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In the Movie Center settings, you can manage the media library, configure the data source for TMDB, and manage user access to the media library. The following is a detailed description:

Media Library Management

In Media Library Management, you can get a quick overview of what libraries have been created in the Movie Center and how many movies are in each library, as well as edit library settings and create new libraries. Please note that this feature is only available to administrator users.

Editing Media Libraries

To edit the settings of a media library, select the library you want to edit in the Media Library, go to the Edit page, and click "Save" to make the settings take effect. You can modify the following settings here:

  1. Media library name: You can customize the name of the media library, which can be up to 20 characters.

  2. Media library language: You can modify the language of the media library, and the poster information will be re-scraped after switching the language. If there is this media language in the data source, then the information such as poster profile generated by scraping will be displayed according to the set media library language.

  3. Media Folders: Manage the folders of the media library, you can add up to 10 folders to a media library. Movie Center will scan the video files under the folder path and enter the supported file formats into the library and scrape them to get the posters.

  4. Information Acquisition: Select the way to scrape the movie poster information, currently supporting two ways: TMDB and Intelligent Recognition. The fields not scraped by the previous data source will be enabled to be scraped by the next data source. Long press can drag to adjust the acquisition order.

Note: To enable TMDB scraping source, you need to configure TMDB API key in the data source first and test the connection successfully before it takes effect.

  1. Auto Add to Collection: Set whether to automatically create and add the same series content to the collection. If enabled, the service will recognize the video series field in the video metadata, automatically create an ensemble of the series, and add the content in the library to the ensemble, and the content of the same series will be added automatically when it is recognized in the future.

  2. Prioritize reading local information: Set whether to prioritize the use of local NFO and picture information. If checked, Movie Center will prioritize searching NFOs with the same name under the same folder according to the video file name, and find the corresponding local image files according to the NFO information association, or get them through scraping service if they are not found.

Create Media Library

To create a media library, please follow the steps below:

  1. Click "Create" in the Media Library Manager to enter the Media Library Creation Wizard.

  2. In the Create Media Library wizard, you can set the following options:

    • Media Library Name: Enter a name for the media library, up to 20 characters.

    • Media Library Language: Select the message language of the media library. If this media language is available in the data source, information such as poster profiles generated by scraping will be displayed in the set media library language.

    • Media Folder: Select the media folder associated with the media library, and you can add up to 10 folders to a media library. Movie Center will scan the video files under the path of the folder and enter the supported file formats into the library and scrape to get the poster and other information.

    • Information Acquisition: Select the way to scrape the information of movie posters, currently it supports two ways: TMDB and Intelligent Recognition. The fields not scraped by the previous data source will be enabled to be scraped by the next data source. Long press can drag to adjust the acquisition order.

      • To enable TMDB scraping source, you need to configure TMDB API key in the data source first and test the connection successfully before it takes effect.

    • Auto Add to Collection: Set whether to automatically create and add the same series content to the collection. If enabled, the service will recognize the video series field in the video metadata, automatically create an ensemble of the series, and add the content in the library to the ensemble, and the content of the same series will be added automatically when it is recognized in the future.

    • Prioritize reading local information: Set whether to prioritize the use of local NFO and picture information. If the check box is enabled, Movie Center will prioritize searching NFOs with the same name under the same folder according to the video file name, and find the corresponding local picture files according to the NFO information association, or get them through scraping service if they are not available.

  3. After confirming the settings are correct, click "Save" to create the media library.

Scanning Media Library

When there are new movies in the folder where the media library is located, but they have not been added to the library, or when the information of the media library has been modified and the data source needs to obtain the corresponding scraping posters again, you can operate the scanning database to rescan the files. You can operate the scanning database to re-scan the files and scrape them for new posters and other information. The following is the procedure:

  1. Select the media library to be scanned in the Media Library Manager.

  2. Slide the media library to the left and click Scan in the slide menu.

  3. Select and click the scanning method in the pop-up window.

  4. The system will start scanning the folder where the media library is located according to the scanning method you selected.

To learn the difference between the different scanning methods for your media library, please refer to the Movie Center FAQ.

Removing a Media Library

To remove a media library, follow the steps below:

  1. Enter Media Library Management: Open the Media Library Management page and locate the media library you want to remove.

  2. Select a library: In the list of libraries, swipe left on the library you want to remove.

  3. Click "Remove": In the sliding menu, click the "Remove" option.

  4. Confirm Removal: In the pop-up confirmation window, click the "Confirm" button.

After completing the above steps, the selected media library will be removed successfully.

Data Source Management

You can configure the API key and HOST of TMDB here, please note that this function is only available for administrators.

  • Please note that this feature is only available to administrators. The API key for TMDB can be obtained by going to TMDB, in [Account Settings > API > API Key]. For more information, please refer to: How to apply for TMDB (The Movie Database) API key". For more information, please refer to

  • You can click "Test" in the [Connectivity Test] column to confirm whether the API key can be connected successfully, and click "Save" after the prompt of "Successful Test". Click "Save" to take effect.

  • After successful configuration, you can enable TMDB scraper to scrape your media library movies or TV series to get information such as posters, synopses, actors and actresses.

  • If the connectivity detection prompts "Failed", please check your network. You can also fill in the HOST configuration with the DNS and IP that can connect to TMDB, for more details, please refer to: TMDB HOST Configuration Documentation For more details, please refer to: TMDB HOST Configuration Documentation.

User Management

In User Management, you can control media library access for each user on the NAS device. Flexible control of media library permissions helps you to better manage the media libraries that each member can access. Note that the User Management feature is only available to administrator users.

To set or modify a user's media library permissions, click the user name you want to set in the user list of User Management to enter the User Media Library Permissions Management page. In this page, you can check "Allow access" or "Block access" for each media library, and then click "Save" to make the settings take effect.