How to add a Media Collection

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After the initial installation you will need to create at least one Media Collection in the Media Browser Configuration Wizard (configurator for short).

A Media Collection will show up in Media Browser and contains a set of movies or TV Shows. Please keep in mind that there are a few recommended folder structures.

if you start the Configurator for the first time after installing Media Browser, it’s possible you're presented with a window asking you to set permissions. Select “yes” to set the permissions and not see the window again. Select “no” to skip.

Start the Media Browser Configuration Wizard (Configurator for short) from the start menu (start > All Programs > Media Browser > Media Browser Configuration Wizard)
In the Configurator, on the “Media Collection” tab, Click the Add button and browse to your folder containing your movies. (For Example: D:\Movies)
After selecting Ok the new Media Collection will be created with the same name as the actual folder you selected. In this case “Movies”.
Optional: rename the Media Collection by highlighting it and press the Rename button.
Optional: click the Change Image button to select a custom Icon for this Media Collection. You can find artwork in the Fan Art Section.
Optional: If you have other Media Collections and want to change the sort order, highlight a collection and press the ^ or v button.
Exit the Configurator.

Notes:

If you are setting up MediaBrowser for the first time just to try it out on a small collection please be sure you un-check “Treat Multiple Files as One Movie” in the config page or make sure you have at least 3 movie folders. More details can be found here.

It’s possible to have 1 Media Collection with multiple file locations. This allows you to group multiple folders on different drives into a single collection.

Network Locations

If you have your media stored on another computer that acts as a server, please note that it’s considered a Best Practice to point your Media Collection locations to a UNC path instead of using a mapped drive letter.

Mapped drives are often marked as “disconnected” in Windows until you access them in Windows Explorer. Media Browser sometimes has issues with this and will hide the location as it’s unreachable.

So for example, if your Movies are stored on a computer called “Woonkamer” (Livingroom in Dutch) in a folder called “Movies” that is shared with that name, you would point the media location to: `\Woonkamer\Movies`

The same applies to TV Shows or any other media you have stored in on a network location.

instead of choosing a drive letter and folder under “Computer” you will need to navigate to Network > [SERVERNAME] > Shared Folder. In this case “WOONKAMER” > Movies.