• MrC's Tip of the Week 2013.36: Links

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mark_h:
Anybody have a working Google Images lookup that works with MC's grabbing functionality? Mine is broken again :'(

zxsix:

--- Quote from: mark_h on October 10, 2013, 03:48:00 am ---Anybody have a working Google Images lookup that works with MC's grabbing functionality? Mine is broken again :'(

--- End quote ---

same here. hope we can get that back.

MrC:
Here's how to create links to the file system:

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=88542.msg607280#msg607280

glynor:
Here's some cool video related ones I made tonight... These are posted using the same instructions Marko suggested above.

Epguides.com Series Search:

--- Code: ---<Link version="1.2">
<Item Name="Name">epguides</Item>
<Item Name="Action">1</Item>
<Item Name="Base URL">https://www.google.com</Item>
<Item Name="Search URL">https:////www.google.com//search?btnI=1&q=allintitle%3A+Hexify([Series])+site%3Aepguides.com</Item>
<Item Name="Filter">[Media Type]=[Video] [Media Sub Type]=[TV Show]</Item>
</Link>
--- End code ---

Epguides is awesome to look up original air dates, and to see when new episodes are airing.

Episode-Specific Google Search:

--- Code: ---<Link version="1.2">
<Item Name="Name">Google</Item>
<Item Name="Action">1</Item>
<Item Name="Base URL">http://www.google.com</Item>
<Item Name="Search URL">http:////www.google.com//search?q=Hexify([Series] TVInfo(SeasonEpisode))</Item>
<Item Name="Filter">[Media Type]=[Video] [Media Sub Type]=[TV Show]</Item>
</Link>
--- End code ---

For the above, just filter [Media Sub Type]=[TV Show] out of the default, or any other basic Google searches you've added. This will search for a particular episode on Google, which often gives decent results.

IMDb Series Search:

--- Code: ---<Link version="1.2">
<Item Name="Name">IMDB</Item>
<Item Name="Action">1</Item>
<Item Name="Base URL">http://www.imdb.com</Item>
<Item Name="Search URL">http:////www.imdb.com//find?s=tt&q=Hexify([Series] - [Name])</Item>
<Item Name="Filter">[Media Type]=[Video] [Media Sub Type]=[TV Show]</Item>
</Link>
--- End code ---

I tried a few permutations using [Series] and [Episode] numbers in various configurations for the above, but [Series] - [Name] seemed to work the best.

IMDb Fancy Movie Search:

--- Code: ---<Link version="1.2">
<Item Name="Name">IMDB</Item>
<Item Name="Action">1</Item>
<Item Name="Base URL">http://www.imdb.com</Item>
<Item Name="Search URL">http:////www.imdb.com//find?s=tt&q=Hexify(If(!IsEmpty([IMDb ID,0]), [IMDb ID],[Search]))</Item>
<Item Name="Filter">[Media Type]=[Video] [Media Sub Type]=[Movie]</Item>
</Link>
--- End code ---

The above uses the [IMDb ID] field if it contains a value, and otherwise does the normal MC search in IMDB. This is better than the default for movies that contain the proper IMDb ID because it can find them directly, even if multiple movies have the same name.

TheTVDB Fancy Search:

--- Code: ---<Link version="1.2">
<Item Name="Name">TheTVDB</Item>
<Item Name="Action">1</Item>
<Item Name="Base URL">http://thetvdb.com</Item>
<Item Name="Search URL">http:////thetvdb.com//If(!IsEmpty([TheTVDB Series ID]),?tab=series&id=Hexify([TheTVDB Series ID]),index.php?seriesname=Hexify([Series])&fieldlocation=2&language=7&genre=&year=&network=&zap2it_id=&tvcom_id=&imdb_id=&order=translation&addedBy=&searching=Search&tab=advancedsearch)</Item>
<Item Name="Filter">[Media Type]=[TV],[Video] [Media Sub Type]=[TV Show]</Item>
</Link>
--- End code ---

The above looks it up by TVDB Series ID, if one exists, and otherwise uses the Advanced Search to look for the Series. This one does specify English, though, so you'll need to tweak the language=7 bit if you don't want English results.

Wikipedia TV Series Lookup:

--- Code: ---<Link version="1.2">
<Item Name="Name">Wikipedia</Item>
<Item Name="Action">1</Item>
<Item Name="Base URL">https://www.google.com</Item>
<Item Name="Search URL">https:////www.google.com//search?btnI=1&q=site%3Aen.wikipedia.org&q=Hexify([Series] tv)</Item>
<Item Name="Filter">[Media Type]=[Video] [Media Sub Type]=[TV Show]</Item>
</Link>
--- End code ---

Notice that I used a Google "Lucky" search to jump to the proper Wikipedia article. Google's search is often easier to use than Wikipedia's, because TV Shows are tagged in various styles. This should usually result in an I'm Feeling Lucky search, but Google doesn't love those, and sometimes ignores the flag depending on the search itself.

PS. Thanks.

glynor:
And, here's another couple for you HBO Subscribers like me...

HBOGo Movie Search:

--- Code: ---<Link version="1.2">
<Item Name="Name">HBOGo</Item>
<Item Name="Action">1</Item>
<Item Name="Base URL">http://www.hbogo.com</Item>
<Item Name="Search URL">http:////www.hbogo.com//#search&browseMode=browseGrid?searchTerm=Hexify(Clean(RemoveCharacters([Name], -:;,)))//</Item>
<Item Name="Filter">[Media Type]=[Video] [Media Sub Type]=[Movie]</Item>
</Link>
--- End code ---

HBOGo Series Search:

--- Code: ---<Link version="1.2">
<Item Name="Name">HBOGo</Item>
<Item Name="Action">1</Item>
<Item Name="Base URL">http://www.hbogo.com</Item>
<Item Name="Search URL">http:////www.hbogo.com//#search&browseMode=browseGrid?searchTerm=Hexify([Series])//</Item>
<Item Name="Filter">[Media Type]=[Video] [Media Sub Type]=[TV Show] [Channel]=[HBO]</Item>
</Link>
--- End code ---

For the above, I've added a custom field to MC where I can tag individual Series with what "channel" (HBO in this case) aired the series. This is added as a Series-Relational Field, so you only need to tag a single episode of a given [Series] with a value to have it apply automatically to all other files of the same Series. Like so:

Click to embiggen.

That way, the first time I import any show that is a "HBO Show" (and so available on HBOGO), I just have to tag one of them with [Channel]=[HBO]. Then, because the Link has this in the search, it only shows up for Series that might actually be available on HBOGo. Works pretty darn well, actually.

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