My Lil Movie JukeBox Maker!  (revision6)

 

My Movie Jukebox Features:

  • Plays movies from wherever they are on your network.
     

  • Plays all movie file types that the NMT supports, ..avi, vob, iso, mkv, plus more.
     

  • User Options for your exported html Menu Pages and Detail pages.
    - Export Location
    - Genre/Filter Setup/Selection, ... 20 filters are completely customizable.
    - Background image selection for Index, Detail and Actor pages.
    - Selectable Play Button images.
    - Index Movie Cover size, and columns per page, and covers per page.
    - Notes section w/ Goofs, Trivia, Film locations, etc.
    - Title pages can be renamed, .. as well as main index filename.
    - IMDB rating, Video format, SeenIt, Display back cover, .. all selectable.
    - Show Crew, Cast, Actor Links are all selectable.
    - 5 Movie locations are supported as well as "nested sub-folders"
    - LOCATOR button to show available NETWORK SHARES.
     

  • Automatic setup of the Movie Collector Software.
    - Filters, Sorts, Language, and initial setting are now automatically set for you!
            (when you run the Setup program)
     

  • Optional generation & export of Actor/Director Biography pages.
    -     400 major Actors/Directors are available for export! The scripts will automatically
           SCAN your movie database to determine which actors/directors are used,
           and export only those pages.
     

  • Optional cleanup of the exported thumbnails using IrfanView.
     

  • Optional conversion/mirroring/Blue Glow of the Movie Cover. (imagemagick)
     

  • Supports Box Sets & Episodes.  Version 6 now supports added features for
    Series and Boxsets!!!
     

  • Supports English and 6 Languages!! (for Genre Links & Page Titles)
     

  • LITE mode - Makes it easy for the New User to get setup and running.
    - Only four inputs required to begin enjoying the Movie Jukebox.
     

  • Easy update when you add additional movies at a later date!
    Update times for adding additional movies: approx 20 min. for a 1100 movie database.
     

  • Standard Definition TV Mode, ... now support for Std. Def. TVs!
 

Below is a typical movie details page. Note that the movie cover has been converted to a  png file then Mirrored with a Blue glow. (Also fully automated in this revision of the Jukebox!, ... and user selectable)

Notice on the page that there are now LINKS present for the actors & director, and if you CLICK on an actor, you will be taken to the Actor Bio page.

BELOW: Each Actor Bio page will show the actors photo, and then provide a mini biography for that actor. Below the biography, the movies associated with this actor will be displayed. You also can click on any of these covers to be taken to the appropriate movie details page.


 

Below: A Movie Details page showing the Front Cover displayed in jpg format.
You can display cover image either as jpg or mirrored png file.

Below: A detail page for the "Planet of the Apes" Box Set.
All of the plot info comes from the IMDB, and all we have to do is ADD LINKS for each movie file. Notice that there's Play Button for each movie in the Box Set.




(SEE APPENDIX 2 at bottom of page for a more detailed procedure for adding Movie Links)
 

Now, ... supports English, Francais, Svenska, Spanish, Deutsch, Italian and Danish.

Setting your language for main page titles and genre links are done in the setup program. Later, you can change these to say whatever you want, .. as well as change the genres.

Note: Movie Collector / Export program do NOT support special characters like  umlats,etc.



 


 

Customize your Jukebox!

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---- PLEASE DONATE ---

Although all of my hobby software is free, the time and effort that has gone into this endeavor has been fairly heavy. I estimate more than a thousand hours have gone into development, answering emails, webpage maintenance and finding servers willing to host it all!

So, I am now asking for donations from anyone who is willing to help. I am not going to ask for a specific amount as I appreciate that people have differing financial resources, just whatever you feel that you value the software. If you do Donate I guarantee to personally answer via email any questions that you have.

I want to be clear - the software is FREE and if you feel you should not (or cannot) donate or have any reason why you would rather not donate - that's perfectly fine. However, a $? general donation will go a long way to helping keep my software available for as long as possible. So go ahead and download my software - use it all you like. If you feel you got $? worth of use out of any of it and wish to contribute please press the Donate button.


 Comments? by all means email me at aks@iglou.com . Should you have questions about setting up your Popcorn Hour, please visit the USER APPS section of http://www.networkedmediatank.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=34 and ask your questions there. I do this part-time, ... so I'm not able to answer tech questions via email, but I will respond and answer any/all questions about the Movie Jukebox on the NMT forums.

If you DONATE, ...then I'm more than happy to answer questions via email, and I'll provide my phone number for tech support a well.


 

Table of Contents:


  1. Movie Jukebox Main Page

  2. My Movie Jukebox Features

  3. Getting Started - Installation and Setup
    Appendix 1: Setup for Best Picture

  4. Appendix 2: Adding your Movie Links.

  5. Appendix 3: Changing Filters/Genres.

  6. Appendix 4:  Media Location Variables.

  7. Appendix 5: User Account Control (Vista)

  8. Appendix 6: Setting up SMB shares
    Appendix7: Revision 6 Changes
    Appendix8: Adding Fanart

  9. Tips & FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

  10.