SageMC with DVD Profiler Help

[Brent]

I have DVD Profiler (the latest version) and SageMC (latest version) all installed along with a bunch of mpg videos and ripped dvd's.

I've Gone into settings and done the following:
>Settings>SageMC>Paths>Meta Data XML> and pointed it to c:\collection.xml which is where I exported the DVD Profiler collection file.
I then went into:
>Settings>SageMC>Paths>DVDProfilerPath and pointed it to C:\Documents and Settings\Skypc\My Documents\DVD Profiler\Databases I'm not sure if this is right or if I should point it further into the "images" directory.

Anyway now I'm not sure if I did the above correctly and also not sure what to do next. Can anyone help give me a little guidance on this? I did try to search the forums and found a few posts, but things seemed to have changed over time and I'm more confused than before (that's fairly normal by the way :D) Thanks in advance for the assistance!

[gplasky]

I'm at work now but I think you need to go one more directory deeper into the 'default' directory. You're on DVD Profiler 3, correct? Once that path is correct and you go to "My Videos" and make sure the left main menu is highlighted and use the "options" command on your remote. You'll get a dialog to rescan media directories and also to refresh metadata. That's where you kick off the DVD Profiler refresh.

Gerry

[Brent]

I'm at work now but I think you need to go one more directory deeper into the 'default' directory. You're on DVD Profiler 3, correct? Once that path is correct and you go to "My Videos" and make sure the left main menu is highlighted and use the "options" command on your remote. You'll get a dialog to rescan media directories and also to refresh metadata. That's where you kick off the DVD Profiler refresh.

Gerry
Thanks for the response Gerry,
I'm at work also so I can't play with it at the moment, but yes I'm using DVD Profiler 3.1

I'll give this another shot when I get back home.

[gplasky]

I just checked. So you're going to need C:\Documents and Settings\Skypc\My Documents\DVD Profiler\Databases\Default. That should get it working for you.

Gerry

[cncb]

I can't seem to get this to work. I am using the latest 3.1.1 version of DVD profiler. I have set up my profiler directories in SageMC to point to my exported collection.xml and the databases/default directory. In SageMC I then renamed the titles of my imported rips to match the DVD profiler titles exactly but when I select "DVD Prrofiler Import" it says "No Entries In External DB Matching"? I have verified that the titles were exported to collection.xml. What steps am I missing?

[Brent]

I can't seem to get this to work. I am using the latest 3.1.1 version of DVD profiler. I have set up my profiler directories in SageMC to point to my exported collection.xml and the databases/default directory. In SageMC I then renamed the titles of my imported rips to match the DVD profiler titles exactly but when I select "DVD Prrofiler Import" it says "No Entries In External DB Matching"? I have verified that the titles were exported to collection.xml. What steps am I missing?

In settings>SageMC>Paths> do you have:
Meta Data XML pointed to
c:\collection.xml or whereever you are exporting the DVD Profiler collection.xml file?

And in the same Paths settings page do you have
DVDProfilerPath pointed to
C:\Documents and Settings\Skypc\My Documents\DVD Profiler\Databases\Default

Also, are you ripping each DVD into a folder such as:
DVDName/Video_TS
In that case the "DVDName" should be exactly what you have in DVDProfiler as the sort name (EDIT: THIS SHOULD MATCH THE ORIGINAL TITLE IN DVDPROFILER, NOT SORT NAME)
. If you're ripping to a single video file then the file name should match the sort name in DVDProfiler exactly.

[cncb]

In that case the "DVDName" should be exactly what you have in DVDProfiler as the sort name. If you're ripping to a single video file then the file name should match the sort name in DVDProfiler exactly.

Thanks, Brent.

This is the only part that I didn't have correct. I changed the "Sort Title" to match the directory name and exported again but I'm still getting the same error when trying to import from DVD Profiler?

Edit: I'm trying to do this from a client machine. Could this be the problem?

[Brent]

Are your DVD titles already imported into SageTV where you can see them listed?

[cncb]

Are your DVD titles already imported into SageTV where you can see them listed?

Yes. I'm selecting "Edit Video Info" on the DVD itself and then trying the import.

[Brent]

Yes. I'm selecting "Edit Video Info" on the DVD itself and then trying the import.
ok. You might try this method just to see if it makes a difference:

Go to Videos and use "Genre" view
Then in that genre view, select options with your remote which will bring up video library options. Select Meta Data Options and then select "DVD Profiler Refresh". It will try to refresh the DVD Profiler collection file and match up any movies it finds with the titles listed in the DVD Profiler collection file.

See if you get the same error when doing it this way.

[cncb]

See if you get the same error when doing it this way.

I don't get any error messages but it also doesn't seem to change the data for any of the titles. I guess I will try to run this on my server to see if it makes a difference.

[Brent]

I don't get any error messages but it also doesn't seem to change the data for any of the titles. I guess I will try to run this on my server to see if it makes a difference.
Hmm I'm running out of ideas. Here's another thought albeit a long shot... Are these movies ripped into multiple files (like the original DVD files) or a single file? If multiple files (vob, ifo etc) are they in their own folder like this:
moviename\
or a folder like this:
moviename\video_ts\

I think that it has to be video_ts if in SageMC since it hasn't been updated to not require video_ts like the default STV has.

[Brent]

Here's another possibility:
If the title of a movie has any "non-standard" characters in it like any of following:

\/:*?""<>| (This is a restriction of Windows file naming)

Those characters are ignored.

So your DVD Profiler Name would be:
Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace
but your folder should be labeled:
Star Wars I The Phantom Menace
Or I guess you could just use the second one without the symbols in DVD Profiler.

Alternatively you could use the OriginalTitle field in DVD profiler. This field is used as an alternate folder name for matching. So when you try and import DVD profiler information it tries to exactly match the Title or Original Title. This allows you to have characters like ":" in your title that show up in SageMC, but have your folder names be something different.

[cncb]

Figured it out. The "Original Title" has to match the directory name. Thanks for your help, Brent.

[Brent]

Figured it out. The "Original Title" has to match the directory name. Thanks for your help, Brent.
Glad you got it working. I got sort title confused with original title I guess. That's what I get for troubleshooting without having DVDProfiler in front of me....

[rabbitslayer]

How do you get the import to work with collections? I just imported my always sunny into dvd profiler and then ripped them with dvd decryptor...

when I try to load the metadata for the dvd from the profiler data (i followed the above instructions) I get returned that there isn't a match.
(I have this working for DVDs that aren't part of a collection by putting the directory name in the Original title)

What am I going wrong?:confused:

[cncb]

How do you get the import to work with collections? I just imported my always sunny into dvd profiler and then ripped them with dvd decryptor...

when I try to load the metadata for the dvd from the profiler data (i followed the above instructions) I get returned that there isn't a match.

What am I going wrong?:confused:

Make sure you set the "Original Title" in DVDProfiler for each DVD to be the directory name for the given movie with VIDEO_TS under it with the files: ex. "c:\DVDs\ORIGINALTITLE\VIDEO_TS".

[rabbitslayer]

Yes but what about multi dvd collections? There is only one Title in DVD Profiler but multiple dics underneath that.

How do you set the title on each of those discs??

[Brent]

Yes but what about multi dvd collections? There is only one Title in DVD Profiler but multiple dics underneath that.

How do you set the title on each of those discs??
Please read this thread (http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31989&highlight=dvd+profiler) for multi-disc info

[rabbitslayer]

Thanks for the help... that resolved the multi-disc problem! Now I just have to sort them all!

How does this work for any clients?

[Brent]

How does this work for any clients?
If you are running SageTV as a service everything you set up on your server (movies, videos and music) will show up on your clients and extenders the same.

[rabbitslayer]

Do I have to have the same stvi installed on the clients/extenders?
Right now I do have it setup as a service but, no luck on images and title..

the dvd info comes across though. strange...

[QueOnda]

One quick question (hopefully not hijacking): DVD Profiler free vs paid (for high quality images) -- Are the dvd cover images ok or suck on sageMC? How does it compare to the IMDB images? I currently using the IMDB.

[Brent]

Do I have to have the same stvi installed on the clients/extenders?
Right now I do have it setup as a service but, no luck on images and title..

the dvd info comes across though. strange...
Are your movie files on UNC mapped drives?

[rabbitslayer]

yes they are on a UNC mapped drive. I use zoom player to play my dvds...

do I need to provide it with addition arguments to play. Right now I have it open the dvd drive if it is using the same batch file to open the video dvds as well as the menu option "Play DVD". Is this what I need to do?

[cncb]

One quick question (hopefully not hijacking): DVD Profiler free vs paid (for high quality images) -- Are the dvd cover images ok or suck on sageMC? How does it compare to the IMDB images? I currently using the IMDB.

The images look good enough to me in SageMC since they are displayed pretty small. They don't look so good in DVDProfiler where they are blown up, though.
I'm not sure how they compare to the IMDB images.

[rabbitslayer]

yes they are on a UNC mapped drive. I use zoom player to play my dvds...

do I need to provide it with addition arguments to play. Right now I have it open the dvd drive if it is using the same batch file to open the video dvds as well as the menu option "Play DVD". Is this what I need to do?

Anyone have any ideas on this one?

[95TBird]

QueOnda;

Also be aware that the free version of DVD Profiler will not allow you to export your Database to an .xml file after 50 DVDs have been added.

You can see the differences between the Free & Paid versions Here...

http://www.invelos.com/dvdpro/Registration.aspx

Bruce

[Naylia]

A note:

I had to disable IMDB import (default 'Enable') in SageMC 6.3.8 to get import of of DVD Profiler images to work.

[Brent]

A note:

I had to disable IMDB import (default 'Enable') in SageMC 6.3.8 to get import of of DVD Profiler images to work.
Can you get it to import the details and genre in 6.3.8? I'm only able to get the image.

[Brent]

anyone? please:)

[gplasky]

What I thought was an issue was actually no overview for the movie in DVD Profiler. I just finished importing 3 movies and don't see the issue. Make sure your paths didn't change in the SageMC setup for DVD Pro.

Gerry

[Naylia]

Everything imported just fine in 6.3.8. Here's what I did in the SageMC Options Menu:

Enhancements->IMDB Auto Lookup = Disabled
Paths->Offline Path = C:\Temp (this directory must exist, can be any directory though)
Paths->Meta Data XML = F:\collection.xml
Paths->DVD Profiler Path = C:\Users\Admin\Documents\DVD Profiler\Databases\Default

Then I did various combinations of Rescan Import Folders, DVD Profiler Refresh, and Import Offline DVD Profiler Videos (only once).

At first it loaded only cover art, until I got it properly pointing towards my collection.xml. Then it added all the genre, runtime, description info but still only had covers for movies locally on the computer. It wasn't until I disable the IMDB Auto Lookup that all the artwork for the offline movies showed up.

Brent,
I would check all your paths. I suspect the cover art only is a combination of not pointing to the correct collection.xml file location and using IMDB to find the artwork.

[Brent]

Thanks for the replies - I'll look into this a bit more tonight. Have to get it working to be a happy HTPC user ;)

[Brent]

Should I have a DVDpro2Sage.jar somewhere? All I see in the SageMC full install (and upgrade) is the dvdpro2sage.class file.

[gplasky]

If you're your using the newer multi-disk then yes. That came with a .jap and a .class. Going back through my previous downloads of 6.3.7 (and a & b) it only came with a .class. (Like I said in my original post in the other thread make sure you copy the dvdpro2sage.jar file for multi disk in there. Copy the DVD2prosage jar file (http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?p=310485&postcount=95))

Gerry

[Brent]

Man I can't believe I missed this. Figured out my problem after hours and hours of troubleshooting and banging my head against the wall....

I was doing all of my testing of this with a relatively new media directory that I had set up. It was structured like this:
mediaserver\media\movies\title 1, title2 etc.Then I had my import directory set up in SageTV like this:
mediaserver\media\So the real problem was the import directory and NOT the dvdpro2sage process. You have to have your import directory go to the specific directory where the movie folders are located - not a subdirectory thus my problem.

Figured this out by reviewing the log after an import and noticed this:
Sat 10/25 8:38:21.343 Processing DVD Profiler import for Leatherheads
Sat 10/25 8:38:21.343 Could not find DVD Profiler data for MoviesEven if the import wasn't working, it should have been like this in the log:
Sat 10/25 8:38:21.343 Processing DVD Profiler import for Deception
Sat 10/25 8:38:21.343 Could not find DVD Profiler data for Leatherheads
So it was looking for a title "movies" instead of "leatherheads" like it should have been.

The frustrating thing here was that I knew that the media folder couldn't be in a subdirectory - I was so focused on the import itself being a problem that I overlooked that as a possible problem... At least I have the problem resolved - on to more useful things.

[Brent]

Realized it still isn't working for me. The log shows that the movie is being imported, but it isn't doing it.

Just to make sure it wasn't something I mucked up with all of the testing and messing I've done with my install I went the extra mile and totally uninstalled SageTV, reinstalled completely (total fresh install except for the wiz.bin) and then reinstalled SageMC with the 6.3.8 full install. Exact same result. I can't believe I'm the only one seeing this. Could anyone with SageMC 6.3.8 do a manual movie import on a movie not in thier library to test for me?

Here's an example of a manual import:

First from the video library I select a movie title (I used "Dalmatians" as my test and named it the same in DVDProfiler). Then I select "edit video info" and then "dvd profiler import".


Next I see the title, description and genre on the screen as I would expect. I then select the "import" button to import the movie cover and metadata


Finally it instantly jumps back (when this used to work it would take a few seconds for this import - not its nearly instant) to the video library screen, but leaves the movie with no metadata and in the "unassigned" genre. The cover does import, but no metadata at all.
Here's what it looks like after the import


Here's an example of what the log shows during this process:
Sun 10/26 10:24:40.835 Processing DVD Profiler import for Dalmatians
Sun 10/26 10:24:40.836 RunningTime
Sun 10/26 10:24:40.838 Imported DVD Profiler data for Dalmatians
Sun 10/26 10:24:40.841 setUI(sage.b1@18f57d2[Program Info]) histIdx=2 uiHistory=[sage.b1@187a8e0[Dynamic Menu by nielm], sage.b1@1acdcb9[Video Library Folder View], sage.b1@18f57d2[Program Info], sage.b1@1783d33[Library Import View]]
Sun 10/26 10:24:40.846 end=Sun 10/26 10:24:40.846




Can anyone help me out with a fix for this? I know some have said it's working for them with SageMC 6.3.8, but I'm hoping someone out there either has a fix for me or could confirm there really is a problem with 6.3.8 or something.

Or am I missing something obvious?

[gplasky]

I don't run the DVD Profiler from the individual movie screen. I run it from the first screen where all the DVDs are shown. First i rescan the directories. Then I run the DVD Profiler import. I'm not having the issues you are seeing. Maybe it's a bug from the individual movie screen.

Gerry

[Brent]

I don't run the DVD Profiler from the individual movie screen. I run it from the first screen where all the DVDs are shown. First i rescan the directories. Then I run the DVD Profiler import. I'm not having the issues you are seeing. Maybe it's a bug from the individual movie screen.

Gerry
I wish. I have run this both ways with the same result - just easier to show in the post above with a single import.

[ryttingm]

If you're your using the newer multi-disk then yes. That came with a .jap and a .class. Going back through my previous downloads of 6.3.7 (and a & b) it only came with a .class. (Like I said in my original post in the other thread make sure you copy the dvdpro2sage.jar file for multi disk in there. Copy the DVD2prosage jar file (http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?p=310485&postcount=95))

Gerry

I never generated a jar for the multi-disk stuff. I only updated the .class file. The latest version of the .class is still located at http://www.mediafire.com/?zmjswbgdtnm. I'm not sure I've tried doing an import with 6.3.8. I'll try tonight if I can find some time.

-Mike

[gplasky]

I never generated a jar for the multi-disk stuff. I only updated the .class file. The latest version of the .class is still located at http://www.mediafire.com/?zmjswbgdtnm. I'm not sure I've tried doing an import with 6.3.8. I'll try tonight if I can find some time.

-Mike

Hmmmm. My bad. I made a typo and should have said .java. (Not a jar) By the same token though my DVD Profiler imports are working without a hitch. (Haven't done a multi lately.)

Gerry

[Brent]

Hmmmm. I thought there was a .jar and a .class in one of your updates.
I have a .jar and a .class also - not sure where I got mine either...

...though my DVD Profiler imports are working without a hitch.

Gerry,
Are you able to do a IMDB import as well? Those seem to be broken for me also.

[gplasky]

Gerry,
Are you able to do a IMDB import as well? Those seem to be broken for me also.

Yes. I did an IMDB import for the latest Indy Jones when the DVDPro import I chose had no overview. For that I imported the description only. I later went back to DVDPro and chose a different one for my collection which had the overview and that also imported fine from DVDPro.

I'll also have to go back and figure out exactly what I have. It's either a .jar or a .java file also but now I'm not sure which.

Gerry

[Brent]

OK. so I definitely have a unique problem here (nothing new for me by the wasy :confused:).

New imports of movie metadata don't work for me any of the following ways:


SageMC DVD Profiler Mass Import (Refresh)
SageMC DVD Profiler Single Movie Import (Refresh)
IMDB Import

On all of the above I can import and see the metadata (In DVD Profiler it shows the metadata on the single movie import and in IMDB it also shows the metadata before I select save) but it doen't "save" the metadata. It does however import the cover image in all cases.

I figured I had screwed something up so this past weekend I total restarted fresh with a new SageTV install, a new SageMC install and got the same result. The only thing that I didn't start new on is the DVD Profiler program. I wonder if there could be something wrong with it's export in some way? I'm using 3.1 of DVDPro.

[gplasky]

I'm running DVD Profiler 3.1.1 build 1171 so that isn't your issue. I vaguely remember having an issue like this a while ago. I think I had tracked it down to an older .jar file that shouldn't have been there. Make sure you have no plugins installed at all in your Sage directory. Just Sage and SageMC. (You'll have to blow away the directory to make sure nothing is left.) Install plugins one at a time after you test it.

Gerry

[ryttingm]

As a sanity check I removed all my DVD paths from sage. Then re-added them and used refresh all DVD profiler data. Everything came in just fine. Brent, your issue of being able to see the data but not save it seems oddly familiar. I will rack my brain to see if I can remember anything.

-Mike

[ryttingm]

Hmmmm. My bad. I made a typo and should have said .java. (Not a jar) By the same token though my DVD Profiler imports are working without a hitch. (Haven't done a multi lately.)

Gerry

The package does include a .java and a .class. The .java is simply the source and doesn't matter. Only the .class is important. If you do have a jar for DVDPro2Sage it may be coming from an old version of the code. You should only have the .class file in the SageTV/DVDPro2Sage folder and no DVDPro2Sage.jar in your JARs folder.

-Mike

[Brent]

More work on troubleshooting this thing.

To address the suggestions above, I have zero plugins installed - just SageTV and the SageMC STV at the moment. None have been installed since my total reinstall of SageTV last weekend.

I have DVDPro2Sage.class in the SageTV>SageTV>DVDPro2Sage directory no dvdpro2sage.jar (not sure where that file came from even...)

I removed that dvdpro2sage.class file completely from SageTV directories. Rebooted SageTV and restarted the Service. I could then import movies metadata using IMDB (couldn't before this) but of course couldn't import movies using DVDProfiler import.

Next I tried the dvdpro2sage.class file from the 6.3.7 SageMC installation package (put it in that same directory mentioned above) and restarted SageTV and service. After that I couldn't import via DVDProfiler import OR IMDB imports. Same thing using the dvdpro2sage.class file modified for multi-dvd titles.

Strange that removing the dvdpro2sage.class file makes imdb imports work again. Does this information help anyone with suggestions I should try? I'm still desperately seeking advice :confused:

[ryttingm]

More work on troubleshooting this thing.

To address the suggestions above, I have zero plugins installed - just SageTV and the SageMC STV at the moment. None have been installed since my total reinstall of SageTV last weekend.

I have DVDPro2Sage.class in the SageTV>SageTV>DVDPro2Sage directory no dvdpro2sage.jar (not sure where that file came from even...)

I removed that dvdpro2sage.class file completely from SageTV directories. Rebooted SageTV and restarted the Service. I could then import movies metadata using IMDB (couldn't before this) but of course couldn't import movies using DVDProfiler import.

Next I tried the dvdpro2sage.class file from the 6.3.7 SageMC installation package (put it in that same directory mentioned above) and restarted SageTV and service. After that I couldn't import via DVDProfiler import OR IMDB imports. Same thing using the dvdpro2sage.class file modified for multi-dvd titles.

Strange that removing the dvdpro2sage.class file makes imdb imports work again. Does this information help anyone with suggestions I should try? I'm still desperately seeking advice :confused:

PM me a copy of your log. I'll take a look for something suspicious.

-Mike

[Brent]

First off - thanks to everyone who has tried to help me. I really appreciate everyone's efforts as this has to be one of the more frustrating HTPC experiences I've had. I'm not the most patient person in the world, but when it comes to my HTPC I'm very determined (sometimes misinterpreted by the wife as stubborn and geeky at the same time.)

Now for the real message. I fixed my problem and I'm not totally sure what I did to fix it. I have a theory, but I'm not positive. To investigate I need your help by answering this question:

Please post below your settings (location) for the following in Settings>SageMC>Paths:

Other Programs:
Offline Path:
MetaData XML:
DVD Profiler Path:
IMDB Cache Path:

I think I had my path set correctly, but possibly there is a limitation of where I can put certain things... Need your input here if you use DVDProfiler import in SageMC. Thanks!

[gplasky]

Other Programs: c:\temp
Offline Path: c:\
MetaData XML: C:\Program Files (x86)\SageTV\SageTV\STVs\SageTV3\SageMCE
DVD Profiler Path: C:\Users\Gerry\Documents\DVD Profiler\Databases\Default
IMDB Cache Path: left empty

Hope that helps. I'm not doing offline DVDs.

Gerry

[ryttingm]

First off - thanks to everyone who has tried to help me. I really appreciate everyone's efforts as this has to be one of the more frustrating HTPC experiences I've had. I'm not the most patient person in the world, but when it comes to my HTPC I'm very determined (sometimes misinterpreted by the wife as stubborn and geeky at the same time.)

Now for the real message. I fixed my problem and I'm not totally sure what I did to fix it. I have a theory, but I'm not positive. To investigate I need your help by answering this question:

Please post below your settings (location) for the following in Settings>SageMC>Paths:
Other Programs:
Offline Path:
MetaData XML:
DVD Profiler Path:
IMDB Cache Path:

I think I had my path set correctly, but possibly there is a limitation of where I can put certain things... Need your input here if you use DVDProfiler import in SageMC. Thanks!

Other Programs:c:\temp
Offline Path:c:\tmp
MetaData XML:e:\dvd profiler\Collection.xml
DVD Profiler Path:e:\dvd profiler
IMDB Cache Path:

[elaw]

Brent,

Can you tell us how you fixed this issue? I think I'm having exactly the same problem as you describe... when I go to the "video info" screen, no metadata is shown (although a cover image appears... odd!). If I select "edit video info" then "DVD profiler import" I get a screen with all sorts of info about the DVD (this is offline DVDs by the way). When I select "import" it... doesn't!

For what it's worth, my settings are as follows:
Other Programs: C:\temp
Offline Path: C:\OfflineDVDs
MetaData XML: C:\DVDProfiler\Collection.xml
DVD Profiler Path: C:\Documents and Settings\eric.HOME\My Documents\DVD Profiler\Databases\Default (have also tried the images subfolder)
IMDB Cache Path: (blank)

I originally thought it might be a permissions problem, but I gave "full control" to "everyone" on all the folders listed above and still no luck. :(

This is SageMC v6.3.8 and Sage v6.4.8 running in service mode on XP pro.

Edit: One more thing I noticed while fooling around with this last night... on a client, when I go into "videos" and select "file system" view, *only* videos I imported from DVDProfiler appear (with green, not yellow icons)! But when I try to play any of them, I get an "unable to render video" error message. Other views (genres, all videos) show everything in my video library.

[Naylia]

I noticed yesterday that the method Sage uses for offline movie imports prevents the import of any offline movies that have a :/? or other filename unfriendly symbol in their title. Just a thought for those people that have parts of their collection missing or are testing on a subset of discs.

[elaw]

Actually in my experience it's even worse than that!

It seems like when Sage (or SageMC, not sure where this functionality actually is?) imports offline DVD info, it creates a small .mpg file in the offline DVDs folder for each title. In my case, for each title that contained an illegal character, instead of the .mpg file being created, it created a 0-byte file named as the title of the movie up to the illegal character. So for "2001: a space odyssey", it created a 0-byte file called "2001" with no extension.

In my case, the illegal characters were all colons, so I went into the XML file and removed them with a search/replace. Not a real fun task, and of course it will have to be repeated every time I export from DVDProfiler. :bang:

[gplasky]

I change the title in DVD Profiler so that "2001: a space odyssey" becomes "2001-a space odyssey". Do it once and you're done. Any new titles I just do that automatically.

Gerry

[jpaddock3000]

I'm having the problem where I can't get the images to show up, but all other info from dvd profiler shows up. My path to dvd profiler is c:\users\jason\documents\dvd profiler\databases\default.

Any ideas why only the images aren't showing up?

I'm using SageMC_6_3_8b_6 with DVD Profiler 3.5. I do have the latest DVDPro2Sage.class file.

Thanks

[gplasky]

Are the folders that the movies are in named EXACTLY as the title in DVD Profiler? After updating did you refresh the media again or quit and start SageTV again?

Gerry

[jpaddock3000]

Are the folders that the movies are in named EXACTLY as the title in DVD Profiler? After updating did you refresh the media again or quit and start SageTV again?

Gerry

I didn't realize that I needed to restart Sage. After doing that, it is working great.

Thanks

[gplasky]

You shouldn't have to. Either the refresh media or exiting out of My Videos and going back in should have shown the covers.

Gerry

[theringnebula]

Brent & elaw:

I am also having the exact same problem you described. I cannot import or change any metadata for my DVD or video collection. My problem started after a recent server change. I get an error when I try to use the IMDB lookup and when I do a DVD Profiler import nothing actually imports even though the data is there. I hope we can get this figured out.

[jamesdisco]

http://picasaweb.google.com/linenway/UntitledAlbum?feat=directlink
Pic of imdb error (http://picasaweb.google.com/linenway/UntitledAlbum?feat=directlink)
I'm getting the same problem, the imdb jars were all up to datebut i still get an error when i try to search the imdb database. It stopped working about 2 months ago for no apparent reason.

[gplasky]

http://picasaweb.google.com/linenway/UntitledAlbum?feat=directlink
Pic of imdb error (http://picasaweb.google.com/linenway/UntitledAlbum?feat=directlink)
I'm getting the same problem, the imdb jars were all up to datebut i still get an error when i try to search the imdb database. It stopped working about 2 months ago for no apparent reason.

Get the latest.

IMDB latest (http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?p=333908&postcount=371)

Gerry

[jamesdisco]

Get the latest.

IMDB latest (http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?p=333908&postcount=371)

Gerry


Thanks, that sorted it.

[pbennington]

hi, is it possible for to configure the dvdprofiler import to import the high quality covers into sagemc rather than the thumbnails? or would this cause a significant slow down when loading screens?, just a though as i'm using the imovies screen and when enlarged some of the thumnails look a bit grainy

Cheers

[gplasky]

The thumbnails are 180 x 252. The hi-res images are like 500 x 700. It would slow it down, especially on HD Extenders but I don't know how much. Might be nice if it was an option to choose one or the other.

Gerry

[pbennington]

i've being playing a bit and created a new directory structure c:\dvdprofilerhighres\Images\Thumbnails and copied the high res images into the thumbnails directory, then changed the sagemc dvdprofiler path to c:\dvdprofilerhighres and imported and the high res images appeared, and seem to work okay with the hd200, however I only have two dvd's ripped at the moment so not sure what effect this will have as i add more, are all images cached on the hd200?

[gplasky]

i've being playing a bit and created a new directory structure c:\dvdprofilerhighres\Images\Thumbnails and copied the high res images into the thumbnails directory, then changed the sagemc dvdprofiler path to c:\dvdprofilerhighres and imported and the high res images appeared, and seem to work okay with the hd200, however I only have two dvd's ripped at the moment so not sure what effect this will have as i add more, are all images cached on the hd200?

Let me know when you have 400 DVDs of them loaded and what the performance is. Measuring 2 DVDs doesn't really mean much. Sage loads photos bigger than that. My photos are 2048 x 1536. But you can build those thumbnails for photos so they're cached.

Gerry

[pbennington]

thats what i figured, i wasn't sure whether the sage/hd200 only ever loaded the images shown on screen at any one time into memory or loads all of them at start up or just builds them up as they are shown. How much memory does the hd200 have? anyway as i'm now only on dvd 3, only another 397 to go untill i report the results!

Thanks