Enabling Metadata Extraction on Windows Servers

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Thanks to cmgj for this patch

If you are running MCEBuddy on a Windows Server, it has been found that the metadata from the WTV files is not able to be read. Here is a way to to add this to a Windows Server (2012 in this tested example) (Originally found here)

Here are some basic instructions:

For a 64bit install of WMC (Tested with Windows 7 64bit )

  • copy c:\windows\system32\EncDec.dll, sbe.dll, and sbeio.dll to the same directory on the windows server (c:\windows\system32)
  • on the windows server 2012 machine open cmd prompt with administrative privileges
  • cd to c:\windows\system32
  • type in regsvr32.exe EncDec.dll and press enter
  • type in regsvr32.exe sbe.dll and press enter

For a 32bit install of WMC (Tested with Windows 7 64bit )

  • copy c:\windows\sysWOW64\EncDec.dll, sbe.dll, and sbeio.dll to the same directory on the windows server (c:\windows\sysWOW64)
  • on the windows server 2012 machine open cmd prompt with administrative privileges
  • cd to c:\windows\sysWOW64
  • type in regsvr32.exe EncDec.dll and press enter
  • type in regsvr32.exe sbe.dll and press enter

Fire up MCEBuddy and start converting, the converted file should then be renamed correctly and if you sort to folders using something like %showname%\Season %season%##\%showname% - S%season%##E%episode%## - %episodename%

You should see it sorted correctly.

Enjoy!

NOTE: You may also need to install the Media Foundation feature to resolve reference to WMDRMSDK.dll