Merge Generator
On the main Switchboard, click ‘Merge Generator Switchboard’
On the ‘Merge Generator Switchboard, click ‘Metadata Utility Merge Switchboard’
Metadata Utility Merge Switchboard allows you to:
WMC XML Profile Cache
Enables to Cache existing (already generated) XML Files to the Local Profile (needed by Windows Media Center to show the necessary Metadata Information for any given movie).
On the main Switchboard, click ‘Merge Generator Switchboard’
On the ‘Merge Generator Switchboard, click ‘Metadata Utility Merge Switchboard’
Copy (Cache) Windows Media Center Movie Library Metadata Information – XML Files (selected records) to local profile.
Note:
If NO records have been selected, then Metadata Utility will ask you if you want to run the Command clicked (ie. ‘WMC Merge’, ‘WMC XML Profile Cache’, ‘WMC XML Generate’) on ALL available records from your Media Library Queue (only). After the Bacth Job Processing has been completed, then Metadata Utility will automatically Un-Select ‘All’ Records from your ‘Media’ Queue. This only happens if ‘all’ records are automatically selected.
If you have manually selected a group of Records from your ‘Media’ Library Queue for Batch Processing, then after the completion, the manually selected records, will still remain ‘selected’ (an may need to ‘manually’ be unselected).
To manually ‘Un-Select’ at once all previously ‘selected records, click here
WMC XML File(s) Generate
This feature should be used to generate new XML Files for movies added to the Library and/or if the Information on the Movie has been updated, then this feature will allow to ‘sync’ the new updated information with Windows Media Center.
In other words, this feather enables to Create/Generate XML Files for new movies that have been added to the Library (needed by Windows Media Center to show the necessary Metadata Information for any given movie). ‘WMC XML Generate’ will:
-Generate XML File(s) for each movie added to the library and
-will Cache those generated new XML Files to the local profile (needed by Windows Media Center to show the necessary Metadata Information for any given movie).
On the main Switchboard, click ‘Merge Generator Switchboard’
On the ‘Merge Generator Switchboard, click ‘Metadata Utility Merge Switchboard’
Generates Metadata Information – ‘XML’ Files for Windows Media Center Movie Library (selected records) on target movie directory as well as caches the generated XML File(s) to the Local Profile.
Note:
If NO records have been selected, then Metadata Utility will ask you if you want to run the Command clicked (ie. ‘WMC Merge’, ‘WMC XML Profile Cache’, ‘WMC XML Generate’) on ALL available records from your Media Library Queue (only). After the Batch Job Processing has been completed, then Metadata Utility will automatically Un-Select ‘All’ Records from your ‘Media’ Queue. This only happens if ‘all’ records are automatically selected.
If you have manually selected a group of Records from your ‘Media’ Library Queue for Batch Processing, then after the completion, the manually selected records, will still remain ‘selected’ (an may need to ‘manually’ be unselected).
To manually ‘Un-Select’ at once all previously ‘selected records, see ‘Metadata Utility Maintenance Sel-Unselect Switchboard’ Section click here.
Download Cover Art
Download Cover Art. This feature is only available on the latest Version of Metadata Utility (Legacy Versions of Metadata Utility do NOT support this feature).
-Make sure that records have been selected and placed in the ‘Selected Queue’ (for more information about placing records in the ‘Selected Queue’ see section ‘Placing records in the Selected Queue’
-Make sure that those records from which Cover-Art is to be downloaded have the appropriate information (see sections Metadata Utility – Description – ‘Path’ – ‘Poster Path’ (30b) and Metadata Utility – Description – ‘Path’ – ‘Poster Path’ (30c) for more details)
-Alternative, if no records have been selected, then Metadata Utility will prompt if ‘all’ records should be selected and Cover-Art downloaded. Note that depending on the size of your Media Library, if all records are selected, then it may take some time for Metadata Utility to download and process the Cover-Art files for the entire Media Library.
To use this feature, do the following:
On the main Switchboard, click ‘Merge Generator Switchboard’
On the ‘Merge Generator Switchboard, click ‘Metadata Utility Merge Switchboard’
Download Cover-Art
Note:
If NO records have been selected, then Metadata Utility will ask you if you want to run the Command clicked (ie. ‘Download Cover Art’, ‘WMC XML Profile Cache’, ‘WMC XML Generate’) on ALL available records from your Media Library Queue (only). After the Batch Job Processing has been completed, then Metadata Utility will automatically Un-Select ‘All’ Records from your ‘Media’ Queue. This only happens if ‘all’ records are automatically selected.
If you have manually selected a group of Records from your ‘Media’ Library Queue for Batch Processing, then after the completion, the manually selected records, will still remain ‘selected’ (an may need to ‘manually’ be unselected).
To manually ‘Un-Select’ at once all previously ‘selected records, see ‘Metadata Utility Maintenance Sel-Unselect Switchboard’ Section click here.
Metadata Utility - Operation - 'XML-ID' Generation
Generate an XML-ID for Records in the Selected Queue that have no XML-ID (Batch Process).
-Alternative, if no records have been selected, then Metadata Utility will prompt if ‘all’ records should be selected and process all Records. Note This process will apply to only records in the ‘Selected Records Queue’ that have a missing XMl-ID. Any existing Records with an existing XMl-ID will not be impacted by this process (existing XML-ID will remain the same and will not be changed).
On the main Switchboard, click ‘Merge Generator Switchboard’
On the ‘Merge Generator Switchboard, click ‘Metadata Utility Merge Switchboard’
click on ‘WMC XML-ID Generate’
Note:
If NO records have been selected, then Metadata Utility will ask you if you want to run the Command clicked (ie. ‘Generate an XML-ID’, ‘WMC XML Profile Cache’, ‘WMC XML Generate’) on ALL available records from your Media Library Queue (only). After the Batch Job Processing has been completed, then Metadata Utility will automatically Un-Select ‘All’ Records from your ‘Media’ Queue. This only happens if ‘all’ records are automatically selected.If you have manually selected a group of Records from your ‘Media’ Library Queue for Batch Processing, then after the completion, the manually selected records, will still remain ‘selected’ (an may need to ‘manually’ be unselected).
To manually ‘Un-Select’ at once all previously ‘selected records, see ‘Metadata Utility Maintenance Sel-Unselect Switchboard’ Section click here.
WMC Merge
On the main Switchboard, click ‘Merge Generator Switchboard’
On the ‘Merge Generator Switchboard, click ‘Metadata Utility Merge Switchboard’
This feature is designed for advanced Troubleshooting. It enables to run detailed analysis of the Data that is used to generate the needed XML Files. To use this feature, you must have a fully licensed Microsoft Word Version installed in your computer where Metadata Utility is also installed.
This feature Generates ‘XML’ Files for your Windows Media Center Movie Library (selected records) and it is intended for advanced trouble shooting, when you are having problems with your Windows Media Center Library –for example not displaying Metadata on certain movies, etc–.
For this feature to work, you must have a licensed running Version of Microsoft Word, as well to (and not limited to, listed in no particular order):
-trust settings in Microsoft Word to run Macros and/or
-trust ‘Metadata Utility’ and/or
-trust the ‘Metadata Utility’ Microsoft Word generated Template.
Under normal operation, users will run either ‘WMC XML Profile Cache’ to Cache existing XML/Windows Media Center Media Information to their Profile or run ‘WML XML Generate’ to create/edit/replace XML Files into their Windows Media Center Library. To learn more about ‘WMC XML Profile Cache’ and ‘WML XML Generate’, see the following sections:
– ‘Metadata Utility – WMC XML Profile Cache’ -> click here
– ‘Metadata Utility – WMC XML File(s) Generate’ -> click here
The pictures below are an example of the settings in Microsoft Word 2010 (and/or later Version(s)):
IMPORTANT: Enabling Macros lowers your security as once enabled, then a malicious Macro may run unexpected commands on your system.
Though any Metadata Utility Templates (and Macros for advanced troubleshooting) are safe, enabling Macros in Microsoft Word will enable Macros for all Microsoft Word files.