Macpower & Tytech MovieStar, User Manual

Creating the Directories 

 
For MovieStar to be able to find the files on the hard drive, four (4) folders with the exact name 
shown below must be created first! 

ALL the prerequisite folders should have the READ 

ONLY attribute and should never be deleted or renamed, because your MovieStar uses 
these exact names as a reference to locate the respective files. 

Under these directories 

you can have any directory structure that is convenient to you. Create the folders as shown 
below, now. 
 
“

Firmware

”: this folder 

contains the MovieStar 
firmware files. Inside this 
folder there are two (2) 
subfolders:  

•

 “Font,” 

for 

Europe and US, 
this is an empty 
directory. 

•

 “Settings” 

contains the 
“Settings.txt” file. 
This file is a 
Unicode text file 
with two strings. 
The first line 
string is the 
default TV mode 
(PAL or NTSC) in 
which MovieStar 
should start before the user applies his settings. The second line string is the string 
used from the MovieStar screen saver. This string is user editable and should not be 
more than 16 characters. Create this file if required, otherwise leave the folder empty. 

 
“

Movies

”: This folder contains your movie files.   

“

Music

”: This folder contains your music files. 

“

Pictures

”: This folder contains your image files. 

If you need a directory to transfer your files from one computer to another, you may certainly 
create more directories and name it whatever you like. These folders won’t affect MovieStar 
but will NOT show up on your TV screen! 

Font Support 

For additional font support other then English, we recommend copying the ‘Arial Unicode MS’ 
font to the “Font” folder located in the “Firmware” directory. On a PC, you can find this font by 
going to Control Panel and then selecting Fonts. After copying the font to MovieStar, rename 
the file to “font.ttf”. Example: If original is “arialuni.ttf,” rename to “font.ttf”. 

You may use any other Unicode true type font (TTF) you have or which is available on the 
internet, but remember to rename the file to “font.ttf’ after copying it to MovieStar.

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