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<blockquote data-quote="Dadeo" data-source="post: 852407" data-attributes="member: 27204">As you obviously know MyFilms is designed for existing movie catalogs because the Moving Pictures and MP Videos plugins already support creating a new catalog very nicely. However, many users like you want to use MyFilms to create a new catalog from scratch. so we have provided that option in v5.2. The 'workaround' in 5.1 is to copy and rename the MediaPortal\thumbs\MyFilms\Catalog\SampleMovies.xml, which is installed with MyFilms, to whatever DB name/location you wish, then select that as your Catalog file (XML) in Setup &gt; General Tab.&nbsp;As for 'selecting' the cover images you want, you can do that easily in Ant Movie Catalog itself - even just drag the image you want to the picture box. My Films just displays whatever picture you have chosen. In v5.1 there is an option to Change Cover (Details Window Context Menu) - it should display whatever covers you have in the folder you defined in Setup &gt; Artwork tab &gt; Cover Images path - but the filenames must start with the Movie title e.g. War Horse....jpg&nbsp;In MF v5.2 there is a new Cover Manager feature which allows you to download covers from wherever you want, and select the cover image you prefer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dadeo, post: 852407, member: 27204"] As you obviously know MyFilms is designed for existing movie catalogs because the Moving Pictures and MP Videos plugins already support creating a new catalog very nicely. However, many users like you want to use MyFilms to create a new catalog from scratch. so we have provided that option in v5.2. The 'workaround' in 5.1 is to copy and rename the MediaPortal\thumbs\MyFilms\Catalog\SampleMovies.xml, which is installed with MyFilms, to whatever DB name/location you wish, then select that as your Catalog file (XML) in Setup > General Tab. As for 'selecting' the cover images you want, you can do that easily in Ant Movie Catalog itself - even just drag the image you want to the picture box. My Films just displays whatever picture you have chosen. In v5.1 there is an option to Change Cover (Details Window Context Menu) - it should display whatever covers you have in the folder you defined in Setup > Artwork tab > Cover Images path - but the filenames must start with the Movie title e.g. War Horse....jpg In MF v5.2 there is a new Cover Manager feature which allows you to download covers from wherever you want, and select the cover image you prefer. [/QUOTE]

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