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1.3 Automatic Conversions

Now we need to tell MCEBuddy the location

of the video files to convert.

MCEBuddy will keep monitoring this location

for new video files every few minutes and

will convert it automatically whenever it

finds one.

1. Double click on “Windows Default”

This will open a new window

(Monitor Location)

2. Click on “...” and select the directory

where MCEBuddy will look for new

videos

3. Click on the “OK” button

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1.4 Removing Commercials and Specifying Destination Directory

Now we need to tell MCEBuddy the location

where to put the converted files and

whether it should remove commercials

while converting the video.

1. Double click on “Convert to MP4”

This will open a new window

(Conversion Task)

1. Click on the “...” button and

select the directory the

destination directory where

the converted files will be

placed

2. Select “Yes (Comskip)” if you

want MCEBuddy to remove

commercials/advertisements

while converting the videos.

Select “No” if you want to

keep the commercials in the

converted videos.

3. Click on the “OK” button

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1.5 Running MCEBuddy

You’re back to the “MCEBuddy Settings”

page.

All done.

1. Click on the “OK” button

Now you are back at the

“MCEBuddy Status” screen.

Click on the “Start” button

If you would like to convert a

file right away, simply drag it

into the

middle of the window.

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You’re Finished!

If you have any files in the

“Monitor Locations” folder,

they should start converting

automatically

This box shows a list of all the

files in queue to be converted

You can pause MCEBuddy by

clicking the “Stop” button and

resume again by clicking the

“Start” button

You can add/delete files to be

converted manually using

these buttons

This bar shows the current

progress/activity of the file

being converted

Click on the “Close” button to

close this window

MCEBuddy will continue its

conversions in the background

even after the window is

closed.

You can always click on

MCEBuddy from the Windows

Start Menu to return to the

“MCEBuddy Status” window en

to check on the status of the

conversions.

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2 Advanced Settings

REMEMBER: You can ALWAYS rest your mouse over ANY Text, Button or CheckBox to get

INSTANT POP-UP help on the item.

Refer to the Wiki (https://sourceforge.net/p/mcebuddy2x/wiki/browse_pages/) for more details.

MCEBuddy Settings

Click on the “Add” button under

“Monitor locations” to add more

locations of video files for MCEBuddy

to monitor for automatic conversions.

Right click on a task to enable or

disable a task.

Click on the “Add” button under

“Conversion tasks” to add additional

conversion tasks. For each conversion

task MCEBuddy will process the video

file in the queue.

e.g. - If there are 2 conversions tasks,

MCEBuddy will create 2 converted files

for each file in the queue.

Click to open the “Advanced Settings”

section

Delete the original video after a

successful conversion

Move the original video to the

MCEBuddyArchive folder after a

successful conversion

You can use these to schedule

conversions

Send an eMail after a

successful/unsuccessful conversion

Logs can help to isolate problems with

conversions. The logs folder can be

opened by clicking on the “Logs” text

on the top right corner of the

“MCEBuddy Status” window

MCEBuddy can do more than one

conversion at a time

Change the language for MCEBuddy

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Conversion Tasks

Enter a unique name here to identify

the task

Select the base profile used to

convert the videos. You can

create/customize these profiles (refer

to the Wiki)

Description of the profile

Use this button to enter the

username/password if the output is a

network drive

Click to open the “Advanced

Settings” section

Converted file renaming options. Use

this to create custom file names

(refer to the Wiki)

Maximum width of converted video

Increase or decrease Quality of the

converted video

Increase or decrease the audio

volume of the converted video

Allow converted video to have multi-

channel (5.1) audio. Default is stereo

Convert only those videos who’s

filenames matches this pattern

Convert only those videos who’s

Showname/Title matches this pattern

(this only works for WTV and DVRMS

files)

Trim the start and end of the video

before the ads are removed.

Extract the Closed Captions (North

Only detect the commercials,

Don’t automatically

America) into a SRT file

don’t actually cut them.

cut the black bars on

Instead put the commercial

the sides of the video

If a video has multiple audio tracks

location information into an

select the audio track language or

enter the 3 digit language code.

Extract info about video

EDL file.

Right click on the file in the queue on

into a XBMC XML format

the “MCEBuddy Status” page to get

the audio language details and codes

(Refer to Getting Video Properties

below)

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Configuring eMail

Notifications

You configure MCEBuddy to send

eMails at different stages of the

conversions (start, failed, successful,

cancelled etc)

Click to open the “Advanced

Settings” section

Click “Send eMail” to being up eMail

settings

This will bring up the eMail settings

(SMTP) window.

Enter the server name, port, SSL,

username, password, from and to

eMail addresses.

You can enter multiple To eMail

addresses each separated by a ;

Select the events on which you

want MCEBuddy to send an eMail

Click the “Test” button to test the

settings

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Getting Video

Properties

Right click on the file in queue on the

“MCEBuddy Status” window to get video

properties

This will pop up a window that shows the

Audio/Video Information for that file.

Each file will have a Video and may have

multiple Audio languages

Video Properties

Audio Language

This used while selecting the Audio

Language in the “Conversion tasks”

window

Language code (3 digit)

This used while selecting the Audio

Language in the “Conversion tasks”

window