Ripstation MediaGrabber Operating Manual V1.0.35.0 or higher Ripstation A Division of Formats Unlimited, Inc 155 Sherwood Avenue Farmingdale, NY 11735 T: +1-631-249-9393 F: +1-631-249-9273 Author: Robert Warnock support@mfdigital.com www.mfdigital.com/techsupport.
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Software EULA 100-5-01-000 Software EULA End User Software License Agreement for Ripstation Software NOTICE TO ALL USERS: PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING LEGAL AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT") FOR THE LICENSE OF Ripstation ("SOFTWARE") BY Formats Unlimited, Inc. ("FUI"). BY CLICKING THE ACCEPT BUTTON OR INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE, YOU (EITHER AN INDIVIDUAL OR A SINGLE ENTITY) CONSENT TO BE BOUND BY AND BECOME A PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT.
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Software EULA 100-5-01-000 Overview MediaGrabber is a dedicated software tool to allow for batch transfer of video files from Blu-Ray*or DVD utilising MF Digitals’ 7602/7604 robotic autoloaders. MediaGrabber will take any Blu-Ray* or DVD Video and create a fully compliant uncompressed video folder complete with GD3 metadata. The application operates on the Windows Platform.
Contents 100-5-01-000 Content 1.0 Hardware Installation ................................................................................................ 7 1.1 Robotic Hardware ......................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Step by step guide of Robotic Hardware 7602/7604 .................................................... 7 1.2.1 STEP ONE: Remove the Packing Constraints ........................................................... 7 1.2.
Hardware Installation 100-5-01-000 1.0 Hardware Installation This section details a set of instructions for correct assembly of the robotic hardware (if purchased). It begins by listing the items contained within the packaging. 1.1 Robotic Hardware The autoloader box should contain: 1. 2. 3. 4. The robotic hardware system Power cable These Quick Setup Instructions Warranty & support documents 1.2 Step by step guide of Robotic Hardware 7602/7604 1.2.
100-5-01-000 2.0 MediaGrabber Quick Start Guide Before using the MediaGrabber software, please use the following steps as a ‘quick start’ guide to set the initial parameters and perform a simple batch rip. 1. Open the MediaGrabber software and on the main screen select a loader type and the “Files” output format. This will rip DVD files to the Video TS structure or Blu-ray to the BDMV structure. 2. Click on the preferences button and the following dialog with five tabs will appear.
100-5-01-000 Check “Copy file creation and modification time stamps” SQL All options left blank Reports Check “log full batch log to file” Ripstation MediaGrabber User Manual Page 9 of 28
0-5-01-000 Actions All options left blank Metadata Ensure “Lookup Metadata” is checked Ensure “Write metadata to XML” is checked Ensure GD3 is set to “First”.
100-5-01-000 3. On the main screen enter the number of discs you wish to rip, or enter 0 to have it rip continuously 4. Choose the folder name by entering it into the text box and then the destination directory for the files to be ripped to by clicking the icon 5. Once all the details have been entered, click the start batch button to begin ripping Once all of your discs are ripped, you will see a folder on your local hard drive with all the DVD/BD titles.
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100-5-01-000 3.2 MediaGrabber Main Screen: Advanced Options The MediaGrabber main user interface is shown below. Operations are carried out using the button controls and information is displayed throughout the rest of the screen. The user interface is split into groups from 1 to 7 and Section 3.2.1 of the manual details each of these groups in turn. 3.2.1 Button and Screen Operations 3.2.1.
100-5-01-000 3.2.1.2 Group 2: Select an output format The option to rip to an ISO image or just to rip the actual files on the disc is available. To change between one and the other is simple, as the user will just select the option for the type of output they desire from the dropdown box. If you choose ISO, you should have the default pathway of %n %v\%v entered under folder name.
100-5-01-000 3.2.1.4 Group 4: Folder name and destination The user will enter the folder name mask to ensure each folder name is unique, and will choose the destination they want all the files saved to. The default is %n %v\ but this is fully editable and you can use any of the specified above variables or the users own text. Ripstation recommends setting the destination folder as being local to the machine, as ripping to a network attached device will affect ripping speeds. 3.2.1.
100-5-01-000 Then the following dialog will open: Select the required file and click on the “Open” button and the settings will be loaded. Save – This button saves the settings to a “settings.dat” file To save a “Settings.
100-5-01-000 Then the following dialog will open: Type the filename in the box provided and click on the “Save” button and the settings will be saved. Send To Disk – The ‘Send to Disk’ button loads the batch folder to a user specified destination.
100-5-01-000 Select the target folder and click OK. The files from the batch folder will then be loaded to the target folder and the file copy dialog appears to show its progress. Fix Metadata – This button opens the metadata cleaning utility (Please see section 3.3 for further details) Preferences – Click on the preference icon and the preferences dialog will open with its five individual tabs.
100-5-01-000 threshold for the rejection can be set from 2.5 to 25 minutes in regular increments. “Copy file creation and modification time stamps” – Switching this on enables the user to copy across the source files and folders original creation and modification time stamps. When this option isn’t checked new creation and modification time stamps are created for the files when they are ripped.
100-5-01-000 Reports “Log full batch log to file” – This writes the ripping log text from the application UI to a text file that is placed in the output folder. “Log only errors” – This produces a log file that contains only the error responses from a batch. “Enable XML log” – This creates an XML file detailing each disc, and within each file each disc that has been ripped in a batch.
100-5-01-000 Actions “Launch this application after every successful batch” – Use this option to browse to the location of the application you would like to launch after every successful batch. “Launch this application after every successful disc” – Use this option to browse to the location of the application you would like to launch after every successful disc.
100-5-01-000 Metadata “Look up Metadata” – This enables metadata look ups “Write metadata to XML” – This writes the metadata returned to an XML file “GD3” – Enable, set the order of preference and enter username/password for metadata look ups with GD3. “Include Volume Title” – This enables volume title search if initial disc ID is unsuccessful.
100-5-01-000 3.2.1.6 Group 6: Batch Status Window The batch status window is designed to give a dynamic preview of the current batch job, listing the attached drives, ability to optionally select each drive or not, the progress of each drive and the ability to skip the disc in that drive. 3.2.1.7 Group 7: Batch Logging Window Real time logging of robotic operation, disc loading, metadata lookup, ripping and encoding process and failed discs. Each log entry is time stamped. 3.2.
100-5-01-000 3.3 Metadata 3.3.1 Metadata Support MediaGrabber supports metadata from GD3. The application returns a full XML data set. This is placed under the root folder of the disc structure and the additional files are written to the same location: Title.tit Year.yer Director.dir RawMetadata.xml Volume Name.vol Title.xml Folder.jpg UPC.upc Unique id.bid Number.nbr Metadata.
100-5-01-000 3.3.2 Metadata Editing Metadata editing can be performed by pressing the “Fix Metadata” button when the software is not ripping. The user is also automatically prompted at batch end or when a batch is cancelled: When you click yes, you will be presented with the following screen These will be set to unknown if the disc has a generic DVD title such as “DVDVideo”. Enter the Film Title and other details in the in the space provided. Then click on the cover art box to browse to the .
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100-5-01-000 4.0 Help and Support Support terms are detailed in client specific contracts, but at minimum shall include 24 hour support via our online helpdesk. In addition we offer an extended warranty package which includes remote access to your site from our headquarters and extended hardware warranty coverage. Support response is guaranteed within 24 hours.
100-5-01-000 Appendix - Director and Scribe Installations When using DataGrabber or MediaGrabber on the same unit as Director or Scribe, please ensure that spindle select is turned off and Director or Scribe is rebooted. If the Spindle Select is not turned off using the following procedure, the software will display an error and the batch will fail.
