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With full synopsis:

Acknowledgement
Thank you to Sstteevvee – man behind TVRename and Mark Summerville for their assistance, contribution and
help in further developing this app for Mede8er. Thanks to all the folk on the Mede8er forum for testing and input.
TVRename
Program scans your series folder(s) and will create Mede8er compatible files required for your TV Wall.
The app tells you what’s missing and what’s just released thereby ensuring your library is always up to
date
Important note:
The TV Wall works differently to the Movie Wall – It does NOT get scanned!!, delete the Mede8er.db file in your Series
folder to ensure correct operation of your TV Wall.
TVRename now creates Mede8er compatible files for:
Series information ­ series.xml
Episode Information ­ xxxxxx.xml
Fan art ­ fanart.jpg
Folder art ­ folder.jpg (now collects Season specific image)
Episode thumbs ­ series.jpg
Getting started:
Download the zip file and extract it preferably to your Program Files directory.
Let’s setup a few things: (This only needs to be done once!)
This is the welcome screen when the program starts for the first time:

Setting up your preferences: (Ctrl + P)….just a few things to do here to set it up to your liking
Files and Folders:
Add additional Video
extensions if required.
Option to choose ‘Leading 0
for Season numbering:
I.e. Season 1 or Season 01

Preferences continued:
Select Rename Check to have
your media files renamed as
per set rules.
Select Missing Check to
determine what you are
missing from your library.
Media Center
Click ‘Presets’ and choose ‘Mede8er’

Preferences continued:
Setting up your ‘Filename Template Editor’: (Ctrl + T), this will control your naming conventions for your TV
Series episodes.
It has naming templates from which to choose or you may set it to your personal preference.

Setting up the path to your TV Series drive / folders.
NOTE: it is VERY IMPORTANT that your series folders and episodes names have some reference to what it
actually is e.g.:
This will not be processed; we need to
give it more info.
There are many batch rename utilities to
fix this quickly.
Remove the year from file names.
Band.Of.Brothers.2001.E01.Currahee.1080p.HDDVD.x264­hV.mkv
In this case batch replace 2001. with S1 or S01
Band.Of.Brothers.S01E01.Currahee.1080p.HDDVD.x264­hV.mkv
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This will be processed; it has enough info.
Keep your shows organized.

Setting up the path to your TV Series drive / folders continued:
Tools menu > Folder Monitor
Folder Monitor window:
Click ‘Add’ > browse for your Drive and Folder then click ok.
Selected Drive and Folder should show in the ‘Monitor Folders:’ window. (Similar to above)
(If you have TV Series located on different drives/folders you may add them individually.)
Next step:
Click the ‘Check >>’ button.
(Please do a ‘Check >>’ every time you add a new Series to your collection…not required for new seasons.)

Setting up the path to your TV Series drive / folders continued:
‘Folder Monitor’box appears and when this
is done a list of Shows will be displayed in the
‘Scan Result’ tab.
The above window displays all the TV Series found.
Select ‘Auto ID All’ ­ This will scan thetvdb for relevant show codes.
You may select ‘Visit TVDB’ to verify that it is the correct show code.
Click ‘Edit’ if incorrect code found and type in show name to retrieve a list of shows, select the correct
show and click ‘ok’
Alternatively: under ‘My Shows’tab,
Right click on desired series ‘Edit Show’ and
rectify as required.

Please note: this program has so much to offer other than creating and indexing the Mede8er TV Wall.
This tutorial was written to deal with the Mede8er and will not go into the other bits and pieces – there’s
a great help and forum with excellent tutorials on how to use this program to its full potential….
auto downloading of app etc.
As a personal preference I’ve set all the
Shows that ended in a different color.
Select ‘Status’ from the pull down menu
Assign a color and click ‘Add’.

After your preference and folder locations are set, your screen should look like this:
Select ‘Scan’ tab, the scan window opens – Click ‘Scan’ on this window as well.
It may prompt you to create missing Season folders: you can choose to create or ignore.
Please remember items you ignore,
When you do add the files in future it will not be processed.
You will then need to go into ‘Options’ > ‘Ignore List’ and remove as
required.

Once done it will do a full scan of your media library:
Tells you what episodes you
are missing
Images to be downloaded
XML files to be created
Click ‘Do Checked’, all checked items will be processed and created automatically
Please be patient when it starts downloading
folder.jpg files.
(I noticed the progress indicators don’t work
over network drives)

All your Mede8er files are created; you will now be left with episodes that are missing in your library.
You have 2 choices here:
Update your library or right click and choose ignore.
Your Series should now contain all the Show synopsis and synopsis for every episode, including all the
required images.

Note: you may have episodes that are ‘2 in 1 episodes’ showing up under missing.
To rectify this: Go to ‘My Shows’ tab.
Expand the Show folder
Right click on the season containing the ‘2 in 1’
Select ‘Edit Season …’
Click ‘Add’
Select ‘Merge’
Input the episodes
Give it a
new name
Click ‘OK’ when done.
Do this for every ‘2 in 1’ episode as required.
Tip: These episodes are normally double in size
compared to the others in the folder with
usually twice the runtime.
This only needs to be done once!