FAQ

• Q: How to start eversion within PCH?
  Once you have installed eversion3 (where you want inside or outside PCH, on a NAS, on your PC, .... YAMJ3_EVERSION
  navigate to yamj3_eversion folder and launch eversion3.phf to start eversion
take care of jetty is already running and eversion parameters setted to point to jetty's machin

• Q: how to add the watch feature?
  in yamj3-core-static.user.properties : set yamj3.folder.name.watched=Watched
in yamj3-core-static.user.properties : set yamj3.librarycheck.folder.watched=true

• Q: Is there a way to accelerate the scan process?
  start your jetty.cmd and open in the browser http://localhost:8888/yamj3/ or http://IP_where_jetty_is_running:8888/yamj3/
choose to go to configuration and set
yamj3.scheduler.artworkprocess.maxThreads 2
yamj3.scheduler.artworkscan.maxThreads 2
yamj3.scheduler.filmographyscan.maxThreads 2
yamj3.scheduler.mediafilescan.maxThreads 4
yamj3.scheduler.metadatascan.maxThreads 4
yamj3.scheduler.peoplescan.maxThreads 2
or any other value you want to modify
then stop/restart jetty

• Q: I started the first scan before I had setup the correct paths for mediainfo. This has resulted in both missing data and missing imdb data for some movies. Is there a way to fix this without re-creating the entire database?
  using bikini skin (with pc), you can use the rescan feature inside each video detail page

• Q: How to stop (control-C) jetty once these are run
  you could stop the dos windows too
or use control-C

• Q: Once the database is populated, how does it pick up changes / new entries?
  Start or restart filescanner , new entries will automatically be added

• Q: How could i scan automatically new entries?
  let filescanner running
in yamj3-filescanner.user.properties : add filescanner.watch.default=true
depending of your usage you can adjust the waiting time between 2 loop :
filescanner.wait.time=300000 (setted in milliseconds, by default 600000 - 10 minutes

• Q: How does the database deal with artwork and what control does a user have over what posters / fanart is displayed?
  fanart, posters, videoimage, photo (artwork) are being added to the database, because they are scrapped from tmdb/imdb/or any other site like allocine you specify in the config
modify settings in yam3-core-static.user.properties, according with the sites you want:
yamj3.sourcedb.scanner.movie=allocine,tmdb,imdb
yamj3.sourcedb.scanner.series=allocine,tvdb,tmdb,imdb
yamj3.sourcedb.scanner.person=allocine,tmdb,imdb
yamj3.sourcedb.scanner.filmography=allocine,tmdb,imdb
remember to add plugins according with

• Q: How could I use alternate artwork (rather than that already in my file store) - where would the downloaded artwork be stored?
  The database store only pointers, artwork, photo are stored under resources/artwork and resources/photo
to add artwork you have to specify a folder where to scan, allow local scan, use exact naming (case sensitive)
modify settings in yam3-core-static.user.properties
yamj3.folder.name.artwork=local_artwork
yamj3.librarycheck.folder.artwork=true
yamj3.folder.name.photo=local_photo
yamj3.librarycheck.folder.photo=true
by ex: Logan (2017) - 1080p.BluRay.Light.x264.AC3.fanart
by ex: Hugh Jackman.photo

• Q: it is possible to setup ignore prefix 'a', 'the', 'le', etc. when sorting titles ?
  with configuration change start your jetty.cmd and open in the browser http://localhost:8888/yamj3/ or http://IP_where_jetty_is_running:8888/yamj3/
choose to go to configuration and set
yamj3.sort.strip.prefixes An,The,Le,Les,Der,Die,Das,La,Un,Une
you have to set skins according with' with eversion adjust settings in /eversion/settings/esettings.xml title with bikini set the skin parameter value of title type `

• Q: settings of the type yamj3.artwork.scan.attached. are for looking at items within a container, is this correct?
  yes

• Q: in settings of the type yamj3.artwork.scanner.banner.boxset.priorities, the defaults refer to movie_scanner, series_scanner and person_scanner. Where are these defined?
  in yamj3-core-static configuration yamj3.sourcedb.scanner.movie=allocine,tmdb,imdb
yamj3.sourcedb.scanner.series=allocine,tvdb,tmdb,imdb
yamj3.sourcedb.scanner.person=allocine,tmdb,imdb
yamj3.sourcedb.scanner.filmography=allocine,tmdb,imdb

• Q:Is there a way, to manually set certification (i.e. I use BBFC plus KF to allow a quick jump to keep-fit videos)
  with NFO,
or you have yamj3.certification.mpaa in the dynamic configuration to set true (default : false)

• Q: How could i scan multiple libraries?
  you are able to start multiple filescanner at the same time, each have a single directory specified
call filescanner.cmd -d "U:\video"

• Q: Could i specify multi-directory in eversion ?
  inside eversion/settings/esettings.xml change the librarypaths and playerpaths with "," between, respect the order
<yamj3librarypaths>/media/MediaLinks/Popcorn/Movies/,/media/MediaLinks/Popcorn/TV/</yamj3librarypaths>
<yamj3playerpaths>file:///opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/NETWORK_SHARE/SYNO/video/Film/ ,file:///opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/NETWORK_SHARE/SYNO/TV/</yamj3playerpaths>

• Q: How could i change the site scrapped ?
  With bikini skin, in the detail page of the movie, hit mediainfo icon to open the mediainfo items
you could add, change, delete (trash icon), invalidate every sources/external_ids (cross icon)

• Q: if eversion3 is too slow, could i speed the display ?
  you could set the parameter is inside eversion/settings/settings.xml
yamj3chunksize>24</yamj3chunksize>
set to 12 to see if there is effect

• Q: Could i use trakt.tv with yamj3 ?
  Yes, follow this thread TRAKT.TV

• Q: Could i use NFO with yamj3 ?
  Yes , you have to set the NFO folder in yamj3-core-static.user.properties (case sensitive and relative path)
yamj3.folder.name.nfo=NFO
yamj3.librarycheck.folder.nfo=true