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admin [Movie metadata and artwork]
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admin [Naming your movie video files]
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 ====== Managing your collection of movies ======
-Mezzmo lets you add your collection of movies and stream them to your devices and web browsers.  You can organize your movie collection how you you like - for example, a 1:1 representation of your folders, or organized by attributes such as Genre, Year, Actor, Movie Set, etc.
+Mezzmo lets you add your collection of movies and stream them to your devices and web browsers.  You can organize your movie collection how you like - for example, a 1:1 representation of your folders, or organized by attributes such as Genre, Year, Actor, Movie Set, etc.
 All popular video formats are supported.  Formats that are not compatible with your devices or web browsers are automatically transcoded.
 All popular subtitles are supported - including external subtitles, embedded subtitles and burning subtitles.
+===== Naming your movie video files =====
+Mezzmo can pick up the name and year of your movies if you follow Mezzmo's supported file naming styles.  See [[Supported_Filenames|Supported file name styles]].
 ===== Movie metadata and artwork =====
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 Mezzmo server delivers text metadata to your devices and web browsers.  Mezzmo Android displays all text metadata and artwork.  Web browsers also displays all text metadata and artwork.  Most DLNA devices may only display the title and description of a video.
-Movie playlists
+===== Movie playlists =====
+When you install Mezzmo, it installs a default set of playlists - including the following for your movie collection:
+  * Movies
+  * Movies (Unwatched)
+  * Actor
+  * Genre
+  * Year
+  * Director
+  * Last 50 Played
+  * Recently Added
+These playlists let you browse your collection of movies.  You can edit, change, move or delete these playlists as you wish.
+You can easily extend the number of playlists for your movie collection by creating your own smart playlists and active playlists in your Mezzmo library.
+**Tip:** When a video is detected to be a movie, then the **Category** attribute for the video is set to **Movie**.  You can use this Category value when creating smart playlists and active playlists.
+===== Movie sets =====
+Mezzmo can organize your movies into movie sets for better organization. Movies sets are typically for sequels or movies that are a part of a directly related series.
+Mezzmo will automatically collect movie set information from your external metadata files (e.g. .NFO files created with Kodi) and from online movie sites such as www.TheMovieDB.org.
+To view or edit the movie set value for a movie, right-click on a movie in Mezzmo and click Properties.  On the **Properties** dialog, you can view/edit the **Series** edit box.
+You can easily create a Movie Set active playlist in your Mezzmo library using the Album / Series keyword in the keyword hierarchy.
+===== DVD movies =====
+Mezzmo lets you add, organize and stream your DVD rips and DVD ISOs.  Mezzmo automatically finds all the videos in your DVD and adds them into your Mezzmo library.
+===== Blu-ray movies =====
+Mezzmo lets you add, organize and stream your Blu-ray rips and Blu-ray ISOs.  Mezzmo automatically finds all the videos in your Blu-ray and adds them into your Mezzmo library.
+===== 3D movies =====
+Mezzmo lets you stream 3D movies to your 3D-capable TVs.  Mezzmo also lets you add 3D Blu-ray rips and ISOs.
+To specify a movie is in 3D format, right-click on the video and and click **Properties**.  On the **Properties** dialog, go to the Video tab and set the **Perspective** button.
+===== Preferred audio language =====
+When your movies have multiple audio channels, you may want Mezzmo to only stream a certain audio language (e.g. English) so you don't get the wrong language audio played.
-Movie sets
+To set the preferred audio language for all your movies, go to the **Options dialog (Streaming page)** and set your preferred audio language.  This will be applied to all your videos.
-Blu-ray movies
+To set the preferred audio language for a particular movie, right-click on the video in Mezzmo and click Properties.  On the **Properties** dialog, go to the **Video tab** and set the **Preferred audio channel**.
-DVD movies
+===== Preferred subtitle language =====
-D movies
+When your movies have multiple subtitles (external or embedded), you may want Mezzmo to only stream a certain subtitle language (e.g. English) so you don't get the wrong language subtitles displayed.
-Preferred audio language
+To set the preferred subtitle language for all your movies, go to the **Options dialog (Subtitles page)** and set your preferred subtitle language.  This will be applied to all your videos.
-Preferred subtitle language
+To set the preferred subtitle language for a particular movie, right-click on the video in Mezzmo and click Properties.  On the **Properties** dialog, go to the **Subtitles tab** and select the subtitles you want streamed and deselect those that you do not want streamed.