2014-06-02, 18:19
Due to changes made with recent updates to Playlater software this will no longer function correctly, but the individual software still work just not together
Automated Media Center with finished Playlater recordings, XBMC, Filebot, Media Companion, and Eventghost
THIS IS NOT FOR AUTOMATING RECORDINGS, BUT TO AUTOMATE MOVING AND RENAMING AFTER THE RECORDING IS FINISHED
Automated Media Center will move(organize), rename, scrape artwork, download trailer, update XBMC and send you an email telling you the new name of the file and where the file was moved to after PlayLater is done recording.
You can also use this to just move (organize) PlayLater recordings and rename it so the file name is more appropriate, you will need to use "my media" to view it with the new name
VIDEO DEMO
Programs you will need:
Media Companion for your artwork, info files, and trailers (not needed for "My Media") Here
Filebot used to rename and move video files and sends you an email for new file location the best part is this script can tell the difference between movies and TV shows.
more information on the AMC script Here
Download Filebot Here
Eventghost watches the media folder and ties everything together
Please read this tutorial on how to use Eventghost Here
Download Eventghost Here
PlayLater and XBMC
Media Companion
after downloading the file you will need to unzip the folder and place it where you would like. I made a video to show you how to use media companion and what settings you want to turn on. you can view the video Here
FileBot
simple setup here just download the program we will create a .bat file to use with Eventghost this is a command line version of the AMC script from Above
okay first thing we need to do is create a .bat file for Eventghost to run
this is an example of the .bat file I'm using
Change "F:\XREC" (This is the folder where your Playlater records to) and "F:" (This is where you want to move the videos to) to the correct drive and folders for you
where it says: gmail=yourusername:yourpassword (this is the sending email)should be a gmail.com account, so if your email is “[email protected]” and the password is “Fakemail” then it would look like this
mailto= is used for the receiving email, if you don't want to use two emails and have it emailed back to the sending email (email your self) then you can remove mailto=username@email.com
ok so now that we know what we need to change we can put it into a new text file
then click: file - ”save as”
Name it: AMC.bat
under file name change file type to “All Files” save it to a safe place so you know where it is
Eventghost
this is where the magic happens, Eventghost is used to tie all the programs together and make them run only when needed. To set up Eventghost it will be easier to use a video to walk you through setting it up, you can watch the video here
copy and paste this code in the macro that launches MC_COM (make sure you leave a space after the file path and leave the quotations)
****found that the -V is what was causing media companion to chime when it was done running****
Enjoy
Thank You to the creators of:
Media Companion
Filebot
Eventghost
XBMC
PlayLater
Automated Media Center with finished Playlater recordings, XBMC, Filebot, Media Companion, and Eventghost
THIS IS NOT FOR AUTOMATING RECORDINGS, BUT TO AUTOMATE MOVING AND RENAMING AFTER THE RECORDING IS FINISHED
Automated Media Center will move(organize), rename, scrape artwork, download trailer, update XBMC and send you an email telling you the new name of the file and where the file was moved to after PlayLater is done recording.
You can also use this to just move (organize) PlayLater recordings and rename it so the file name is more appropriate, you will need to use "my media" to view it with the new name
VIDEO DEMO
Programs you will need:
Media Companion for your artwork, info files, and trailers (not needed for "My Media") Here
Filebot used to rename and move video files and sends you an email for new file location the best part is this script can tell the difference between movies and TV shows.
more information on the AMC script Here
Download Filebot Here
Eventghost watches the media folder and ties everything together
Please read this tutorial on how to use Eventghost Here
Download Eventghost Here
PlayLater and XBMC
Media Companion
after downloading the file you will need to unzip the folder and place it where you would like. I made a video to show you how to use media companion and what settings you want to turn on. you can view the video Here
FileBot
simple setup here just download the program we will create a .bat file to use with Eventghost this is a command line version of the AMC script from Above
okay first thing we need to do is create a .bat file for Eventghost to run
this is an example of the .bat file I'm using
Code:
filebot -script fn:amc "F:\XREC" --output "F:" -non-strict --def gmail=yourusername:yourpassword [email protected] excludeList=amc.txt
Change "F:\XREC" (This is the folder where your Playlater records to) and "F:" (This is where you want to move the videos to) to the correct drive and folders for you
where it says: gmail=yourusername:yourpassword (this is the sending email)should be a gmail.com account, so if your email is “[email protected]” and the password is “Fakemail” then it would look like this
Code:
gmail=fake123:Fakemail
mailto= is used for the receiving email, if you don't want to use two emails and have it emailed back to the sending email (email your self) then you can remove mailto=username@email.com
ok so now that we know what we need to change we can put it into a new text file
then click: file - ”save as”
Name it: AMC.bat
under file name change file type to “All Files” save it to a safe place so you know where it is
Eventghost
this is where the magic happens, Eventghost is used to tie all the programs together and make them run only when needed. To set up Eventghost it will be easier to use a video to walk you through setting it up, you can watch the video here
copy and paste this code in the macro that launches MC_COM (make sure you leave a space after the file path and leave the quotations)
Code:
"mc_com.exe -e -m"
****found that the -V is what was causing media companion to chime when it was done running****
Enjoy
Thank You to the creators of:
Media Companion
Filebot
Eventghost
XBMC
PlayLater