Multimedia Collection Organiser v 1.0.0.18 ========================================== 1. Permitted use and restrictions USE OF THIS SOFTWARE IS SUBJECT TO THE SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS SET FORTH BELOW. USING THE SOFTWARE INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS, YOU MUST DELETE AND/OR UNINSTALL THE SOFTWARE IMMEDIATELY. "Use" means storing, loading, installing, executing or displaying the software. You may not modify or reverse-engineer the software. This software is FREEWARE! You may download, install and use this software on as many computers as desired. You may freely distribute the software without charging any money for it. You may not sell, rent or lease the software to others. In no event will the author be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software. If you enjoy using this software and can spare a few bucks, please make a donation by using the button on the application's caption bar (next to the minimize button) or on the Help & About screen. It is absolutely voluntary. Thank you very much! 2. Warranty The software is distributed "as-is" and no warranty of any kind is expressed. 3. Internet content retrieval Certain functions used in this software will attempt to locate and retrieve content (images and text), found freely available, from the Internet. The search results and functionality, are not guaranteed in any way, and may vary. 4. System requirements You will need a Pentium PC running at least MS Windows XP Professional. You will also need a connection to the internet and MS Internet Explorer installed and configured to browse the internet to make use of certain functions. A minimum screen resolution of 1024x768 is recommended. 5. Third party brands and trademarks Third party brands and trademarks quoted in this document or any associated document or in the Multimedia Collection Organiser application are the property of the respective owners. History: Version 1.0.0.18: (28 Jan 2016) * Movie Images - Scraping code updated to handle updates on the IMDB- and other websites. * Movie Images - Added option to select the preferred size of the Poster images. * Movie Images - Improved poster download speed if option to "use first poster image" is selected. * Changed online check / auto check for updates routine. * Fixed minor bugs. Version 1.0.0.17: (30 Jun 2014) * Updated file locations - the old file locations are now inaccessible and therefor the automatic checking for updates will no longer work on versions prior to 1.0.0.17 * Fixed minor bugs. Version 1.0.0.16: (21 Nov 2013) * Improved Create Thumbnails & Resize Photos code to be less resource intensive. * Fixed a bug where default exceptions in the lists could not be deleted previously. * Movie Images - Scraping code updated to handle updates on the IMDB website. * Updated default replace stings. * Fixed a few minor bugs. * Added PayPal Donate buttons - All donations appreciated! Version 1.0.0.15: (24 Oct 2013) * Fixed a few bugs in the Song Title Clean-up code. * Added the option to "Cancel" a running Copy, Move or Delete action on the Browse tab. * Movie Images - Scraping code updated to handle updates on the IMDB website. * Fixed a few minor bugs. Version 1.0.0.14: (18 Oct 2013) * Movie Images - Scraping code updated to handle updates on the IMDB website. * CD/DVD Track Titler - improved track number removal code. Added an update-able list of artist names starting with numbers, to prevent false track number removal. * CD/DVD Track Titler - added more default search / replace rules. * CD/DVD Track Titler - added more default TitleCase exceptions. * CD/DVD Track Titler - added option to remove text, encapsulated by predefined character(s), from titles. * Added Song Title Clean-up functionality to Collection Operations to clean up all your badly named audio files in one go. * Removed old Cover Art search functionality and added it to Song Title Clean-up. * Added Copy, Move and Delete action options to the Browse tab - these actions can be performed on the list of browsed files. * Improved error reporting code * Made various cosmetic changes. * Fixed various minor bugs. Version 1.0.0.13: (2 May 2013) * Movie Images - Scraping code updated to handle updates on the IMDB website. * Movie Images - added option to .ini file to force IMDB to return content in English. Select "Save Settings" on the "About" images - Settings / Batch page to write the current setting to the MMCOrg.ini file. Close the application. Open the MMCOrg.ini file. Search for "IMDBLanguageForceEnglish=0" and change the 0 to 1 to force English content. Save the .ini file and re-open MMCOrg - IMDB searches should now return English content. Version 1.0.0.12: (18 Feb 2013) * Movie Images - Better support for multipart movies when the option to rename the movie to match the IMDB title option is selected and bulk scraping is performed. Additional movie parts will be named _n where n is incremented as more parts for the same movie is found. * Movie Images - Scraping code updated to handle updates on the IMDB website. * Movie Images - Added more UTF8 replacements for XML movie files. Previously some of the xml movieinfo files containing certain characters would have been unusable. Version 1.0.0.11: (28 Jan 2013) * Movie Images - XML file support! The option to create a text file containing movie information is now replaced by an option to create an .xml "movie info" file instead. These .xml files are used by the MEDE8ER to enable various searches. When the option is selected, the created .xml files will be placed into the same folder as the about image for the specific movie or TV Series. * Photos - Added options to change case for Filename & Extension, Ignore Extension and Extension Only. * Fixed a few bugs throughout the application. * Added "Quick start guides" for "About" image (coversheet) creation to the help file. * Updated the Help file to include all the current functionality. * Movie Images - Added option to create a Mede8er.db file to be used by the MEDE8ER's Jukebox functionality. Version 1.0.0.10: (10 Jan 2013) * Movie Images - Fixed bug which caused all poster images to be displayed twice. * Movie Images - Improved scraping code to handle more detail. * Movie Images - Fixed a few cosmetic bugs * Movie Images - Minor cosmetic changes Version 1.0.0.9: (14 Dec 2012) * Updated screen scraping code to support changes made to the various web pages. * Movie Images - Added feature to use IMDB poster when no poster can be found on www.movieposterdb.com. * Movie Images - Added option to automatically create a sub-folder with the name equal to the selected movie title. The movie will be moved into the created folder and all the created files and images will also be saved in the created folder. This eliminates the need to do a filename cleanup and "copy to folder" action before creating "about" images - this can now be done in a more foolproof single step. Version 1.0.0.8: (13 Dec 2012) * Added "Help & About" screen with update / download options and Auto-Update option. * Added option to "Browse - Step 1" tab to browse for files in folders and to only display the folders in which the files were found (Uppermost check-box - grey check). * Fixed a bug on "Settings / Batch tab" of "About images" where create and re-create buttons for images were disabled for non-local files. * Added feature to remember last used directories for various options. * Added options to change the case of (photo) file names to UPPER or lower. (Photos tab) * Added options to resize photos and to create thumbnails of images. (Photos tab) * Updated screen scraping code to support changes made to the various web pages. * Added "Bulk Folder Renaming" to "Browse Extras" group - it can be used to rename folders with standard find/replace options. * Improved speed for file ordering & duplicate removal in "Browse Extras" group. * Added option to use the parent folder name for the ID3 "Album" Tag in Tag MP3s. * Fixed minor cosmetic bugs Version 1.0.0.7: (6 Oct 2011) * Updated screen scraping code to support changes made to www.movieposterdb.com. * Added options to rename photos sequentially. (Photos tab) * Fixed minor cosmetic bugs Version 1.0.0.6: (8 Sep 2011) * Updated screen scraping code to support changes made to IMDB. * Updated error handling while tagging MP3s and file(s) are locked. Version 1.0.0.5: (10 May 2011) * Created a Help File - available separately (see links below). * Improved movie filename recognition for "About" image creation. * Added support for .nfo files containing IMDB ID for "About" image creation. * Added support for [ID IMDB ] in filenames of movies for "About" image creation. * Added support to use movie's folder name as the movie's name when a DVD or Blu Ray folder structure, containing a file VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB or BDMV\index.bdmv, is used. * Changed the "About" image designer screen - when it is opened the background field is selected by default and the sample image is displayed. * Fixed a bug where the defaults for a specific "About" image template were always loaded instead of the defaults for the current selected template. * Fixed a few bugs in to the "Search in Collection" source code. * Fixed the cover download scraping engine. * Updated scrape code for writer(s) and director(s) for movie / TV Series detail. * Improved the recovery speed when Poster/Quad search was cancelled. * Added options to enter a URL to download a JPEG to be used for a Poster or Quad. * Added support for .nfo files containing links to Poster and Quad images (JPEGs). * Added search progress information and final summary to Browse - Step 1 screen. * Improved Folder creation for movies / TV Series * Added support for larger screen font size (120 DPI / 125%) * Fixed minor cosmetic bugs Version 1.0.0.4: (11 Feb 2011) * Added the ability to add up to 50 Panels to any "About" Images template. These Panels will be drawn directly on top of the background and other images and text will be drawn on top of the Panels. * Added rulers to the "About" image designer window. * Added image dimensions and Mouse position to the "About" image designer window. * Added option to set and use transparency for the images used in the "About" image. * Added the option to click on any panel, image or piece of text on the "About" image while in the designer window - the properties of the selected item will then be displayed without having to select it from the drop-down control. * Included 2 additional "About" image template examples. * Fixed a few minor bugs. Version 1.0.0.3: (28 Jan 2011) * Added option to rename (CD) tracks in the format *#.* e.g. Track 3.mp3. * Added option to Load from File and add your own Poster Image to any movie. * Added option to search for, load or use the "Poster" image as the background of the "About" image. * Added option to make use and change the background colours for all text on the "About" image. * Added option to bulk "About" image creation, to "SKIP" a movie if none of the search results are applicable. * Changed bulk "About" image creation, to not force "use first" options for search results, poster images and background images. * Added a few minor enhancements and improvements of existing functionality. * Fixed some minor cosmetic bugs. Version 1.0.0.2: (19 Jan 2011) * Disabled certain invalid actions in popup menu on non-local files. * Fixed a few minor bugs. Version 1.0.0.1: (11 Jan 2011) * Fixed bug with disabled checkbox which prevented creating bulk about images with folder structure. * Fixed bug where bulk about images with folder structure option re-retrieved content when it already existed. * Added record counter below grid in About image batch operations. Version 1.0.0.0: (23 Nov 2010) * Initial release Known issues * No know issues. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The latest version of the application can be found at: http://www.spectrumsound.co.za/mmcorg/MMCOrg.zip The latest version of the Help.pdf file can be found at: http://www.spectrumsound.co.za/mmcorg/Help.pdf The latest version of the Readme.txt file can be found at: http://www.spectrumsound.co.za/mmcorg/Readme.txt