How to install a Plugin or Theme

Installation of any plugin is accomplished with the Media Browser Configuration Wizard (configurator for short). This tool is installed by Media Browser and there should be a shortcut for it in your Start Menu.

You can find the shortcut here:

• Start > All Programs > Media Browser > Media Browser Configuration Wizard

Installing a plugin:

• Start the Configurator.
• Go to the “plugins” tab.
• Click the Add (Firestorm or earlier) or More Plug-ins… (Thunderblade or later) button.
• In the new window, select one of the plugins and click the Install button.
• Once the plugin is installed, the new window will disappear.

After installation of the plugin, it might be neccessary to configure the plugin.

• To check if configuration options are available, highlight the installed plugin on the “plugins” tab and click on the configure button on the plug-ins tab.

Notes:

• If the plugin has no configuration options, the configure button is unavailable / greyed out.

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Updating an installed plugin

If you have a plugin installed and you want to update it to the latest available version, then you can click the button after you've highlighted the plugin.

Notes:

• Sometimes, the upgrade button is not available, allthough there is a newer version available. In that case, click on the Add (Firestorm or earlier) or More Plug-ins… (Thunderblade or later) button and install the latest version from there. The current version will be overwritten by the latest version.

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Adding a plugin source:

Note: as of Media Browser 2.2.2 (codename Thunderblade), almost all plugins (native and third party) are included in the main repository / source. [default repository] is shown to indicate that it’s available for install by default. You do not need to add a seperate source for this plugin.

For the record, the default repository is:

• http://www.mediabrowser.tv/plugins/plugin_info.xml

In the Configurator, you first need to insert the plugin source if you haven‘t already, by following the steps below. If you already have already added the source for a particular plugin, you can skip this part.

• Click the “Plugins” tab and then click the Add (Firestorm or earlier) or More Plug–ins… (Thunderblade or later) button at the bottom.

• In the window that appears click “File” at the top, and then click “Sources”.

• In the next window, click Add at the bottom. (the screenshot below is just an example of sources)

• A new window with a text entry box will appear. This is where you either type or paste the source URL for the plugin you wish to add.

• After that click the ok button and press Done. The additional plugins from the new source are now available in the “Add Plugin” window.

Notes:

• You only need to enter a source one time if multiple plugins use that source

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Known issues:

• [Firestorm] It is important that you exit out of the configurator after adding a new source. Otherwise the extra available plugins will not be listed.
• [Firestorm] If the list of plugins is blank or incomplete, exit the configurator and restart it. Then wait 30 seconds before going to the plug-ins tab.
• [Firestorm] An installed theme can only be activated from inside Media Browser. Installed themes are not available in the configurator on the “display” tab under Theme Settings > Visual Theme. You will need to go to the configuration menu in Media Browser and navigate to the “Themes” tab. You can select a third party theme under Media Browser Theme > Visual Theme.

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Additional information:

• Which Plugins exist?
• Which Themes exist?