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[Marty3d]

I did a quick test with an .avi movie (Practical Magic from 1998).

After import, nothing was changed... Isn't MC supposed to recognize the mymovies.xml? And if so, how is it supposed to use the xml file?

Thanks!

[raym]

it works great for me. Take a look at this: http://wiki.jrmediacenter.com/index.php/MyMovies

it could be that your XML contains more than one title entry. There are various ways to set MM up and in the way it saves titles to it's XML. 

[Marty3d]

Yes, I'll look at that.

The reason my intereset for this suddenly appeared was that I found YAMMM, which is a service running on Windows which scans dvd's and avi's and automatically 1) rename files and folders and 2) get info from several databases and compile that into mymovies.xml and other formats if you want to. I don't know if anyone else seen it, but it seems very cool. YAMMM

Here's what it produced for the movie above. Is there something wrong that makes MC not want to accept it?

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<Title>
  <LocalTitle>Practical Magic</LocalTitle>
  <SortTitle>Practical Magic</SortTitle>
  <OriginalTitle>Practical Magic</OriginalTitle>
  <TMDbId>6435</TMDbId>
  <IMDB>tt0120791</IMDB>
  <IMDBrating>5.0</IMDBrating>
  <ProductionYear>1998</ProductionYear>
  <RunningTime>103</RunningTime>
  <Genres>
    <Genre>Comedy</Genre>
    <Genre>Drama</Genre>
  </Genres>
  <Studios>
    <Studio>DiNovi Pictures</Studio>
  </Studios>
  <Persons>
    <Person>
      <Name>Sandra Bullock</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Sally Owens</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Nicole Kidman</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Gillian Owens</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Griffin Dunne</Name>
      <Type>Director</Type>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Alice Hoffman</Name>
      <Type>Author</Type>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Robin Swicord</Name>
      <Type>Screenplay</Type>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Akiva Goldsman</Name>
      <Type>Screenplay</Type>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Adam Brooks</Name>
      <Type>Screenplay</Type>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Denise Di Novi</Name>
      <Type>Producer</Type>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Bruce Berman</Name>
      <Type>Executive Producer</Type>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Alan Silvestri</Name>
      <Type>Original Music Composer</Type>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Andrew Dunn</Name>
      <Type>Director of Photography</Type>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Elizabeth Kling</Name>
      <Type>Editor</Type>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Stockard Channing</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Tante Frances 'Fran' Owens</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Dianne Wiest</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Tante Bridget 'Jet' Owens</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Goran Visnjic</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Jimmy Angelov</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Aidan Quinn</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Gary Hallet</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Evan Rachel Wood</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Kylie Owens</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Alexandra Artrip</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Antonia Owens</Role>
    </Person>
  </Persons>
  <Covers>
    <Front>folder.jpg</Front>
  </Covers>
  <ParentalRating>
    <Value />
    <Description>Rated PG-13 for some violence, intense thematic elements and sensuality.</Description>
  </ParentalRating>
  <Yammmm />
</Title>


[Marty3d]

Could a friendly soul post a working copy of one of these mymovies.xml so I can test what's wrong?

Thank you!
/Martin

[raym]

Here ya go. At a glance and based on my memory of this stuff back when it was was being developed, I think your file is missing some key tags at the top like "ID" and "Collection Number". I recall Yaobing once saying that these things are checked by MC to ensure it is dealing with a genuine MM file during import.

Hope this helps.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<!--This file is created and copyrighted by My Movies (http://www.mymovies.dk) to store movie meta-data in movie folders, and may not be altered. The data may be used freely for non-commercial purposes only (this means that you may not use it in commercial programs, without written consent). If you would like to use the data for commercial purposes, please contact support@mymovies.dk. The data may not be redistributed, shared, transferred or in any way used in ways that cannot be referred to as personal usage by the original user. This means that using the data on websites, services or similar is strictly forbidden.-->
<Title>
  <ID>13</ID>
  <WebServiceID>1296d753-9527-49e9-bfc7-8062be209af2</WebServiceID>
  <CollectionNumber>10</CollectionNumber>
  <Type>DVD</Type>
  <Barcode>9398521952030</Barcode>
  <Country>Australia</Country>
  <LocalTitle>Bruce Almighty</LocalTitle>
  <LocalTitleDisplay>Bruce Almighty</LocalTitleDisplay>
  <OriginalTitle>Bruce Almighty</OriginalTitle>
  <SortTitle>Bruce Almighty</SortTitle>
  <SortTitleDisplay>Bruce Almighty</SortTitleDisplay>
  <Edition>
  </Edition>
  <IMDB>
  </IMDB>
  <Rating>0</Rating>
  <AspectRatio>1.85:1</AspectRatio>
  <VideoStandard>PAL</VideoStandard>
  <ProductionYear>2003</ProductionYear>
  <ReleaseDate>11/26/2003</ReleaseDate>
  <RunningTime>98</RunningTime>
  <TagLine />
  <Description><![CDATA[Laugh master Jim Carrey (Liar, Liar) is at his outrageous best in this side-splittingly funny comedy that proves beyond a doubt that heaven has a sense of humour! Despite his popularity and the love of his girlfriend (Jennifer Aniston - Rock Star, The Good Girl), local TV reporter Bruce Nolan (Carrey) doesn't think that the world is treating him fairly. Then, after his worst day ever, Bruce angrily rails against God for ruining his life and mismanaging the universe!

So God (Morgan Freeman - The Sum of All Fears, Deep Impact) responds... and endows Bruce with all of His powers to see if Bruce can do a better job! From the hit-making director of Liar, Liar and the writer who brought you The Nutty Professor...all hilarity breaks loose when a little divine intervention lets the always unpredictable Jim Carrey spend a week playing God!]]></Description>
  <ExtraFeatures NotPresent="False"><![CDATA[The Process of Jim
Outtakes
Deleted Scenes
Audio Commentary]]></ExtraFeatures>
  <ParentalRating Adult="False">
    <Value>4</Value>
    <Description>Low Level Coarse Language, Low Level Violence</Description>
  </ParentalRating>
  <DataProvider>
  </DataProvider>
  <DataProviderId>
  </DataProviderId>
  <ImportSource />
  <ImportId />
  <LocalTrailer>
    <URL>
    </URL>
    <Type>-1</Type>
  </LocalTrailer>
  <Watched>False</Watched>
  <Covers>
    <Front>mymovies-front.jpg</Front>
    <Back>mymovies-back.jpg</Back>
  </Covers>
  <DataChanged>2/27/2008 1:14:15 AM</DataChanged>
  <CoversChanged>2/27/2008 1:15:29 AM</CoversChanged>
  <LockData>False</LockData>
  <LockCovers>False</LockCovers>
  <Added>7/16/2009 10:34:40 PM</Added>
  <RecordChanged>7/16/2009 10:43:43 PM</RecordChanged>
  <Categories />
  <Genres>
    <Genre>Comedy</Genre>
  </Genres>
  <AudioTracks>
    <AudioTrack Language="English" Type="Dolby Digital" Channels="5.1" />
    <AudioTrack Language="German" Type="Dolby Digital" Channels="5.1" />
    <AudioTrack Language="Italian" Type="Dolby Digital" Channels="5.1" />
  </AudioTracks>
  <Subtitles NotPresent="False">
    <Subtitle Language="English" />
    <Subtitle Language="French" />
    <Subtitle Language="German" />
    <Subtitle Language="Italian" />
    <Subtitle Language="Spanish" />
    <Subtitle Language="Hebrew" />
  </Subtitles>
  <Studios>
    <Studio>Universal Pictures</Studio>
    <Studio>Touchstone Home Entertainment</Studio>
    <Studio>Spyglass Entertainment</Studio>
  </Studios>
  <Discs>
    <Disc TitleMode="False" HideSideA="False" HideSideB="False">
      <DiscIdStored>
      </DiscIdStored>
      <DoubleSided>False</DoubleSided>
      <Name>Disc 1</Name>
      <DiscIdSideA>898D0E4C-9C03FB44</DiscIdSideA>
      <DiscIdSideB>
      </DiscIdSideB>
      <LocationSideA>.</LocationSideA>
      <LocationTypeSideA>1</LocationTypeSideA>
      <LocationSideB>
      </LocationSideB>
      <LocationTypeSideB>-1</LocationTypeSideB>
      <ChangerSlot>
      </ChangerSlot>
    </Disc>
  </Discs>
  <Persons ActorsComplete="False">
    <Person Type="1">
      <Name>Jamison Yang</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Office Staffer</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person Type="1">
      <Name>Greg Collins</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Coach Tucker</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person Type="1">
      <Name>Jim Carrey</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Bruce Nolan</Role>
    </Person>
  </Persons>
  <CheckSum>5b9827e3663ad0a9a1f87d863d0efba4</CheckSum>
</Title>

[YannisA]

When registering your avi in the collection management, click on the Disc icon and then, to the new window select the Online file. This will open a "browse window" in which, you will have to point the path to the avi file.
Exiting this (Disc) procedure, don't forget to press Save Title (at the lower left), so Collection management will place any files (covers, xml etc), next to your avi file.
Then, in MC, right click your avi and, Library Tools > Update library (from tags).

[Marty3d]

Thanks for all the help!

I'm actually trying to avoid using the collection manager all togetherand try to use that program I mentioned in the first post, YAMMM. Since it's a service, it just sits there looking for new files to process, which means you don't have to do anything (which I really like) But I'm going to see if I can't make a script or something that fixes the xml file so MC can read it.

Thanks again!
/Martin

PS. Perhaps MC can read other files, like WMC or something?

[Yaobing]

raym got it right.  MC looks for <Title>, <ID>, <CollectionNumber>, and <LocalTitle> elements in the file (<ID> and <CollectionNumber> can have any values).

[rossp]

Yaobing,

Is it possible to have a flag we can set to enable yammm support. Ie make the ID and CollectionNumber elements on the mymovies.xml file optional. Then MC will work with the yammm service which is a great piece of automated metadata collection software.

I can't find a good way to edit the mymovies.xml files automatically to insert these values and the yammm programmer is reluctant to change the software as the mymovies guy has threatened legal action if he crates exact mymovies.xml file output

you can tell it's a yammm mymovies.xml file as it has

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<Yammmm />
</Title>

at the end of the file.
Rgds...Ross

[rossp]

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