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[arcspin]

Hi and thank you for having this in mind.

For me it only presents the first actor.

The expression I use to display actors is this (see screenshot) :

Code: [Select]

Replace([Actors],;,  / // )
See screenshoot of my Library field if that is of any help.


Again thank you.

[wer]

If you're talking about regex-2, you must update to .90 for it to work properly.

[arcspin]

Ahhh. I see.
I'll do that when I'm home again.
Thanks for the info.

[RoderickGI]

Regex([Actors],/#([\w\s\.]+(?=\s\[))#/,-2)

Perhaps you already realised Wer, but that Regex expression only returns Actors that have a role in [] brackets. That was the original requirement after all.

Running it against an [Actors] field where there are no Actors with roles inserted returns nothing. I also tested with just two Actors having roles inserted, and only those two Actors were returned out of thirty eight in the field. So either the Regex isn't a generic "trim out anything inside any [] brackets, and the bracket", or the Regex -2 Mode still needs a little work. I don't know which is the case.


Arcspin, also note that if you have updated the actual [Actors] field with that formatting, rather than create a new field based on the [Actors] field just for display, then you now have an [Actors] field with just one very long name in it, and so of course the Regex expression only returns one Actor. MC won't recognise the " / " as a delimiter for multiple records in the field, but just as a character in one Actor's name.

Note that Jim has said JRiver will fix the display issue with the new ";" only delimiter. So you may want to revert any formatting you have done.

We will fix the readability issue.

[wer]

Yes, I know. I wrote the expression to address the question asked. There are a lot of permutations of what could occur in the list.

But if the list doesn't have the roles in brackets, a simple conditional will solve that, because the field doesn't need to be processed with a regex at all to display what he wanted.

[wer]

Just to do some testing of Regex-2, I tried to write a generic version that would work in all circumstances.

It was good I did, as I discovered some "idiosyncrasies" of the syntax. Parenthesis create capture groups in a regex, and normally these are transparent, but with MC, nested parenthesis lead to duplicated results.

Here's a version that works with Regex-2 as currently implemented in .90, and will return the actor name, whether it has a role or not, and whether it has a dual role or not.  It works in all circumstances I can think of, and that I've seen MCR produce.  If someone can think of additional possibilities it doesn't cover, they are welcome to improve it.

Code: [Select]

Regex([Actors],/#([\w\s\.]+(?=;)|[\w\s\.]+(?=\s\[)|[\w\s\.]+$)#/,-2)

[zybex]

Sounds like it would be useful for MCR ZR to write out Actors and Actor&Roles as separate fields...

[zybex]

Parenthesis create capture groups in a regex, and normally these are transparent, but with MC, nested parenthesis lead to duplicated results.

This is correct behavior. You can create non-capture groups with (?:something).

Code: [Select]

Regex([Actors],/#([\w\s\.]+(?=;)|[\w\s\.]+(?=\s\[)|[\w\s\.]+$)#/,-2)

Lookahead/behind regex are heavy and should be avoided when possible. Here's a simpler expression that also works:
Regex([Actors],/#(.+?) \[.+?\];?#/,-2)

Shameless plug for my upcoming Expression language test tool - see screenshot where I tested these expressions

[zybex]

This one handles mixed lists where some have roles and others don't:
Regex([Actors],/#(.+?)(?: \[.+?\]|;|$)#/,-2)

Regex([Actors],/#(.+?)(?: \[.+?\];?|;|$)#/,-2)

[wer]

This one handles mixed lists where some have roles and others don't:

Regex([Actors],/#(.+?)(?: \[.+?\]|;|$)#/,-2)

When roles are present, this one returns an erroneous list with empty elements.  You see ;; together.

[zybex]

Yep, fixed above.

[RoderickGI]

MC is built using Visual Studio 2019 as of MC26.0.76. MC uses the Regex provided in VS 2019, which uses ECMAScript grammar. A quick search would imply it is the "ECMA-262, 10th edition, June 2019" version.

Does that make any difference? Is that reference the relevant one to use? Or should I just read the Microsoft Docs?


PS: You guys are doing my head in!  ?

[zybex]

Documentation?? Naaaah, just google "c++ regex cheat sheet" FTW

e.g., https://www.rexegg.com/regex-quickstart.html

PS: there are no significant differences between ECMA regex versions, only minor technicalities.
PS2: there are no significant differences between ECMA 2019 and PCRE grammars either. .Net has some syntax differences though. But basically, if you know one of them, you're good for the others.

[wer]

Yep, fixed above.

I was looking at your expression, and interestingly, well it works in MC, it does NOT work properly in online Regex testers, including one that supports ECMAscript.

Usually it's the other way around: things work with a standard engine that don't work in MC.

[zybex]

It's a standard regex expression, it should work. It seems to be working here: https://regex101.com/

Though I now just use my tool to quickly edit expressions and see the results immediately, so I don't care if they work outside of JR or not.
One thing that didn't work and should have was this:
Regex([Actors],/#(.+?)(?: \[.+?\];?|[;$])#/,-2)

That last bit had to be replaced with Regex([Actors],/#(.+?)(?: \[.+?\];?|;|$)#/,-2) for JR to work. That should not be needed since they are equivalent expressions.

[wer]

The formatting is broken on Regex101.  It seems to show it works in the match info panel, but the formatting in the text string area shows it's matching too much.

Unless there's some trick to get that site to NOT highlight things that aren't matched.

[zybex]

You're right - it's just a site issue. It does work though.

[wer]

Your expression clearly works in MC, as I said.  But it's not just Regex101...  I tried three different sites, and none of them liked your expression.  That matters to people who don't have your new util, because doing all one's testing in MC is extremely cumbersome, as you know.

But that's part of the charm of regex, after all... 

[zybex]

It's a perfectly cromulent expression, it's their fault for not recognizing it 

I guess it does have to do with the ECMA version. Lazy quantifiers (+?) are relatively new in ECMA, so perhaps the sites are still using an older engine version.


edit: can't find proof of that assertion, so I'm not sure anymore.

[wer]

I'm wondering if we go on like this, if we'll hear Rod's head explode...

[greynolds]

I'm wondering if we go on like this, if we'll hear Rod's head explode...

Without video proof, it never happened. 

[JimH]

e.g., https://www.rexegg.com/regex-quickstart.html

May not be working right now.  I tried to send the author a link to this mention and offer a license, using their form.  It may have broken the server.  Sorry.

[arcspin]

Both Wer and Zybex expressions works and are displaying actors name (without the character name).
My small view thanks you!

Yes, RoderickGI, I should have made a specific actors field for this particular formatting.
I guess I was so excited when Zybex came out with an updated ZRatings that I didn't think of that.


Thank you for this improvement!

//arcspin

[RoderickGI]

I'm wondering if we go on like this, if we'll hear Rod's head explode...

Without video proof, it never happened. 

You guys! You know I am all the way down in Australia, so that would have to be a big bang!


I was boiling over... but then I learned a new word for the day: Cromulent.

That calmed me down. Thanks Zybex.

[wer]

For those who haven't seen it, I've started a feature request thread that I think would be of benefit to people customizing their views like in this thread: the ability to export/import views for theater view.

This would allow us to share views, or copy them to another computer.

If you think that would be helpful, please add your voice to the thread... The more that support it, the better the chances of it being implemented.
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,125720.0.html

[arcspin]

It seems like we have reached a level of customization that we are satisfied with and there haven’t been much activity going on in this thread.

I suggest that we share our Theater view with each other and briefly explaining the reasoning behind our view.
I can start off by saying that I have been working with icons as much as possible because an icon takes up less space that the word it represents. I also am trying to work with different colors to highlight certain information for the eye to easily find when looking at the Theater view on my 100-inch screen.


A brief walk through of my view from top to bottom.
A gold colored icon representing the resolution followed by the movie name in a retro font.

If the movie is of a special edition it will show up in green underneath the title.

The tagline is in cursive to make it livelier.

Genre doesn’t need any explanation.

Some data of the movie, with the release year highlighted in red.

Here we come to icons representing the language of the subtitles and spoken language of the movie.

A line full of useful information from the four big review sites, highly interesting information on that line.

Some information if the movie has earned any Oscars or other wins and nominations.

Relations is a field that I have made to link together the movie and if there is an documentary of the movie.

Ordinary description.

Three icons representing Director, Producer (limited to the two first Producers) and Screenwriter (limited to the two first Screen writers) and their name in gold

The pièce de résistance, eight photos of actors and underneath the actors name and role they are playing in the movie.

Three more icons representing Budget, Gross revenue and Studio.

A line full of technical aspects of the movie and if it has an Atmos or DTS:X codec it will show up I yellow. Two more icons representing the size of the movie file and bitrate, both color coded in green, yellow or red depending of file size and bitrate.

If there is an extra audio track, mostly commentary track, it will show up at the bottom.

What we don’t see is an ugly hack that if I scroll down there is three field types for Director, Producer and Screen writer. This is the only way I know how to directly go from this view to a view that shows all the movies that, for example, the Director have directed.


I owe you all in this thread a big thank you for helping me get to where I am regarding my theater view!



Now, how do your Theater view looks like?

[arcspin]

Hi,
I hope everyone have or have had a great vacation!

I'm tinkering around with my Theater view and need some help making an expression to show different FPS icons I have made depending on the movies frame rate.


These are my current frame rates according to JRiver.
18,00
21,58
23,98
24,00
25,00
29,97
60,00

The movie has a frame rate of 18,00, show <img src="tooltip:18_FPS-Grey">
The movie has a frame rate of 21,58, show <img src="tooltip:22_FPS-Grey">
The movie has a frame rate of 23,98, show <img src="tooltip:24_FPS-Grey">
The movie has a frame rate of 24,00, show <img src="tooltip:24_FPS-Grey">
The movie has a frame rate of 25,00, show <img src="tooltip:25_FPS-Grey">
The movie has a frame rate of 29,97, show <img src="tooltip:30_FPS-Grey">
The movie has a frame rate of 60,00, show <img src="tooltip:60_FPS-Grey">


I attach my transparent png icons, feel free to use them or improve them.


Thank you and stay safe!

//arcspin

[lepa]

Code: [Select]

<img src="tooltip:FormatNumber([FPS],0)_FPS-Grey">something like that?

[arcspin]

EXACTLY!

This works perfekt.
Amazing that such small string of code can manage to do this!

Thank you so much lepa,

//arcspin

[JimH]

Split Using Math with Dates

[arcspin]

I had this idea of having a (5, 10, 15, and so on) anniversary icon in front of the name of a movie to highlite that the movie is having an anniversary.

Zybex came to the rescue and I'm sharing his expression with you guys.

Expression to show anniversary icon:

Code: [Select]

save(Math(formatdate(now(),yyyy)-[year]),age)/
if(and(isequal([age],0,5),isequal(math([age]%5),0,2)),<img src="tooltip:Anniv_[age]">,)
He also made another expression that also highlites if the movie is from the current year and the code for that is as follow.

Expression that shows a "NEW" icon when a movie is from the current year and also show the anniversary icon:

Code: [Select]

save(Math(formatdate(now(),yyyy)-[year]),age)/
if(isequal(math([age]%5),0,2),<img src="tooltip:Anniv_[age]">,)

To make this function you need some icons to show and I made a bunch of those for you to use if you like.
Make sure to add the icons into the Tooltip folder and then the above expressions should work just fine.

See the attached screenshot of the 40th anniversary logo in front of the movie name.
Download the attached Anniversary logos.zip file to use on your computer.



A big thank you to Zybex who came thru yet again!!!

//arcspin

[Moe]

While not for me, thank you for sharing.  I haven't had much to share lately, glad to see people are still tweaking and enhancing their views though.

[marko]

Images are much simpler. You can go to Tools->Options->TheaterView->Appearance->"... Customize file info panel" and add new field (row in theaterview)
e.g.
Type = "Expression"
Name = "L: Tech Icons Row"
Value = see below code...
Style = "Text Only (no label)"
Show = "Show only in large field" (changing this to "Show only when viewing a file grouping" will hide this row so you don't need to delete all your work in progress if you don't get it right at first time or want to continue on some other time)

(x) hide when value is empty

Images are in MC's data/tooltip folder. Following checks are made to determine which image is wanted to be shown in the code below
1.Check [File Type] and show image for it e.g. "tooltip:container-mkv.png" or "tooltip:container-mp4.png" etc.
2. Check from [Notes] if the movie is HDR and from user field [Definition] in which definition film is presented. Image e.g. "tooltip:definition-1080p.png", "tooltip:definition-4k-hdr.png"
3. Check Aspect ratio from user field  [AR-Calculated] e.g. "tooltip-aspect-1.78.png"
4. Check Channel amount from [Channels] field e.g. "tooltip-speakers-5.png"
5. Check Audio type from [Audio Codec] e.g. "tooltip-audio-dts-hd.png"
6. Check film studios from [Production Companies]. Will show 0-5 film studios e.g. "tooltip-studio-Columbia Pictures.png"
7. Check Publisher (Arrow, Criterion etc.) from [Publisher] field e.g. "tooltip-publisher-Arrow.png"

Code for Value:
<font size="150"><img src="tooltip:container-[File Type]">  If(IsEqual([Dolby Vision],1,2),<img src="tooltip:Definition-DolbyVision">/  ,)<img src="tooltip:definition-[Definition]If(IsEqual([HDR],1,2),-hdr,)">If(!IsEmpty([Aspect Ratio]),/  <img src="tooltip:aspect-[AR-calculated]">,)  <img src="tooltip:speakers-[Channels]">  <img src="tooltip:audio-[Audio Codec]">If(!IsEmpty([Production Companies]),/  <img src="tooltip:studio-ListItem([Production Companies],0)"><img src="tooltip:studio-ListItem([Production Companies],1)"><img src="tooltip:studio-ListItem([Production Companies],2)"><img src="tooltip:studio-ListItem([Production Companies],3)"><img src="tooltip:studio-ListItem([Production Companies],4)">,)If(!IsEmpty([Publisher]),/  <img src="tooltip:publisher-[Publisher]">,)<//font>





[AR-Calculated] is calculated field:

Code: [Select]

Save(Math(Trunc(Replace([Aspect Ratio], :, // ) + .005, 2)), gAR)IfElse(Compare(Load(gAR), <, 1), empty, Compare(Load(gAR), <, 1.38), 1.33, Compare(Load(gAR), <, 1.68), 1.66,Compare(Load(gAR), <, 1.80), 1.78,Compare(Load(gAR), <, 1.87), 1.85,Compare(Load(gAR), <, 2.36), 2.35,Compare(Load(gAR), <, 2.40), 2.39)
[Definition] is calculated field:

Code: [Select]

IfElse(IsEqual([Width],1920,5),4K,IsEqual([Width],1360,5),1080p,IsEqual([Width],888,5),720p,IsEqual(Replace([FPS],/,,.),25,2),576p,1,480p)
[Audio Codec] is Calculated field:

Code: [Select]

IfElse(IsEqual([Compression],dts-hd,8),dts-hd,IsEqual([Compression],eac3,8),dolby digital,IsEqual([Compression],PCM,8),pcm,IsEqual([Compression],mp3,8),mp3,IsEqual([Compression],flac,8),flac,IsEqual([Compression],aac,8),aac,IsEqual([Compression],Vorbis,8),vorbis,IsEqual([Compression],DTS,8),dts,IsEqual([Compression],AC3,8),dolby digital,IsEqual([Compression],truehd,8),truehd,IsEqual([Compression],opus,8),opus,IsEqual([Compression],MPEG,8),mpeg)
[HDR] is check type user field
[Dolby Vision] is check type user field

Hi Lepa, if this template offers the chance to enter this arena a bit further up the learning curve, especially for those of us that are competant in regards to fixing references to custom fields you may be using that aren't documented here, could you "Copy template to clipboard" and paste it in this thread?

-marko

[zybex]

Just wanted to thank Wer and Matt for the ifCase function which does simplify code by a LOT. For instance, the expression above for AR:

Code: [Select]

Save(Math(Trunc(Replace([Aspect Ratio], :, // ) + .005, 2)), gAR)
IfElse(Compare(Load(gAR), <, 1), empty, Compare(Load(gAR), <, 1.38), 1.33, Compare(Load(gAR), <, 1.68), 1.66,Compare(Load(gAR), <, 1.80), 1.78,Compare(Load(gAR), <, 1.87), 1.85,Compare(Load(gAR), <, 2.36), 2.35,Compare(Load(gAR), <, 2.40), 2.39)
becomes:

Code: [Select]

Save(Math(Trunc(Replace([Aspect Ratio], :, // ) + .005, 2)), gAR)
ifcase([gAR], 3, 1, empty, 1.38, 1.33, 1.68, 1.66, 1.80, 1.78, 1.87, 1.85, 2.36, 2.35, 2.40, 2.39)
Others can also be simplified.

[marko]

Agreed... Also...
Just wanted to thank zybex and Matt for the ListGrep function which does simplify code by a lot, and also, finally, allows me to extract multiple ocurrancies of a string from my keywords field. 'tis brilliant.

The recent work on expression functions (Zelda included, thank you) has been wonderful.

[zybex]

Thanks.
I proposed a couple of new functions that would allow us to build and maintain our own function libraries, but Matt hasn't answered, perhaps he finds it too complex (or he's just too busy with v27):
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,124543.msg877195.html#msg877195

Implementation is actually quite simple, it's mostly string replacement... if anyone one finds it useful, please add your vote there.

[JimH]

Matt's too busy with his vacation.

[zybex]

That would explain it
Enjoy your vacation, Matt. What are you doing here reading this??

[lepa]

My current movie template for theater view attached and explained here...

Custom fields needed to get all the images shown:
[HDR]: Manually entered check box. Shows icon if set.
[Dolby Vision]: Manually entered check box. Shows icon if set
[Cast Images]: Manually entered check box. If not set cast will be shown as text
[LogoExist]: If set will use different duplicate template (not included here) which shows movie name as image. Special case for some movies with iconic font like Back to the Future etc. Not used by default

[HD Audio]: From compression field + JMone's SoT => Atmos / DTS:X

Code: (HD Audio calculate expression) [Select]

ListItem([Compression], 1, +)
[Audio Codec]: Calculated from compression field => mp3 / dts / true-hd etc.

Code: (Audio Codec calculate expression) [Select]

IfCase([Compression],8,dts-hd,dts-hd,eac3,dolby digital,pcm,pcm,mp3,mp3,vorbis,vorbis,dts,dts,ac3,dolby digital,truehd,truehd,opus,opus,flac,flac,mpeg,mpeg,aac,aac)
[Definition]: Calculated from width/height/fps fields => 4K, 1080p, 720p, 576p, 480p

Code: (Definition) [Select]

IfElse(Compare([Width],>,1920),4K,Compare([Width],>,1360),1080p,Or(Compare([Width],>,1024),Compare([Height],>,576)),720p,Compare(Left([FPS],2),=,25),576p,1,480p)
[AR-Calculated]: A can of worms. Calculated from MC's Aspect Ratio field. Return empty if not set so you discover where manual input is needed. Not always accurate infromation.

Code: (AR-Calculated) [Select]

Save(Math(Trunc(Replace([Aspect Ratio],:, // ) + .005, 2)), v_AspectRatio)/
IfCase([v_AspectRatio], 3, 1, empty, 1.38, 1.33, 1.68, 1.66, 1.80, 1.78, 1.87, 1.85, 2.36, 2.35, 2.40, 2.39)
[Audio Language] List populated by Jmone's SoT
[Subtitles] List populated by Jmone's SoT

Special calculated fields for LINKING purposes
[LINK_Year_Movie]

Code: [Select]

If(IsEqual([Media Sub Type],Movie),Movies Released in FormatDate([Date,0],year),)
[LINK_Extras_Movie]

Code: [Select]

If(Or(IsEqual([Media Sub Type],Extras),IsEqual([Media Sub Type],Movie)),EXTRAS For [Name] /(FormatDate([Date,0],year)/),)
[LINK_Director]

Code: [Select]

If(IsEqual([Media Sub Type], Movie),Directed By ListItem([Director],0),)
[LINK_Genre_Movie]

Code: [Select]

If(IsEqual([Media Sub Type], Movie),Movies at Genre Replace(ListSort(ListLimit([Genre],2)),;,/ /// ),)

Images are under Data/Tooltip using following sub folder structure:
Actors\[Original Title] (Year)\Andrew Garfield.png etc (Could also use [Name] instead of [Original Title] but I have populated name field to include different version e.g Terminator [Director's Cut])
Studios\studio-20th Century Fox.png etc
Country\country-Finland.png
Languages\language-Finnish.png etc
Publisher\publisher-Criterion Collection.png etc

(I'm using / as a folder separator in expressions as it also works for linux)

E: Fixed subtitle language expression bug in the template
E2: Added some formats to [Audio Codec]

[arcspin]

Love the "Special calculated fields for LINKING purposes" lepa!

I implemented a couple of those right away, thank you for sharing.

Is there a way to add a "Special calculated fields for LINKING purposes" for IMDB?
I was thinking of a link that linked to movies that have the same ballpark rating on IMDB, not the exact rating but for example, the movie Bad Boys have an IMDB rating of 6.9 and the link that I ask for would link to all movies that have an IMDB rating between 6.0 to 6.9.


Have a great weekend!

//arcspin

[lepa]

Sure. Forgot to add that one... This one will show every other movie which have same integer imdb value. If you want exact match then just use [IMDb Rating] without calculations

[LINK_IMDb_Rating]

Code: [Select]

Movies Rated Math(Int([IMDb Rating])) in IMDb

[arcspin]

Cool, you already thought about that!

Works great.

[lello]

Sorry for my trivial question, but unfortunately I am not at your level as mentioned in the past.

So far I have used your first template, and I am very satisfied. I wanted to try the new one, but it doesn't work because obviously I didn't quite understand how to structure the folders in which to keep the various logos and images.

What I would like, continuing to use the old template, to be able to add the HDR logo but this step is not clear to me:

[HDR]: Manually entered check box. Shows icon if set.

Could you explain it in a simple way, like you do with children?
Thank you

[lepa]

HDR It's just another user created library field made in here: Tools -> Options -> Library & Folders -> Manage Library Fields

For folder "issue" I have set logos to be found
MC install folder's Data\Tooltip folder and possibly subfolder under that (like Studios, Countries)

So in this case images would need to be put in:
e.g. C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 26\Data\Tooltip\aspect-1.33.png
e.g. C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 26\Data\Tooltip\Studios\studio-20th Century Fox.png

[greynolds]

HDR It's just another user created library field made in here: Tools -> Options -> Library & Folders -> Manage Library Fields

For folder "issue" I have set logos to be found
MC install folder's Data\Tooltip folder and possibly subfolder under that (like Studios, Countries)

So in this case images would need to be put in:
e.g. C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 26\Data\Tooltip\aspect-1.33.png
e.g. C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 26\Data\Tooltip\Studios\studio-20th Century Fox.png

It would probably be a pain to change it now, but it could make sense to do this:

Folder:
D:\Audio\MC27\Data\Tooltip\Studios

Name:
D:\Audio\MC27\Data\Tooltip\Studios\20th Century Fox Film Corporation.png
D:\Audio\MC27\Data\Tooltip\Studios\20th Century Fox.png

Folder:
D:\Audio\MC27\Data\Tooltip\Aspect

Name:
D:\Audio\MC27\Data\Tooltip\Aspect\1.33.png
D:\Audio\MC27\Data\Tooltip\Aspect\1.66.png
D:\Audio\MC27\Data\Tooltip\Aspect\1.78.png

Folder:
D:\Audio\MC27\Data\Tooltip\Audio

Name:
D:\Audio\MC27\Data\Tooltip\Audio\aac.png

And so on.  So no need to duplicate the folder name in the filename and anything that has more than 1 or 2 files ends up grouped together in a folder (so Aspect and Audio get folders, for example).

[arcspin]

Hi Lepa,
Nice Theater view!

Could you explain more how you have named your extras movie files and where you have put those in what folder (the same as the main movie?).



I have a similar solution where I use the Relations field and for example a Star Wars movie extra file I have named it Star Wars Extras (in the Relation field) in both the movie file as in the extra file. That way I have a link between those two movie files, the main movie and the Extra movie file (for example some outtakes).
I have then tagged the extra movie file with "Extra" Keyword and "Shorts" Media Sub Type so I can have all the Extra materiel in one view.

[arcspin]

Also, I have made some new FPS icons if anyone is interested in using those, fell free to download and use.

[lello]

Thank You Lepa

[lello]

I created the new field in the library, but it doesn't work because I don't understand the hdr.png file in which folder it should be placed.

As for the photos of the actors, I created the folder structure C: \ Program Files \ J River \ Media Center 27 \ Data \ Tooltip \ Actors \ [Original Title] (Year) and here I have the photos downloaded with MCRatings but does not work: are there other steps to take? Should a folder be created for each film?

[lepa]

I'm off from my setup for a couple of days so cant't walk you through right now but quickly:
Definition files including which contains HDR are read from tooltip root folder eg eg [MC setup folder]\Data\Tooltip\. My definition files attached here..

If you have ticked [Cast Images] (another user field like [HDR]) for movie, the template tries to find cast images from eg [MC setup folder]\Data\Tooltip\Actors\Hacksaw Ridge (2016)\Andrew Garfield.png
If [Cast Images] is not 1 ie not checked, actor names will be shown.

"Hacksaw Ridge (2016)" being cleaned [Original Title] ([Year])

I can some time in next week upload template which will load actor images from ZRatings default folder if wanted