Saturday, March 11, 2006

Get the MetaData Including Cover Art for My DVD in Media Center

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Below is the 12 step program to getting the metadata for the My DVD feature in Media Center (via The Green Button) This worked perfectly for me and it does not require you to reload all of your DVD’s in your computer so you can find out the disc ID that My DVD is looking for. Above is a screenshot of the DVD profiler program which is really useful. You do have to register on the site and then get a key for the program but after that it is free to use. This makes the My DVD feature really rock!

Here are the 12 steps to add all of the rich DVD data to your My DVD's collection:
* (If you already have DVD profiler and have catalogued all your DVD's, skip to step 6)
1. Download and install DVD Profiler from
www.dvdprofiler.com or www.intervocative.com.
2. Register an account with them and retrieve a free registration ID. Enter this ID when you use the software.
3. Add all your DVD's that you have in your My DVD's menu by selecting "DVD|Add To Collection" from the main menu, then going to the "Add By Title" tab. Find each of your DVD's by filtering the title, region, locality, release date, rating, genre, or any combination thereof.
4. Select "Add DVD" (bottom right) for each DVD you find that matches yours. Please note that the AMG database stores mostly U.S. versions of the DVD, so you might want to filter on United States as your locality even though your disc is rated for a different region.
5. Once you selected all the titles, click on "Add Now" (You might want to uncheck "Prompt for personalization" (bottom left) if you're adding dozens of DVD's.) DVD Profiler will start downloading all of your DVD profiles and cover art. When it's done you will be back at the main screen.
6. Click on "File|Export Profile Database" from the main menu, then click "Accept" in the "Acceptable Use Policy" dialog.
7. In the "Export Profile Database" dialog, make sure your "Output Format" is set to "XML Format", "Filter Criteria" should be "All". Specify an output file and REMEMBER where it is.
8. Exit the DVD Profiler application and now launch My DVD Settings v0.2 (Attached)
9. Under the "Intervocative DVD Profiler" group, click on the folder icon and browse for the file that you generated from step 7.
10. Click on "Generate DVD Disc ID Files..." and select a folder where you would like all the DVD dvdid.xml files to be stored. Click OK and the program should generate your xml files in the folder you specified.
11. Exit the program and open the folder where you generated the dvdid.xml files. Each file should be named in the format {DVD Title}.dvdid.xml. Copy each xml file to the appropriate folder where you stored your DVD image (again, put it in the same folder as VIDEO_TS, NOT inside VIDEO_TS, ie. the parent folder of VIDEO_TS).
12. Launch Media Center, click on My DVD's and enjoy!

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2 Comments:

Where is the My DVD Settings v0.2 (Attached) refered to in the steps above?

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:05 PM  

okay great now how do i edit my changer dvd's that don't have the correct data?

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:38 PM  

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