Friday 6 July 2012

Rename And Find Metadata For Your Movie Collection

If you have a huge movie collection I bet you'll love this software. I'll download meta data like the correct movie name, year of release, plot, actors and their role in the movie, thumbnails, and posters (fan pictures) from the movie.

The download is a .jar file so you'll need a Java Runtime Environment installed on your system. Once you've got Movie Renamer and Java Runtime Environment you are all set to install the software. Go to Run from the start menu or just press 'Win + R' and then type 'cmd' and press Enter. A Command Prompt will pop-up. Note down the path (Mine was C:\Users\Me). Then copy the .jar download to that folder (C:\Users\Me) and then restart the Command Prompt (Not necessary for all but Recommended). The type:

java -jar <fileName.jar>

and then press ENTER. This should start the installation dialog box.
If the installation fails, try any of the other versions from here. For me the first installation failed and the Alpha version 1.3.0 worked fine. 


Once you have the software up and running scan for movies from your computer from the top left button of the Movie Renamer. The as soon as the movies load up you'll see file of only particular formats that means all those subtitles and thumbnail pics are already skipped from the list. But if you have a Movie of some other format that is not already mentioned in the Filters just go to Settings and then go to Filters and add that File Format. 


After this you are all set to get the thumbnails, metadata, and lot more stuff of the movies you like. 


Downloads:
Movie-Renamer
Code.Google- Movie Renamer (If their site is down)
Java Runtime Environment

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