; and adds them if not. It's also scriptable so you can have it run on startup or by a remote control etc. Plus it uses MediaInfo.dll to grab the basic file details such as codec, runtime, resolution etc. One big catch - I've read a few postings on here from people who store complete DVD images on their hard disks and access them via MediaPortal. This program is based on all movies have unique file names (including support for multi-part films such as 'title 1of2.avi'!) but can't cope with duplicates. Sorry. If anyone's interested please feel free to have a play - a compiled app (requires .Net Framework 2) and source code (vb.net) are available on SourceForge ... [URL="http://sourceforge.net/projects/amcupdater"]http://sourceforge.net/projects/amcupdater[/URL] It should be fairly self-explanatory, but I've put a few 'FAQs' on SourceForge as well. Do let me know if anyone finds this useful, or if there's any features you think could be added / improved etc. Cheers, Orion Hall p.s. I'm not a professional coder so please be gentle if you read the source code! [/QUOTE]

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