Organize Digital Video Library (Movies and TV Shows): Part-2 Scrape

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Artwork, Cast, Digital, Fanart, File Management, IMDB, Internet Movie Database, Kodi, Library, Media, Movie, Organize, Plex, Plot, Poster, Scraper, Television program, Tips, Trailer, Tricks, TVDB, Video, Windows, Windows Media Center, XBMC

tinyMediaManager screenshot

I’m sorry for taking too long to finish the second part of this series. I realize now that a lot of the media renamer tools from the previous post is obsolete or there are better alternatives. Also, some of them are not compatible across all OS. In this post, I will show you how to use media scraper (tinyMediaManager)

Organize Digital Video Library (Movies and TV Shows): Part-1 Rename

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Digital, File Management, IMDB, Internet Movie Database, Library, Movie, Organize, Plex, Television program, Tips, Tricks, TVDB, Video, Windows, Windows Media Center, XBMC

Movie Folders Organized – Windows

Do you want your digital video library to look as good as this?

Media Companion Movie Metadata

Do you want to scrape your media for metadata (download metadata and artwork of TV shows and Movies) locally so that it is compatible with most media players and media center softwares such as Plex Media Center, XBMC, Windows Media Center, etc.?

tv show naming and organization

movie naming and organization

For this, you have to first prepare your media files (rename and arrange in proper directory structures) in a way that makes the job of media scrappers easier. Cheeck if your videos follow this Media Naming and Organization Guide for Plex. XBMC expects similar format when scrapping metadata for your media – XBMC Media Naming Format.

But don’t worry, you don’t have to rename the files manually if you don’t have them in standard format. The following tools will help you automate the process of renaming and moving the files to proper directories:

1. theRenamer
2. MediaManager

Why 3D movies are a waste of money

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3D glasses (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Quoted from CNET article on the same topic:

Conservatism hurts the films : The problem: studios have been too conservative, and have been reluctant to go too deep with the 3D, resulting in a 3D movie that doesn’t satisfy anyone. Steve Schklair, CEO of 3ality, said that 3D films can use about 4 percent of the screen’s width for its depth, with 2 percent providing a decent effect. Most live-action films now shoot at a depth of about a half percent, which barely registers with viewers.