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YAMJ Step-by-Step setup for Dummies - I need some guinea pigs to test and advise
06-20-2009, 04:55 AM (This post was last modified: 07-10-2009 12:12 AM by Blazed Monkey.)
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YAMJ Step-by-Step setup for Dummies - I need some guinea pigs to test and advise
PLEASE CHECK HERE FIRST for the most recent edition of the guide:
http://pch.omertron.com/YAMJ_Step_By_Step




After going in circles for the last 2 weeks, spending 5-6 hours a day trying to get things working correctly, I came to a realization:

Sometimes too MUCH information can be as frustrating and confusing as having too LITTLE information.


I was reading the WIKI's, and following the step by step tutorials, and countless times I thought I had everything correct, but it never worked right. The real problem was that:
1. Critical information was being left out because the authors took this information for granted (like the fact that you don't need to use myiHome to be able to use YAMJ, even though if you download myiHome and enable the jukebox with the plugin, it points you directly to YAMJ)
2. There are SOOO many ways to get stuff setup, that if you are taking in information JUST from the NMT forums, you are still parsing together information that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with what you are trying to accomplish.


I'm 99% sure I've finally worked out all the kinks, so I figured I would write up a detailed step-by-step guide for other new users like myself, so hopefully they don't have to go through the same agony that I spend the last 2 weeks going through.

I've written a step by step tutorial for YAMJ, but what I would appreciate is if you experience users took a look at it and made sure that all my information here was correct, and will work for everyone the same way it works for me. Please let me know what, if anything, needs to be changed or explained better, and hopefully this will do somebody some good.
30 minutes to HD Awesomeness - A Step-by-Step Beginners Guide for YAMJ:


NOTE: This guide is written for Windows XP, as that is the system I run, and that it what I have tested on. This guide will work for other systems as well, but you will need to alter some steps accordingly to fit your Operating Systems needs.



This is what we will be doing, it is all very simple, but because there are so many ways to set things up, and each person organizes their files differently, some steps with have multiple options. Choose what works best for your situation:


Overview:
1. Set up your video files properly so that all the movie posters, plot info, fan art, trailers, etc., will be downloaded automatically for you.
2. Install Java
3. Download YAMJ (this manages your shares)
4. Download the Graphic User Interface for YAMJ
5. Download MediInfo (this downloads all the imdb, plot info automatically)
6. Group your files with Winbolic Link so that you have 1 big library
7. Setup your share with YAMJ so the Popcorn Hour can see it
8. Enjoy HD Awesomeness :run:



For this tutorial, we will be using ONLY the programs listed here. It is NOT NECESSARY to use myiHome in order to use YAMJ. If you are having issues with a setup you have already tried outside of this tutorial, it is best to uninstall everything you have done, and go back to square 1, using the guide provided here.





1. Your files need to be set up properly for YAMJ to be able to get the imdb info correctly. There are 2 ways that I know of to do this:

Option A:
Create a NFO file for each video file you have:
http://code.google.com/p/moviejukebox/wiki/NFO_Files
For instance if you had the file twb_blood.mkv for "There Will Be Blood" MovieJukebox will try to search IMDB for a match, but in this case the closest match will be "Town Bloody Hall (1979)" which is clearly not what you want.

How do you create an NFO file, you ask? Easy:

Open notepad. (click Start->Run->notepad)
Copy the full imdb URL of the movie into notepad (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469494/)
Save the file with a name that exactly matches your movie file name, but end it in .nfo (if your movie file is named 'twb_blood.mkv', your NFO file will be named 'twb_blood.nfo')
Make sure that the movie file and the nfo file are in the SAME folder.


See, easy stuff Smile



Option B:
Rename your movies files (this is so that YAMJ can index them properly and download the correct info):
[Image: movienaming.jpg]

What is important here is the naming convention (Movie Name.4DigitYear.VideoSource.FileExtention, for example: A Christmas Story.1983.DVDRip.avi). It should not matter if you have each movie in a seperate folder, or if they are multipart files (2-cd rips), only that they follow the proper naming conventions. (In reality, the naming conventions don't even matter if you have the proper .nfo files that correspond to your video files.

IMPORTANT NOTE: With YAMJ filenames, the minus "-" character is a special character used to delimit the episode/part title in filenames. Anything after this character is ignored, so please ensure multipart video tags are BEFORE any "-" in the filename. This hold true for long movie titles as well, like so:

Incorrect: Dragon - The Bruce Lee Story.1993.DVDRip.avi
This will index the wrong movie name, because YAMJ will search for the movie named 'Dragon' that came out in 1993, and it will get the wrong imdb info and cover art.

Correct: Dragon The Bruce Lee Story.1993.DVDRip.avi

(In my picture above, Aladdin 2 - The Return of Jafar.1994.DVDRip.avi DOES pull the correct IMDB info, but that is ONLY because there is no other movie named Aladdin 2 on imdb. Normally, this will not work out, so it is not a good habit to get into)

Proper naming conventions for movies:
http://code.google.com/p/moviejukebox/wiki/FileNaming
http://code.google.com/p/moviejukebox/wi...PartVIdeos
http://code.google.com/p/moviejukebox/wiki/VideoSources







2. Download and install the latest Java Runtime Environment (the default installation options should be fine):
https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enf..._Developer






3. Download the latest version of YAMJ:
http://omertron.com/pch/YAMJ_Latest

Install YAMJ in the BASE of a drive. If you have any kind of space in your path name, this can potentially cause issues with Java playing nicely and it may not find your files. Also, make sure that the drive you put it on uses NTFS, and not Fat32 (i.e. NOT the drive you have Windows installed on). This will become VERY important later when we create our shares.
Correct: D:\YAMJ
Incorrect: D:\Program Files\YAMJ




4. Download the latest version of YAMJ GUI Config:
http://omertron.com/pch/YAMJ_GUI_Config
(The download link is at the very bottom of the page underneath 'Attachment')

Extract the files. For this tutorial, on my PC the location is: D:\YAMJ\




5. Download MediaInfo:
Windows 32bit users: http://sourceforge.net/project/downloadi...a=92842140
Windows 64bit users: http://sourceforge.net/project/downloadi...a=16933690
Other (find the file that matches your system): http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles...e_id=90612

In your YAMJ install directory, create a new folder, and name it 'Mediainfo'.
Extract MediaInfo to the path: \YAMJ\Mediainfo\



At this point, if you have done everything correctly, you should have a folder that looks exactly like this:
[Image: yamjfolder.jpg]
6. Defining your shares so that they all show up in the same place and you can use a single Library:

Download and install the latest version of Winbolic Link:
http://www.pearlmagik.com/winbolic/


We are going to be using Winbolic Link to make Windows see all of our shared hard drives and folders in 1 single location, that way, no matter how big your video library is, or how many hard drives and folders it is spread across, you will only ever have to use 1 setup of YAMJ, and 1 folder to manage your entire collection in

Start by creating a folder where you want all your stuff to be located. Make sure that if you have a large video collection, the spot where you create this folder has a LOT of free space, because this is where all your cover art, index files, movie posters, etc. will be stored. To give you an idea: If I scan just 1 of my movie hard drives, with 167 movies in it, this takes up about 110MB of space with all the data it downloads.

For this example, I will be calling my folder 'Shares' and I will be placing this folder in my YAMJ directory. On my machine, it looks like this:

D:\YAMJ\Shares\


Now we do a little quick prep work:
Go to all the folders or hard drives that you want to include in your library, and share those folders (This does NOT include the share folder you just created, we will do that one later). I want to share 2 folders for now:
F:\MovieTest1
K:\MovieTest2

Navigate to the first folder you want to share. Right-click on it, then click 'Properties'. Select the 'Sharing' tab at the top. Put a check in the 2 boxes in the 'Network sharing and security' pane, and give your share a name, then click OK to close the window:
[Image: moviestest2share1.jpg]


If you did it right, it should now have a little hand holding the bottom of the folder to indicate it is shared, like this:
[Image: moviestest2share2.jpg]



Go through and do this with all the folders or hard drives that you want to include in you Library (remember, do NOT do your 'Shares' folder yet, that comes in a minute)



Now, start Winbolic Link:
[Image: winbolic1.jpg]


You see the 2 windows? In the LEFT side window, browse to your 'Share' directory, and click on the 'Shares' folder. You will see at the top of that window that the path is displayed: D:\YAMJ\Shares indicating that this is the folder you selected. In the RIGHT window, browse to the first directory that you want to add to your library and click on the folder. Look at the top of that window and verify that the path is correct: F:\MoviesTest1

Now, in the bottom left corner, where it says 'Name of link:', you will create a name for the link you are about to create. I named mine 'MoviesTest1'. This name will be what is displayed as the folder name for the junction we are about to create. It should look like this:
[Image: winbolic2.jpg]

Now, click the button that says 'Create NTFS Junction'. You will see a red folder be created under your 'Shares' folder in the left side window, labeled MoviesTest1 --) F:\MoviesTest1\, this is the junction you just created.

_____________________________________________________________________
PAUSE FOR WARNING: What we have just done is to create a junction between the folders we want to share, and the single folder that we want windows and our Popcorn Hour to see the shares in. You need to be EXTREMELY CAREFUL when you do this, and keep in mind that, if you delete something from the D:\YAMJ\Shares\MoviesTest1 folder, it is ACTUALLY being deleted from it's real location, at F:\MoviesTest1. You can remove this junction at any time by running WinbolicLink, choosing the red folder you want to remove the junction from, and clicking the 'Remove Link' button. The only safe way to remove this junction is to use WinbolicLink.
_____________________________________________________________________

Now, go through and do the same exact thing for all the other folders you want to be part of your library, with the left side window always pointing to your 'Share' folder. When you are done creating your junctions, go ahead and click the 'Quit' button in WinbolicLink to close the program.

If you have done everything correctly, your 'Shares' folder should now look like this:
[Image: sharewinbolic1.jpg]


If you navigate inside one of your folders, you will see this:
[Image: sharewinbolic2.jpg]

Pay specific attention to the address bar, how it says: D:\YAMJ\Shares\MoviesTest1
In reality, we are ACTUALLY looking at the contents of the folder: F:\MovieTest1



What is actually happening here is that we have tricked Windows (and subsequently, the Popcorn Hour) into seeing it this way, which is what really allows us to keep our whole library in 1 place. Because Windows doesn't know any better, it thinks we are looking at the contents of a single folder, when in reality, we could do this for 50 different hard drives or folders, and Windows would see it as a single location.

_____________________________________________________________________
I'm gonna go ahead and repeat my warning here: BE CAREFUL! Simply deleting one of the folders you have created will not remove the junction, you will actually be deleting the contents of the REAL drive. If you want to remove the junction, use Winbolic Link.
_____________________________________________________________________




Now that we are done getting everything in 1 place, we can finally go ahead and right click on the 'Shares' folder, and use windows to share the folder on your network. The reason we couldn't do this before is because Winbolic won't allow you to add an NTFS junction to a folder that is currently being shared. Go ahead and share this folder now. For this tutorial, I have given this folder a "Share Name" of 'YAMJShares', so that I can find it easily later.
7. Building your Library with YAMJ

This is a 2 part process. First, we will tell our Popcorn Hour where our share location is. Second, well will use YAMJ to build our movie library for us so it can be displayed on our Popcorn Hour.


Turn on your Popcorn Hour. On the left side menu, go into 'Setup', then go to 'Network Share'. Go over to the button that says "Browse" and click enter on your remote. This should bring up a list of your network with any workgroups that are part of your windows network. My windows workgroup name is 'BlazedM', and my computers name is 'Blazed'. On my TV, it looks like this:

[Image: IMAGE_197.jpg]


Find your 'YAMJShares' folder, and click enter on it. This should send you back to the final setup screen, where you will give this share a name that the Popcorn Hour will use to identify it. I have named mine 'OT, but you can name yours whatever you want, just keep in mind that this is CASE SENSITIVE when you go to use it in the next part. 'OT' is not the same as 'ot' or even 'Ot'':

[Image: IMAGE_198.jpg]


If you require a username and password for your network, enter that as well, than click 'Save'.


If you click the 'Source' button on your remote, you should now see this new network source that you created in the list of sources.




Now go back to your computer. Open the file called 'moviejukebox.properties' located in the YAMJ folder. You can do this with Notepad.

Go the following line:
# Default NMT path
mjb.nmtRootPath=file:///opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK/Video/

Change this to read:
# Default NMT path
mjb.nmtRootPath=file:///opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/NETWORK_SHARE/OT/


The 2 important parts you are changing are what comes after 'localhost.drives'. It should be /NETWORK_SHARE/OT/. If you named your Network Share something different than 'OT', than make sure you put that instead, remembering that this is CASE SeNsiTive. Save the file, then close it.


In your YAMJ folder, double click on 'YAMJ GUI Config v0.43.exe' to run the program.


You should now be looking at this:
[Image: YAMJ1.jpg]


'Location of your movie directory to scan':
Here, you want to click 'Select Dir', then navigate to the NETWORK PATH of your 'YAMJShares'.

On my computer, to get there, I go to: My Network Places->Entire Network->Microsoft Windows Network->BlazedM->Blazed->YAMJShares, then click OK:
[Image: newtworkshare.jpg]


'My video files are on:'
click the radio button that says: 'on a Network Path on the NMT'
A box should pop up asking you to input the IP Address of your Popcorn Hour.

(If you don't already know what this is, you can find it by going to your Popcorn Hour, going into the 'Setup' menu, then going to 'Network', it will be listed at the bottom.)

Input the IP address, then click OK. This should cause the drop down box on the right to automatically change to the correct Popcorn Hour Share name that we created earlier (OT). It will also update the 'NMT Path' line.



'Location of where you want the jukebox to be stored:'
Click 'Select Dir' and navigate to the LOCAL path of your 'Shares' folder and click OK. On my PC, this would be D:\YAMJ\Shares\


Lastly, click the 'Add' button in the bottom left. A popup box will appear asking if you want to add a description to the Library, just click OK.

If you have done everything correctly, another popup will appear telling you that the entry has been added to the library, go ahead and click OK.

Your screen should now look like this:
[Image: YAMJ2.jpg]


Click the 'Save' button, and select the YAMJ Install directory that contains the 'MovieJukebox.bat' file, and click OK. On my computer, this is located at: D:\YAMJ\


A window will pop up asking if you want to go to this folder now, click Yes, and you will be taken to the folder. (At this point it is safe to close the YAMJ GUI Config)



Double click on My_YAMJ.cmd, and a black window will come up and scan all your files. This will take quite a while depending on how big your library is. When it is done, it will tell you "press any key to continue", it is safe to close the window now.

[Image: cmdwindow.jpg]






8. If you followed this tutorial correctly, you should now be able to enjoy your HD goodness. Go to your popcorn hour and turn it on. Go the the Media Sources page, and choose the Popcorn Hour Share that you created earlier (OT). You should be taken directly into the jukebox, should look something like this:

[Image: yamjscreen.jpg]


Any time you add a new movie to one of your share folders and you want to update, simply run the My_YAMJ.cmd file again, and it will update the library. It will only touch the files that are new, so it doesn't take NEARLY as long as the very first time you run it.






Everything should be working properly, so sit back, relax, and enjoy your awesome new media player :wavey:
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06-20-2009, 09:32 AM
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RE: YAMJ Step-by-Step setup for Dummies - I need some guinea pigs to test and advise
Very very nice. I think that once this is complete, I'll add it to my site if that's ok with you?

My Media Player Site: http://MediaPlayerSite.com
For YAMJ questions please read the WIKI first Smile
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06-20-2009, 10:32 AM
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Looks good! Accident was also working on a YAMJ manual, maybe pool resources?
http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showth...?tid=22707
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06-20-2009, 10:32 AM (This post was last modified: 06-20-2009 10:38 AM by Blazed Monkey.)
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RE: YAMJ Step-by-Step setup for Dummies - I need some guinea pigs to test and advise
Omertron, I would be honored. I hope you had a chance to go through it thoroughly, and maybe you saw something that you might not have thought about mentioning to new users. I know it's hard to get an outside perspective sometimes, so maybe this will help you in future developments as well, who knows.


The only thing that sucks is that I don't have an external HDD or internal HDD on my PCH to test those functions as well, so I wasn't able to include that, because I didn't want to give out any information that I hadn't tested and was positive that it worked, so maybe someone else can do the leg work on that part of things.



I have no problem with you posting it on your site (in fact, that's kinda what I was hoping would happen Wink ), my only request is that you rehost the images on your own server, and you give credit where it is due (I need to do this myself, as I'm pretty sure I borrowed some wording for at least 1 tiny section, have to double check on this though, I rewrote this quite a few times)



Once a few people have a chance to test this, and I can validate that it works 100%, it should be good to go as is. I spent HOURS testing this myself, crashing everything and recreating just to make sure I could duplicate it every time, but you never know.


EDIT: Forgot to mention - I'm also in the process of adding, at the very least, part 2 and 3 to this, covering Dynamic YAMJ (NMTServer, including BoxMe) and changing skins, as these seem to be some of the most common things new users are looking for info on. It will be at least a few days before either of those are ready though, as I have a lot going on at the moment, but it is high up on my agenda. I also plan on expanding on part 1 to include TV Shows and Music, but I have to figure that part out myself first.
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06-20-2009, 12:50 PM
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RE: YAMJ Step-by-Step setup for Dummies - I need some guinea pigs to test and advise
Excellent guide, await the skins part.thank you..
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06-20-2009, 07:20 PM
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RE: YAMJ Step-by-Step setup for Dummies - I need some guinea pigs to test and advise
If you want to add it yourself, just create a username and create the page(s) yourself. If you have any trouble, PM your username and I'll make sure you have the correct permissions.

It might be worth browsing the official wiki and "borrowing" some of their screenshots to replace your slightly blurry ones Smile

As to the differences between Internall HDD and Non-HDD there isn't any, it's just a different place to store the movies and jukebox

My Media Player Site: http://MediaPlayerSite.com
For YAMJ questions please read the WIKI first Smile
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06-20-2009, 11:19 PM (This post was last modified: 06-20-2009 11:57 PM by carpkernel.)
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RE: YAMJ Step-by-Step setup for Dummies - I need some guinea pigs to test and advise
Thanks for your time for putting that together. I'm a def Dummie when it comes to computers and even I got this to work thanks to your instructions. For anyone who has their media on the hard drive of the media tank just change the location directory to scan to :- My Network places - choose folder the video's are on and then Select that folder. Once that's done click radio button for Video's are on the NMT's Hard disk. Location to be stored is just the same as Blazed Monkey instructions.

Nice one Blazed Monkey appreciate your help
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06-20-2009, 11:28 PM
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So this is only your 6th post in this community - amazing Exclamation

Absolutely excellent job

Its really an enjoyment to witness the work lots of people here put into supporting the community in so many ways

My sincere respect goes out to you, to the many skillfull developers doing their magic and to everyone else contributing to this community to help eachother out.

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06-21-2009, 12:09 AM
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Now I've finally managed to get a decent Movie Jukebox working has anyone got a step by step guide for dummies for a Music Jukebox. Got all my music on my hard drive connected to my Egreat EG-M34A via the sata cable supplied but at present just using the normal media tank application to play the files. Something like Movie Jukebox but for music is what I'm looking for.

Sorry if i've posted this in the wrong section but new to the forum.
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06-21-2009, 12:25 AM
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Fantastic work! this is the one I was literally looking for earlier while trying to figure YAMJ. A great useful guide for everyone. Thanks for this great work!!!

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06-21-2009, 01:25 AM
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RE: YAMJ Step-by-Step setup for Dummies - I need some guinea pigs to test and advise
A few items:

MediaInfo doesn't download from imdb. I just looks in your movie files for resolution, framerate, audio format etc. YAMJ (or the skin process) does the imdb downloads.

Personal preference: I don't clutter my filenames with dots and I only use the year if needed for an ambiguous filename then I put it in parens (). I also put each movie, set and tv series in it's own folder.

Why use junction points instead of symbolic links?
Vista users can use mklink to create symbolic links. No need for that circa 2002 Winbolic.

In the YAMJ GUI, Selecting the Movie directory to scan, Why point to the network share instead of just D:\YAMJ\Shares\ ?


Like you said, there are many ways to do the same thing and this way obviously works for you. I hope I'm not sounding too critical. You've put a lot of time and effort into this.
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06-21-2009, 01:42 AM
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Would be a good WIKI addition as well, once its finalised.

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06-21-2009, 06:56 AM
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(06-20-2009 07:20 PM)Omertron Wrote:  If you want to add it yourself, just create a username and create the page(s) yourself. If you have any trouble, PM your username and I'll make sure you have the correct permissions.

It might be worth browsing the official wiki and "borrowing" some of their screenshots to replace your slightly blurry ones Smile

As to the differences between Internall HDD and Non-HDD there isn't any, it's just a different place to store the movies and jukebox

Will do. The blurry pics are actually just grabs I took with my cell phone, not the best of shots, but they got the job done Big Grin

I wasn't sure about the internal and USB stuff, I was guessing that you just needed to use the different radio buttons in YAMJ GUI to specify the different location, but as I said before, if I couldn't test it myself, I didn't want to include it. I have a USB stick laying around I can use to test the USB part out, and I'm sure I can dig out an old HDD from somewhere for testing purposes at least, so I'll update that part eventually.




(06-21-2009 01:25 AM)BanditRider Wrote:  A few items:

MediaInfo doesn't download from imdb. I just looks in your movie files for resolution, framerate, audio format etc. YAMJ (or the skin process) does the imdb downloads.

Personal preference: I don't clutter my filenames with dots and I only use the year if needed for an ambiguous filename then I put it in parens (). I also put each movie, set and tv series in it's own folder.

Why use junction points instead of symbolic links?
Vista users can use mklink to create symbolic links. No need for that circa 2002 Winbolic.

In the YAMJ GUI, Selecting the Movie directory to scan, Why point to the network share instead of just D:\YAMJ\Shares\ ?


Like you said, there are many ways to do the same thing and this way obviously works for you. I hope I'm not sounding too critical. You've put a lot of time and effort into this.
Thanks for the clarification on MediaInfo and the file naming structure, I'll keep that in mind for future updates. I was aware that you could have files inside imbedded folders, but that just happens to be how I have that particular drive set up. The rest of my stuff is in folders.

I used junction points because that was the easiest for me to use, and I knew it would work because I had previously used this method:
http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showth...?tid=20270

I knew that windows was creating junctions this way, so I knew it would work. I was trying to reduce variables. I actually just found out about symbolic links, and have been pointing others in that direction as well, so that will be included in future updates.


In the YAMJ GUI, when selecting the movie directory to scan, I used the Network path because it worked for me every time I tested. For whatever reason, the local path wasn't working correctly, and would display all my movie art, but when I clicked play on the file, it would just loop back to the info page and it would never play. I would also get a "Warning, possible path error" in the YAMJ GUI, and be directed to this page:
http://omertron.com/pch/GUI_Config_Path_Error

which specifically states that:
Quote:Each of these is correct and will locate the correct file in windows, but the first one will not enable the GUI to correctly identify the path unless "MyShare" points to the Root (CSmile.

Since not everyone will place the share in their root, and I wanted to make this as universal as possible, using the Network path seemed the best way to eliminate variables and cut out user error and confusion regardless of the file tree structure.


Thanks for the notes, this is exactly the kind of feedback I was looking for Smile


(06-21-2009 12:09 AM)carpkernel Wrote:  Now I've finally managed to get a decent Movie Jukebox working has anyone got a step by step guide for dummies for a Music Jukebox. Got all my music on my hard drive connected to my Egreat EG-M34A via the sata cable supplied but at present just using the normal media tank application to play the files. Something like Movie Jukebox but for music is what I'm looking for.

Sorry if i've posted this in the wrong section but new to the forum.

I'll be working on this at some point as well, but at the moment I don't have an ETA, sorry. Spend some time browsing the forum, and if you get confused, feel free to reference this EDU, as it explains some of 'why' things are set up the way they are. If nothing else, it is good info you can expand upon.


(06-20-2009 12:50 PM)edinburghei Wrote:  Excellent guide, await the skins part.thank you..

(06-20-2009 11:19 PM)carpkernel Wrote:  Thanks for your time for putting that together. I'm a def Dummie when it comes to computers and even I got this to work thanks to your instructions. For anyone who has their media on the hard drive of the media tank just change the location directory to scan to :- My Network places - choose folder the video's are on and then Select that folder. Once that's done click radio button for Video's are on the NMT's Hard disk. Location to be stored is just the same as Blazed Monkey instructions.

Nice one Blazed Monkey appreciate your help

(06-20-2009 11:28 PM)spawn Wrote:  So this is only your 6th post in this community - amazing Exclamation

Absolutely excellent job

Its really an enjoyment to witness the work lots of people here put into supporting the community in so many ways

My sincere respect goes out to you, to the many skillfull developers doing their magic and to everyone else contributing to this community to help eachother out.

Smile

(06-21-2009 12:25 AM)eummagic Wrote:  Fantastic work! this is the one I was literally looking for earlier while trying to figure YAMJ. A great useful guide for everyone. Thanks for this great work!!!

(06-21-2009 01:42 AM)chris57 Wrote:  Would be a good WIKI addition as well, once its finalised.

Thanks for the kind words guys, I'm really glad I could help out. I may only have 6 posts here, but I've written MANY tutorials before for various forums, ranging from this, to Newsgroups, and many other things, so I'm very familiar with laying things out in a simple way that everyone and their grandmother can follow. Thanks for the feedback, and most importantly, have fun with your new Popcorn Hour!
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Firstly as this is my first post on this amazing forum i would just like to thank all you guys for some great tutorials and info as i am a complete novice but have learned so much,cheers! Alas it looks like i am the thicky of the class here as i still can't get this to work,i just can't get my blu ray rips to play,screen goes black then back to yamj,all my other dvd rips on yamj work,once again thanks for all your help and keep up the good work!
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(06-21-2009 10:27 AM)premolas Wrote:  Firstly as this is my first post on this amazing forum i would just like to thank all you guys for some great tutorials and info as i am a complete novice but have learned so much,cheers! Alas it looks like i am the thicky of the class here as i still can't get this to work,i just can't get my blu ray rips to play,screen goes black then back to yamj,all my other dvd rips on yamj work,once again thanks for all your help and keep up the good work!

a couple questions:
1. are your blu-ray rips located on the same hard drive as your DVD rips? By this I mean, are they located in the same folder, or do you have to share 2 separate locations, 1 for DVD and 1 for BD? If they are in separate locations, I would venture to guess that you forgot to share the folder with your BD rips in it, this is why it would create the index files (because your computer reads all the info locally and creates the pretty index pages) but not play the movie (because it is not actually shared on your network)

2. What format are your blu ray movies in? .mkv files? Or is it something different?
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