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Common setting tab

Generic setting for both Movie and TV.
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Choose if you wish MC to save in Pre-Frodo image only, Frodo and onwards, or Both.
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Fanart images can have media info and Ratings overlayed on the Fanart, Choose what you would like displayed.
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Set your preferred image resolutions for Actor, Fanart, and Poster. Some devices with limited memory may perform better with lower quality images, or you'd prefer the best you can get.
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Select with text article your'd preferred ignored. ie:
The Best Little Whore House in Texas
or
Best Little Whore House in Texas, The
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Screenshot delay. Allows users to set a general screenshot time for Movie or TV images.
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Exclude Folders. Exclude a certain folder name from being scanned for scraping:
ie: Extras, Featurettes
These folders if found will be passed over by MC.
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Some filenames may have additional information, eg HSBS, YIFY. Clean these from Filenames before searching will improve success rate.
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Video source can also be found in the filename, Common entries are listed here, and if found will be stored in the Source tag in the nfo. Great if you wish to see what quality source your files were from.
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Some more user options: (see below image)
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  • Don't overwrite existing images. (Enabled by default). on Rescrape or Batch wizard, if artwork exists, do not overwrite.
  • Save media runtime as numerical. ie: 1Hr20Minutes will be stored as 80, 2hr 40 as 160. (users can choose in Movie and TV preferences to also append "min" to this value.
  • Pad runtime to 3 places. (self explanatory)
  • Show Custom Genre's at top of list. R-click on the Genre field will list some default genre's users can select from. But if users have a custom Genre file (stored in MC's Settings folder as genres.txt) , these can be set to display at the top of the list of Genres.
  • Create/Edit Custom Genre list. Each entry on a separate line, and MC will create the genres.txt file if it does not already exist. If the file exists, entries will be displayed in the edit box.

Lastly, User API Keys

Users can insert their own TMDB, Fanart.TV or OMDB API Key(s)

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Related

Wiki: GenPrefs

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