Z-Keeper · first run — 1 of 5

Two things to tell it. That's the whole setup.

Where your movies live, and a free TMDB key so Z-Keeper can look films up for itself.

Your movie folders

The same folders your Zidoo will use as sources.

📁 U:\Ripped movies\blu-ray
📁 U:\Ripped movies\4k blu-ray
📁 U:\TV series

Your TMDB API key

The Movie Database — the same encyclopedia the Zidoo itself uses.

🔑
free — themoviedb.org → Settings → API
Notice what's not needed yet: no Zidoo. Everything in the next two scenes happens before Z-Keeper ever talks to a player.

Settings → add folders · paste key. Done.

Z-Keeper · first run — 2 of 5

Before the first Sync: open TMDB Matching

Match against TMDB asks about every file; the answers land in the TMDB Catalog — five proposed, one TMDB can't name. None has reached your Master Catalog yet.

1917
1917 (2019).mkv✓ high confidence
The Abyss
The Abyss.mkv✓ high confidence
Alien
Alien.mkv✓ high confidence
Sisu
Sisu.mkv✓ high confidence
1408 ?
1408 (2007).mkv~ fair confidence
?
BladeRnr-disc2.mkv✕ not matched
every file gets an answer in the TMDB Catalog, matched or not…
TMDB Catalog
0 / 6
files answered — proposals, not decisions
5 proposed · 1 needs your help · 0 in your Master Catalog — yet
…approving them into your Master Catalog is your job. Next scene.

No Zidoo involved — this works the day before your player arrives.

Z-Keeper · first run — 3 of 5

Your review is what cements — once, forever

The same six files. Approve copies the high-confidence answers into your Master Catalog in one click; Change match fixes 1408; Alien gets your poster; the mystery disc file gets Search as…

Master Catalog
0 / 6 🔒
your decisions — reset-proof, rescan-proof, device-proof
1917
1917 (2019).mkv✓ high confidence
The Abyss
The Abyss.mkv✓ high confidence
ALIEN
theatrical
Alien.mkv✓ high confidence
Sisu
Sisu.mkv✓ high confidence
1408 ?
1408 (2007).mkv~ fair confidence
?
BladeRnr-disc2.mkv✕ not matched

Cement rule: anything you decide is the answer — until you change it.

Z-Keeper · first run — 4 of 5

Now the first Sync — and the Master Catalog goes to work

The Zidoo has scanned the same folders and made its own guesses. Sync reads them and checks every one against your cement.

Zidoo
Home Theater · Z9X Pro
📺
reporting its library…
Verified matches
0
TMDB ID = your cemented one — approved automatically
Incorrect matches
0
TMDB ID contradicts your cement — ticked for you
Fix matches — one click
0
the player rematched to your cement
sent to Blueprint
0
all 6 approved titles land in this Zidoo's Blueprint

You reviewed 2 films, not 6 — your Master Catalog vouched for the rest.

Z-Keeper · first run — 5 of 5

Three layers, one truth

From here on, every change you make anywhere — a match, a poster, a collection — lands in all three.

Your Zidoo
what the player shows
matched & verified
✓
Blueprint
what this player should show
your approved copy
✓
Master Catalog
what each file is
device-free · permanent
✓
The habit: add new movies → match the new files (TMDB Matching → Still to do → Match against TMDB, then approve) → let the Zidoo scan → Sync. The Master Catalog auto-approves everything it recognizes; you only ever look at what's new or wrong.
Match once. It's remembered forever — even through a factory reset.