Options

Change various settings such as the Appearance and Behavior of CineCenter, perform a backup, and other useful tools...

Appearance

Create a Theme:

This will direct you back to CineCenter's Main Menu and open the Theme Editor where you can change the Main Menu Icons, Background, and Sounds.

Choose a Theme:

Load a Saved Theme. Themes files, ".Thm"", are found in the Themes folder.

DVD Box and CD Case Shine: ON/OFF

Show or Hide the Shine Effect for the DVD Box and CD Jewel Case images. This effect casts a lighting effect on the DVD Box and CD Case to create the illusion of light shining down from above.

Thumbnail Settings:

Title Captions: ON / OFF

ON will display the Title of the movie under the Thumbnails.

OFF will display only the Thumbnails, with no Titles.

*Note: Title Captions (ON) is only available for Large Size Thumbnails

Thumbnail Size: Large / Small

Large size Thumbnails are easy to see from a distance and might be preferred if you are using CineCenter on a TV.

Small size Thumbnails can fit more on a screen, however Titles are not available in this size.

Behavior

Launch CineCenter at Windows Startup

CineCenter will start automatically when you start Windows. Useful if this is a Home Theater PC.

Launch CineCenter Maximized

CineCenter will start Maximized (fullscreen) at Launch.

Pack CineCenter Database at Launch

CineCenter will perform DataBase Cleanup at Launch.

Use built-in ScreenSaver

If a movie is not playing the built-in Screen Saver will start after 10 minutes of inactivity

Locations

Choose the EXE File of the Image/Photo Editor you want to use for editing Cover Images. An icon for launching your image editor can be found on the Toolbar in the lower-right corner of the CineCenter Web Browser.

TIP: When you find an image you want to use for cover art, simply right-click on the image in the web page and choose ''Save Picture As'', or ''Copy'' to the Windows Clipboard. Then, launch your editor from the Toolbar and Open or Paste the image into your editor.

Crop and Resize cover images to fit the screen.

Weather

Region:

USA:

Enter your 5 digit Zip Code here.

This will be used to acquire weather information for your region from The Weather Channel website.

NOTE: Your Zip Code will not be used for any other purpose than the delivery of content to you for your region.

Outside the USA:

Use the Search Tool to lookup your City Name and get the associated Weather Location ID for your region of the world.

Weather Maps:

Enter three weather map image URLs to download and display on the Weather Maps screen and another for the Current Conditions screen.

Use the WeatherCenter MapsDb tool for easy selection from over 170 weather maps around the world!

If the Weather MapsDb is not installed you will be asked if you would like to download this add-on. CineCenter will save this relatively small file (1.35MB) to the CineCenter\WeatherCenter folder.

Use the menus, search, and sort tools to browse and search for weather maps for your region. Press the Assign button to assign a weather map to the WeatherCenter.

Options Quick Launch Panel

The panel of icons at the right of Options provides quick access to some much needed tools.

My Videos

Open the Windows "My Videos" folder.

Windows Volume

Open the Windows Mixer.

Backup Database

Perform a Backup of your CineCenter Movie Collection Database. The resulting backup file is created in the CineCenter\Backups folder and it's filename is based upon the current Date and Time.

Restore from Backup

Choose from a list of Backup Dates/Times. In the event that the database becomes corrupt or loss of data you can restore your movie collection database to a previous date and time.

Add Movies

Open the Add Movies Utility. For details see Add Selections and Getting Movie Info.

Export Collection

Open the Export Wizard Utility. This utility will export your CineCenter Movie Collection Database to your choice of CSV, HTML Table, or a Website of your CineCenter Movie Collection Database.

CineCenter Website

This export option will create an *entire website of your movie collection in the likeness of the CineCenter application!

* If a search has been performed, only the search results will be listed on the website

Create your very own movie website, just by clicking some buttons...

The website begins with a table of Thumbnails of your Cover Images and Movie Posters, very much like CineCenter's Browse View screen with title captions, and the same background image you are currently using in your CineCenter Theme.

Clicking a Thumbnail will go to that Movie Info page, which again, looks very much like CineCenter's View Selections screen, complete with DVD Cover or Movie Poster (with Popup View!), Background Image, and Navigation Buttons. Also included are direct links to IMDb for each movie.

Share your Collection: Other CineCenter users that visit your website with the CineCenter Web Browser can use "Get Movie Info" from the Web Browser Menu to add pages into their own movie collection.

* If you would like to share your movie website with other CineCenter users, and have your website featured on cinecentersoftware.com, email us the link and we'll post it on our page of Featured Websites.

HTML Table

Creates an HTML Table of your movie collection. If a search has been performed, only the search results will be listed in the table.

CSV

Creates a comma delimited text file of your movie collection. If a search has been performed, only the search results will be listed in the CSV file.

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