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Windows => Third Party Plug-ins, Programs, and Skins => Topic started by: llafriel on October 28, 2009, 05:30:26 pm
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AutoMeta is, for the moment, a plugin which gets movie info, posters and backdrops from themoviedb.org adn thetvdb.com. It is very basic at the moment, but I hope to improve upon it.
Update and sync of films:
(http://www.pix01.com/gallery/E9A2FF1A-2EA6-4BC3-B5E2-C99BC767B982/autom/2364869830.jpg) (http://www.pix01.com/gallery/E9A2FF1A-2EA6-4BC3-B5E2-C99BC767B982/autom/236486983_orig0.jpg)
Please give your opinions on what should be added.
Usage 'Films':
Search box: Left column retrieves films from MC's database using the string in the textbox below the search button. It uses MC searches so you can create your searches in the MC wizard and paste the into the box here. The searchstring supplied will search for films where the description field is empty.
The right column is the search result from TMdb, with an option to refine the search if results are missing or wrong.
Info: Movie info from TMdb.
Images: You can click on the links to look at the images. 'Save Cover' stores a cover image, how and where can be configured. If a cover image already exists a popupbox will let you choose old or new. 'Save Art' stores backdrops and/or posters. Location and name is configurable.
'Save info' stores only info, no art. All posters and backdrops are stored next to the moviefile meaning you'll need to store your movies in seperate folders at the moment.
Prerequisites:
Create two fields called 'Genres' and 'Studios', both list type and semicolon delimited.
Create one field called TMdbRating, decimal type.
Movies needs to be stored in seperate folders. I only have mkv files, so I haven't tested this with vob files.
Usage 'Films Multi':
Get films' will get all films tagged as 'Movie'(or corresponding option in settings)
'Update' will check for updates in TMDb database based on 'last updated' field, and let user choose correct film if no Imdb id is found.
'Save Info' saves info only, no art.
'Save Art' saves art for all films where the imdb id is set. Skips already downloaded art.
Saves, backdrops, posters and themefolders as per options. Covers are set according to the combobox.
'Save All' saves info first then checks for new art.
Usage 'TV Series':
Create two fields for series and episode id from tvdb. SeriesID and EpisodeID for instance, data type string.
Then select the two fields created in the options in AutoMeta. Also choose a folder for the zipfiles from tvdb.
If you store the seriesname as a keyword you need to set this in the options as well. 'Media Sub Type' must be set as 'TV Show' in MC for this to work, this is configurable
The plugins selects tv series using 'Media Sub Type' = TV Show as standard but this is configurable.
Clicking 'Library' will search MC's library for files. It will show a dialog for each new seriesname where you can search tvdb for the correct series. All files where season and episode info exist will then be updated with info.
'Manage Series' let's you add or change a series.
Green colour means info is found, pink means info is missing or that season or episodenumber doesn't exist.
Nothing is changed in the library before 'Save Info' is clicked.
Import button searches a folder which is set in settings. It lists all files in that folder which are found in MC's database allowing tagging of new files. If corresponding option is set in options files that are tagged will be renamed and moved.
WARNING! This is very much a work in progress, by a very novice programmer(this is my first little program.) So be cautious when using this.
(http://www.pix01.com/gallery/E9A2FF1A-2EA6-4BC3-B5E2-C99BC767B982/AutoMeta/4036596880.jpg) (http://www.pix01.com/gallery/E9A2FF1A-2EA6-4BC3-B5E2-C99BC767B982/AutoMeta/403659688_orig0.jpg)
(http://www.pix01.com/gallery/E9A2FF1A-2EA6-4BC3-B5E2-C99BC767B982/AutoMeta/4036596882.jpg) (http://www.pix01.com/gallery/E9A2FF1A-2EA6-4BC3-B5E2-C99BC767B982/AutoMeta/403659688_orig2.jpg)
(http://www.pix01.com/gallery/E9A2FF1A-2EA6-4BC3-B5E2-C99BC767B982/mc/1607210350.jpg) (http://www.pix01.com/gallery/E9A2FF1A-2EA6-4BC3-B5E2-C99BC767B982/mc/160721035_orig0.jpg)
Download link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?dy5a0mgzmkj3aao
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it looks really good. finds all the movies, and the refine function is a huge help. i also like it that one can set his own search.
i do get unhandled exceptions when clicking on 'set folder' and 'write info'. this could be very well due to the fact that i tested it on my test machine, that has no movies online and they dont have there own folder. im curious, the poster and or the backdrops are saved with the movie? what if someone uses his own screenshot.
the nice thing about this plugin is that it is really simple to use. does not get all the info, but not everybody really wants all the info.
:)
gab
indeed, i putted a movie on this machine in its own folder and the two buttons work. :)
and yes, all the posters and backdrops are save in the folder with the movie..
nice work
edit 2: since i write my covers to a specified location, the covers are not picked up..
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Very nice work! I'll be putting this to good use to get me some pretty backdrops ;)
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it seems like the year tag is not written yet, and the genre tag is written to genre, not genres as suggested by your first post.
:)
gab
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Thanks! :)
it looks really good. finds all the movies, and the refine function is a huge help. i also like it that one can set his own search.
i do get unhandled exceptions when clicking on 'set folder' and 'write info'. this could be very well due to the fact that i tested it on my test machine, that has no movies online and they dont have there own folder. im curious, the poster and or the backdrops are saved with the movie? what if someone uses his own screenshot.
the nice thing about this plugin is that it is really simple to use. does not get all the info, but not everybody really wants all the info.
:)
gab
indeed, i putted a movie on this machine in its own folder and the two buttons work. :)
and yes, all the posters and backdrops are save in the folder with the movie..
nice work
edit 2: since i write my covers to a specified location, the covers are not picked up..
I'll fix the genre thing, and also add a more graceful message when no file is selected when clicking 'write info.' The year thing is a little strange though. Apparently just writing '2009' to the date field doesn't work. According to the forums I need to give the the date as days since 31.12.1899.. I'll also add some options to change paths where covers are stored and if they should be overwritten. Is it possible to set the cover directly through a function in MC?
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Have you tried writing to [Date (Year)] instead of date?
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or writing to the [year] field?
i think you can read the path where the covers are saved from the registry. when you want that. but you could also save the cover to a location that the user chooses, and write the path in the image tag from the video. but that is not a solution for the backdroppings. but i have no idea how people use those.
:)
gab
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Link expired. New one please?
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New version:
- Year info now works. (Date (Year) did the trick. Thanks darichman and gappie)
- program looks for existing folderart based on settings in options and let's user decide to keep or not.
- options dialog - allows to set which fields to write and where, also for art.
- folder art is updated in MC when downloaded
- option to move and rename file. Moves file if it resides in import folder set in options. 'Name\Name (year).ext' is appended to destination path in options. Should this be configurable?
- last three searches is remembered
- buttons to save folder art, art or save all info.
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I've just started using this, and it looks very nice.
A couple of things
- You need to do a check for a vaild value in 'Refine Search' .. a blank value seems to throw an exception if there are no real movies selected.
- I experience a fair bit of lag while waiting for preview images to download which hangs the interface... can you thread this?
- A confirmation of Saved All might be useful (not a pop-up - just some text on the interface)
- Can your move and rename function use [Genre] or similar to populate the path? - if not that would be useful.
- As I am about to begin a re-write of my Autotagger plugin, it would be awesome if you could allow mine to call yours - passing the movie name or MC ID to your plugin which then could either do it all automatically, or throw up a confirmation interface - a bit of a pipe dream, but might be really worth a go ;-)
C.
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New version:
- Better errorhandling of 404 errors etc.
- Blank search in 'Get Films' and 'Refine Search' is ignored.
- Image download and saving of info is now threaded. App should be more responsive.
- Option to select alt. title as title of movie.
- Feedback is given in an in textbox when saving. Popupboxes are removed.
- Searches wasn't saved between sessions, this is now fixed.
Use link in first post.
Thanks for the input confishy :)
I'll expand the move and rename function for the next version. How would you like to use genre? What if there are multiple genres?
As for your last request, sure. Although I'm not sure how this should be implemented. Com interop? I have to do some reading first.
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I'll expand the move and rename function for the next version. How would you like to use genre? What if there are multiple genres?
Heh, good point... It wouldn't have to be just [genre] though, I was using it as an example -- I guess MC itself has the same problem.
As for your last request, sure. Although I'm not sure how this should be implemented. Com interop? I have to do some reading first.
I'm not sure how to go about this either to be perfectly honest... I'm a n00b...
I'm looking at rewriting my plugin as a host to allow other plugins - It would be good to see if yours could be made to work in that manner, perhaps I will see if i can somehow pull other MC interface plugins into it somehow .... :-\ Let's get both the plugins fully functional first though eh?
Yours is developing very nicely, thanks for the effort
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This may be a low percentage case but still... can the options be broken down completely? As in I'd like to save the info but not any art since I already have them and don't want to mess 'em up.
At any rate, awesome plugin. If only MC would take advantage of all the things we can now bring over. :)
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Thanks, I'm hoping theaterview theme will be more configurable in the future :)
What you ask for is already there, kind of. In options, under backdrops and posters. The checkboxes chooses to save or not. It will still try to save coverimage, but asks to replace the old one if found. I'll add a button for info only though, I agree it should be there.
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does this program work on DVD Rips? ala files srored inside Video_TS folders. If so, how?
thanks
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llafriel, it works very nicely. would be nice indeed if there was an option to save the info only, maybe also on the front page besides the save cover and save all etc?
thanks
:)
gab
does this program work on DVD Rips? ala files srored inside Video_TS folders. If so, how?
thanks
i just tested it also with dvd rips. it works for me. the backdrops and cover aall come inside the videots folder, when you dont change the location in the options.
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llafriel, maybe you should reconsider the distribution strategy? :) yousendit expires regularly. Mediafire maybe if not a premium account with a hosting service.
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Hi, sorry about that. Changed link to mediafire.
I've been trying to add imdb, but it seems they are changing their code around to spoof scraping attempts. I think I'll add tvdb before working more with the imdb part.
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Big thanks!
Regarding imdb I've seen that; a couple of other programs I've tried struggled with it too. In the economics of all things thetvdb looks to be much less hassle - besides being a VERY welcomed addition. :)
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This looks great. So this will work with Series as well, or do I have to use some of the other plugins for that?
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I'm about to add support for tvdb as well. This will cover series.
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Fantastic. I'll be waiting :)
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Great plugin...especially the backgrounds on tmdb are very good quality...lets hope the new mc themes system will be able take full advantage of them soon! :)
peter
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New version is available. Series info is available through TVDb.com. :)
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Hehehe, this year seems to start mighty great! Awesome job!
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very nice.. nice it can save info only also.
thanks
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gab
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Glad you like it guys :)
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Hi, you said:
Prerequisites:
Create two fields called 'Genres' and 'Studios', both list type and semicolon delimited.
Create one field called TMdbRating, decimal type.
Movies needs to be stored in seperate folders. I only have mkv files, so I haven't tested this with vob files.
Not sure how or where to do that sorry for the noob question ::)
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This is where you do it (add new fields - follow instructions):
(http://i50.tinypic.com/2zz2bo4.jpg)
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Thanks :)
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does the discogs tab do nothing at the moment?
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The discogs tab isn't active yet. I'll release a new version with discogs support soon.
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Hi,
first of all I want to thank you for making this plugin! I was only a few days away from wirting my own...
I tested it yesterday and ran into a little bug which appeared when using the import-button, at some point the wizzard just gave me an System.NullReferenceException.
At first I thought, that it wouldn't be a problem, I'd just add all the series myself. Well, I did just that.
Long story short, I get the error if I click on "Library" too.
It used to work as I tagged some shows.
I guess I must have added the wrong one (which would be why "Import" doesn't work)
Here's the trace:
System.NullReferenceException: Der Objektverweis wurde nicht auf eine Objektinstanz festgelegt.
bei AutoMeta.MainInterface.GetSeries(String search, String serieslistsearch)
bei AutoMeta.MainInterface.Button13_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
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Do you know which file caused the error? If so, could you give me the name of the file and what show it is?
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I tried, but I gave up eventually. There were just too many ^^
I don't know how delicate you are but if you want you could send me a debug-version of AutoMeta (together with a pdb). Since I could use the debugger I would be able to tell you a little more.
I guess if I were you I'd just implement some sort of logging.
and fyi:
I wont have my harddrive the next few days since I borrowed it a to friend.
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I finally got my harddrive(s) back.
So, if you need me to test something, Im all yours
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i also get an error and it could be the same as above? it happens for me when clicking 'save cover'. i think it has something to do with files with a : in the title, for instance:
Trois Couleurs: Blanc
but it seems to happen with all and is undependend from if there is already a image, the error jumps up before the form wich gives the old and new cover.
hope it helps, if you need more info...
:)
gab
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and i have one other small question. apparently autometa saves its settings in a place like this:
C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\gab\Lokale Einstellungen\Anwendungsdaten\J._River,_Inc\DefaultDomain_Path_ecs3r3ucj3xwsby20w40lrj5wyj33uww\14.0.131the end is the version. would it not be nice if it is not version dependend? now i have to set the options new after every update from mc.
besides the two points above, the plug in works great....
thanks
:)
gab
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Sorry guys, been busy and unable to check posts the last few days.
I finally got my harddrive(s) back.
So, if you need me to test something, Im all yours
Thanks for the offer. I'll release a new version soon which maybe fixes your problem. Otherwise I'll let you have a go at the source.
and i have one other small question. apparently autometa saves its settings in a place like this:
C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\gab\Lokale Einstellungen\Anwendungsdaten\J._River,_Inc\DefaultDomain_Path_ecs3r3ucj3xwsby20w40lrj5wyj33uww\14.0.131the end is the version. would it not be nice if it is not version dependend? now i have to set the options new after every update from mc.
besides the two points above, the plug in works great....
thanks
:)
gab
I wasn't aware of this, but I think I found a solution. Regarding the 'Save Cover' error, do you use the movie name in the cover name? I'll have to check for illegal characters and replace them. Underscore or space, what is the best option?
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Sorry guys, been busy and unable to check posts the last few days.
I wasn't aware of this, but I think I found a solution. Regarding the 'Save Cover' error, do you use the movie name in the cover name? I'll have to check for illegal characters and replace them. Underscore or space, what is the best option?
i should have mentioned that :-[
i just checked. for
Trois Couleurs: Blanc
mc saves the cover as:
Video - Trois Couleurs_ Blanc
so i guess an underscore is great. works also better when thumbs need to be rebuilded, i think.
thanks..
:)
gab
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i also get an error and it could be the same as above? it happens for me when clicking 'save cover'. i think it has something to do with files with a : in the title, for instance:
Trois Couleurs: Blanc
but it seems to happen with all and is undependend from if there is already a image, the error jumps up before the form wich gives the old and new cover.
hope it helps, if you need more info...
:)
gab
I think these errors are unrelated since I tagged TV-Series. And if I'm not mistaken movies are handled by different code.
Thanks for the offer. I'll release a new version soon which maybe fixes your problem. Otherwise I'll let you have a go at the source.
I hope it will :)
And I'd like to help, initially I was thinking like testing things etc.
Because I'm afraid that when it comes to check the source I'm only of limited use - I'm not too familiar with VB (I'm more of a C# guy ^^)
I guess I could pinpoint the problem though...
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How do I install it?
1. I ran the setup program
2. It installed 5 files in the C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 14\Plugins\AutoMeta
AutoMeta.dll
Ionic.Zip.dll
MediaJukeBox.dll
unins000.dat
unins000.exe
3. I go to JR in Options --> Add Plugin
4. Select the AutoMeta.dll file
Responds - FAILED TO LOAD
Thanks for you help in advance
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Did you check if it is listed under 'Services & Plug-ins'? If not check the pluginmanager - interface and make sure it's not hidden.
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How do I install it?
1. I ran the setup program
2. It installed 5 files in the C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 14\Plugins\AutoMeta
AutoMeta.dll
Ionic.Zip.dll
MediaJukeBox.dll
unins000.dat
unins000.exe
3. I go to JR in Options --> Add Plugin
4. Select the AutoMeta.dll file
Responds - FAILED TO LOAD
Thanks for you help in advance
It is NOT listed in Services & Plug-INs. How do I get it to list there? When I try to Add Plug-In from the Plugin Manager, I get the error msg. "Failed to Install Plug-In"
What file should I be browsing to whithin the Plug in Manager?
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TV series aren't working with the current version.
Attempting to OK out of the options dialog gives a .Net runtime error:
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Also see this error when trying to use the Manage Series button :)
-Leezer-
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Thank you for this, this worked wonderfully for me and was very easy to figure out. I just wanted the basics as far as metadata was concerned and this fit the bill perfectly. Thank you.
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New version available.
Fixed illegal characters when saving files.
Changed how MC fields are chosen. - This probably means settings has to be set again.
Settings should now be carried over when upgrading MC
Discogs is now working. Although not quite finished yet, so there will be a few errors.
http://www.mediafire.com/?mnttzqlivwe
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Right, that fixed that one :)
Next issues:
1. Changing libraries causes all sorts of .Net runtime errors, looks to me as if it's attempting to carry over the settings from the previous library and failing.
2. TV series which only lasted a single season need the season tag actually setting. I'd have thought the plugin should assume that all files belong to season #1 if no season is set?
3. Please rename your setup program to something unique :) I've lost count of how many setup.exe files I've renamed over the years, makes archiving hell.
Plugin is working very nicely though!
-Leezer-
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for me the 'illegal character fix' does not work. ive been saving some covers to one folder and when the name has a : in it it will give a runtime error.
so it happens when i click on 'save coverart'. now i also found a workaround. when i change the : in the name field of the pluging into a _ it saves it fine. i guess when saving coverart it takes the name it get from the internet, not what i use, so when saving coverart only it picks its name from there..
works nice though.. im also very curious to where the discog stuff will go.
thanks for the update...
:)
gab
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This was working wonderfully for me but now all of a sudden it's throwing lots of errors. I've tried both the old and new version of the plugin.
I am getting two errors.
The first error I don't seem to get all the time but I do get it most of the time. This is the error message:
Unhandled exception has occurred in a component in your application. If you click Continue the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue.
A column named 'Artist' already belongs to this Data Table.
When I do get that error msg I can click continue and the program seems to run as normal though.
This is the big error I am getting that is causing me lots of problems though and is making the plugin not work at all for me anymore:
Unhandled exception has occurred in a component in your application. If you click Continue the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue.
The Remote Server returned error: (404) Not Found.
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFile(Uri address, String fileName)
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices.Internal.WebClientCopy.DownloadFile(Uri address, String destinationFileName)
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices.Network.DownloadFile(Uri address, String destinationFileName, ICredentials networkCredentials, Boolean showUI, Int32 connectionTimeout, Boolean overwrite, UICancelOption onUserCancel)
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices.Network.DownloadFile(String address, String destinationFileName, String userName, String password, Boolean showUI, Int32 connectionTimeout, Boolean overwrite, UICancelOption onUserCancel)
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices.Network.DownloadFile(String address, String destinationFileName, String userName, String password, Boolean showUI, Int32 connectionTimeout, Boolean overwrite)
at AutoMeta.MainInterface.TVDbGetZip(String seriesid)
at AutoMeta.MainInterface.TVDbReadXml(String seriesid, String xmlfile)
at AutoMeta.MainInterface.GetSeries(String search, String serieslistsearch)
at AutoMeta.MainInterface.Button13_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
I am getting the above error when I am working on TV series after I click "Library". After clicking library it checks my shows and I get the popup which allows me to choose the show info from tvdb. After going through all of my shows that error pops up and then nothing happens, I am back to square one.
Let me know if you need anything else from my end to help with this error. I am using 14.0.136
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Another comment :)
Any chance of not removing any TV fields we choose not to write to file?
Highlighting them in a different colour would be how I'd choose to do it, although this isn't necessarily the best way.
I'd like to keep the current names (TVDB uses (1)/ (2) instead of Part 1/ Part 2), but it'd be useful to see the names that TVDB has for troubleshooting; Currently, if an episode is missing or misnumbered, you have to notice it manually at the import stage.
-Leezer-
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I've just started using this plugin in a 'serious' way.
One thing I'm noticing, is that if move on too quickly during the saving poster/background stage, then the posters and backgrounds for different movies are being mixed up.
The steps:
Select Movie - Save All
Move to next movie before that save process has finished, - Save All
I now start getting popups for art selection as the plugin has saved Movie1's poster & background into Movie2's folder.
I assume from this you're using the path of the currently selected movie as the folder to store the art, rather than the folder of the movie that was selected...?
...I'm wondering if its just me as noone else seems to have mentioned this..?
Cheers,
C
[Edit] A button to pop up a queue window might also be really nice, showing whatsgoing to be downloaded to where for what movie :D
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Also.. ;D
It would be *really* nice to have a filesize check of the art when they come down. I've just noticed a number of the downloaded files have been incomplete, which is obviously not desireable. If you could check that the saved file size matches the expected file size and re-download if necessary - that would be awesome.
C.
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I'm back from my (well deserved) vacation :)
I was happy to see that you released a new version of the plug-in - but the error is still here.
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As the above people mentioned, i do have the illegal characters error as well. Basically for every movie that contains special characters like : ; - / (let's take Terminator: Rise of the Machines for instance) etc, the plugin will fail to save cover art with the infamous error popping up.
I'm a fan of your work and i hope you can resolve it soon :)
+1
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Bug:
When saving metadata for TV series, everything is saved, no matter what is selected in the options dialog :)
-Leezer-
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is this the godsend im looking for? does this replace the pvd import way? does this save all info into the sidecars? i have all myfiles on a direct attatched storage unit - 16 bay. and im wondering if i use this if it will save the files next to them so that when i get a server i wont have to research for all of these again.
thank you for any info. im new to this meta data stuff, and need to get movie actors, description years and backgrounds into all my files and i'm looking for the easiest way to accomplish this.
i have it installed and its ALOT faster and seems to give me everything i need. but ive yet to save anything until i hear back from you guys
Thanks
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Working well for me for movies... haven't got on to the other parts yet though
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can we sort the getfiles alphabetically?
otherwise how do we know which files are done or not and how to find the ones we recently imported?
also.. the ones we have done and that have been removed. how do get them back if we made a mistake? so we can re-enter info.
when we run across movies we cant find and try to manually input the info.. is the artist suppose to be greyed out? the ones on top allow me to input info, but i cant seem to input info under artists, genre, studios, posters and backdrops i cant seem to add my own personal pics? can someone confirm thats how its subbossed to be.
thanks
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another question\suggestions if i may
is it possible to make the actors,directors, producers clickable? meaning in theaterview when you check out a flick we could click on a actors, directors etc's name and it would load a view of all there work we have in our library, so that if say we like actor snoopy, by clicking on snoopy it would load all of snoopy's movies. same with directors producers. if someone never heard of stephen king, then could watch horror stephen king one time then say wow i really like this... im going to back one page and click on his name and it will bring up all his other movies that i can watch. (others may not like this feature? but thought i'd bring it up for a debate)
also.. you've saved me tons of headaches here and loving how simple this is!!! do you have a paypal donate button soemwhere, So i could send ya a few bucks for eliminating alot stressfull work for me? i'd be happy to donate to help keep up the work on this!
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can we sort the getfiles alphabetically?
otherwise how do we know which files are done or not and how to find the ones we recently imported?
also.. the ones we have done and that have been removed. how do get them back if we made a mistake? so we can re-enter info.
when we run across movies we cant find and try to manually input the info.. is the artist suppose to be greyed out? the ones on top allow me to input info, but i cant seem to input info under artists, genre, studios, posters and backdrops i cant seem to add my own personal pics? can someone confirm thats how its subbossed to be.
thanks
use a search similar to this to sort / exclude... (note that I use my own field "MyMediaType" and exclude some files)
[Media Type]=[Video] [MyMediaType]=[Movie] [Description]=[] ~sort=[Name] -[Filename (path)]=[z:\New
if you use the search above, to re-enter info for a movie, just delete the current description - it will bring back into the search results
You can create a Theater View view that is based on actors / directors etc.
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thanks for reply confishy.. i will try that:) what about the actors other info on the movies we can't find? i see i can enter description producer etc.. but ive noticed some movies when it searches for them some MAIN actors or actresses arent in there when i try to click where it says actors to add a few more it won't let me. is there a way around this?
and what about movies we have already done i noticed in getfiles view they are gone after entering info. how do we get certain movies back to edit them?
ive also noticed the posters\backgrounds arent showing up.. i'm assuming i have to have images selected for auto import? is there also another setting that needs to be enabled to be able to see them?
TY
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Bug:
The TV series component does not handle variants on Season/ Episode numbers correctly.
For example, this works as a season number:
1This does not:
01
Basically, if TVDB doesn't have more than 10 seasons/ episodes, it omits the inital zero. The plugin probably ought to be trying both variants :)
-Leezer-
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out of curiosity which plugins are you guys using for tagging of your music? that grabs info from large databases like amazon cduniverse, etc?
thank you
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out of curiosity which plugins are you guys using for tagging of your music? that grabs info from large databases like amazon cduniverse, etc?
thank you
I use the MusicBrainz (http://musicbrainz.org/) database with the Picard software. I would be nice if someone could make a MusicBrainz plugin for MC.
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Bug:
Specials don't work with the TVDB info. I've tried numbering them at both the beginning and the end, and using Special in the episode field, but no joy :)
-Leezer-
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Hi, this is great! A question: how do I use the 'move file' option? Can I use fields in it? Thanks.
Edit:
Just tried the TV series tab, and the options keeps asking me to check the folder settings even though I haven't checked 'move and rename'. Am I missing something? - Never mind: I had quotes in the zip file location field.
A couple of suggestions, if possible: Make it so that if I select a group of episodes and then choose a season number all the files have the number filled in, insead of just the last clicked. Also, I use a wide-screen monitor, so it'd be great to be able to stretch the border of the plugin frame.
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is the support for this plugin done? any news on auto tagging of music files? really looking forward to a good plugin for music tagging.
ty
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can anyone confirm this no longer works?
ive installed this in 15 after reformat of pc. and when i goto movies, get films i put in cheaper by the dozen and it brought up
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i then tried a diffrent name men in black. and that brought up
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anyone experiencing the same thing? is there a fix? i'm sweating bullets now... this is one of my favorite plugins and i use it often.
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anyone?
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Hello! Sorry for my absence the last months. Been too busy to support this for a while but I do have some time at hand now however :)
can anyone confirm this no longer works?
I get the same error. It seems TMDb has changed their xml response a little, it's a quick fix to get it working again. I'll probably update it tomorrow. I'll also look at the errors and suggestions given earlier in the thread though they might take a little longer to fix/implement.
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thank you so much.. this is the best plugin yet :D
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thanks llafriel... looking forward to it. :)
:)
gab
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Looking forward to the update, this is a great plug-in that has saved me a lot of time.
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+1 The first I turn to now when I add new movies to mc...thanks!
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Thanks for the kind words guys! Nice to know it's being used. :)
New version:
- TMDb is working again.
- Added new fields available from TMDb (Tagline, Revenue, Budget, Certification, Language, Trailer)
- Director,Producer and Composer are now semicolindelimited
- Added option to store backdrops directly to themefolder(not working in Vista/Win7 as elevated rights are needed)
http://www.mediafire.com/?2k5t2a2nmtz
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THANKS!!
:)
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I think you have created something really useful here! I love that I can download the backdrops and artwork from these sites.
Some comments and requests from me...
Film
- Excellent implementation of field mapping! I'd like to see this with J River's own wikipedia lookup and other metadata solutions. Well done.
- Whenever I try to update the coverimage or movieart locations, I get two error messages (one for each image location). The popups are both titled "AutoMeta" and the error dialog simply displays the file location I've put in, with no other information. Unfortunately this means I can't save any settings in the options menu, as I can never press "Ok" without getting the error messages and just have to cancel
- As I am not able to change my options, I can't find this out for myself... so - what does the "Store images in themes folder" option do?
- I agree with a previous poster that the library list (on the left) be sorted alphabetically. This would help the user keep track of things a bit more easily.
- Also, is it possible to change the field used for lookup (for those of us who don't use [Name] to store the movie title)?
- I have noticed the odd situation where the plugin downloads only partial image files and then moves on. The files are corrupt and will not open in a basic image viewer.
- Would it be possible to change the rename rule to use our own fields?
Television
- I am having a lot of trouble getting the TV side of things to work, as my database setup doesn't facilitate your requirements for series lookup in the plugin :( Would it be possible to just use a simple search query like the one you've implemented in the film section to determine which files in the library are series? All I need is [Type 1]=Film and [Type 1]=Television for each section respectively. I can do this in your film section, but not in TV. (The only reason I'm using custom fields is because of the limitations of the default Media Subtype fields (no lists, no ability to add new types etc)
- If you have "move and rename files from import folder" enabled, does the plugin update the MC tags first or perform the move/rename first?
- I'll probably have some more to say here when I can finally get it working!
I haven't had a chance to use the discogs section yet, but looks interesting.
One last question - does the plugin intelligently remember stored IMDb ID and SeriesID/EpisodeID for future lookups, or does it run the search again? This is one of the features I love about PVD - once you've found that IMDb URL you've identified it definitively & forever, and can fiddle with all of your other fields knowing you can easily get them back using the URL/ID as a key.
Cheers,
and again, nice work.
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Whenever I try to update the coverimage or movieart locations, I get two error messages (one for each image location). The popups are both titled "AutoMeta" and the error dialog simply displays the file location I've put in, with no other information. Unfortunately this means I can't save any settings in the options menu, as I can never press "Ok" without getting the error messages and just have to cancel
I'm seeing this on a fresh install. Seems I broke something while fixing something else.. Will sort it out.
As I am not able to change my options, I can't find this out for myself... so - what does the "Store images in themes folder" option do?
The goal was to store backdrops in the themefolder which MC uses for video backdrops in theater view. Although it won't work under Win7/Vista as standard installation of MC, and therefore the themefolder, is in the 'Program Files' folder. This folder require admin rights too be written to. A workaround would be to install MC to a different folder.
I agree with a previous poster that the library list (on the left) be sorted alphabetically. This would help the user keep track of things a bit more easily.
Will change this.
Also, is it possible to change the field used for lookup (for those of us who don't use [Name] to store the movie title)
Will see if I can change this.
I have noticed the odd situation where the plugin downloads only partial image files and then moves on. The files are corrupt and will not open in a basic image viewer.
I guess I need to check the downloaded file, I'll see if google can help me with this.
Would it be possible to change the rename rule to use our own fields?
This I have working for tv series already, will add it for films also.
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I am having a lot of trouble getting the TV side of things to work, as my database setup doesn't facilitate your requirements for series lookup in the plugin Would it be possible to just use a simple search query like the one you've implemented in the film section to determine which files in the library are series? All I need is [Type 1]=Film and [Type 1]=Television for each section respectively. I can do this in your film section, but not in TV. (The only reason I'm using custom fields is because of the limitations of the default Media Subtype fields (no lists, no ability to add new types etc)
I need to rewrite quite a lot of the code for tv series and this is one of the changes I was thinking about doing.
If you have "move and rename files from import folder" enabled, does the plugin update the MC tags first or perform the move/rename first
It writes tags first, moves files if needed, and then stores and saves image info.
I'll probably have some more to say here when I can finally get it working!
Please do :)
One last question - does the plugin intelligently remember stored IMDb ID and SeriesID/EpisodeID for future lookups, or does it run the search again? This is one of the features I love about PVD - once you've found that IMDb URL you've identified it definitively & forever, and can fiddle with all of your other fields knowing you can easily get them back using the URL/ID as a key.
Tvseries does this already, will add this to Films as well. TMDb also gives last updated date in its new version so I'll add a more automated way of retrieval later on.
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mine seems to be broken to. 8)
one other small thing i noticed is that i can not choose year in the options to add the year value to. ?
but it is working great with all the movies, for sorting them in some order i just add the sorting to the search rule. it does sort how i want it to.. i like that. would not like it alphabetically, i prefer date imported, but sometimes something else, but how it is now, both are possible..
:)
gab
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i agree gappie, why sort alphabetically? when we can do it manually. i prefer the way it is now that i'm caught up... to view as date imported
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any news on when fix will be available?
thnx :)
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New version:
- Options dialog should be working again
- Field used for lookup is the same as Title field in options
- Changed the code for storing images
- Added option for showing search results alphabetically(tickbox next to search)
- Rename strings for folder and file can be constructed with MC fields.
As always.. Please test before doing major work with your library. Esp. the 'Move and rename' option.
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thanks :) movies working!!
in tv i'm having issues when i click on library. i'm getting error...unable to download series info.
any ideas please?
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TV series is next on the list, I'll take a few days before next version though. Do you get the error immediately, or after selecting a series?
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the second i open tv series and choose library (so it can load the tv series's) i get the error.
thanks :)
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New version:
- Options dialog should be working again
- Field used for lookup is the same as Title field in options
- Changed the code for storing images
- Added option for showing search results alphabetically(tickbox next to search)
- Rename strings for folder and file can be constructed with MC fields.
Brilliant. Will have some time today to try these out.
Thanks llafriel.
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the second i open tv series and choose library (so it can load the tv series's) i get the error.
thanks :)
I am also getting this error please help.
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any future development here? i really need to get my series's tagged. and using search through google takes eons.
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New version:
Rearranged quite a lot of the tvdb code, hopefully this will remove some of the errors.
- Media subtype is now required and may be configured in options. Defaults to [Media Sub Type]='TV Shows'
- Multiselection in datagrid is working. Autofills series and season, episodes are incremented.
- Columns to show in datagrid may be set by user, does not follow settings in options anymore. Use the little arrow next to 'Save Info'.
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New version:
Rearranged quite a lot of the tvdb code, hopefully this will remove some of the errors.
- Media subtype is now required and may be configured in options. Defaults to [Media Sub Type]='TV Shows'
- Multiselection in datagrid is working. Autofills series and season, episodes are incremented.
- Columns to show in datagrid may be set by user, does not follow settings in options anymore. Use the little arrow next to 'Save Info'.
Unfortunately, you broke it, here at least :(
I'm now getting an unhandled exception if I try to go into the options, and while the options dialog opens, I can't select any fields.
Was working just fine before though.
-Leezer-
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wish i would read your post leezer.. i filled in series id and episode id and now 400 tv shows are all written wrong. series wasnt bad to fix. but i had to manually put in all my episodes again.
movie is still working. tv is def broke.
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wish i would read your post leezer.. i filled in series id and episode id and now 400 tv shows are all written wrong. series wasnt bad to fix. but i had to manually put in all my episodes again.
movie is still working. tv is def broke.
Rule 101- Always point at a backup library first :o
Something else I've noticed, is that I'm occasionally getting different episode orders. These seem to be coming from discrepancies between the broadcast order and the DVD order, and which way it's been put into TVDB. Check the names, and if necessary watch the episode in question :)
-Leezer-
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wish i would read your post leezer.. i filled in series id and episode id and now 400 tv shows are all written wrong. series wasnt bad to fix. but i had to manually put in all my episodes again.
movie is still working. tv is def broke.
Sorry to hear that. Hope it didn't cause too much trouble. I added some fields in options which must be the cause of the problem. Please try with the new version and recheck the options.
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New version:
- Fixed options dialog for tv series
- Added extra tab for films, supporting multidownload of info and art.
In the new tab:
- 'Get films' will get all films tagged as 'Movie'(or corresponding option in settings)
- 'Update' will check for updates in TMDb database based on 'last updated' field, and let user choose correct film if no Imdb id is found.
- 'Save Info' saves info only, no art.
- 'Save Art' saves art for all films where the imdb id is set. Will add code to check for updates only later.
Saves, backdrops, posters and themefolders as per options. Covers are set according to the combobox. - 'Save All' will work when update code for art is added.
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thanks will try it out :)
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TV series still aren't quite right :)
Issues:
1. When using the library button, it used to filter them, so that files without a series name were ignored- This is no longer happening. (I was using a spare field here, and importing one series at a time)
2. If I click to change the episode/ series number, I'm getting two popups titled Autometa, and the only text in these is the series number followed by the episode number. (Debug strings?)
3. Changing the series or episode number by typing doesn't update the rest of the info- I need to use the dropdown boxes.
On the flip side, it's a whole lot faster :P
-Leezer-
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TV series still aren't quite right :)
Issues:
1. When using the library button, it used to filter them, so that files without a series name were ignored- This is no longer happening. (I was using a spare field here, and importing one series at a time)
2. If I click to change the episode/ series number, I'm getting two popups titled Autometa, and the only text in these is the series number followed by the episode number. (Debug strings?)
3. Changing the series or episode number by typing doesn't update the rest of the info- I need to use the dropdown boxes.
On the flip side, it's a whole lot faster :P
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Nr 2 and 3 are fixed (debug strings indeed). New version in first post.
I'm not sure if I understand nr. 1 though. Do you mean ignored from autoupdate or left out of the datagrid altogether?
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Nr 2 and 3 are fixed (debug strings indeed). New version in first post.
I'm not sure if I understand nr. 1 though. Do you mean ignored from autoupdate or left out of the datagrid altogether?
Left out of the datagrid :)
I've now got *everything* tagged with the TV series genre showing (40,000 odd files).
Before, it was only showing files with both the TV Series genre and the Series field filled in.
No real big deal, I'll just shift the import process slightly.
Another oddity- I've got some files which seem to have lost either their series ID or their episode ID at some point in time (Seems to be specials mostly). I can't unselect the updating checkbox for these, but they're not being changed either.
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New version:
- 'Save cover' wasn't working, now fixed.
- Main window now resizes with mc's window.
- Search for films in 'Films' tab will use imdb id if found.
Films Multi:
- Doubleclicking the list in 'Films Multi' now brings a popup(similar to the 'Films' tab). Allowing change of movie, selecting cover etc.
- Added option to store user title, useful for films divided into several files(Part 1 etc.).
- Movielookup remembers the use of alternative title or user title.
- 'Save art' will only download new art.
- 'Save all' is now working.
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Quick fix, 'Save Art' was limited to 20 first entries. Download link updated.
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could someone help me with making arule please... i notice you know have trailers available!!!
this is SOOO COOL!!!
is there a way for me to make a rule that autometa can scan all my vids and import the ones that don't have trailers so i can readd all trailers for all my vids?
another quick ? if we add thos elinks and the trailers get taken down corrupt on utube. then we would just get a page that says video has been remoeved? then would have to search for that trailer?
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Depending on what fields you are using, this will work for the 'Film' tab:
[Media Sub Type]=[Movie] [Trailer]=[]
If you scan all your movies with the 'Films Multi' tab it' will automatically get all the info, provided it's present in TMDb's database of course. The good thing with 'Films Multi' is that once you have imported your movies synchronizing is easy. It will update your films in MC whenever new information is added to TMDb.
There is one thing though :( Most of the links are broken at the moment. From TMDb's forum:
The broken trailer URLs is a known issue. It seems that all of the youtube trailers were not imported correctly during the update to v2. We are working on adding the correct trailers and removing the incorrect ones, but for now if you come across bad youtube URLs, post them up here
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WOW, Multi....thats sounds really cool will have a play with that!
THANKS!
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another quick ? if we add thos elinks and the trailers get taken down corrupt on utube. then we would just get a page that says video has been remoeved? then would have to search for that trailer?
Yes, either 'removed' or 'wrongly formatted video-id' and with a search box.
I've added this search link to MC, dont know if there is any way of using stored youtubelinks in theather view atm. That would be very cool though :)
<Link version="1,1">
<Item Name="Name">YouTube</Item>
<Item Name="Filter"/>
<Item Name="Action">0</Item>
<Item Name="Base URL">www.youtube.com</Item>
<Item Name="Search URL">If(IsEmpty([Trailer]),http:////www.youtube.com//results?search_query=Hexify([Search] trailer),[Trailer])</Item>
</Link>
[Trailer] should be replaced by whatever field you are using for storing the links.
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i just noticed there is no trailer field? what are you using, or do you suggest to use?
also is it possible to use keywords in replacement of genre, that way it would put movies in multiple categories! correct?
and one last question.. ive not figured out how to rate my movies? which field do i choose for that? G-PG-PG13-R-NC-17- Unrated etc... can that be auto done in the multi section along with trailers?
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I just made a new field called 'Trailer', string type. I've also made a field called Genres, list type. Using the keywords field accomplishes the same thing though. So yes, correct :)
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that ive never done before.. where do i add a trailer field?
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Options > Library & Folders > Manage Library Fields > Add New Field
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kk found it.. so sorry one last question its asking for a field for last updated, what do you suggest for multi?
thanks :)
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No prob. I made one called LastUpdated, string type.
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confirmation please
when doing multi.. it changes name actors, director etc... now i have manually tagged my hwole library, if i do multi and have it go through all movies via update for finding trailers, and mpaa rating.. will it over write my other fields? or if i unticked those fields from options then will not over right them?
i cant take the chance of it over writing my names... reason being. alot of my movies ive personally named so i can find them easily or so people can watch the whole series. example james bond.. they all start with 007- then movie name. that way they all show up together.
also is it possible to save info after say 20 movies.. i cant get it to allow me to click on save info, its greyed out?
and on elast question after it runs through the first time will it remeber that ive already tagged these, and not ask me again for a name due to me making custom names for some movies? otherwise this could get quite monatonous. having to keep going over the same movies ive already went over.
Thanks, and i'll wait to go any further until i find out if its safe to.
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when doing multi.. it changes name actors, director etc... now i have manually tagged my hwole library, if i do multi and have it go through all movies via update for finding trailers, and mpaa rating.. will it over write my other fields? or if i unticked those fields from options then will not over right them?
i cant take the chance of it over writing my names... reason being. alot of my movies ive personally named so i can find them easily or so people can watch the whole series. example james bond.. they all start with 007- then movie name. that way they all show up together.
It should only write to fields wich are ticked in options. Although if you doubleclick a movie before or after doing an update, you have the option of using 'User Title' which will keep your the title from being changed for that particular file. Please experiment a little with it though(doing a backup of the database before saving is always good). This setting won't be remembered if moving to another machine or reinstall. I should perhaps use a database field instead, although I want to keep the use of extra fields to a minimum.
also is it possible to save info after say 20 movies.. i cant get it to allow me to click on save info, its greyed out?
and on elast question after it runs through the first time will it remeber that ive already tagged these, and not ask me again for a name due to me making custom names for some movies? otherwise this could get quite monatonous. having to keep going over the same movies ive already went over.
It'll go through the entire list before allowing you to save, maybe I should change this. It's storing the imdb id's though, so next time around there won't be any need for user input.
I'll change the colouring so that only fields that will be changed is coloured. Maybe some way of seeing info before and after as well.
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What I should have said of course is: Select 'Get Films' and then double click on one of them. Choose correct film in the dialog and click 'Set Info' and 'Return' You now have one film selected and changed and clicking 'Save Info' will affect only that file. Good for testing purposes.
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What I should have said of course is: Select 'Get Films' and then double click on one of them. Choose correct film in the dialog and click 'Set Info' and 'Return' You now have one film selected and changed and clicking 'Save Info' will affect only that file. Good for testing purposes.
that doesnt work for me. also when i hit cancel i have to cntl,alt delete, cause it just moves to next movie... so when i reopen, i choose get films, then double clicked on first movie, and no dialog came up, so itried update, and it tries to update them all leaving the save info greyed out. so basically i'm stuck having to update 2000 movies, before i will know if it works\cant do a few at a time.
It's storing the imdb id's though, so next time around there won't be any need for user input.
thats great news.. but again, if people have large libraries, they are stuck to having to sit through the full update, due to it not being able to save, so if there are crashes, a reboot is needed etc.. one would have to start over, plus i'm leary about it saving 2000 files info.. isn't that alot?
thanks for listening, ive backed up library but will wait for further suggestions
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Doubleclicking is working fine here on several machines. Please try again as sometimes it seems slow to react. I'll make the enter button work as well.
But I agree, I'll add an option to break out of the loop and/or selecting which files to search.
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Update:
Added option to stop updateloop in 'Films Multi'. Update button is Cancel button while loop is running. The dialog for choosing films allows:
OK - Select current film and move to next
Skip - Skips current film and move to next
Cancel - Stops the loop, allowing to save current progress.
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working now :) thanks
i got mpaa rating showing now too. i think i might of done something wrong with trailer though, when i goto movies in theaterview it shows the name trailer but nothing is there. in autometa i copied and pasted the utube trailer and input it into the movie then hit save info.. then went to standard view found movie i did trial tag on and chose show tag trailer, and the utube addy is there. then i went to theaterview went to same movie and it just says trailer. doesnt show the web addy so someone can click it to watch the trailer? any ideas?
thanks alot for making the update stop its really beneficial for those of use just starting\redoing our tags. and for testing purposes..
also is there a place i could donate for your great plugin?
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The youtubelinks does show in theater view for me, did you add the trailer field to the file info panel?
Options > Theater View > Customize file info panel
Anyways, there isn't much use for them in theaterview at the moment. You'll only display a link which can't be clicked. Try the feature request thread (http://"http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=56698.0") perhaps? It would be great though if if they could add it.
also is there a place i could donate for your great plugin?
Thanks for the offer, hadn't thought about it at all. Not at the moment, maybe I'll add a paypal link at a later stage when it's a bit more finished.
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Options > Theater View > Customize file info panel... yup thats exactly what i did, and the name trailer shows up, but the links dont, but if i goto standard view the links are there! maybe i set the trailer field up wrong. I will have a look again
i'll make a feature request.
thanks
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I have a few questions.
You can save one Poster, but you can't save just one backdrop? Imo there should be an option to save one and one poster AND backdrop file. I have no use for 28 backdrops. Some is ugly. Any ways to do this fast today? And last, but not least: How do you take advantage of this backdrops on vista or Win7 if you can't add them to the Theme?
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'Save Cover' saves a poster and sets it as cover image in MC. It will overwrite any cover art already saved in MC (with a dialog allowing you to choose old or new.) Adding a button to save one and one poster or backdrop should be easy enough. Ideally I'd like to display all images in a list as images, not links. Anyone know how to do this?
The program needs admin rights in W7/Vista, to write to the programfolder of MC where the themesfolder resides. I'm not going to add this. What I do is save them to a different folder with the themefolder option in autometa, and then move/sync this folder into the theme folder. You could also install MC to a different folder where you don't need admin rights, AutoMeta can then save directly to the themefolder.
My hope is that theaterview will be able to show the backdrops for the correct movie, at the moment they are just random.
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I see. I'll think about installing MC15 in another place next time then.
When it comes to the backdrops. It's not possible to get MC to use this if they have the same filename as the movie? I think not.
Any way... A button to save a singe backdrop would be handy indeed. Saving them all takes MUCH time in some cases, and includes stuff you don't really want.
I'll try to convince J River to do something about the themes and videos :)
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First of all, I love this. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have some questions though.
1. In the TV tab, I want to be updating info for the newest episodes I've uploaded, but I can only seem to get a view where I see every single episode in my library. I've tried to set an Import folder from the Options menu, but every time I do anything in that window and click 'ok' i get this message:
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at AutoMeta.TVDbOptions.OK_Button_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
I don't know jack about programming or the ins and outs of computing, so I'm stumped.
2. Is there any way to get cover art for a TV show?
3. This isn't so much a problem, but I've noticed that if I have 10 episodes in order, I can select them all, and then pick episode 1 from the dropdown menu and it fills in the rest for me. However, the last episode has the correct episode number, but the same title and description as the first episode. I can individually reselect it's episode number again and it has the right info. Just thought you might like to know.
Anyhow, thanks so much for this. I have something near 1.5 TB of TV, and you saved me days/weeks/months of updating them by hand.
-A
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Hi there. Glad you like it :)
1. I know what's causing this. Should be fixable.
2. It downloads coverart for each episode, but since you're not able to set any options.. I was planning to add banners and series art also, but displaying those images in MC isn't possible atm. so I never got around to add that option.
3. Haven't seen this before. Will have a look at it. Sounds like an easy fix though.
Been a while since I've looked at the code though, maybe I'll have something towards the weekend?
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just made a smartlist for movies missing director. opened auto meta it loaded the 304 movies, then i updated info, and when going back to my smartlist, only60 changed, the rest that DID have director in autometa. didnt write the tag?
i went out of auto meta. then went back in, choose the burbs. it showed the director, chose save info, went back to director missing smartlist and the burbs is still missing the director?
Any ideas please. wondering if it's jriver new tagging system?
love your plugin hope this gets resolved.
thanks for your time.
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Hi - this is great, but I'm finding that even when films are found on IMDB, not all the fields will get filled out. Here's an example: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105411/
On page 2 of the Info tabs, there are no entries at all, even though the IMDB page shows a director and cast; producers etc. Is this just IMDB changing their code to stop cool people like you helping out regular folks like us?
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As I understand it, it looks up the IMDB ID, but pulls the actual information from TMDB, which doesn't seem to have as much info for that movie.
(http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/47802)
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Hi,
1) Does the current version of AutoMeta work with MC15.
2) Where can I get a copy of the current version of the plugin?
Thanks!
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Hi,
1) Does the current version of AutoMeta work with MC15.
2) Where can I get a copy of the current version of the plugin?
Thanks!
N/M, I figured it out. Now if I could only figure out what the "backdrops" are used for. ?
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any new updates? support for music? link with musicbrainz maybe? :)
Thanks
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N/M, I figured it out. Now if I could only figure out what the "backdrops" are used for. ?
Not much at the moment. The only thing it can be used for it the so called themes. The pictures that is more or less randomly added to the background. Without a way of linking movies with a folder with backdrops or with names, there is no hope in making this work great now though.
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Hello,
I would like to test the plugin with MC15. Where can I find it ?
Thnak you,
Berthos.
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There's a link in the first post. Near the bottom.
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Make sure you use a real-time virus protection program with this. I had several JPGs that were infected and caught by AVG. It's NOT the plugin's fault. It's the stuff it's downloading.
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llafriel you alive?
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So I had my first experience with this plugin today....
I have a category in my setup I label 'Theatrical Films', so I had AutoMeta search for all of those. It found them easily, but there was absolutely no indication of what I was to do next. Eventually I realized it was already grabbing info for some of the movies in the list (without indicating so to me). Not ideal, but I can live with that. The part that confuses me, though.....I left it alone for an hour or so, then came back and had to go one at a time through each film in the list to see which had retrieved info, then clicked "save info" and "save cover". Not ideal at all, but I thought perhaps there was an easier way and I was missing it somewhere?
And to add a last bit of head-scratching....the directory I told it to put my covers? It had loads of covers...yet only a small portion of those are actually showing up when I browse through Media Center :(
If anyone could help me out, I'd be thrilled and appreciative!
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Not ideal at all, but I thought perhaps there was an easier way and I was missing it somewhere?
i think thats the only way to do it... that's how i've always done it. once your library is all tagged and then weekly\daily when you use autometa. it isnt so bad cause your only doing a few at a time. but playing catchup is very time consuming.
It had loads of covers...yet only a small portion of those are actually showing up when I browse through Media Center
I'm not sure jriver does any support with the backdrops\posters. ive asked before with no reply. but i still save them all. I think what you are seeing is all the backdrops\posters for those films. The cover arts though should all work depending on how you have auto meta setup to save them. In my options i tell autometa to save all cover arts as folder.jpg in the same folder as the file, by doing so jriver see's that folder.jpg and will add the cover art for me in my views. (Standard\Theaterview) you can also tell auto meta to save all, then it will save all cover arts\ and info. by doing so if you have smaller\less quality cover arts in your movie location, it will bring up what it found from the net.. and alot of times what it finds is of much better quality, so i chose to over write my older covers (covers i use to find manually before running into autometa)
Hope this helps.
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I've had a play with this now. It's pretty neat, but unless a few small things is done, I think it only will be half a video tool for my uses.
1. There is a problem with the options for TV Series. Once I enter Options and hit the OK button, I get this error message:
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at AutoMeta.TVDbOptions.OK_Button_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
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AutoMeta
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.
For example:
<configuration>
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</configuration>
With this issue, I can not use it for my TV Series. Which is quite a downer. Perhaps there is some prerequisite stuff I'm missing here? Have added all the fields, but there might be something else?
2. As I mentioned earlier, the saving of art is a little odd in my opinion. Some movies have LOADS of backdrops and cover art, and I simply have no use for it. And IF MC would ever get the possibility to show Backdrops, I would only need one single good backdrop. Which I want to manually select through your plugin. This is not possible. I can do this with a single poster, but it is either all backdrops or none. We really need a "Save backdrop" as a single file option in my opinion, so you can select a signle backdrop as well as cover.
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I don't see the need to capture "all" the backdrops either. Especially since JR doesn't do anything with them at this point in the development of MC. However, I would like the ability to capture one backdrop which could always be manually renamed to something JR might support in the future.
Mr. AutoMeta - are you still around? Planning on continuing development of this great plugin?
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I'd still love to know about the discogs/ Autometa has saved my life by making things so much easier for taggin, and I need a auto music tagger. would love for autometa to incorporate this, i would pay for this feature... hint Hint :)
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His E-Mail Address Is llafriel At gmail Dot com
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I wrote him a mail now, and requested his attention :)
Let' hope he has not abandoned this project. There is so little left for this to be a GREAT meta data tool.
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i concur MrHaugen :)
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Hi guys :)
Sorry for being so absent.. There hasn't been enough time lately. Since becoming a father time is precious, I don't have time to hangglide even.. :(
The requests aren't big however so I'll see if I can find some time to look at it. No promises or eta though ;)
MrHaugen - norsk(norwegian)?
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Thanks llafriel! The worst thing might be that TV option error. Though, the button to save one backdrop should not be hard to do either I hope. I don't know if much more people need this option, but if I know most of MC users right, they would like to select what they really need. Quality over quantity any day :)
Congratulations with the new born! Time consuming stuff.... But very cool as well
And yea.... I'm Norwegian!
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I think I know what is causing that tv series error. It's me trying to be clever in the way I store the settings :) I'll see if not being smart makes it work. It's working for me though..
Button for storing one backdrop is easy enough. I orginally hoped to display all the backdrops in a list(thumbnails) where one could choose wich ones to store. I was having some difficulties with this though. I'll just add a button using the interface already there for now.
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Haleluja :)
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First of all. Great thanks for this plug-ins. It save my life with my 2K movies :)
Now I'm truying to use the TV Series.
Apparently the application try to establish a connection to the website 67.152.32.114:80 and receive an error.
I've ping this ip adress without any result.
What we have to do ?
Thanks in advance.
Regards.
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That's the adress of www.thetvdb.com where the plugin retrieves tvseries info. If you're unable to ping it, then you have a network problem at your end. Firewall perhaps?
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Now it's working fine ;D. It seems the site was offline exactly when i've tryied ::)
A little question for everyone. How you deal with the "Genre" of movie. The plugins create Action;Aventure;Comédie;Crime. In the Media Center and on my TV it's really not easy to deal with it. How you do ?
Again thanks, the plugins is really great.
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I've created a field in MC called Genres wich is semicolon delimited. That way it's listed the same way as actors etc.
(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g247/llafriel/video.jpg)
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llafriel Congrats On the New Addition.
Im looking forward to any changes\additions that can be made, i use your plugin daily :)
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Once again thank you.
Everything run fine. ;D ;D ;D
EDIT :
I've found a little issue in the section TV Series.
When in the name of Series or in the Name of the Episode we have a caracter not supported by MC, the import doesnt work.
If I change the different name manually the plugin continue to listed it because the EpisodeID or the SeriesID doesnt match with the name recorded.
For exemple, I'll try to import the last series Spartacus : Blood and Sand, the ":" is not supported by MC
Another one, for the series two and a half men, season 5 episod 8 the name of the episod is "Is there a mrs.waffles ?", the "?" is not supported by MC.
Regards.
PS : sorry for my bad english :D
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Hi Great program.
How can I get the IMDB rating as it keeps using a number?
Can I use this from within MC for a single movie like send to in PVD?
How do I get it to list all my movies?
Sorry for all the questions
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1. IMDB rating is not used as I know of. You need to create a TheMovieDB rating field to store the ratings. This is explained in the first post. Then you have to map this tmdbrating to this new field. Do this in options of the plugin. Remember to make all the necessary library fields and connect them all in the plugin option. There are several things that is sort of depentent on this.
2. What? Not sure if I understood this question. Single movie updates are done within the first page of the plugin. You can not use the power of this plugin unless us are actively selecting and using it.
3. To search for your movies you have to know what field you use to identify your movies. If it's "Media Subtype", you'll have to write [Media Subtype]=[Movies] or [Videos] in the search box of the plugin. Hit the Get button, and all the movies should be retrieved.
Read the first post carefully, and most of this should be explained I think.
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All of a sudden, I'm not able to download zip archives from tvdb. The zip files are damaged or incomplete, and won't unzip.
Here's the specific error I'm getting:
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'c:\tvdb\73007\en.xml'.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize)
at System.Xml.XmlDownloadManager.GetStream(Uri uri, ICredentials credentials)
at System.Xml.XmlUrlResolver.GetEntity(Uri absoluteUri, String role, Type ofObjectToReturn)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.OpenUrlDelegate(Object xmlResolver)
at System.Threading.CompressedStack.runTryCode(Object userData)
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers.ExecuteCodeWithGuaranteedCleanup(TryCode code, CleanupCode backoutCode, Object userData)
at System.Threading.CompressedStack.Run(CompressedStack compressedStack, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.OpenUrl()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename)
at AutoMeta.MainInterface.TVDbReadXml(String seriesid, String xmlfile)
at AutoMeta.MainInterface.ComboBox3_SelectedIndexChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.OnSelectedIndexChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.WmReflectCommand(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
Do you think this is a temporary thing with tvdb's site, or are some of my configurations wrong? I don't think I changed anything recently...
Thanks for the help!
--Andrew
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Same problem but only with some series like nip/tuck, the good wife.
For other one, everthing run correctly.
Not yet checked if this happend only with series I didnt import episode yet.
Edit : I've checked and this happend with new series. Problem since less than 1 week.
(http://moth.rosee.ch/AutoMeta.jpg)
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I am now getting this error message when trying to do TV shows
(http://www.moesrealm.com/img/amerror.jpg)
Here is what it says when I click details
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See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'c:\tvdb\80360\en.xml'.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize)
at System.Xml.XmlDownloadManager.GetStream(Uri uri, ICredentials credentials)
at System.Xml.XmlUrlResolver.GetEntity(Uri absoluteUri, String role, Type ofObjectToReturn)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.OpenUrlDelegate(Object xmlResolver)
at System.Threading.CompressedStack.runTryCode(Object userData)
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers.ExecuteCodeWithGuaranteedCleanup(TryCode code, CleanupCode backoutCode, Object userData)
at System.Threading.CompressedStack.Run(CompressedStack compressedStack, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.OpenUrl()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename)
at AutoMeta.MainInterface.TVDbReadXml(String seriesid, String xmlfile)
at AutoMeta.MainInterface.getseries2(String serieslistsearch)
at AutoMeta.MainInterface.Button13_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
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The application must also be compiled with debugging
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Hopefully this is an easy fix for you llafriel, I seriously rely on this plugin to keep me sane :)
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Same problem as everybody. Waiting for feedback.
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I tried to reinstall the plugin, and now it says the interface won't load. Not really sure what to do about this. Any ideas?
--Andrew
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Just a quick note-
Things ought to be working again now, the TVBD were having issues at the time of the last set of posts :)
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I'm not the dev, and unfortunately I don't have the source (Hint, hint ;) ), but was it working for you before you attempted to reinstall?
If you're using MC16, I'd note that the default install options will install the plugin to the MC15 folder, and if you have two copies in different places it may well cause all sorts of issues. I'd try uninstalling and manually deleteing from the plugins folder any remenants befoer reinstalling.
-Leezer-
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Right everthing run correctly now.
Without changing anything.
You just have to delete the wrong zip file.
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Hi
Is this plug-in still under active development - just started using it and in the main it does what it says.
Some minor problems I'm sure:-
in MultiFilms is it necessary to download all the artwork (Covers and Backdrops - certainly don't need 27 covers and 38 Backdrops within a movie folder) can this be restricted in any way, or is that expected behaviour. Surely sufficient to download the most popular from themoviedb, and restrict download of backdrops to a user defined number.
Are backdrops even used in Theatre View?
Is there a way to auto monitor the identified folders for new additions, or do they require manual intervention?
Thanks - sure there will be more when I start on TV Shows lol.
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Wow.... I'm totally baffled. I was attempting to set this up, and I'm really not sure what to do here. I think some of my confusion is over language-barrier issues, but maybe it is incorrect assumptions about what this plugin can do and how it is set up.
Can someone give me a rundown on what I would need to do to set this up with MC16? Here's my story:
TV Shows: I have a crapload of TV Series episodes. Literally thousands and thousands. They are all tagged with [Media Sub Type] = TV Show, [Series], and [Season] tags. The names are by-and-large in the format "2e06" (for season 2, episode 6). Sometimes they actually have the episode name in the tag too, like "5e03 - Certain Poor Shepherds", but not all of them have this. They are in various folders on my hard drives, including some external drives. Most are in either M:\Video\TV Shows\ or X:\Video\TV Shows\ though some (the new stuff) are in either M:\incoming\ or T:\recordings\.
I'd really like to get it working to update my TV Show episodes with episode and series descriptions, actors, and episode titles (for the ones I don't have). I'm planning to store the episode titles in a custom field rather than [Name] directly, because I like having the [Name] tag remain in that "1e07 - Title" style format. I figured I could just make an [Episode Title] field and store the titles there, and then go through and manually fix the [Name] field with an expression. If it works really well, I might switch this practice later and just use [Name] for the titles, but I'm not sure.
My hope is that this plugin will be able to work somewhat in the "background" to grab this information automatically when I follow certain manual tagging rules. I suppose it would be okay if it was more manual than this, but I need to know what the workflow needs to look like...
Movies: I also have a bunch of movies. Most of the movies have fairly decent info from Wikipedia, but I'd like to update the [Description] field because the info from Wikipedia for that field isn't very good. Otherwise I'd like them left alone. Same file locations as the TV Shows, except replacing "Movies" with "TV Shows" where appropriate.
I know I need to create some new "utility" fields, but I don't really know which ones. I also don't want it storing ZIP files in my root directory, and would rather them be in my J River AppData directory or something like that. Are there rules for where it can store these?
Can someone help me out with a step-by-step?
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Everything has been explain in previous post. First one for the needed new fields.
I work with it on 1.6 and it run for 95% of the time.
TV Shows : You have to fill the different options in "TV Series". The best to import everything in one shot is to put all the episode in the same folder (no subfolder), you define it in Page 3 of the options.
You define the target folder like : F:\TV Show\Series\@Series@\Season @Season@\ so i Have "Name of series\number of the season\. For the name I use @Episode@ - @Episode Name@ "1 - name of the episode".
The best is to import your series and put manually the name of the sere (it wouldn't be exactly correct ex : castle for Castle (2009). If the season and episode is not put correctly you can put it easily as excel).
And the click on import folder, you must see a pop up with all the name of your series to link it with the name used by tvdb
I imported 1800 episodes of series. I know what's the work :)
For movies, you can define in the options which Information you want to update and in which field.
If you just want to update the description you can use the following search "[Media Type]=[Video] [MyMediaType]=[Movie] [Description]=[] ~sort[FileName (Name)]" to have all the movies for which you don't have a description. Or for the Films multi just use the selection "show only where IMDb id is missing" and fill it also.
I you want I can send to you my settings to help you.
Sorry but I have to work my English :(
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Glynor,
This is my workflow while using AutoMeta.
I use a separate library for tagging my newly acquired TV Shows and Movies. This isn't necessary but I have a very large library and I just find that this keeps things nice and fast. I also keep the files that I am working on in a local directory and then once I get things tagged I then move them to my server.
For TV shows I import the stuff into my tagging libary and then I do some preliminary tagging manually. First off, I set the Media Sub Type field to TV Show. Then I enter the Series name (Family Guy), the season (7) and then episode numbers (1,2,etc.). To enter the episode numbers I usually use the library tool "Fill Track numbers from list order" and then just use the library tool "move copy fields" to move the track # to Episode. After those initial tags are filled in I then launch AutoMeta.
In AutoMeta choose the TV Series tab and then press the libary button. You will get a little popup window asking you to choose the appropriate series that matches your show. After you get through that AutoMeta does it's magic. I can't remember the color schemes but I think if the file shows up green then it's all tagged, some times they will show pink (?) which means only some of the info was found. Then just hit "Save info" and it will save the info for your files. At this point you can close out of AutoMeta. I then usually do a once over of my newly tagged shows to make sure everything looks good.
At this point I have everything tagged nicely so I then just move the files over to my server and then re-import them into my main library and I am good to go.
I've never used the wiki info for my movies and have always just used AutoMeta to tag them. So I am afraid I can't be of much help in using AutoMeta to selectively tag movies.
The tags that you need to create are explained in the first post of this thread. You can set where you want the zip files stored by pressing the options button on the TV Show tab inside of AutoMeta and the first entry is where you want zip files stored.
Hope that helps.
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Thanks for the tips. I did eventually get it working. Some of my confusion was absolutely incorrect assumptions on my part, but.... I do still have some thoughts on it that I'll share, but I need some more time to collect my thoughts.
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To enter the episode numbers I usually use the library tool "Fill Track numbers from list order" and then just use the library tool "move copy fields" to move the track # to Episode.
Save yourself a step.
1. Select files showing in the proper order.
2. Edit the [episode] field of the first one in the list (either in-line in details view style, or in the Tag AW).
3. Type: =Counter()
Done.
You can also have the counter count from a specific starting digit via =Counter(6) and pad the numbers with leading zeroes (if necessary) via =PadNumber(Counter(), 2).
Try them out.
I prefer my name tag as described above eg (4e06 - Episode Title). This makes the display of the files nicer in Theater View without having to use fancy expression magic in the Caption option.
An easy way to accomplish this, once I made my [Episode Title] custom field is this command entered onto the Name field with a bunch of files selected:
=[Season]ePadNumber([Episode], 2) - [Episode Title]
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Is this one like PVD?
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Just installed this after reading about it in the "other thread" on AVS. Works great for my movies... Well done...
Ken
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glynor, anyone figure out how to tag music with autometa? i really need a good music tagger built into jriver. Ideas/tips?
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I have Autometa working OK, except for one thing...
If I try to use the options dialog to "Download episode thumbnails" then I get the following error box:
"Unhandled exception has occurred in a component in your application.... Object reference not set to an instance of an object."
This happens any time I try to hit the OK button in the options dialog. Can't click OK, so can't turn on the grabbing of episode thumbnails.
Is there any way to turn on the option manually by editing a config file or something? It seems to retrieve and tag just fine, it's just the options dialog that's broken.
Thanks...
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The series part doesnt find any information about new series :( :( :(
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It also does not find the newest episodes from some older series anymore. For example the newest episodes of The Office US.
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Movies don't work - the remote server returned an error.. Now we have no way of tagging in jriver :(
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It also does not find the newest episodes from some older series anymore. For example the newest episodes of The Office US.
The series part doesnt find any information about new series :( :( :(
Here's a strange one - I previously had issues obtaining new episodes, didn't notice when it started just that new episodes and screenshots weren't being downloaded. Lo and behold tried again yesterday and it now works perfectly and filled the previous blank episodes - you figure ?
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Hi,
I'm sorry for the lack of updates, but I haven't had time to work on the plugin anymore. Bought a new (old) house, new kid etc. I'm not sure when/if I'll be able to continue with it.
Here's a strange one - I previously had issues obtaining new episodes, didn't notice when it started just that new episodes and screenshots weren't being downloaded. Lo and behold tried again yesterday and it now works perfectly and filled the previous blank episodes - you figure ?
There is no easy way of telling if seriesinfo from tvdb has been updated since the last search, at least there wasn't when I wrote the plugin. Deleting the content of the folder where you store the seriesinfo will force a fresh download of seriesinfo. This might be why it suddenly worked.
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Deleting the content of the folder where you store the seriesinfo will force a fresh download of seriesinfo. This might be why it suddenly worked.
Thanks! Deleting the zip files with the id's from the misbehaving series solved also my issue!
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Deleting the folder AND the recycle bin and it's work.
Thanks
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Great stuff :)
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Welcome back llafriel... Any thoughts on my unhandled exception problem post above from Sept 29?
Thanks very much. :)
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Hi,
I'm sorry for the lack of updates, but I haven't had time to work on the plugin anymore. Bought a new (old) house, new kid etc. I'm not sure when/if I'll be able to continue with it.
There is no easy way of telling if seriesinfo from tvdb has been updated since the last search, at least there wasn't when I wrote the plugin. Deleting the content of the folder where you store the seriesinfo will force a fresh download of seriesinfo. This might be why it suddenly worked.
Hi Mate - yeah life has a habit of interfering, though buying a 'new kid' seems a bit extreme ;). Just a small plea that you might find some spare time to continue to support and develop this very helpful application.
I don't know what is involved, time wise, this is just a request from a very grateful end-user, who at the moment finds using JRiver an absolute bind without a working version of your app.
Thanks again and welcome back - that is if you are back ;D.
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Well put Steel, If I may add... if you'd be sound kind to let another continue your fine work. I will pay for this plugins support.
It's so easy compared to other tagging programs (not as detailed) But it's easy to use and gets job done.. Especially for those who don't have the time to learn a in depth tagging program.
Autometa built into jriver i think would make first time user experiences that much better. simple and gets job done without a big learning curve.
Thanks for this great plugin :)
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Well put Steel, If I may add... if you'd be sound kind to let another continue your fine work. I will pay for this plugins support.
It's so easy compared to other tagging programs (not as detailed) But it's easy to use and gets job done.. Especially for those who don't have the time to learn a in depth tagging program.
Autometa built into jriver i think would make first time user experiences that much better. simple and gets job done without a big learning curve.
Thanks for this great plugin :)
Agreed - happy to contribute as well financially. You got someone in mind xtacbyme?
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Anything always appreciated :)
Please consider releasing your source code if you're not able to carry on, and someone else will pick up things- I'm no good at building GUIs, but I've got some experience tweaking and debugging existing code.
There will be others too!
-Leezer-
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no idea who... just throwing it out there.
Love to see this fully developed. music/Discogs as well!
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What is the recommended way to handle multi-episode shows. For example a 2 hour 'part 1/part 2' that is a single episode on the DVD? Right now I have 'episode' set as '1-2', and no matches are found.
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I get an 'Unhandled exception has occurred' error when trying to set options. Any known ways to fix this?
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Edit - nevermind. Needed to create the two ID fields from the first page instructions...
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I created all three fields as instructed, and I still get the Unhandled Exception...
Some help please, llafriel? ;D