When you first open up Metabrowser you will be taken to main screen. It should take no more then a minute for Metabrowser to install, you will have the option during installation to have Metabrowser available to everyone who accesses the computer or just yourself. RDP into WHS, copy the msi file to the desktop, right click on the file and unblock, and then double click on the file to install.
#DOWNLOAD FILE2FOLDER WIN7 DOWNLOAD#
Download the metabrowser.msi file and save to a shared folder. Download the file and save somewhere on your WHS.
#DOWNLOAD FILE2FOLDER WIN7 MOVIE#
Movie Thumbnailer is used to extract thumbnails of TV episodes if none are found on TVDb. If you plan on using this feature simply place the ImagesByName folder in a central folder on your WHS (I have it saved under my \\MyServer\Videos\Fanart folder). ImagesByName consists of over 4,000 images of Actors/Directors that Metabrowser will use to display the appropriate actor images for each movie/TV show. To get this working with Metabrowser you will need to download “MediaInfo.dll” and place in the C:\Windows\System32 folder in WHS. MediaInfo provides a detailed description of the characteristics of a video file (information on audio/vide tracks, etc…).
Three other optional downloads I noted above are MediaInfo, ImagesByName, and Movie Thumbnailer (I will provide details on how these downloads are used during setup). MovieName.mkv (or the Video_TS folder if a DVD Rip) Metabrowser utilizes and, which are open databases completely driven by users, to gather metadata. Also, having multiple HTPCs throughout my house, it does not make sense to have Media Browser pulling in metadata individually on each HTPC, Metabrowser will allow me to centralize this with WHS. Although Media Browser does provide for automatic metadata retrieval, I prefer to have more control over this, which is where Metabrowser comes into play. Media Browser is a free (for now) plugin for Media Center that provides an alternative UI in WMC to view your digital media.
Today I thought I would look at setting up WHS to automatically retrieve metadata with a free program called Metabrowser (to be used in WMC primarily with Media Browserbut also can be used for the default WMC DVD Library). There are many different media center programs out there that can help you achieve this, but the one underlying piece of data that is needed regardless of the program you use is metadata/fanart.
One of the motivations of storing your movie/TV collection on your WHS is to play back on a TV with a snazzy looking UI that says WOW.
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