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93 lines
4.4 KiB
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jClipCorn
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*a portable movie and series manager for Windows and Linux*
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> **Disclaimer:**
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> Use this software only in a country which allows for private copies of your bought DVD's.
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> Use this software only to manage copies of movies which you own.
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### Main Features
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- Fully portable - leave the program, the database and the settings on the same *(external)* drive as your movies
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- Multi language (German & English), if you want you can help me translate it into other languages.
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- Parse meta data from the [IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/)
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- Filter your movies by many different criterias (date, genre, name, film series, quality, language, MPAA rating ...)
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- Remember which movies you have watched and where you are in a series
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- Automatically generate nice file names and folder structures for your movies and series
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- Generate statistics from your ClipCorn database
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- Tag and rate your watched movies
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- Works under Windows, Linux *(and probably OS X)*
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#[> DOWNLOAD](http://www.github.com/Mikescher/jClipCorn/releases)
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###[> HOMEPAGE](http://www.mikescher.com/programs/view/jClipCorn)
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###[> GITHUB WIKI](https://github.com/Mikescher/jClipCorn/wiki)
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###[> CHANGELOG](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Mikescher/jClipCorn/master/changelog.txt)
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### Organization
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The idea of ClipCorn is to have all movies in a single folder together with the ClipCorn executable and its database on an external hard drive.
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You can use it in a different way, but for the best user experience it's recommended to follow the organization guide for which this tool was developed.
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Every movie is named by a specific pattern. After you have added movies to your database you can rename the files to this pattern with the *"Check Database"* menu entry.
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The movies are afterwards named like this:
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Stirb Langsam IV (Part 2).avi
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Spongebob - Lost in Time.mpg
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Terminator II - Tag der Abrechnung (Part 1).avi
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X-Men I.avi
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X-Men Origins - Wolverine.avi
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X-Men III.avi
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Shadowless Sword (Part1).avi
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Forrest Gump [Eng].mpg
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Terminator II - Tag der Abrechnung [Ger] (Part 1).avi
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~~~
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*(the exact rules, encoded as an [EBNF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Backus%E2%80%93Naur_Form) can be found under the help menu)*
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Series have an unique folder per series (with the series name), after that a folder for each season and then files with the file name pattern `SxxExx - %name%`. For example: `S01E07 - You Win or You Die.avi`
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You can create the folder structure for series by right clicking on a series and selecting *"Create folder structure"*
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Because series tend to become quite large you can also put them on their own external drive.
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A special [format syntax](https://github.com/Mikescher/jClipCorn/wiki/Relative-paths) guarantees that the paths to these series stay valid.
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### First start
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First copy the executable (either jClipCorn.jar or jClipCorn.exe) into the folder where you have your movies, then execute it (it needs read and write permissions).
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On the first start it should create a folder "*ClipCornDB*" where the database is stored.
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You can see this in the log view (icon in the bottom status bar, to the right of the progress bar).
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At first you should look into the settings and eventually change a few things, important are:
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- UI Language
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- Look'n'Feel (It's recommended to either use *Windows* or *Metal*)
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- VLC Path (path to *vlc.exe*, for playing. You can also use another player - but it works best with the [VLC player](http://www.videolan.org/vlc/))
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- The backup settings (I recommend to **enable** automatic backups *(like every 7 days or so)*)
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- Automatic relative paths (this should really stay active - otherwise paths will be absolute and everything can go havoc if ClipCorn runs on an external drive)
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After that you can start adding your movies and series.
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### Adding a movie
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####[(go to wiki)](https://github.com/Mikescher/jClipCorn/wiki/Add-new-movie)
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### User Interface
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####[(go to wiki)](https://github.com/Mikescher/jClipCorn/wiki/User-Interface)
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### Adding a series
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####[(go to wiki)](https://github.com/Mikescher/jClipCorn/wiki/Add-new-series)
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### Check Database for errors
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####[(go to wiki)](https://github.com/Mikescher/jClipCorn/wiki/Check-database)
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