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Getting started with My Movies for WHS 2011 Pre Release

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Introduction

Welcome to the My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 Pre Release - with this document we will try to answer some of the questions about what My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 is and is not, compared to our prior My Movies for Windows Home Server version for Windows Home Server V1.

My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 overall contains the same functionality as My Movies for Windows Home Server, but where My Movies for Windows Home Server shares components with My Movies 3, My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 shares components with My Movies 4.00. This also means that My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 contains monitoring functions for TV Series as included in My Movies 4.00, which My Movies for Windows Home Server does not.

We have created a forum specifically for the My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 Pre Release, allowing you to report issues, post requests or discuss the release in general. You can find this forum here.

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Download

Before you download the My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 Pre Release, we strongly recommend that you read this page fully, as it contains important information that you need to be aware of before downloading and installing.

When you have read the page, the program is available for download here:

My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 - 2.00 Pre Release 9 Notice! My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 2.00 Pre Release 9 must be used with My Movies 4.01 Pre Release 6 clients.

Changelog is available in the bottom of this page.

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Installing and Configuring

Below we will in screenshots go through the process of installing My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011.

Download and extract Zip package on a PC connected to the Windows Home Server. Double click the

Download and extract Zip package on a PC connected to the Windows Home Server.
Double click the "MyMoviesWHS2011.wssx" file to open it.


Type in your administrator password and click 'Next'.

Type in your administrator password and click 'Next'.


Click 'Install the Add-in'.

Click 'Install the Add-in'.


Click 'Close' and open the Windows Home Server dashboard.

Click 'Close' and open the Windows Home Server dashboard.


On the dashboard, click the 'My Movies' tab and click on 'Settings'.

On the dashboard, click the 'My Movies' tab and click on 'Settings'.


Click on 'Log in'.

Click on 'Log in'.


Enter your account details and click 'OK'. If you do not have a user account, you can create one through our forums.

Enter your account details and click 'OK'.
If you do not have a user account, you can create one through our forums.


Click on the 'Disc Copier' on the left side. The 'Disc Copier' copies DVD and Blu-ray dics to your server. 1. If you would like to use the disc copier, click 'Start' to start the service. 2. My Movies only copies unprotected discs. Install AnyDVD if you want to copy protected discs. Notice! Disc copying and/or installation of AnyDVD is illegal in some countries, and legal in others. You are yourself responsible for complying with local law when using disc copy functions.

Click on the 'Disc Copier' on the left side. The 'Disc Copier' copies DVD and Blu-ray dics to your server.
1. If you would like to use the disc copier, click 'Start' to start the service.
2. My Movies only copies unprotected discs. Install AnyDVD if you want to copy protected discs.
Notice! Disc copying and/or installation of AnyDVD is illegal in some countries, and legal in others.
You are yourself responsible for complying with local law when using disc copy functions.


Click on the 'Music Copier' on the left side. The 'Music Copier' copies audio CD's to your server. If you would like to use the music disc copier, click 'Start' to start the service.

Click on the 'Music Copier' on the left side. The 'Music Copier' copies audio CD's to your server.
If you would like to use the music disc copier, click 'Start' to start the service.


Click on the 'Monitor' on the left side. The 'Monitor' monitors folders and store meta-data for your titles. If you would like to use the monitor function, click 'Start' to start the service.

Click on the 'Monitor' on the left side. The 'Monitor' monitors folders and store meta-data for your titles.
If you would like to use the monitor function, click 'Start' to start the service.


Click on the 'Meta-data' in on the left side. The 'Meta-data' section lets you configure which meta-data to store. If you would like to store meta-data for devices, select which devices here.

Click on the 'Meta-data' in on the left side. The 'Meta-data' section lets you configure which meta-data to store.
If you would like to store meta-data for devices, select which devices here.




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Providing Feedback

We would like as much feedback as you can give about the pre release - including malfunctions, improveable items or general ideas on how to improve the release. The pre release period will be used to solve any issues with the implementation, while functionality requests will be evaluated for later releases.

Please use our forum for feedback - there will be a "My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 Pre Release" forum available for the purpose.

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Discussing My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011

The content of My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 is not a secret to the public. You are allowed to post any screenshot, thoughts or anything else you might have from April 5'th where the pre release is available. This includes both posts on our own forums and on external websites and blogs.

The final release of My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 will be available in the last half of May.

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Changelog

2.00 Pre Release 9:

Fix: Issue with license user, where the license wasn't available for the services.
Fix: Notification addition is now running in own thread.
Fix: Monitoring now only runs when language and country is set.
Fix: Minor issue with Nimbie where status didn't change after error.

2.00 Pre Release 8:

Fix: Changed name of Nimbie dll file.
Fix: Attempt to load Nimbie control file differently.
Fix: Nimbie prepare state will be cancelled after two minutes.
Fix: MovieDiscCopier started copying music discs as if they where a DVD.
Fix: Music file naming is converted to users language, if they are the default format.

2.00 Pre Release 7:

Fix: DvdInfoCache folder was incorrect.
Fix: mp3HD encoding did not work with latest version of encoder.
Fix: Different minor bugs in monitoring
Fix: Videos share was added to wrong registry location on Create DefaultSettings
Fix: Incorrect installer handling could lead to various issues when upgrading rather than uninstalling and reinstalling.

2.00 Pre Release 6:

Added: GUI warning if general service is not running.
Added: better information under SQL installation.

Fix: Problems with disc insert handling, leading to several issues such as drives becoming unavailable.
Fix: DLL files added to Global Assembly Cache to avoid some errors caused by not finding the correct versions.
Fix: General service is running disc checks again, allowing it to eject not supported discs, and eject on system reboots.
Fix: Wrong status in copier UI when services are not running.
Fix: The monitoring list for TV Series now doesn't show episodes where the series name can't be found.
Fix: General tab is now the start tab when opening settings.
Fix: Restart after AnyDVD installation now also works when running the Dashboard from the client.
Fix: Some localization missing.
Fix: Changed Service names to their right name, to avoid confusion in logs.
Fix: Changed Nimbie control to be activated through the settings page. This removes the needed checks to see if Nimbie is installed and connected.
Fix: Changed the way shared folders are found, to avoid using WHS specific functionality as it gave errors for some users.
Fix: Changed the way we find specific shared folders, to look at the guid of the folders.

2.00 Pre Release 1:

Initial release.