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Windows => Third Party Plug-ins, Programs, and Skins => Topic started by: alaskatu on July 13, 2009, 09:07:20 pm
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Hi people,
like many of you i am a MC lover. I dedicated weeks my free time to write a info acquiring program for my Movies and Series. The Program retrieve IMDB and TVDB data for Movies and Series.
What can i say! It is a very cool piece of Code. Befor i wrote the program i have use Meedio and even the new Pvdimport plugin. Meedio for years. It works, but i have to maintain 2 programs and it is now easy to use. What i don't like much!
But now i can update my Movie and Series library with just one Mouse click or a hot-Key. You can also use the extern Software function of MC. You can update one or even multiple Movie/Series at time. Just select movies/series that you want to have the infos and hold right mouse button and then click left mouse button without release the right. Or, you can join the software to the extern function of MC. (But than you muss select the Movies and with control c copy the files. than go to extern programms and trieger de Programm.
What can the Program.
- Retrieve data for one or more Files one time.
- Select the right Movie or Serie in the Windows that appears.
- Acquiring Movie Covers Direct from Google Image (don't need to install AlbumArtDownloader anymore)
- it will automatic rename the Movie/Serie name. You can make it off if you want.
- when you select more than one movie/serie , you can maybe skip one or other so they don't acquire infos.
- import all acquired Infos automatic into MC.
- Acquiring Season Covers Direct from TVDB
- Infos Auto-retrieve for new Files or already retrieved. (You can choose between Today, Yesterday, 3° Day, 4° Day, 5° Day, 6° Day, 1° Weak, 1° Month, 2° Month, 3° Month, 1° Year
To call the Auto retrieve function press WIN + A keys.
To take it to work you will have to unzip the file and put the Ordner anywhere in you pc, than run MoviesSeriesHotKey.exe, that piece of program is for the Mouse and Keyboard hotkey. You shoud put a Link to MoviesSeriesHotkey.exe under Start/All Programm/Startup, so the Program always start with Windows. Or put a shortcut under Desktop.
It works outside MC too, maybe you use it at explorer or total commander.
- Configfile: MoviesSeriesInfos.ini
At that file you have to make your personal choise:
- the Covers directory for storage from Movie and Series Season Covers
- the version from Media Center that you use
- retrieve from covers or not
- rename filename or not
- Autofunction Activeted or not
You will have to add some user fields in MC. To do so, go to Tools -> Options -> Library & Folders -> Manage Library Fields and add the follow Fields:
- [Genres], [Actors Roles], [AKAS], [Writers], [Subtitle], [Language] and [Similar] all with data type "semicolon delimited".
- [Long Description], [IMDB Code], [Trivia], [SeasonID], [SeriesID], [Series], [Episode] and [Season], [MetaData Import Date], [Collection]with data type "String"
- [IMDB Rating] -> data type "Decimal".
The software is smart, you can put files with any name (but maybe you should not have release data in the filename. Automatic can the software just erase dvdrip, ac3, divx, and some more. When it find a exact Movie at the IMDB databank or serie at TVDB the software will not boring you with a select right Movie/Serie window. But when it not find a exact match the a windows will pop-up, where you can them select the right movie/serie or skip.
At v.4.0 i have implemented a Mainmenu, where you can see if the Programm works and you can close it too. I have implementet a Scrollbar so you can see much more data.
After that you will have the IMDB and TVDB infos that you have selected, automatic imported into JRiver.
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Select our Movies than hold right and click left Mouse Button!
The Programm starts and search the movie Metadata. Wenn it not is a exact match, it will pronpt a pop-up menu like here. Lock, you can also make a new search or skip a movie.
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After that, you can pick a cover for the movie.
After that it will retrieve the data for the next movie or import the metadata if it was just one movie.
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Import Metadata and covers into MC. (Automatic)
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The Program is now working. Remember that you should have the MoviesSeriesHotkey.exe started.
If you don't need Autoupdate you don't need to put follow Fields in MC. But i would recommend, so you can have your Library always Updated.
Autoupdate start with the Hotkey Win + A. If you want this to work, you must add some more Fields and Expressions to MC.
- [Current Date Number] -> Expression -> formatdate(now(),yyyyMMdd)
- [MetaData] -> Expression ->
if(isequal([current date number],[MetaData Import Date],8),Today,if(isequal(math([current date number]-00000001),[MetaData Import Date],4),Yesterday,if(isequal(math([current date number]-00000002),[MetaData Import Date],4),2 Day's,if(isequal(math([current date number]-00000003),[MetaData Import Date],4),3 Day's,if(isequal(math([current date number]-00000004),[MetaData Import Date],4),4 Day's,if(isequal(math([current date number]-00000005),[MetaData Import Date],4),5 Day's,if(isequal(math([current date number]-00000006),[MetaData Import Date],4), 6 Day's,if(isequal(math([current date number]-00000007),[MetaData Import Date],4), 1 Week,if(isequal(math([current date number]-00000100),[MetaData Import Date],4), 1 Month,if(isequal(math([current date number]-00000200),[MetaData Import Date],4), 2 Month,if(isequal(math([current date number]-00000300),[MetaData Import Date],4), 3 Month,if(isequal(math([current date number]-00010000),[MetaData Import Date],4), 1 Year,))))))))))))
You have to add a a Smartlist call MoviesSeriesInfos: It muss see exact like that one. The Fields (SeriesID, IMDB Code, Name, Image File, Collection, Filename) in that order also... very important. Please ADD a "Limit munber to" field, the value can difere for our machine. But i would begin at 50 or 100. I use 500
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You can Adapt the File Type for our needs. And the MetaData Field for the Smartlist is the custon field that you create befor. At first time you will not see anything in there. but after you retrieve infos for some files it will stay Today, next day it will stay Yesterday and so on.
Very Important also. You will have to get the Smartlist ID from MC to put into the config datei .ini: to do that you should create a new one (smartlist) at rules select Playlist, then select the smartlist call MoviesSeriesInfos. now go to Import/Export left/under eck. Now you can se the playlistid. copy just the number for the list and put it into the config datei.
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Now when you press "WIN" + "A" keys at the keyboard. Its shows:
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Select ours MetaData Time interval, at first time you muss select empty.
Now you muss select the Path to the MoviesSeriesInfos directory. Than select textfile delimited, only visble fields and press ok. Now it will retrieve information for all data im that smartlist. Are there new files or files with alredy downloaded infos.
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Looks very interesting - I'm not an admin, but I'm sure no-one would object to you posting the code.
Many of us are using Personal Video Database or My Movies to maintain a database and then syncing with MC. I'd be keen to try out your coverart downloader.
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WOW!! This is exactly what i've been looking for to sort out my film library. HUGE Thanks! I'm new to MC and every day so far i have discovered some other little thing (like this) which makes me love it even more!
I'm having a problem though, in that after metadata has been retrieved from IMDB the file is renamed to "[Name] ([Year]).avi" but MC reports it cannot find the file: it is still looking for the old filename. If the filename is in this format (with the correct year) before metadata lookup it is fine so it seems the script is updating all tag data in MC except the filename it changes it too... Have i just just made some stupid mistake setting it up?
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Hi,
have you the Auto-import function activated in MC? If the filename have changed, than MC will have to re-import the file. Just click auto import or refresh. That should do it. You can look at the Metadata file. Open it in Notepad or Word and look too the filename. Filename and the filename im Metadata file should bee the same.
I hope it works for you. Here works very well.
Thanks,
Alaska
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ive also been playing with the plugin. and it is very nice. simple to use. 8)
i do think the renaming is a bit of a down side for me. indeed autoimport pics up the new file fine, but with it i loose my play statistics for that movie.
one other thing i noticed is that it did not fill in genre.
and i have one question. is it possible to run the script without the album art downloader?
thanks a lot for sharing the script.
:)
gab
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Hi,
for now you can not shut the albumartdownloader down. But i can make a little version of it that can. ok, that have i realy forgotten to tell you all at the description. For Genre you will have to add a user field call Genres that is List (semicolon delimited) otherwise it will not fill it up. Also for [Actors Roles], [AKAS], [Writers] and [Similar] all with data type "semicolon delimited". I have also a field [Long Description], [IMDB Code] and [Trivia] with data type "String"
[IMDB Rating] -> data type "Decimal".
The rename function can i also change.
Let my a little time.
Thanks,
Alaska
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:) that is indeed worthfull info. i just added the fields in my test database and they get nicely imported.
it works great now for new imported movies. when it would add the info to my excisting tags it would be amazing.
i also noticed that it would not go further when i dont choose a cover . i preferr to use screenshots, and i think a lot of people have scanned there own. so if there would be a way to turn it of... 8)
nice work, also that it runs 'outside' mc.
take your time and thanks so far..
:)
gab
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Hi,
i am right now working on make it simple to turn the Albumart function off. But you could also just exit the window, them it will go further.
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hey alaska, one other small thing i noticed is that behind the writer and director tags it writes a ;
so one time to many, giving an empty value behind it. you can see that in the tag window.
:)
gab
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I found a little time to play with this today, and ran into a few issues:
- If the movie title is not matched, and the program provides a list to choose from, clicking an item in the list causes the program to fail. To get it to work, I must manually type the correct term in the box at the bottom, then click on the search button.
- Some of my movies are across two files, and these are named "[name] #01" and "[name] #02". The program is convinced these are series, and I can't seem to tell it otherwise.
- While the autohotkey thing is running, I cannot drag a selection in MC using the right mouse button.
Apart from these issues, everything else worked as advertised. Well done.
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Hi, thanks for the feedback.
- point 1: i have correct it. (it was a error with the new GUI)
- point 2: This option is not implemented (I just work with 1 part movies). MC can not distinguish that it is a movie with two parts, so it will have two movies at my view. I dont like it, so i make 2 part movies inside a mkv container. Now i have only one movie part. (but could rename the movie to [name] cd1 or [name] part1, than only retrieve data for the 1° part of the movie, not retrieve data for the 2 parts because the program will overwrite the part 1 with the part 2.). To join the movies to mkv, look please at: http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/ (http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/)
- point 3: I am working with WIN 7 and i can't drag a selection in MC using the right mouse at all. But it works with the left mouse button.
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quick turn around, but, d'load link leads to v4.1 ?
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Look again!!! Megaupload always make something like that! I have Uploaded the right file but it look in server, if there is any similar file. it report to that old file.
But now it works, i have at three server uploaded.
;D
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It works great. thanks for the additions in the inf file. it does everything i could wish.
:)
gab
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I am very glad that you have enjoyed the implementations!!!
I will keep working at it, until it is perfect!
I could use more feedback from the people that read and tried the software.
Thanks to all that have did it until now!
Thanks,
Alaskatu
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Hi everyone,
i have taked another look at the Bug (right Mouse Drag) Marko have described a few Post past. I am working now am repair this. Thanks Marko!
Alaskatu
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It would seem there's a problem with movies that have numbers in their titles. I have 4 here, "21", "28 Weeks Later", "88 Minutes" and "1408". The program does not like any of these!!
If I change the filename to something random, such as "four.avi", this produces the list of possible matches. I can then type in 1408 and click the search button, and it comes back with correct info.
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Hi Marko,
thanks for the feedback, i have now correct the code. Now it works fine with such filename. Have you had a look at the Serie Season Cover download, what you think from it? It is hard to make it perfect when so few people make reports. Just 0,01 % from the people that have looked into it have write feedback at all.
Thanks for yours!
:D
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Going to be away for some days, so no chance to play with this for a bit.
I'll get back to you when I return, by which time, someone else may have stepped into the breach.
I tried one TV series, Torchwood, and the program did not like it at all. I spawned an error dialogue from albumart d'loader regarding correct syntax, and failed to find the correct series.
I'm 99.99% certain that's going to be down to my totally non-standard file naming system, so don't read too much into that just yet :)
For movies, the program is working really well, though could probably do with an "I'm feeling lucky" mode, where instead of asking, it just auto-selects the top result and moves on. Thinking on from that, I thought that if you made that possible, it might also be a good idea to write the current filename above the progress bar, just so we know it's still working it's way through the list.
See you when I get back,
regards,
-marko.
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hi alaskatu
the new versions great, i'm loving the changes, marko's definitely right about the filename going in the title bar, and it might be nice to have an option to search from IMDB Code rather than filename, as i tagged many movies before i knew about the extra fields & most still need picking from a list, and this would also simplify retagging if you add further fields in future.
When i try to tag the series House (as in House M.D.) it returns a really long list of options with no way to scroll down so i can only see the 1st twenty or so (house isnt in the part of the list i can see) and cant get down to the text box or skip/search buttons... when i hit the close button though it opens up albumartdownloader, and fills the tags with the correct info!
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Hi Marko and Misery...
thanks for the feedback! I have put the filename at the Top like Marko said. About the TV series, Tourchwood and House. Here works without Problem. What is the full filename so a can trie it here. Yes you can scroll the Window to find the Serie Misery. What version have you used?
About the IMDB code or even TVDB code for data retrieve, you must keep Pacient. But i am considering to make such function reality.
Thanks again.
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I look forward to trying this out tonight for my movies and TV shows.
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what folder do i extract this into?
and do i need to install albumartdownloader first or does it not matter?
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not sure it's been mentioned before but the feature I would need the most to start using this plug-in is a theater skin that would allow to display some of the downloaded info on a big screen.
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not sure it's been mentioned before but the feature I would need the most to start using this plug-in is a theater skin that would allow to display some of the downloaded info on a big screen.
it would be great to have a polished way to show off all the metadata!!
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it would be great to have a polished way to show off all the metadata!!
MC14 has an Info Panel that you can configure. Tools/Options/Theater View/Appearance/Customize ...
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I have not been able to install this plugin. I extract it to the plugins directory, and I run each executable but nothing appears to be happening. I tried to import the dll as a plugin within MediaCenter and that did not work either. The .mp4 video that I downloaded did not show how to install.
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I really like you approach ;D and this shows great promise as a simple one click tool to get related Meta Data and Coverart for Movies! Couple of comments:
1) I'm getting some instability where sometimes MC14 will crash or the "Acquiring Data" screen will appear and then disappear immediately without doing any update (note: I am on Win7 64-Bit with the files all on UNC paths)
2) My preference is to store Coverart next to the file not in a separate directly so I have had to turn off the Auto Running of “Album Art Downloader”. As an Idea if you copied the selected Cover Art into the Clipboard then did a MC “Coverart” --> “Past from Clipboard” you would get the Coverart added as per the users preference.
3) you may want to update your first post instructions to "add some user fields in MC" list as many now exist (or similar) in the Defaut library already, eg Genre, Series, Episode, Season etc
Good work so far!
Thanks
Nathan
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I have not been able to install this plugin. I extract it to the plugins directory, and I run each executable but nothing appears to be happening. I tried to import the dll as a plugin within MediaCenter and that did not work either. The .mp4 video that I downloaded did not show how to install.
Ahhh it's not a plug in. Just run "MoviesSeriesHotKey.exe" which is an AutoHotKey compiled file that will then recognise when you do a "While Holding the Right Button Down, the Left Button is Clicked" that will then kick off the process.
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hmmm, okay i see it start doing things in the bottom right corner of my screen... it says it is acquiring data. But the box appears for just a second or two and the bar goes maybe 15 or 20% of the way, then the window disappears. nothing seems to show up in media center. when i hold right click and then left click, this happens, regardless of whether or not i've got any files selected within MC. I think I'm just a little confused as to how to get this thing started.
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hmmm, okay i see it start doing things in the bottom right corner of my screen... it says it is acquiring data. But the box appears for just a second or two and the bar goes maybe 15 or 20% of the way, then the window disappears. nothing seems to show up in media center. when i hold right click and then left click, this happens, regardless of whether or not i've got any files selected within MC. I think I'm just a little confused as to how to get this thing started.
I also get that problem on some files (no idea why) - give another one a try.
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Hi,
it would help mee if you write the filenames from such files for me down. Them i could trie it hier and resold the problem with it.
Thanks
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Okay, I'm making baby steps progress.
Evidently, I don't know how to specify a file. The first one I tried was Rat Race. I right click it then left click it and it start acquiring data and it. It then went through some process and let me select from a list of movies, and I picked the first one, Rat Race (2001). It then opened up the AlbumArt Downloader and it spit me out a bunch of covers I could download (albeit, I can't find a way to save the file into the same folder as the actual movie file and just name the image [Movie.jpg] and have that be its thumbnail/coverart).
For what it's worth, no library fields were changed within my MC14 database, including ones I added like Actors. So I assume it didn't run all the way through, or I've got something wrong up to this point.
But in addition, when I go to select another movie (I tried Casino Royale, and then did the rightclick-leftclick thing and it started on Rat Race again and downloaded that cover art, etc. etc. Then I tried a group of about 10 movies, none of which were Rat Race, and the same thing happened. Went through Rat Race, asked me for cover art, but didn't appear to alter the database any.
What I did notice is that it renamed my movie "Rat Race.avi" from [Movie] to [Movie] ([Year]) so it was "Rat Race (2001).avi" which is no big deal. Once this thing runs its course, it will be really easily to modify and rename within MC if I so choose to do so.
Incidentally, the movie I had no success on was Team America World Police
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Hi,
it would help mee if you write the filenames from such files for me down. Them i could trie it hier and resold the problem with it.
Thanks
Here is an example of file names that were all ripped to ISO which kept the name from the physical disc:
- MI:1 (MISSION_IMPOSSIBLE_EUROPE.ISO) - ;D Worked fine
- MI:2 (MISSION_IMPOSSIBLE_2_EUROPE.ISO - :( did not work
- MI:3 (MI3_D1_EU.ISO) - :( did not work
I'd suggest the you need to have a pop up box for names it can not resolve so we can Type a full name in such cases.
Thanks
Nathan
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Hi, i have give it a try with the name Team America World Police and Rate Race and it was no problem to retrieve infos for that, it don't show the Choose window for Team america because it find the right movie from alone. Because there is just one movie in imdb that could be the right. With the cover problem, have you make the right changes at the config ini file. The cover path must be set there. Cover name can not be changed, it will allways bee movie filename. Wenn it don't show the changes at MC, maybe take a look at the last imports at Playlists. Wenn it is there, than you have the problem at yours files display configs in MC. When it is not there, take a look at the file called MoviesSeriesInfos.mpl, open it in a text editor and have a look at the infos. At ende of file muss be a </MPL>, wenn it dont have than a problem have acours.
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What I did notice is that it renamed my movie "Rat Race.avi" from [Movie] to [Movie] ([Year]) so it was "Rat Race (2001).avi" which is no big deal.
Edit the MoviesSeriesInfos.Ini so that "rename = 0" and it will no longer rename the file. I had a problem where it renamed a file from "movie.mpg" to just "movie." making it unplayable.
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Program seems to be working for me now except that I can only do 1 movie. Any time i select another file it just tries to do the file I've already done.
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I really like this prog and a small donation as been sent ;D
It is nice an simple, here is how I'm running it so far:
1) Download and install Album Art Downloader
2) Download and extract MoviesSeriesInfo (there is no "install") (note: I've personally not added any other Fields to MC at all as per the instructions in the first post)
3) Edit the MoviesSeriesInfos.ini to "rename = 0" and correct the path that Album Art Downloader is installed in
4) Run "MoviesSeriesHotKey.exe" (an Auto Hot Key exe) when you want to tag movie files (and close it when finished)
5) From Windows Explorer select your file(s), hold right click and then left click (you can do it from inside MC14's if you already have imported the files but it seems to be more stable doing it from Windows Explorer)
6) Select the title from the list then the preferred coverart (only required if there is a choice)
This will create a MPL file with all the details and import it into MC. From here I:
1) Edit my own Meta Data fields (for sorting)
2) Right Click --> Coverart --> Save Coverart to External Location Specified in Optiosn Copy to Clipboard then Right Click --> Coverart --> Part from Clipboard to move my coverart into my prefered location (in my case in the same folder)
Thanks!
Nathan
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hi jmone,
thanks for the Donation...i am very happy that you have liked it. Thanks for your feedback also. I have now correct the Problem with .mpg files. now you don't need to mark the don't rename function anymore. I am making small adjustments to the Automatic Library Infos Retrieve function and i think i will Upload it in a hour or so. Stay connected....
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Here was the list of files it struggled with for me (it seemed to try to look these up like they were Series, instead of just plain old movies)
10 Things I Hate About You
10,000 B.C.
Arachnophobia (1 of 2)
Arachnophobia (2 of 2)
Chicago (1 of 2)
Chicago (2 of 2)
Clerks 2
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1 of 2)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (2 of 2)
Gladiator (1 of 2)
Gladiator (2 of 2)
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Marley And Me (1 of 2)
Marley And Me (2 of 2)
Mystic River (1 of 2)
Mystic River (2 of 2)
National Treasure 2, Book Of Secrets
Ocean's 11
Ocean's 12
Ocean's 13
P.S. I Love You
Pirates of the Caribbean 2, Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean 3, At World's End
Saving Private Ryan (1 of 2)
Saving Private Ryan (2 of 2)
Shrek 2
Snow White And The 7 Dwarfs
Terminator 2 Judgment Day
The Rock
The Rules Of Attraction
Thirteen
Traffic
Twister
Most of these movies have numerical characters in them, so I suspect that may have something to do with it (Shrek processed fine, as did Shrek The Third, but Shrek 2 failed)
Getting cover art was mixed results throughout. I really just wanted to see high quality box art from the DVD releases in America. I actually found very few of those, and mainly got posters "In theaters on XXXX" and things of the like.
There is definitely room for improvement, but so far this solution has worked the best for me so far.
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The Strikethrought files pass withought Problem here. the other you can put a year im that form (1995), then they will pass as movie to. the year muss not be correct. but muss begin with (19xx) or (20xx). Files with multiple movies will not be correctly import. i have spoke about it in another post. Maybee you can pack then together with MKVtoolnix. That would be the best.
Wen you click at a file it put the file in clipboard than the program try to understand what a kind of media it is. it already know that it can not be perfect. maybe a will implement it at the autoretrieve function. but then the files would have to be in the right place already. I mean, it muss have Media Sub Type already.
10 Things I Hate About You
10,000 B.C.
Arachnophobia (1 of 2)
Arachnophobia (2 of 2)
Chicago (1 of 2)
Chicago (2 of 2)
Clerks 2
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1 of 2)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (2 of 2)
Gladiator (1 of 2)
Gladiator (2 of 2)
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Marley And Me (1 of 2)
Marley And Me (2 of 2)
Mystic River (1 of 2)
Mystic River (2 of 2)
National Treasure 2, Book Of Secrets
Ocean's 11
Ocean's 12
Ocean's 13
P.S. I Love You
Pirates of the Caribbean 2, Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean 3, At World's End
Saving Private Ryan (1 of 2)
Saving Private Ryan (2 of 2)
Shrek 2
Snow White And The 7 Dwarfs
Terminator 2 Judgment Day
The Rock
The Rules Of Attraction
Thirteen
Traffic
Twister
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MC14 has an Info Panel that you can configure. Tools/Options/Appearance/Customize ...
that applies to standard view, not theater view, right?
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no, that applies to Tools/Options/theater view/Appearance/Customize! Please, be advised...my software have nothing to do with the MC views. My software just retrieve the information...all the other things are from MC itself. You should ask the Profis at MC.
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Some more feeback:
1) Instability may be caused to me exiting the prog by right click --> exit on the AutoHotkey tray icon yet the process is still running and the MPL becomes locked. How do you ment to STOP MoviesSeriesInfos?
2) Still does not work with filenames with a # in them.
3) I'd suggest that you let users enter a filename if it is not found instead of just closing.
Thanks
Nathan
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hi,
i have corrected the issues 1° and 2° that you have posted. Point 3 it is on work.
Thanks
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Thanks - Point 1 is fixed, but I still can not tag any files with a # in their file name (from the HDD).
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Couple of other issues:
1) Tried to use this to tag "Firefly Series (2002)" and Album Art Downloader crashed with "Unexpected faliure saving image to: "(2002).jpg /s GoogleImage /mn 300 /0 size- /ac" A generic error occurred in GDI+". It would appear it tried to save it without the name infront of the (2002). From your MPL:
<Field Name="Filename">\\RUMPUS\Media\Media\Video\Movies\"Firefly" (2002).lnk</Field>
<Field Name="Image File">c:\CoverArts\Filmes\"Firefly" (2002).jpg</Field>
2) Items with #'s - also could not tag "Air Force One", so it appears to be # or Numbers
Thanks
Nathan
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Sometimes when fetching metadata for a file the progress bar flashes up briefly (saying 'acquiring data') but then it disappears & the process stops running. it also sometimes gets stuck saying 'acquiring movies at clipboard' forever. both these issues occur not and then with different files but i can often try again and it works.
one file which does this every time is 'Innocence (2004).mkv' - when i try to get metadata for this file the box often flashes up and disappears again and if this doesn't happen it gets stuck saying 'acquiring movies at clipboard'
incidentally, i have retrieved data for this file with a previous version (before implementation of the [MetaData] field) and it worked fine
PS GREAT WORK!!
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Hi, i can not reproduce our error. Here works, i have tried 15 times... maybe it is a problem with our file. I try to acquire language and sub from mkv files...maybe our file have a error in it. Try naming other file like Innocence (2004).mkv or make the same file Innocence (2004).rmvb or Innocence (2004).avi and look if it hangs again. Please give me a feedback on that, thanks.
Alaskatu
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seems like a problem with the filename (not file) and with the container .mkv...
i renamed another file to Innoncence (2004).mkv and the same problem occurred, but if i rename the original file to ~.avi it works fine.
i am having identical problems with 'Last Order - Final Fantasy VII (2005).mkv' i tried this one about 23 times - most times the process stopped seconds after the progress bar showed, 8 times it got to 'acquiring movies at clipboard' and stayed there. renaming another file to 'Last Order - Final Fantasy VII (2005).mkv' it doesnt work either but again, renaming the original to ~.avi works fine.
dont know if its relevent but these are the only times i see 'acquiring movies at clipboard': for most files the box reads 'acuiring data' then changes to 'movie: <movie title>' but the problem files show 'acquiring data' and if the process continues then 'acquiring data at clipboard'
oh, and i AM using the current version this time lol
EDIT: just read my prev post & despite what i wrote there the 'clipboard' issue only occurs with a few certain files (and if i have the clipboard issue then getting metadata for that file never works). the process halting 1-2 seconds in happens frequently but i can retry a couple of times and it works...
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btw the same thing happens with these files, and they also work if renamed to ~.avi
Kôkaku kidôtai - Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society (2006).mkv
Gedo senki (2006).mkv
Rupan sansei - Kariosutoro no shiro (1979).mkv
Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines (2003).mkv
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Hi,
your Problems with MKV files are not name related. The Problem is that Mediainfo can't retrieve the infos for the files that you have mentioned and give a error to my program. But i can say a have 1473 mkv files myself and no one have such error.
Now i have add a option on config file to make the program not look for LANg or Subs on MKV or MP4 files. That should resolve yours Problems with those files.
Thanks for feedback,
Alaska
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Not sure what I am doing wrong, but I followed your directions, and it seems to be finding the movies, and saving the cover art... but no tag info is updated. Even if I reimport.
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Have you put your MC version at the config file? What are you talking about, manuel update or autoupdate?
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Yes I put the version (14)
I have my files already imported into MC.
Press windows-a
Start looking for movies... it prompts me to select one from the list it pulls... then I select the cover art... then the next movie... etc.
When I go back to my library, no tag information or cover art for any of the movies that I supposedly updated are present.
Did I maybe miss a step?
Here is my MoviesSeriesInfos.ini file:
pf = U:\Movie Cover Art\
ps = U:\Series Cover Art\
rename = 1
v = 14
lang = en
otherlang = pt
filemeta = 1
autoupload = 1
playlist = 656557976
aad = d:\Program Files\AlbumArtDownloader\AlbumArt.exe
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Hi,
our Problem is maybe that you have to many files to update. On the first window that appear you should ADD at "Modify results" a field "Limit number to" than put 50 there. You can put a bigger filenumber there but maybe the program will not retrieve infos for all files.
You can take a look at the file MoviesSeriesInfos.mpl in the Program directory. open it at a text editor and go to the end of it. At the end you should have a </MPL>. if it is not there than write it there and than you can go to MC Menu:File:Import Playlist and import that MoviesSeriesInfos.mpl file. Now you should have the Metadata at MC for the files that you have choosed.
Thanks,
Alaska
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Alaska - nice work developing this. The more ways we have to get info into the program the better ;)
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Thanks, i want to improve it until it is perfect. But that will cost my allot of Time and the user a little feedback.
Thanks,
alaska
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am about to give this another whirl. i used it a few weeks ago and had some bumps here and there. interested to see if they have been worked out.
one complaint i did have was that it was pretty hard to find DVD cover scans in albumartdownloader; more times than not, it would just find me movie posters, but i'd prefer the box art. anyone else notice this? or have a way to get the actual dvd cover art into MC, and not just the poster?
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Hi, thanks for the feedback..
that what you describe with the cover-art is not a bug my program. it is a wish of you. I have not to do with the Albumartcover program. You should maybe ask at they WebSite for help.
but thanks anyway for the feedback and for give a try.
Alaska
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thanks for the work alaska. had no possebility to test it the last few weeks. but im on track again.
:)
gab
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i still am really confused.
i added all the fields i was supposed to.
i can't set the metadata field to <empty> on the smartlist creation; it won't let me
when i press the windows key with a, i get the export playlist window. i really don't understand this part. i'm not trying to export anything; i'm just trying to grab the data off of IMDB, right?
very confused...
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Hi,
we have two ways to retrieve Mediainfo:
1° Left mouse + right mouse. (Retrieve info for selected media)
2° WIN + a. (Retrieve info for media at the playlist that you have created)
With the 2° way you have the Possibility to retrieve info for Media that has not been retrieved yet, or media that has already been retrieved. When the IMDB Code or SerieID field info have, then the data will be updated. Movie files will be renamed when it has already have been retrieved.
Yes, you have to export the playlist in order to give my program the fields IMDBCODE and SERIEID.
Please just press ok when you have already configured the playlist like I told you.
Do you have any Mediadata showing in the Playlist ?
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Is no one using my Software anymore? It is now a while that no one have make a reply, suggestion.
I want to now what is your experience with it.
Thanks,
Alaskatu
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Hi there alaskatu, I'm still on board, just been too busy, what with upgrading to Win 7, Christmas preparations, Wife's birthday plans, Daughter's graduation, work.... Real Life™ has to take precedence over digital...
I see you have potential competition in this area too ;)
My "Incoming Movies" directory is getting quite fat, so, some time in the very near future, your tool will be getting a serious workout, and I will let you know if there are any issues arising when running under Win Seven.
Don't lose faith, feedback in this forum is notoriously difficult to stimulate ;)
-marko.
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Don't lose faith, feedback in this forum is notoriously difficult to stimulate ;)
so true, im still using it, and it could be that much more people use it. to many great apps disappeared from here because of the lack of feedback. later on when it is taken away out of frustration about the lack of feedback, people start to search and ask and complain.
that there will be other choices is a good thing, not a critique on what you, or raldo made, not everybody wants/needs to have everything in their database.
online now 30 guests, 12 users. the difference between those two is more or less constant i think. from the 'guests' a bigpart reads and learns and uses what is on this forum. but wont participate, guess thats true for the users also, and there is nothing wrong with that. 8)
:)
gab
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I've tagged up my ISO using the earlier version and it was great - I've also no idea how the others funtion as this just works when I need to add another one.
Thanks
Nathan
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Thanks goes am Marko, Gappie and Jmone,
that have been so helpful for my om going Work with the Software here.
Thanks a lot! Wen everybody that have made a Download here had made a small Commentary about it usability. Than would my small Program bee a lot better by now.
Thanks,
Alaskatu
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Hi,
As the other guys have said...please do not get dishartened by the lack of feedback. It's a sad fact that most people can not be bothered posting a simple thankyou. So, thankyou for making this app and shring it with us...amd importantly supporting it.
I downloaded this program on the weekend and followed all the steps (including making the custom fields in MC14 and updating the MoviesSeriesInfos.ini) however I can not get it to work.
I am at work now, so can not post full images/details, however I will when I get home.
The problem I have is that when I run the program using Right + left click in MC it starts and says it's retrieving information and then nothing happens...ie. it seems to start the lookup and then just stops without updating anything or showing any further messages/screens/images etc.
I have...
* restarted the PC,
* moved the folder where I unzipped you app. to the C: drive.
* tried different folder names for the movies and Series cover art - and updated these in MoviesSeriesInfos.ini
* closed and restarted the app,
* tried running it in MC14 and in MC12 (with the correct version in MoviesSeriesInfos.ini)
* I am connected to the internet (I have no proxy's or anything complex)
* It's the same behaviour/problem when I Right+left click a file in Windows Explorer.
I am running on XP SP2.
How do I debug this to see where it is failing?
What information do you need me to give you to help get this working?
Dav.
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Hi Davros,
i am happy that you have tried my program. Please give a try with another File.
Try please name like
Matrix.mp4
10 Things I Hate About You (1999).mkv
A.Simple.Twist.of.Fate.1994.DVDRip-BRONZ.rmvb
13 Going on 30 (2004).mkv
If it not work, than you should take a look at the MoviesSeriesInfos.mpl file at the same Dir. Take a look what infos the Program have retrieved before is going down.
Please write my back, with the files names that you have tried, so i can give a try here.
Thanks and good look!
Alaskatu
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Hi Alaskatu.
I have tried "The Matrix.avi" and some other movies (incl. .mkv etc and all have the same issue...so I do not think it's related to the movie name or file type.
Here are some images of the what I have done...
The installed folder...
(http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp360/graw2_photos/movieseriesinfos/folder.png)
The .ini file
(http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp360/graw2_photos/movieseriesinfos/ini.png)
What happens when I right+left click...
Note the reason there is a cover image showing is because I loaded this using the PvdImport plugin...but I have exactly the same issue in MC12 which has not had any tag data loaded for the movies so I do not think it's the plugin or the fact that some tag data is already there for the movie).
(http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp360/graw2_photos/movieseriesinfos/MC14.png)
This is the .mpl after run your program....it's basically empty.
(http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp360/graw2_photos/movieseriesinfos/mpl.png)
I have also tried it in MC12 and get the exact same problem.
(http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp360/graw2_photos/movieseriesinfos/12ini.png)
(http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp360/graw2_photos/movieseriesinfos/MC12.png)
Lastle, I just tried it on anotherPC with a fresh install of MC14 and it has the same problem, so clearly I am doing something wrong.
I would be happy to provide any more information you need.
Dav
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Hi Davros,
you have a error im ours MoviesSeriesInfos.ini File. It muss always End with a "\".
Give another try.
With the new GUI editor you can not make such error.
Thanks,
Alaskatu
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Hi Alaskatu - I went to test V8.6 and I too have the problem (but V6.1 works fine) where nothing seems to happen. As usual, I
1) highlight an ISO based movie,
2) Right+Left Click in Exlorer
3) MoviesSeriesInfos pop-up box says "Acquiring Data"
4) MoviesSeriesInfos pop-up box says "All Data Acquired" with an "Exit" button.
Nothing else happens so I press Exit
The Contents of the MPL now is as follows (and the file I selected was NOT smallville):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<MPL Version="2.0" Title="Film">
<Item>
<Field Name="Media Type">Video</Field>
<Field Name="Media Sub Type">TV Show</Field>
<Field Name="Filename">G:\Series\Smallville\Smallville - S09E09 - Pandora.mkv</Field>
<Field Name="Image File">e:\Backup\Meedio\CoverArts\Series\Season\72218-9.jpg</Field>
<Field Name="Series">Smallville</Field>
<Field Name="Name">Pandora</Field>
<Field Name="Season">09</Field>
<Field Name="Episode">09</Field>
<Field Name="Genres">Drama;Science-Fiction</Field>
<Field Name="SeriesID">72218</Field>
<Field Name="SeasonID">80411</Field>
<Field Name="Description">Tess kidnaps Lois to find out where Lois went after she disappeared for weeks. Lois's memory of the future depicts a Metropolis under Zod's rule and Clark powerless under the red sun, while Chloe forms a resistance group with Oliver. After learning of these future events, Clark makes an important decision about Zod.</Field>
<Field Name="Studios">The CW</Field>
<Field Name="Status">Continuing</Field>
<Field Name="Runtime">60</Field>
<Field Name="Actors">Tom Welling;Erica Durance;Allison Mack;Kristin Kreuk;Sam Witwer;Justin Hartley;Cassidy Freeman;Laura Vandervoort;Aaron Ashmore;Eric Johnson;John Glover;Jensen Ackles;Michael Rosenbaum;John Schneider;Samuel L. Jones;Annette O'Toole</Field>
<Field Name="Rating">4.25</Field>
<Field Name="Director"></Field>
<Field Name="Writers">Julia Swift</Field>
<Field Name="IMDB Rating">8.5</Field>
<Field Name="Metadata Import Date">20091127</Field>
</Item>
</MPL>
</MPL>
</MPL>
</MPL>
</MPL>
</MPL>
</MPL>
</MPL>
</MPL>
Contents of my INI is as follows
[MoviesSeriesInfos]
pf=C:\Users\Mum and Dad\Downloads\MoviesSeriesInfos v8.6\\
ps=C:\Users\Mum and Dad\Downloads\MoviesSeriesInfos v8.6\\
pserie=C:\Users\Mum and Dad\Downloads\MoviesSeriesInfos v8.6\\
pdokus=C:\Users\Mum and Dad\Downloads\MoviesSeriesInfos v8.6\\
panimes=C:\Users\Mum and Dad\Downloads\MoviesSeriesInfos v8.6\\
rename=1
autorename=1
autoupload=1
filemeta=1
v=14
lang=en
otherlang=all
playlist=639742953
Thanks
Nathan
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Hi Nathan,
im v.8.6 is a error. I have corrected that now. Please try again.
Please, tell my the filename that you are trying to acquire?
thanks,
Alaskatu
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Hi- Just tired 8.7 and it is still the same issue trying to tag say "casablanca.iso" - the MPL created is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<MPL Version="2.0" Title="Film">
<Item>
<Field Name="Filename">D:\Catalogieren\Endless Bummer (2009).mkv</Field>
<Field Name="Image File">E:\Backup\Meedio\CoverArts\Filmes\Endless Bummer (2009).jpg</Field>
<Field Name="Name">Endless Bummer</Field>
<Field Name="Media Type">Video</Field>
<Field Name="Media Sub Type">Movie</Field>
<Field Name="Year">2009</Field>
<Field Name="Tag line">NO Pants, NO Shoes, NO Problem!</Field>
<Field Name="Country">USA</Field>
<Field Name="AKAS"></Field>
<Field Name="Trivia"></Field>
<Field Name="IMDB Rating">4.6</Field>
<Field Name="Rating">2.3</Field>
<Field Name="IMDB Code">1047102</Field>
<Field Name="Language"></Field>
<Field Name="Subtitle">English</Field>
<Field Name="MPAA Rating">Rated R for pervasive language, drug and alcohol use by teens, and some nudity.</Field>
<Field Name="Similar"></Field>
<Field Name="Description">A group of teens and a veteran surfer take a road trip from Ventura, CA to the San Fernando Valley in order to track down a prized stolen surfboard. | add synopsis</Field>
<Field Name="Long Description"></Field>
<Field Name="Genres">Comedy</Field>
<Field Name="Director">Sam Pillsbury</Field>
<Field Name="Writers">Affion Crockett;John 'J.D.' Drury</Field>
<Field Name="Actors">Khan Chittenden;Colton James;Ray Santiago;Allison Scagliotti;Jane Leeves;Caitlin Wachs;Bobby Alt;Adam Alt;Ben Rojas;Nick Steinberg;Frank Zummo;Matthew Lillard;Jules Bruff;James Thomas;Joan Jett</Field>
<Field Name="Actors Roles">Khan Chittenden -> JD;Colton James -> Sparky;Ray Santiago -> Lardo;Allison Scagliotti -> Iris;Jane Leeves -> Liv;Caitlin Wachs -> Anne;Bobby Alt -> Shelburn House Party Band Singer;Adam Alt -> Shelburn House Party Band;Ben Rojas -> Shelburn House Party Band;Nick Steinberg -> Shelburn House Party Band;Frank Zummo -> Shelburn House Party Band;Matthew Lillard -> Mike Mooney;Jules Bruff -> Carol;James Thomas -> Richard (as James J. Thomas);Joan Jett -> Dell;</Field>
<Field Name="Web Media URL">http://www.endlessbummerthemovie.com/;http://www.myspace.com/endlessbummerthemovie;</Field>
<Field Name="Metadata Import Date">20091127</Field>
</Item>
</MPL>
</MPL>
</MPL>
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hi,
you should delete the MPL file and try again. Do you have the Problem just with iso files or also with mp4, avi, mkv files?
You can try this. Copy the file that you want the infos with CTRL + C, than go to desktop and make a Right + Left mouse click anywhere am Desktop (Not am a icon). Maybe the Hotkey Program can not acquire the file to clipboard in our system. Give please a try.
What is our Operational System? If is Vista or WIN 7 you should try the compatibility Modus to XP sp2 or sp3.
Thanks,
Alaskatu
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Deleted with MPL, but the same behaviour with files as well (just tried on a renamed file "casablanca.wmv" and then "casablanca.avi"). The MPL that is created is blank excpet for "</MPL>"
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Have you tried the CRTL + C am File? Than Right + Left Mouse Click on Desktop?
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Yes: Tested this by:
1) Copied test file the the Desktop
2) Highlighted the file
3) Cntl-C
4) Right-Left Click on Desktop
Same results....
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Sorry,
i do no what is happening by you. I will implement a debug file to my programm. than could you try it and look what is happening.
Alaskatu
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Thanks - will test (note: 6.1 still going fine)
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Windows 7 x64 here and version 8.7.7 is also not working for me.
Rolled it back to version 6.7 and everything worked as expected. Will test your debug version if I get the chance, I'm off visiting for a few days from tomorrow.
-marko.
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Windows 7 x64 here and version 8.7.7 is also not working for me.
Forgot to post that I am also on Win7 x 64bit and running it Compatibility Mode / Admin makes no difference.
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Hi Marko and Jmone,
i do not have tested it on a 64 bit system until now. I will post im 2 - 3 hours a debug version of my software, if you could than give a run on it, maybe i will have a workaround by tomorrow. But i can not promise anything. I have XP SP3 here and no other PC to give a try.
I hope i can make a workaround,
Thanks,
Alaskatu
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Thanks (no rush - happily using the prior version) - will test and report back.
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Hi,
I fixed the path names and still got the same result....nothing (ie. says acquiring data but doen not populate anything, incl. the .mpl....it just adds </MPL> to the end of the file ).
I installed the new version, set it up with the correct path names etc. and got the same result....nothing.
Same result from inside MC12 or MC14 as when I right+left click on a file in Explorer. I tried a variety of common/popular movie names.
I tried v8.8.7 and same problem and no log....where is the log file?
I am really keen to get this working.
Dav.
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hi Davros,
i am happy that you are really willing to have it working. Now, i had another look at yours Images and the Answer to you Problem is really ease. You should not use MoviesSeriesInfos v.8.2 as dir name. Change it please to MoviesSeriesInfos.
That should do! i hoppe! it is the only way that i can reproduce your kind of error.
Please tell my if it was that.
Thanks,
Alaskatu
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Hmmm...interesting....I like tricky problems like that!
I'll give it a go tonight and post again to let you know how it goes.
Thanks again for helping me out.
Dav
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Same issue.
[MoviesSeriesInfos]
pf=F:\MoviesSeriesData\CoverArt\Movies
ps=F:\MoviesSeriesData\CoverArt\TV\Series\Season
pserie=F:\MoviesSeriesData\Series
pdokus=F:\MoviesSeriesData\Doco
panimes=F:\MoviesSeriesData\Anime
rename=1
autorename=1
autoupload=1
filemeta=1
v=14
lang=en
otherlang=all
playlist=639742953
[MediaInfo]
Audio;lang%StreamKindID% = %Language_String%\n
Text;sub%StreamKindID% = %Language_String%\n
program is now in C:\MoviesSeriesInfos
Where is the debug info?
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Davros,
i have no Idea why it is not working by you. I file call log.txt should bee in our path.
C:\MoviesSeriesInfos
by
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Hi Alaskau,
I am not going to give up on this! I have created a fresh install of XP and installed MC14 (demo) and your plugin and I still can not get it to work.
I have made (http://ts.vimeo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/359/663/35966390_100.jpg)this video (http://www.vimeo.com/7975507) which shows the steps I took during the install and the config I used and how the program responds.
Please take a look and let me know what you need to help me debug this further. I could even create a remote desktop login so you can login remotely and debug it for me?
Dav
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Hi Davros,
a am very impressed with our willing on have my Program a try. I will make a new installation of XP at my Computer to see if i am missing something at this point. You are making everything write that i can see. I can not understand way my Program exit if a MoviesSeriesInfos.mpl that only have </mpl> in there. I will look into it tonight.
thanks for the Vídeo,
Alaskatu
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Hi Davros and everyone that was having Problems with my Program. look at the first post. i have add the links for the ImageMagick software that must be installed im order to make my program work properly.
thanks,
alaskatu
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Installed Imagemagik (all 112 MB of it!!), installed MSI v8.8.7, sorry to have to report that it's still not working.
I'm launching using the "right click + left click" method.
It goes from "retrieving data" to "All data acquired" almost instantly, and then just sits there, doing nothing.
(http://www.theganghut.co.uk/pics/ia/14/bugs/msi8.8.7.jpg)
The generated MPL file only contains a single "</MPL>" and each failed attempt adds another on a new line.
Just to be sure, I reinstalled imagemagik taking the non-default "install OLE support" but that did not help, it's still not working for me.
One thing I did notice, not sure if it means anything, but...
Going back to v6.7 still works fine. When using the right click + left click method for launching the program, there is no MC context menu shown when releasing the right mouse button with 6.7, but when using 8.8, the MC right click menu is shown when the right mouse button is released. I tried using the autohotkey file from 6.7 with 8.8 but it still did not work.
I've now uninstalled imagemagik... out of curiosity, why would your program require imagemagick:
ImageMagick® is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats (over 100) including DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PhotoCD, PNG, Postscript, SVG, and TIFF. Use ImageMagick to translate, flip, mirror, rotate, scale, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves.
regards
-marko.
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Hi Marko,
now i see that the Links to ImageMagicks are not working anymore. You should install the Binary version of Imagemagicks:
From this page: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php#windows (http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php#windows)
The 32 Bit version is ImageMagick-6.5.8-4-Q16-windows-dll.exe and have only: 12,6 MB
The 64 Bit version is ImageMagick-6.5.8-4-Q16-windows-x64-static.exe and have only: 35 MB
Do not forget to select the "Install PerlMagick for Activstate Perl v.5" in Installations Menu.
I don't have tried the 64 Bit version. I don#t have a 64 bit OS. But should also work.
The 32 bit version i have installed in a new Windows XP instalation with the ImageMagick-6.5.8-4-Q16-windows-dll.exe and that work well.
I need Imagemagicks in order to Present the Image for Movies without have to use MovieArtDownloader.
Thanks for the reply.
Alaskatu
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Alaskatu, thanks for the help. I installed the ...-ddl.exe (win32 version is only about 12MB- the link did not work but it was easy to find the right version) and it now works! YAY!
I did not get time to test it in detail, but will have a look in more detail tonight and post some thoughts/suggestions.
I'm using it with PVDImport. I imported the bulk of my movie library with PVDImport and now want to maintain the library in MC. ie. as I add new movies to MC, I want to use MovieSeriesInfos to get the cover art/etc. and I want to try and make sure that the two ways of importing data work well together. I know they will import to different user defined fields in MC, but I at least want them to not clash.
A question...I notice that your program was renaming my movie files (for example "The Matrix.avi" -> "The Matrix (1999).avi". Can I turn this off by setting "autorename=0" in the .ini?
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Hi Davros,
i am happy that it is working now for you. I had made a few changes at my code and the next version you will not need to install ImageMagick anymore. I will upload this tonight.
if you import are using left + right mouse click you have to deselect the rename function
if you import are using ctrl + A hotclick you have to deselect the auto-rename function
Regards,
Alaskatu
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Hi Alaskatu, I can also confirm that V8.9 works under Win7-64 bit just fine! As most of my video is Blu-ray or HD-DVD I used to add this search term behind the Coverart's Lookup to get the relevant graphic. In V8.9 I can not change the search string as it is Automatic so I can no longer search for theBlu-ray or HD-DVD coverart just the "std" one.
Eg I now get only "Departed" -
(http://xenoraiser.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/the-departed.jpg)
Instead of "Departed HD-DVD" -
(http://img17.imagehosting.gr/images.php/i102512_the.departed.cover.jpg)
or "Departed Blu-ray"-
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000M5AJQI.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
Thanks
Nathan
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Hi Alaskau, Do some ore testing on 8.9 and it crashed with a "Acquiring Infos from IMDB and TVDB for Movies and Series has stopped working"....when trying to tag U2_RATTLE_AND_HUM.ISO. I think it is related to the series feature as the bigger pop up box appears (not just the movie one which is working fine), as when I rename it RATTLE_AND_HUM.ISO I get the smaller MoviesSeriesInfos selection popup and it works fine.
Also on the coverart selection, it would be great if you can have a flag that lets you modify the coverart search string if you want (and you can then add Blu-ray, etc manually behind the title as I do with V6).
Thanks
Nathan
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i can't get this to work at all.
i install it and have all the fields added to media center. however, when i use the right click left click method, a box just appears in the bottom right of my screen that says MoviesSeriesInfos and an exit button (which is not responsive). No data seems to be being searched for or found or added to Media Center.
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You should use the right click left click method over a file. First select the file than make a right click left click. You can try it im explorer too. It should work without problem.
If not, please write me: What is your Operational System? J.RIVER Version? And the contend of the .mpl file that should be created in yours program directory.
thanks,
alaskatu
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Hi Alaskatu,
I did some more tagging and I'm very happy with V9 (thanks for the update to allow the changing of the name + the ability to select HD Images). I seem to have a problem tagging MKV files however, MoviesSeriesInfos just sits on "Acquiring Moves at Clipboard" and you have to press Exit at this point. Worked fine on other file types (and even works if I just rename from MKV to MPG).
Thanks
Nathan
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Hi Jmone,
please set off "Acquire File Metadata" im the MoviesSeriesMenu. Maybe you have some strange MKV tags that make the skript break.
I have a Updated version of the Program with some good changes...
+ Window size over ini file parameter, so you can change it if you have other Screem Size than 1024 x 768
+ Name Movie and Series with other Name Structure than
Movie: Name (YEAR)
Serie: Seriename - SxxExx - Episodename
I haven't update yet because so feel people seen to been using my software.
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Thanks - turning off the Acquire File Meta Data option worked for me (these are some test files I've been making from my HD-DVD / Blu-ray discs so may not include any meta data)
As you know I like this add-on so thanks for keeping it going!
Nathan
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Hi Alskatu,
I'm having a problem with the 'Acquiring Cover for ...' just sticking and no downloading happening. Any ideas?
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Hi Alaskatu!
ive been away for a while but i love the new version! no longer requiring albumartdownloader is a real boon. its a shame you're getting so little feedback. im sure people must be using it because its such a GREAT little program, and it deserves more support! please post the updated version though... the options dialogue box is really small on my screen :D
a nice addition would also be to show the resolution of the covers when picking them.
ive tagged pretty much all my movies with moviesseriesinfos ages ago, so now im going to start on my collection of tv series (so expect me to be bothering you with my problems again lol)
THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK ALASKATU!!!
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I have been unable to to get any of the last few releases to work for me at all. I get a small "acquiring" box above the tray that just sits there, acquiring, forever, and never progresses beyond that.
I 'just want to get the job done', so please do not take it personally when I tell you that I moved on to something else instead. While I do not wish to get bogged down deep into anything heavy, I do not mind doing some preliminary bug hunting with you if you like. Does your plugin do any form of logging?
-marko.
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Hi Alaskatu,
could you just run through the options in the ini/options dialogue?
does 'rename files' refer to when right->left clicking, and 'rename files by update' refer to retrieving infos via the playlist?
what is the autorefresh option?
if 'acquire file metadata' is not checked what does the script do when you run it?
and what are the different serie/doku/anime folder options for?
i read through but couldnt see an explanation in any posts above. hope im not just being stupid!
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Hi everyone,
i have made a update to the Program and add some functions.
+ Window size over ini file parameter, so you can change it if you have other Screem Size than 1024 x 768
+ South Asia Movies Names with Chinese, Japan ... characters will display a second Window to change the Movie name with Occidental Movie Names.
Please let me know with everything is working propely.
Thanks,
Alaskatu
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does 'rename files' refer to when right->left clicking, and 'rename files by update' refer to retrieving infos via the playlist?
Right
what is the autorefresh option?
It is the function Window key + A, wen it is not activate the program will not make upgrade the meta infos.
if 'acquire file metadata' is not checked what does the script do when you run it?
Metadata here are not the Infos from IMDB or TVDB. Metadata are info that are im the MKV, MP4 containers.
and what are the different serie/doku/anime folder options for?
This function will send the serie/doku to the directory there specified.
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Hi Alaskatu - do you plan to release a version that works with MC15? Also has the "HD Image" option gone and I no longer see it with V.9.6
Thanks
Nathan
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Hi,
a Update for V.15 not realy necesary. You can open the ini file and write v=15. It is im my todo list for the next major update. But it will take some time, first i want to look for the new functions of v15 and adapt my program for that. The Button for HD Images is replaced with the imput field. So you can search for Blueray, DVD and so on instead.
Alaskatu
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Thanks Alaskatu - will try out.
FYI - I think MSI adds value over the new Wilipedia Lookup in MC15 for me:
1) you can use MSI to import and auto tag into MC15 (eg it sets the Genre as Video even for my ISO) ;D as well as tag once in MC15
2) you can choose a range of different coverart ;D (eg I like being able to see the difference in Theaterview between what is Blu-ray, HD-DVD, or DVD)
That said I am quite happy with the Meta data collected in either version. Keep up the good work.
Thanks
Nathan
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Hi, I am using the latest version of this and it's working well...however it does not seem to be populating the custom fields...
ie - [Genres], [Actors Roles], [AKAS], [Writers], [Subtitle], [Language] and [Similar] all with data type "semicolon delimited".
- [Long Description], [IMDB Code], [Trivia], [SeasonID], [SeriesID], [Series], [Episode] and [Season], [MetaData Import Date], [Collection]with data type "String"
- [IMDB Rating] -> data type "Decimal".
Also, the IMDB rating is being set as "stars" in Rating which is 1-5 and not as a decimal 1-10 as per IMDB. Happy to have it set the starts automatically, but can you also pls. update the "real" rating into [IMDB Rating]?
Thanks and keep up the good work.
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Hi, I am using the latest version of this and it's working well...however it does not seem to be populating the custom fields...
ie - [Genres], [Actors Roles], [AKAS], [Writers], [Subtitle], [Language] and [Similar] all with data type "semicolon delimited".
- [Long Description], [IMDB Code], [Trivia], [SeasonID], [SeriesID], [Series], [Episode] and [Season], [MetaData Import Date], [Collection]with data type "String"
- [IMDB Rating] -> data type "Decimal".
Also, the IMDB rating is being set as "stars" in Rating which is 1-5 and not as a decimal 1-10 as per IMDB. Happy to have it set the starts automatically, but can you also pls. update the "real" rating into [IMDB Rating]?
Thanks and keep up the good work.
Hi Davros,
have you create the custom fields like in description? If not you should do that first.
Here work withougth problem im V.14 and V.15
Thnaks,
Alaskatu
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Hi alaskatu
Thanks for the great tool.
There is just one problem - whenever I try to add a tv serie to my database, the program hangs on acquiring cover. I think there might a problem with the TVDB. It works fine with movies.
I'm not sure how easy it is to implement with autohotkey, but could we have the possibility to choose the hotkeys?
Thanks
kummis
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Hello alaskatu -
I'm also having the problem of the app hanging on "Acquiring Cover for ...."
Looks like this could be really good...I'm dying to get it to work!
Thanks!
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the link is not working.. :(
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Yeah...says the file has been removed. I'd like to try this out...anyone know of a mirror or updated link..?
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I'd also like to try it. Has development stopped?
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hello again!
the sendspace link is not working :(
i hope u havent given up on it!
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Hey this sounds great, but your download link is broke!
Please could you upload it again!
THX