To uninstall DML, simply delete the main DML folder. All files are stored here so this will completely remove DML from your system.

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1 Installation These instructions are for DML version You must be running Microsoft dot net version 4 or later. If you don't have this, go to the Microsoft Download Center and download and install the latest version. Install from zipped folder Unzip the DML package to wherever you are going to run it from. When this is done, create a desktop shortcut and away you go. If you aren't sure how to create a shortcut, simply open the DML folder and right-click over the DML.exe file. Select Send to Then Select Desktop (create shortcut) Done! To uninstall DML, simply delete the main DML folder. All files are stored here so this will completely remove DML from your system. Install using the installer package Using the installer may be an easier option for some people. It also gives you the option to create a desktop and start menu shortcut. Double-click the install file (dmlinstall.exe). This will start the install routine. Follow the instructions on the installer. This will install DML to the specified location on your PC. An uninstaller is not provided with this installation. To uninstall DML, simply delete the main DML folder. All files are stored here so this will completely remove DML from your system. The installer setup routine is shown below step by step. Step 1: Accept the agreement to continue.

2 Step 2: Select the location that you want to install the DML folder to. Step 3: Select where you want the shortcuts created. This option defines whether a shortcut will be created in the start menu. If DML is being installed to an external hard drive or thumb drive, it is probably best not to create a shortcut here. In this case click the "Don't create a Start Menu folder" checkbox.

3 Step 4: Select whether to create a shortcut on the desktop. Step 5: This is a confirmation of your selections before installing DML. The image above left shows where DML will be installed and that no shortcuts will be created. The image above right shows where DML will be installed and that a desktop shortcut will be created. Click Install to continue.

4 Step 6: If you want DML to start after this installation, click the "Launch DML" checkbox. Click "Finish" to complete the installation Note: When you first start DML, Windows may intervene with a Windows Smart Screen "Unrecognised Application" warning. If this is the case, click on "More Info" as circled in the image below. Then click on "Run Anyway" as circled in the image to the right. If this does happen, it will only happen the first time you launch DML. After this, Windows will recognise the app.

5 Note: On Windows 7, when you first start DML, Windows may intervene with a "Publisher could not be verified" security warning. If this is the case, click on "Run". To stop this from showing every time you start DML, deselect (no tick) the checkbox "Always ask before opening this file".

6 Quick Setup To Load From Existing Movie File Collection If you have a digital copy of your movies already and want to add them to the library, this can be easily achieved if; You have the movie files all stored in one folder and the files are named as the movie title as per the example to the left. Or; You have the movie files stored in their own separate folders and the folders are named as the movie title as per the example to the right. Or; You have a text file containing the movie title of each movie. One title per row as per the example to the left. (DML can create text files for you using movie filenames from your collection if you have one available. See the second option in How to create folders.)

7 When you start DML for the first time it will be a blank database. Right click on the top section of the screen and select menu option Get New Movie Info From TMDb > Add Multiple Titles To Library as shown in the example below. If you just want to start manually entering movie titles, select Add New Movie Title To Library instead. This is slower, but it is the most efficient way of entering movie titles as you have the option to change input, images, etc. See Download a single movie title. The window shown below will appear.

8 Select the option you want to load from. Once the titles are loaded in the library you will need to rename your movie folder as per the DML naming conventions so that DML knows where to look. That is in the root of any hard drive and called either MyMovies (for standard files) or MyHDMovies (for High Def movie files). For example C:\MyMovies, or F:\MyHDMovies etc. For more on naming conventions, see the next section. Once your movies are loaded check your parameter setup by selecting Edit > Config from the top context menu. The window shown below will appear. If your movie files are all in one folder, select the My movie files are stored together in a folder checkbox as above.

9 If your movie files are stored in separate folders select the checkbox option above this My movie files are in separate folders The other thing to do here is tell DML whether you are using high def or standard files. Do this by selecting the folder name that you renamed your movie folder to. Either MyMovies or MyHDMovies. Specify what file formats you want to use, you can select up to 5. The defaults that are pre-set are shown on the previous page (mkv, avi, mov, mpg, mp4). Just change them to whatever you are using and save this section. If you only use DVD folders (VIDEO_TS) with.vob files, then just make sure you specify and name your movie folder as MyHDMovies. Because the full dvd files are as large as the HD (1920 x 1080 px).mkv or.avi files they are stored with the high def files (even though DVD s are only roughly 720 x 400 px). Click the save button in this section to save your choices. Restart DML and it should now find your movie files and be ready to initiate playing them from the library. If the files are where they should be and the folder and files named correctly you will see either a dvd or blu-ray logo in the bottom left corner of the cover image of each movie title in your library as shown in the image to the right. If there is no logo showing on a movie, there is either no movie file available, or the file or folder has been named differently to the movie title that was entered into the library. If your movies are all in either the MyMovie or MyHDMovie folder, the movie filename must be the same as the title in the library. If your movies are stored in separate folders in the MyHDMovie folder, the folder that contains the movie file must be named the same as the title that was entered into the library. In this situation the actual file can be named anything you want. It can also be either a single movie file such as mkv, avi etc. Or, it can contain a VIDEO_TS folder with all of the.vob files from a dvd.

10 Naming Conventions One of the problems I found with some of the other apps I tried to use was the fact that if you plugged a hard drive in to a different port and it came up with a new drive letter, the app could not find the existing movies and would in some cases, start to re-acquire the whole library. So, to remedy this, DML does not automatically acquire data for existing movie files when you start the app. It also uses certain naming conventions or rules to define where the movie files you have are stored. When DML first starts up, it searches all drives connected to the computer looking for movie file folders called "MyHDMovies", or "MyMovies" (or when in music mode "MyMusic") These directories/folders need to be created in the root of whatever drive they are stored on. I.e. C:\MyHDMovies, C:\MyMovies, E:\MyHDMovies, E:\MyMovies etc. HD Movie Folder The example below shows the MyHDMovies folder for the movie title"17 Again" at the location W:\MyHDMovies\17 Again. Simply create the folder and name it the same as the title of the movie as it is entered into the library. This can be automatically done for you when downloading the movie information from TMDb by checking the "Create Folder/s For Movie File In One Of The Specified Drives" and/or "Create Folder/s For HD / DVD File In One Of The Specified Drives" check boxes and then select the appropriate MyMovies or MyHDMovies folder to create the new folder in. DML will use the movie title you are downloading the information for to create the folder or folders to put the movie files in. It is important that the naming is correct here as DML searches the MyHDMovie and MyMovie folders on all hard drives for a folder named the same as the selected movie title. If the folder has not been named correctly, the movie file will not be found and therefore will not be available to play from within DML. Once the folder has been created and named, simply drop the "VIDEO_TS" folder containing all of the DVD.vob,.bup, and.ifo files into it as seen in the example images above and below.

11 If you use a higher resolution file format such as backup files from bluray, mkv h.264 or mkv or mp4 passthrough, you can drop the movie file in here instead of the VIDEO_TS folder (as seen in the image on the top right for the movie 21 Jump Street) and DML will find and play the file (as long as the file extension is defined in the config settings - see menu option Edit > Config). If you only use movie files such as mkv or avi and would rather have your files all together in one folder, use menu option Edit > Config to open the edit parameters window and select the My movie files are stored together in a folder checkbox. Click the save button in this section to save the change. Then just rename the folder you have them stored in as either MyMovies or MyHDMovies and make sure it is in the root of whatever drive it is stored on (C:\MyMovies, C:\MyHDMovies, D:\MyMovies etc). When using this option, the movie titles in your library must be named the same as the movie files in your MyMovies or MyHDMovies folder as shown in the example on the right. The reason behind using the separate MyHDMovies and MyMovies folders (other than ensuring DML can always quickly find these files if they exist) is to allow you to set the system to play the higher or lower resolution files depending on what display you are using. For instance, when travelling you would probably not be able to carry all of your higher definition movie files with you because of file sizes and available portable storage, so in this case it would be best to use the smaller lower definition files. And of course, when playing on the big screen at home, you want the best image quality you can store and play, so using the HD files is best here.

12 Placing the files in the specified folders like this allows you to tell DML what type of files to look for and play. The nice thing about having your files in separate folders is that you can use DML to create a folder.jpg file in each movie folder so that when you view the folders in Windows Explorer, or most media players, the image will show on the folder making it easier to recognise the movie. If your movies are all stored in one folder and you would like them to be put into separate folders, DML can do this for you. See how to create folders. Movie Folder For the smaller movie files, use the same naming conventions but just drop the movie file straight into the MyMovies movie folder as in the example below for the movie title "2 Guns". Or as shown above, put all of your movie files in the MyMovies folder. Music Folder For music files, use "MyMusic" as the main folder name and place it in the root of whatever hard drive it is to be stored on i.e. D:\MyMusic, E:\MyMusic etc. The image below shows the "MyMusic" directory as "B:\MyMusic". As you can see from the image above, the folders are structured as MyMusic > Artist > Album > Songs. If you use Windows Media Player to rip your cd's, it will place them in this format and save the album art as

13 seen in the image above. All you need to do then is copy / move the album folder from the MyMusic directory that Windows Media Player places them in to the MyMusic\Artist folder. If you do not already have the artist in your library, simply copy the Artist folder (containing the newly ripped album) that Win Media Player created and paste that into "MyMusic". DML looks for the text "_Large" in the album art filename to determine which of the images to display. Win Media Player names the album art files with this - as you can see in the image above showing the album art in the right pane underneath the mp3 files. If you are using your own image, add "_Large" to the filename to ensure DML knows to use it. For example, you would use something like "Aerosmith_Pump_Large.jpg" for your own album art for the album "Pump" by Aerosmith. Download Movie Titles Download A Single Movie Title To download a single movie title, right-click on the top information bar Select Get New Movie Info From TMDb Then select Add New Movie Title To Library as shown in the image below.

14 The window shown in the image below will appear

15 If you want DML to create folders for your movie files (if you have them available for the movie title you are searching for) set the check boxes to create the folders and enter the location of the "MyMovies" or "MyHDMovies" folder to create them in - as shown in the image above. As seen in the image above, you can set DML to create these folders in both local and network drives. If you have a dvd or blu-ray disk for the title you are downloading you can set the disk type for the title here by selecting the appropriate checkbox. The disk type can easily be set later by selecting the movie title and right clicking menu option "Edit > Set Movie Disk Type" To start the search; Enter the Title of the movie in the Title text box Start The Search For The Movie Title Click the "themoviedb.org" information. logo to start the search for the movie title If TMDb has multiple results for the title you have searched for, the window shown in the image below will appear. Click on the image for the title you want and DML will download the information to the window as shown below for the title "Batman Begins".

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17 If there is only one title available, that information will download straight to the page as shown above. You can now either accept the information and images shown, or edit them to your preference. To edit the text in the cast or crew lists, double-click the line to be edited. To change any of the thumbnail, cover, or background/backdrop images, select a line in the list and it will download and display that image. The image shown above displays the first image in the list as downloaded for the thumbnail and cover images, but the backdrop has been changed to the fifth image in the list. Save The Title To The Library To save the movie details to the library, simply click on the reel logo next to the tmdb logo. movie Done, the movie title will now be entered into the library. Download Multiple Movie Titles To download multiple movie titles, right-click on the top information bar Select Get New Movie Info From TMDb Then select Add Multiple Titles To Library as shown in the image below. The window shown in the image below will appear

18 As you can see in the image above, there are three ways to tell DML what movie title information you want to download and add to your library. By specifying a text file, or by using existing movie folders or movie files. As it says above, to use the folder or file option, the folders or files must be called by the movie name or TMDb will not be able to understand which movie title you are looking for. If you read the instructions in the image above you will find they explain all you need to know to start using these options. If you have a folder that contains all of your movie files, you can use these to create a text file that can be edited to correct any differences in titles (the file extensions will be removed from the titles in the text file). To do this, right-click on the top information bar Select Tools

19 Then select Create Folders For Movie Files as shown in the image below. The window shown below will open.

20 Use the second option Create A Text File From The Filenames In A Movie File Folder. The file will open and you can then perform any editing you may need to do to correct titles. Play Selected Movie DML does not actually play the movie files, the application (media player) that you have associated with the files plays them. DML just passes the instruction of which file to execute. If your system does not know what to do with the file when you try playing it from DML, you will need to associate the file type with the media playing application you are using. See how to associate files There are two ways in which to start a movie playing. 1: Right-click on the selected movie and select Play from the context menu. 2: When the desired movie has been selected, press the enter key. Once the movie has started to play, use the keyboard shortcuts that are part of your media playing app to control the way the movie is played, paused etc. If the triangle in the icon is green (as in the image above), then the movie is available and will play. If it is gray, the movie file is not available, or has not been identified by DML. The DVD or Blu-Ray logo visible in the bottom left corner of the movie title images shown above - will also not be visible if the file is not available. The most common cause of files not being available is that the hard drive containing your movie files was not connected when DML was started.

21 If this was the case, tell DML to update file availability by selecting from the top menu Tools > Update Movie File Availability. This tells DML to run a search on the MyMovies and MyHDMovies folders on all connected drives and update their availability. DML also runs a search on the MyMovies and MyHDMovies folders on all connected drives each time it is started, so restarting DML will have the same effect as executing the above menu option. If the file is still not available to DML, but you know it exists on one of your hard drives; Check that you have the correct file type set for the movie files you are using (Top Menu - Edit > Config). I.e. if you have "MyHDMovies" set, DML will only look in the MyHDMovies folders for your movie files. If you have "MyMovies" set, DML will only look in the "MyMovies" folders for your files. Check Naming Conventions for the movie folder. Associate movie file with an application Normally when you install an application it will ask to be associated with a set of file types. If the file you want to play with your media playing app does not have an association with it; Right-click on the movie file and select Open With > Choose Another App as in the below image. Even if the media player you use is shown in the list, Select Choose Another App.

22 The window shown below will appear; Check the option at the bottom of this window (as in the image above) to "Always use this app to open" Now choose the app either from the top section or "Other options" section, or click "More apps". Once you have found and selected your media player, click OK. The file type should now be "associated" with the chosen application.

23 Navigation To navigate through the library you can use the mouse, the keyboard, or the arrow controls to the right of the visible movie row, or rows. The mouse Place the mouse over a movie title displayed in the visible row or rows and the movie will be selected/highlighted and it's details displayed on screen. Use the scroll wheel on the mouse to scroll up or down rows of movie titles. If one row is displayed, the rows will increment or decrement by one row per scroll click. If two rows are displayed, the rows will increment or decrement by two. The keyboard Use the up, down, left, and right arrows on the keyboard to navigate up, down, left, and right through the movie titles. When at the end of a row and the right arrow is pressed, the row will increment and the selected movie will be returned to the first title in the new row. When at the start of a row and the left arrow is pressed, the row will decrement and the selected movie will be returned to the last title in the new row. Use the Tab key to navigate to the right, or Shift + Tab to navigate left. Use the Home key to navigate to the first row in the library. Use the End key to navigate to the last row in the library. Pressing any of the alpha keys will take you to that point in the library. I.e. pressing the 's' key will take you to the start of movie titles beginning with 's', pressing 'g' will take you to the start of movie titles beginning with 'g' etc. If no movies begin with the pressed letter, DML will not do anything. Pressing Alt + s will open the window shown below. Type in The whole title, and the search will take you to that title in the library, or just type the start of the title, i.e. "The Hun" (for The Hunger Games) and the search should take you either straight to, or close to that title - depending on what other titles you have that start with "The Hun" of course.

24 The Arrow Controls Use the up or down arrow controls at the right of the movie title row, or rows, (as shown above) to increment or decrement through the rows of movie titles.

25 Controls The Arrow Navigation Controls See Arrow Controls above. The Buttons The button highlighted in blue in the image below displays the DVD/movie library window. The button highlighted in yellow in the image below displays the cd/music library window. The 3rd button from the left - with the bar, lowers the DML window to the task bar. The 4th button from the left resizes the screen to "normal display size" (1230px x 675px) so that it can be dragged around and positioned wherever you want it. Clicking the button again will maximise the display again. The right most button - with the X, closes the application.

26 Top Menu Accessed by Right - Clicking anywhere in the top information bar. Files > Copy Cover Images To Connected Movie Folders This copies the cover image from the library folder into the selected movie folders (MyHDMovies or MyMovies). This image will then show up on the folder when viewed in Explorer and also in many media players when viewing available movie files. Files > Create Movie List Text File This creates a text file showing all movies that are in the library. I normally carry an updated copy of one of these files on my phone for when I am buying new DVDs so that I don't double up and buy ones I already have. The lists are alphabetically sorted from A - Z and can be just the movie titles, or include the following options.

27 Movie Title Only Movie Title Plus the release date year Movie Title Plus the release date year and the movie file disk format

28 Movie Title Plus the release date year and the movie file disk format in a separated list

29 Files > HTML File Files > HTML File > Create New HTML File Creates an html file (allmovies.html) of the movies that are in the library sorted by whatever the library is currently sorted by. This file is saved in the DataFiles folder inside the main DML folder. The images used in this file are the full sized thumb images that were saved when the movie title was downloaded from TMDb. Files > HTML File > Create And View New HTML File Creates and then displays an html file (allmovies.html) of the movies that are in the library sorted by whatever the library is currently sorted by. This file is saved in the DataFiles folder inside the main DML folder. The images used in this file are the full sized thumb images that were saved when the movie title was downloaded from TMDb. Both of these files are meant for viewing from the PC the file was created on. Files > HTML File > View Current List Shows the current html mobile list that has been created as seen in the image below.

30 Files > HTML File > Setup HTML Output This menu option opens a window (as shown below) where you define the number of movies per row to use when creating these html files. The image above was obviously set to 5 titles per row (just set this to suit your mobile display - 5 rows displays nicely on my mobile). Files > HTML File > Create And View New HTML File For Mobile Creates and then displays an html file of the movies that are in the library sorted by whatever the library is currently sorted by. This creates a folder called DML_Mobile inside the DataFiles folder inside the main DML folder. The images used in this file are cut down versions of the thumb images that were saved when the movie title was downloaded from TMDb.

31 This folder (DML_Mobile) is meant to be uploaded to a mobile for viewing on the browser you have installed. On my mobile, I have found my browser (or phone) has issues displaying more than around 800 images. Perhaps I just need to get myself a new phone. Anyway, because of this, I still find it easier to use the text file when checking movies. Files > Show Discrepancies Files > Show Discrepancies > Movies Not Available If there are 5 or less movie titles that do not have a movie file associated with them this will show them as seen below. If there are more than 5 titles you will be prompted with a save file dialog to save the list as a text file. Files > Show Discrepancies > Multiple Movie Instances Creates a text file of movie titles that have more than one movie file available. Files > Show Discrepancies > List All Available Movies (HD / DVD Format) Creates a text file of movie titles that have a movie file available in the HD or DVD file formats (.vob files). Files > Show Discrepancies > List All Available Movies (All Other Formats) Creates a text file of movie titles that have a movie file available in the various movie file formats you are using.

32 Sort Sort > Title (Ascending A to Z... Ignore 'The') Sorts the library by Title in an ascending alphabetical order, but ignores the word 'The' if it is found at the start of the title. I.e. "The Hunger Games" would be sorted as "Hunger Games" and would be found amongst the movies starting with "H". Sort > Title (Ascending A to Z) As it implies, It sorts the library by Title in ascending alphabetical order. Sort > Title (Descending Z to A) As it implies, It sorts the library by Title in descending alphabetical order. Sort > Date Movie Released (Newest First) Sorts the library by the movie release date. Most recent date to oldest. Sort > Date Movie Released (Oldest First) Sorts the library by the movie release date. Oldest date to most recent. Sort > Date Movie Added To Library (Newest First) Sorts the library by the date the movie was added to the library. Most recent date to oldest. (This date is automatically added when the movie title is added to the library)

33 Filter Filter > Show All Movies In Library Reloads all movie titles and sorts them by the first / default sorting option to Z... Ignore 'The') Sort > Title (Ascending A Filter > By Movies That Are Available To Play Loads all movie titles that currently have movie files available to play. This can be very helpful when you are travelling and only have a few of your movies with you. Filter > By Actor This opens a window (shown below) where you enter an actor's name and then DML runs a query on movie titles that have that name in any of the cast/actors fields. The result will only display movie titles that feature the queried actor's name. Filter > By Rating Filters the library by censor rating. PG will show only movie titles with a rating of PG. PGR will show movie titles with a rating of PG 13 and PG. R will show only movies with an R rating.

34 Filter > By My Rating Filters the library by the specified user rating. This can be a real time saver when you have a large library, it allows you to filter out movies that you are not interested in watching... at this point in time. Filter by two ticks will show movie titles in the library that have two ticks or more. Filter by three ticks will display titles with 3 ticks or more. And so on... Filter > By Genre Filters the library by genre type.

35 Edit Edit > Config This opens the "config" window for editing as shown below. Hard drive locations to use: This defines the hard drives and mapped network drives to use when searching for movie files. When Auto Select is selected, DML ignores the specified HDD's and scans through all attached drives. The mapped drives will still be searched. When mapping drives, map them right to the "MyMovies" or "MyHDMoviess" folders so they go straight to the movie file folders. File types to use when playing video files : This is where you define what file formats you use for your movie/video files. There are 5 types allowed

36 which should be plenty for anyone as most people will stick to any one format. On the right of this section, you define what type of file should be played - HD Movie / DVD or Standard Movie by telling DML what folder to look in for the files. DML will only look in whatever folders you define here. I.e. DML will only look in the MyHDMovies folders when searching for files to play if you have checked "MyHDMovies" and will only look in the "MyMovies" folders if "MyMovies" is checked. This is so that you can set your system to automatically play the higher definition (but larger file size) HD movie or DVD files on larger screens, or set to automatically play the smaller movie files when playing on smaller screens. Specify whether your movie files are stored together in a single folder or stored in separate folders by checking one of the two checkboxes My movie files are in separate folders or My movie files are stored together in a folder. Use different text colours for darker or lighter background: This is where you define what colour to use for the screen text that appears across the background images. I defined this to help alleviate the problem I was seeing with text colours "bleeding" or aliasing when you had a dark background with a light text colour overlaid. When you download the background image, DML performs a colour check on the background image to see how dark the colours are - on average - and applies a value to the image which is then used to determine which of the colours you define here to use to display the text on the screen. There are 5 types allowed but I have found that using 3, as in the image above, is pretty much spot on - for my tastes anyway. Set the opacity of the background: This option adjusts the opacity of the background image to make the screen text more readable. The darker the opacity, the easier it is to read the text. Edit > Genre Types This opens the "Genre Types" window for editing as shown here.

37 Edit > Setup Movie Info Downloads This opens the "Movie Info Downloads" window for editing as shown below. Update Movie Details From The Master DML Location This option allows you to update a library from a master library without downloading the movie title details again. For instance, if you store your movie files on your Study computer and update that DML instance with the new titles, you would use this tool to update your movie computer or any other computer that you run DML on as well. All you need to do is specify where the master DML folder is and click the update button. This will keep all instances of DML current and consistent with the same info and images. Copy Multiple Movie Details From The Master DML Location Using Folder Names To Define Movie Titles Like the DML options that use filenames or text files to define movie titles to download movie info from TMDb, this uses the folder names in your existing "MyHDMovies" or "MyMovies" folders to obtain movie details from an existing DML application. This option will only retrieve data for movie titles that exist both in the existing DML app and as a folder name specified using this option.

38 Update My Ratings and Disk Type This option is used to update your rating of movies, and movie disk types, on, or from the master DML location. I.E. if you have updated the ratings of movies you have watched on the movie PC and want the same ratings to be kept in the master location, click "Update the master DML location from this library". This will copy all ratings and disk types from all movies on the Movie PC to the master DML location. If you want to update the ratings from the master location to any other library, click the first button "Update this library from the master DML location". This will copy all ratings and disk types from all movies in the master to the location you are updating from. Tools Tools > Update Movie File Availability This option causes DML to search all hard drives for movie folders and the movie or DVD files they contain and update DML with their availability to the movie titles. Use this option when a particular movie file does not show as being available. If this does not work, try restarting DML. If that doesn't work, check your Naming Conventions for folder and file names.

39 Tools > Create Folders For Movie Files This opens the "Create New Folders For Movie Files" window as shown below. These options are meant for when you setup DML from new. It will add folders for movies that you have movie files for and move the files into the new folders so that they conform to DML conventions. Create Folders For Movie Files Using Movie Filenames: You would use this option if your movie files were all in one folder and their names accurately reflected the movie title. Create A Text File From The Filenames In A Movie File Folder: You would use this option if your movie files were all in one folder. Once the file is created it can be edited if needed to reflect the title names that are used in your library. If you are looking to create folders for movie titles in your library that do not currently have a movie file associated with it, then use menu option "Files > Show Discrepancies > Movies Not Available" to create the text file. This option uses the movie title as entered in your library so will be correct for creating the movie file folders.

40 Create Folders For Movie Files Using Names From A Text File: You would use this option if your movie files were all in one folder and their names accurately reflected the movie title. The first option allows you to use the text file you created using menu option "Files > Show Discrepancies > Movies Not Available" (as long as there were more than 6 titles not available that is). This is a DML created file using the library movie titles that do not have associated movie files. The names will be correct and this file can be used to create movie folders without the need to edit anything. If you have 6 or less titles missing, then you will have to create the text file manually entering each movie title on a new line as per the text file example in the image on the previous page. You would use the next two options with the text file created above (Create A Text File From The Filenames In A Movie File Folder) if your movie files were all in one folder and the folder names did not accurately reflect the movie title. This option will iterate through the folder containing the movie files and create a list of the filenames - minus the file extension - and save it as a text file. You can then edit the filenames in the text file to accurately reflect the movie title, and then use this file with the next option (Create Folders For Movie Files Using Names From A Text File). This text file can also be used to download multiple movie titles from TMDb using the menu option Get New Movie Info From TMDb > Add Multiple Titles To Library. Get New Movie Info From TMDb Get New Movie Info From TMDb > Add New Movie Title To Library This option retrieves movie data from the TMDb website for a single movie title. For more on this option, see Download Movie Info. Get New Movie Info From TMDb > Add Multiple Titles To Library This option was designed for use when starting a new library. It retrieves movie data from the TMDb website for multiple movie titles. For more on this option, see Download Multiple Movie Titles.

41 Show Version This menu option will open up the window shown below. It displays the file version of your DML application and allows you to check for, and install updates.

42 Main Screen Menu Accessed by Right - Clicking anywhere in the main screen (over the background image). Increase / Decrease Text Size As it suggests, this option allows you to select the font size to use on the screen display. Hide Text This option allows you to hide the text from the on the screen display. Once hidden, this menu option will read "Show Text" and will restore the text when clicked. Display 2 Rows Of Movie Titles This option will display two rows of movie titles. The number of titles displayed per row depends on the size of your display, higher resolution screens will display more titles than lower res screens. Once two rows have been selected, this menu option will read "Display 1 Row Of Movie Titles" and will revert the display to showing one row when clicked.

43 Selected Movie Menu Accessed by Right - Clicking on the selected movie title (Cover Image). Play (Enter) As it suggests, this option will start the media app you have attributed to your video files and play the selected movie (or you could just press enter). Edit > Rate Movie This option allows you to rate individual movies once they have been watched. The default value when the movie title is entered into the library is "Not Viewed". To change rating values for all movie titles in your library use the bottom menu option " Set Rating For All Movies". This gives you the same rating options to set, but it changes the ratings of all movie titles in the library, not just the selected title.

44 Edit > Edit Movie Details This option will open the editing window shown below.

45 The images that are displayed when this window opens are not necessarily the images that the library is displaying currently - they are the first images in the list. If you want to keep the images currently displayed in the library, check the "Use Existing Images (Do Not Change)" checkbox at the bottom left of the window, otherwise the images displayed on the edit form will replace the existing images. If you want to change the images, click through the "Thumbnails", "Covers", and "Backdrops" lists until you see the image you want. To change the text in the crew or cast lists, double-click the entry you want to change. A small text field will appear over the entry for editing. All other text fields can be edited as they are. If you change the movie title and you have a video or DVD file for that title, make sure the hard drive it is on is connected and DML will find it and rename the video file folder to reflect the new title. When you are done, click the "Save" button at the top right of the window. Edit > Delete Movie Details This will delete the selected movie title from your library. Edit > Set Movie Disk Type This option will set the movie disk type to either DVD (standard or low res) or Blu-Ray (HD or High res). This will display the dvd or blu-ray logo on the movie tiles if there is a file available to play for that title. You can also set the disk type when downloading the movie titles from TMDb by selecting the appropriate checkbox.

46 Search (Alt + s) This will open the search window shown below. Enter the movie title, or part of the movie title and click the "Search" button. Using this menu option will take you to the selected movie on the TMDb website so that you can view the available details about the movie that DML does not store. If the movie title is in the library, DML will navigate to, and display the movie title. View This Movie Title On TMDb Using this menu option will take you to the selected movie on the TMDb can view the available details about the movie that DML does not store. website so that you

47 CD/Music Library This was just created on a whim originally, but I have found that I use it so much I thought I might as well leave it in as part of the DML package. Accessed by clicking on the music button found at the top right of the screen. Shown highlighted in yellow in the image below.

48 Select Artist Click on the desired artist in the "Artist List" (left most list). The artist's albums will be loaded into the "Album List" (middle list). When a song is selected in the album list, that album cover is displayed in the left top album display. As seen in the image above. If no songs are selected, DML will display the first album cover in the list. Load Songs To Playlist To load the complete album, drag the album cover from the top left into the "Playlist" (right side list) To load individual songs, either double-click the song in the album list, or drag it into the playlist. To load multiple songs from the album list, use either shift + click, or ctrl + click to select the songs, and then drag the selection into the playlist. Play Songs In Playlist To start the list playing, simply click the play button. To change what song will play next, select a different song in the list and leave it selected. DML will jump to the selected song next. To stop playing a song, simply click the stop button. To stop playing a song and play another, double-click the new song and it will immediately start playing. To pause play, press the spacebar. Pressing the spacebar again will resume play. When a song is playing, the album cover from the album that the song is from is displayed on the right top side of the screen - beside the player controls - as seen in the image below.

49 Information about the currently playing song is displayed in the information bar at the top of the screen as well as in the currently playing album image panel, and the panel above the volume and balance controls - as seen in the image above. When the mouse is held over a song in the playlist, the song name and artist will replace the current song details in the panel above the volume and balance controls.

50 Volume Control The volume control levels are relevant to the level set on your sound system. For example, if you are playing your audio through a television or computer screen, the base volume is set by the current screen volume level. If your system is setup to play sound through your stereo system then the base volume level is set by the stereo. Mouse Use the mouse to click on the volume slider bar shown in the image above (above or below the blue slider) to adjust the volume up or down by 10% or click and drag the slider up or down to the desired level. + or - Keys Pressing the key will decrease the volume level by 10% until the current volume level is equal to or below 10% then it will decrease the level by 1% until the current level = 0. If the current volume level is below 10% pressing the + key will increase the level by 1% until the current level = 10, then it will increase by 10%. Playlist Context Menu Right-click over the playlist to initiate this menu. Play Lists > Load Play List This menu option loads a saved playlist. Up to 5 playlists can be stored in the music library. Play Lists > Save Play List

51 This menu option saves the selected songs as a playlist for quick retrieval. Play Lists > Delete Play List This menu option deletes the selected playlist from the library. Remove This Song This will remove the selected song from the list (To remove it from the saved playlist, save it again using the same name the playlist is currently stored as). Clear List This will clear all songs from the list. Music Folder Naming Conventions See Music Folder Naming Conventions