Version number syntax

M.m.c (e.g. v2.6.0)

M = Major version
m = Minor Version (Added features or current database File Structure
c = Correction or small change

Support

The support is made via email only

Example

We also put an example by using Info2MIS (to create .MIS) and MIS Info Video.

1. Download and uncompress Recorded Movies.zip, 174KB (2006-04-12), (with subfolders: Action, Bio, Comedy ...)

2. Download and install MIS Info Video

3. Go to Folder and point to the folder where you uncompressed the Recorded Movies.zip

4. Click Refresh

You won't be able to play the movie (of course), but it will give you a better sense of the potential of this application.

MIS Info Video

Table of content
Profile Manager
MIS Info Video
Main
Search
Options
User options
Internal Player options
Profile options
Folder
Launch options
About
Information
Raw file
Picture
Web browser
Resume
Play
Play options
Play chapter
Command line
Assign a picture with FOLDER.MIF and folder.jpg
Where are the profiles, configuration files saved?

Note: Some screens were manipulated to show the full toolbar or only updated when it needed be.

Profile Manager

Item | Description
Full screen / normal screen [F11] | Change the mode so that the application can take or not all available screen space
Name | List of the profiles
+ [+] | Add a profile
- [-] | Delete a profile
Protected | Profile protected or not with a password
Font size | Change the font size of the List
Exit [E] | Go back to the main page

MIS Info Video

Upper Header (all pages)

Column | Description
D [V] | Change the current display mode for:

- Standard list
- List with pictures
- One picture at a time
- Picture and information
- Standard list no pictures
- Picture and information 2
- Thumbnail

MIS Info Video v2.6.0 | Current version of the application.
Profile name | It will display the current Profile name.
Sort order | Display the current Sort order
Full screen / normal screen [F11] | Change the mode so that the application can take or not all available screen space

Main Page

Upper display mode:

Column | Description
Thumbnail | Display a thumbnail of the first (picture-content) found in the .MIS. Updated when a Refresh is done.
Title | Title found from the .MIS or file name when you Refresh
Content | Display a graphic representation if another content file (picture, trailer, audio...) is found. Up to 5 columns can be displayed
Sort information | Display the Sort information (date, genre...)

Primary toolbar:

Item | Description
Play [P] | Play the selected media. If a picture is selected, it will change the display mode to One picture at a time
Back(Folder) [B] | Go to the preceding folder
Next(Folder) [N] | Go to the next folder
Information [I] | Go to the Information page about the media by reading the .MIS, .NFO, .TXT or FOLDER.MIF
Sort [A] | Change the sort order of the medias ( file date ,folder, title, genre, age, extenstion, original date). Use the wheel mouse to change it or the right click to go back
Search [S] | Search a word in the title. It will display only the title that matched the searched criteria
Font size | Change the font size of the Upper Grid
9999 | Shows the total number of medias
Secondary Toolbar [2] | Go to the secondary toolbar
Refresh [F5] | Refresh the content of the Upper Grid
Options [O] | Go to the Options page
Exit [E] | Exit the application

Secondary toolbar:

Folder [F] | Go to the Folder page. Lets you select the folders that the Refresh will use. They can be a network connection.
Delete file(s) [D] | Delete the files associated with the media and also the files within a .MIS. You must select the file(s) first. Confirmation will be asked before deleting.
Exit [E] | Return to the primary toolbar

Search Page

Item | Description
Search text | Enter the text to search Example: Day may return Monday or Dayl
Include .MIS | In addition of the title, you can search in the .MIS that was cached in the last Refresh.
Search | Execute the search
Exit [E] | Go back to the main page

Options Page

Item | Description
User options [U] | Goes to the User options page (Language, color scheme...) see below
Internal Player options [I] | Goes to the Internal Player options page (wheel mouse skip back/ahead, aspect ratio..) see below
Profile options [P] | Goes to the Profile options page (name, maximum age ..) see below
About [A] | Goes to the About page (home page, product page) see below
Donation [D] | Goes to the our donation web page
Help [H] | Goes to the local help page
Blog [B] | Goes to the Blog web page. Get updated news and more (Tech, Reviews, Entertainment...) about our products

Multimedia Players:

Column | Description
Activate | If checked, it will be the default multimedia player. If none are activated, the default player associated to the filename extension will be used.
Extension | If a file extension needs a particular multimedia player, you can point to it to override the default player or the activated one. You can add more than an extension separated by a space. Example: MOV MP4 QT
Application | Path and name of the multimedia player
Button | Lets you easily browse to select the multimedia player
MIS | Send the .MIS instead of the media to the multimedia player (must be supported)
Parameters | Optional parameters can be included. &1 will be replaced by the full media file name if included.

Item | Description
+ [+] | Add a video player
- [-] | Delete a video player
Exit [E] | Go back to the main page

User options Page

Item | Description
Language | Change the displayed language (English/Français). It will only take effect when you restart the application.
Internal browser | Activate the internal browser. It's uses Internet Explorer 6. You may disable this option to use your configure external browser.
Text size | Change the default text size (from smallest to largest) of the internal browser.
Full screen | Activate the full screen mode. When you start the application, the whole screen will be taken over.
Color scheme | Change to color scheme
Font size | This option will save the font size of the following option below
List | Change/save the font size of the Main page
Information | Change/save the font size of the Information page
.MIS | Change/save the font size of the Raw File page
Exit [E] | Go back to the preceding page

Internal Player options Page

Item | Description
Skip back | Number of seconds the video must skip back with the wheelmouse
Skip ahead | Number of seconds the video must skip ahead with the wheelmouse
Aspect ratio | Define the aspect ratio (Full window, keep aspect ratio, original dimension)
Volume | Set the volume level
Full screen | Activate the full screen mode. When you start to play the media, the whole screen will be taken over.
Activate VMR9 | Activate Video Mixing Renderer 9. If you deactivate this option, certain features (snapshot, subtext, multi audio track) will no work. It will only take effect when you restart the application.
Exit [E] | Go back to the preceding page

Profiles options Page

Item | Description
Profile name | Enter a profile name. It will be used by the Profile Manager and the application
Maximum age | Maximum age from rating-age that will be displayed for the current profile.
Allow deleting | Allows the possible deleting of a media file for the current profile.
Password | To protect the restrictions for the current profile, a password is possible. A user will have to enter the password before entering the Folder/Options Page. (maximum 20 characters)
Again | Confirmation of the password
Ask when? | Ask when to ask the password (At the opening, modify options/folders, at both places and deactivate).
Always refresh | Always do a Refresh when you enter the profile. Activate when a profile is seldom used or when the profile has always new content. Example: A person on the second account on the computer might not go often in the TV series profile so when that person decide to go, it will be refresh.
Display | Change the current display mode for:

- Standard list
- List with pictures
- One picture at a time
- Picture and information
- Standard no pictures
- Picture and information 2
- Thumbnail

Allow resume | Allow to resume the media where you last stopped it. You may have multiple resume position based on the users account name/computer name. Example: If you have a profile made of only songs, it allow you to not resume the song the next time it's played back. But a profile made of audio podcast or movies, then it's better to allow it.

Example: You have 2 computers. One (A) with 1 account and the second (B) with 3 accounts. You can stopped a movie on computer B(2) and decide to restart it on computer A. Someone else(b3) may start over at the beginning. The application will then show you all the possible position to resume the movie.

Don't resume if less than x sec. | Number of seconds left when a resume point is not saved. Useful when the end credit of a movie/TV series is long.

Item | Description
Folder [F] | Go to the Folder page. Lets you select the folders that the Refresh will use. They can be a network connection.
Launch options [O] | Go to the Launch options page that will be used by the Profile Manager.
Exit [E] | Go back to the preceding page

Folder Page

Folders: Add the folders to search for .MIS, subfolders will be also included in the search.

Column | Description
Deactivate | If checked, it won't search in that folder
Folder | Name of the folder to search (network drive is possible)
button | Lets you browse for a folder

Item | Description
+ [+] | Adds a folder to the search for .MIS with the Refresh.
- [-] | Deletes a folder from the search
Exit [E] | Go back to the main page. If a change is detected, it will automatically do a Refresh

Launch option Page

Column | Description
Display order | Enter the order number of the profile in the Profile Manager
Do not display | If activated, Profile Manager won't display it. You can call the application with the profile name. Example: [path]\misinfovideo.exe [profile] C:\Program Files\McGrath Info Solution\MIS Info Video\misinfovideo.exe secretprofile1
Exit [E] | Go back to the preceding page

About Page

Item | Description
McGrath Info Solution | Go to our main web page
MIS Info Video v2.6.0 | Go to this application web page
Exit [E] | Go back to the preceding page

Information Page

Item | Description
Title and subtitle | Title and subtitle found from the .MIS

Upper List:

Column | Description
Information | Information found from the .MIS, .NFO, .TXT. URL are in blue and double-clicking them will open your default browser to that page. In the case of the credits, imdb.com is used.

Primary toolbar:

Item | Description
Play [P] | Play the selected media
Back(Media) [B] | Go to the preceding media
Back(Section) [Z] | Go to the preceding section
Next(Section) [X] | Go to the next section
Next(Section) [X] | Go to the next section
Bottom(Information) [End] | Go to the bottom of the information
Top(Information) [Home] | Go to the top of the information
Font size | Change the font size of the Information
Picture(s) [I] | Go to the Picture(s) page (Visible only when picture(s) are found)
Language [L] | Toggle between language (language-multi) included into the .MIS (Visible only when more than 1 language-multi is found)
WWW [W] | Go to the first URL and open the browser
Secondary Toolbar [2] | Go to the secondary toolbar
Exit [E] | Go pack to the main page

Secondary toolbar:

Delete file(s) [D] | Delete the files associated with the media and also the files within a .MIS. Confirmation will be asked before deleting.
Raw .MIS file [R] | Go to the Raw File page that displays the .MIS in raw form
Save the information to text [S] | Save the information from a .MIS to .TXT. Example: You have a .MIS but don't want all of it to send in an email or to post on your website. The default editor for .TXT will be call so you can make change to it. Example: myvideo.mis to myvideo_mis.txt.
Exit [E] | Return to the primary toolbar

Web browser Page

Upper toolbar:

Column | Description
Back (Page) [Alt + Left Arrow] | Go to the preceding URL
Next (Page) [Alt + Right Arrow] | Go to the next URL
Refresh [F5] | Refresh the content of the web page
Stop | Stop loading the web page
First URL [Alt + Home] | Go to the first URL for the session
URL | Indicate/change the current URL

Item | Description
Web page | Web browser area

Lower toolbar:

Column | Description
Font size | Change the font size of the web area
WWW [W] | Go to the current URL by using the default external browser
Exit [E] | Go back to the preceding page

Raw File Page

Item | Description
File | Path and name of the .MIS

Upper Grid:

Column | Description
Tag | Name of the tag
Separator | Separating character
Value | Value of the tag
Length | Actual length of characters
Max | Maximum characters for the tag
Invalid message | Invalid message the tag may have

Item | Description
Back(Section) [Z] | Go to the preceding section
Next(Section) [X] | Go to the next section
Fontsize | Change the font size of the upper grid
Back(Error) [Q] | Go to the preceding error (in red) (Visible only when errors are found)
Next(Error) [R] | Go to the next error (in red) (Visible only when errors are found)
Exit [E] | Go back to the main page

Picture Page

Item | Description
File | Path and name of the .MIS
Picture | Displays the picture(s) from picture-content

Item | Description
Rotate (Back) [Q] | Rotates back the picture by 90 degrees
Rotate (Forward) [R] | Rotates the picture forward by 90 degrees
Stretch/Isometric [S] | Change the picture mode (Stretch/Isometric)
1/999 | Display the number and total number of pictures. (Visible only when more than 1 picture-content is found)
Back(Picture) [Z] | Go to the preceding picture (Visible only when more than 1 picture-content is found)
Next(Picture) [X] | Go to the next picture (Visible only when more than 1 picture-content is found)
Exit [E] | Go back to the preceding page

Resume Page

Column | Description
Time | Time within the media
User | Account name who save the resume
Date and time | Date and time that the resume point was saved
| Double click on any column to resume

Item | Description
Resume [R] | Resume from the last stopping point
Start over [S] | Play again from the beginning
User | Alternate user name when only one account exist on a computer
Show date | Show the date in the grid
Exit [E] | Go back to the preceding page

Play Page

Mouse | Description
Click | Play/pause the media media
Right Click | Show/hide the control bar
Wheel | Go back/ahead with the wheel (File mode only)

File mode:

Item | Description
Play/Pause [P] | Play and pause the media
Back(Chapter)[B] | Go to the preceding chapter (Visible only when more than 1 chapter is found)
Reverse [Z] | Move back quickly through the media. Press this button again (and again) to move back at a faster speed.
Forward [X] | Move ahead quickly through the media. Press this button again (and again) to move ahead at a faster speed.
Next(Chapter) [N] | Go to the next chapter (Visible only when more than 1 chapter is found)
-10 [H] | Go back 10 seconds
+30 [J] | Go ahead 30 seconds
Information [I] | Go to the Information page about the media by reading the .MIS, .NFO, .TXT. It will pause the media.
Snapshot [S] | Takes a snapshot of the current video media and record it in the same folder has the media. (Visible only when it's a video) Example: movie.avi movie.jpg movie I0001.jpg movie I0002.jpg (previously existed)
movie I0003.jpg ...

Select a chapter [C] | Go to the Chapter page (Visible only when more than 1 chapter is found). It will pause the media.
Audio track [A] | Change the audio track (Visible only when more than 1 audio track is found)
Resume [R] | Save a resume point when stopped
Mute [M] | Mute the volume
Volume [+/-] | Volume
Options [O] | Go to the Options while playback page. It will pause the media.
Exit [E] | Go back to the preceding page

DVD mode:

Item | Description
Play/Pause [P] | Play and pause the media
Back(Chapter) [B] | Go to the preceding chapter (Visible only when more than 1 chapter is found)
Reverse [Z] | Move back quickly through the media. Press this button again (and again) to move back at a faster speed.
Forward [X] | Move ahead quickly through the media. Press this button again (and again) to move ahead at a faster speed.
Next(Chapter) [N] | Go to the next chapter (Visible only when more than 1 chapter is found)
-10 [H] | Go back 10 seconds
+30 [J] | Go ahead 30 seconds
Information [I] | Go to the Information page about the media by reading the .MIS, .NFO, .TXT. It will pause the DVD.
Mute [M] | Mute the volume
Volume [+/-] | Volume
Top Menu (DVD) [O] | Go to the Top Menu of the DVD.
Exit [E] | Go back to the preceding page

Play options Page

Item | Description
Chapter | Select a chapter (Visible only when more than 1 chapter-multi is found)
Subtext | Select a subtext (Visible only when more than 1 subtext-multi is found)
Skip back | Number of seconds the video must skip back with the wheel mouse
Skip ahead | Number of seconds the video must skip ahead with the wheel mouse
Aspect ratio | Define the aspect ratio (Full window, keep aspect ratio, original dimension, automatic)
Exit [E] | Go back to the preceding page

Play chapter Page

Double clicking will go to the chapter.

Column | Description
Chapter name | Chapter name
Time | Time within the chapter

Item | Description
Description | Description of the chapter
Exit [E] | Go back to the preceding page

Command line

[path]\misinfovideo.exe [profile] [filename]

Parameters

[profile]

Do not include spaces and a path for the profile name

Example:

TV series = Not Valid
C:\DATA\TVseries = Not Valid
TVSeries = Valid

If no profile is given, DEFAULT will be taken.

The profile files are placed in the My Document folder. This way, each profile could have their folders, maximum age, deleting rights and language preferences. If you have video files not suitable for young children, this could be used as a way to restrict the viewing of those files but don't forget to protect the options page with a password.

Example:

D:\Documents and Settings\Person\My Documents\McGrath Info Solution\MIS Info Video

[filename]

If a file name is given, MIV will simulate a profile with only that title in it. It will search for the corresponding .MIS with the same name. The media will start playing automatically.

Example:

movie.avi and searched movie.mis

song.mp3 and searched song.mis

media.mis

Assign a picture with FOLDER.MIF and folder.jpg

Part of the MIS specification is to be able to control and give information about the overall content of a folder. The example below will be with a TV series that is recorded with your computer.

"G:\TV Series\My Fav Show 1"

FOLDER.MIF will be read by MIS Info Video and display that information when the sort order is List by folder. So, instead of having "G:\TV Series\My Fav Show 1", your will see "My Favorite Show" for the folder name.

If your guests decide to watch a show, they will have the information at hand.

folder.jpg: If a media file do not have a picture associated to it, then MIS Info Video will assign that picture (folder.jpg) as default for that media. This is not part of the MIS specification and it's for convenience only. The order in which a picture will be assign is: .MIS(file-name(if a picture), first picture-content), FOLDER.MIF(picture-content), file name of the media (if a picture) and folder.jpg.

"G:\TV Series\My Fav Show 1\folder.jpg"

Where are the profiles, configuration files saved?

The files are saved in your My Documents folder under McGrath Info Solution\MIS Info Video

Examples:

C:\Documents and Settings\Person\My Documents\McGrath Info Solution\MIS Info Video.
D:\Documents and Settings\Person\My Documents\McGrath Info Solution\MIS Info Video.

The other files (external player) are in the application folder.

Example:

C:\Program Files\McGrath Info Solution\MIS Info Video

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