DVD Profiler 3.5 Problems

[Taddeusz]

It seems that the new DVD Profiler has somehow broken compatibility with SageMC. A least for me categories are no longer showing up. I have a few movies that whenever I do a media scan they show back up in Unassigned. But whenever I do a DVD Profiler import on any movie the catagories show up as "Untitled".

Any ideas or does SageMC need to be updated somehow?

[ryttingm]

Originally Posted by Taddeusz

It seems that the new DVD Profiler has somehow broken compatibility with SageMC. A least for me categories are no longer showing up. I have a few movies that whenever I do a media scan they show back up in Unassigned. But whenever I do a DVD Profiler import on any movie the catagories show up as "Untitled".

Any ideas or does SageMC need to be updated somehow?

They most likely changed the xml format of the exported database in dvd profiler 3.5. This is causing the DVDPro2Sage class that parses the xml to choke. Stanger has been maintaining the DVDPro2Sage up till now. I'd be happy to look at it though to see if there's an easy fix. Please PM me a copy of your collection.xml.

-Mike

[Taddeusz]

Ok, here is my Collection.xml file.

[Brent]

Originally Posted by Taddeusz

It seems that the new DVD Profiler has somehow broken compatibility with SageMC.

What version of DVD Profiler are you using? I think I'm using the latest version and it's working for me with SageMC.

[Taddeusz]

Originally Posted by Brent

What version of DVD Profiler are you using? I think I'm using the latest version and it's working for me with SageMC.

Version 3.5. It just came out on the 15th.

[Brent]

Originally Posted by Taddeusz

Version 3.5. It just came out on the 15th.

I think I have the 3.5 beta version that was out on the 7th. I'll check when I get home this evening.

[ryttingm]

There is definitely a change in 3.5. It is now generating empty genre fields. The code wasn't properly handling it. I have updated the code and created a new class file. In addition, I have created a code.google.com project to let me check in changes and for people to download updates. Just download the latest class file and put it into your SageTV/DVDPro2Sage directory.

http://code.google.com/p/dvdpro2sage

-Mike

[stanger89]

Man I'm really not fond of that code, pretty ugly

(Not your changes, the whole thing)

[Taddeusz]

Thank you for fixing that. Seems to be working much better now.

[ewelin]

Originally Posted by ryttingm

There is definitely a change in 3.5. It is now generating empty genre fields. The code wasn't properly handling it. I have updated the code and created a new class file. In addition, I have created a code.google.com project to let me check in changes and for people to download updates. Just download the latest class file and put it into your SageTV/DVDPro2Sage directory.

http://code.google.com/p/dvdpro2sage

-Mike

Mike, Thanks a bunch for this fix!

[sam99]

I was finally getting around to synching my sagetv and dvd profiler and got everything working except for loading genres. In reading the boards, I was led to this thread and downloaded and replaced my class file in the appropriate folder on my server. But still no genres? The others who did this just seemed to work, so not sure what my problem is.

Sagetv 6.5.5.198
Dvd profiler 3.5.0 build 1240

server says Sagemc 6.3.8a
client says Sagemc 6.3.6b
is this right? should I see the difference because of the client?

Upon further testing, it seems that I can load genres one movie at a time by individually importing the profile on the server, but the full profiler refresh does not affect genre. And neither has any affect on the client.

When I look in the dvdpro2sage folder, should I see the .class file as well as a .java file? I am just trying to figure out if something got left over when I upgrade my server.

Thanks for any help.

[Taddeusz]

Originally Posted by sam99

I was finally getting around to synching my sagetv and dvd profiler and got everything working except for loading genres. In reading the boards, I was led to this thread and downloaded and replaced my class file in the appropriate folder on my server. But still no genres? The others who did this just seemed to work, so not sure what my problem is.

Sagetv 6.5.5.198
Dvd profiler 3.5.0 build 1240

server says Sagemc 6.3.8a
client says Sagemc 6.3.6b
is this right? should I see the difference because of the client?

Upon further testing, it seems that I can load genres one movie at a time by individually importing the profile on the server, but the full profiler refresh does not affect genre. And neither has any affect on the client.

When I look in the dvdpro2sage folder, should I see the .class file as well as a .java file? I am just trying to figure out if something got left over when I upgrade my server.

Thanks for any help.

You should upgrade your client also, both SageMC and dvdpro2sage.

[KJake]

Originally Posted by sam99

When I look in the dvdpro2sage folder, should I see the .class file as well as a .java file?

You only need the .class file, that's the compiled code that SageMC will run/use to load the XML.

I just did this all yesterday and can vouch that it works (also using 3.5 Build 1240).

[Taddeusz]

The only thing odd I've noticed about the new version is that DVD Profiler includes HTML tags for italics and such. the plugin doesn't follow these so you get

<i></i>

in the middle of descriptions.

[KJake]

Yup, I noticed the same, but mostly only for a few movies. A lot of mine stayed pure-plain-text even after doing a full profile refresh and update on my whole collection.

I was tossing around the idea of writing up a small .exe to post that would strip out any HTML from the .xml file...or, if I could modify the Java code to do it probably. I'll look at doing that today.

[KJake]

Originally Posted by ryttingm

There is definitely a change in 3.5. It is now generating empty genre fields. The code wasn't properly handling it. I have updated the code and created a new class file. In addition, I have created a code.google.com project to let me check in changes and for people to download updates. Just download the latest class file and put it into your SageTV/DVDPro2Sage directory.

http://code.google.com/p/dvdpro2sage

-Mike

Here is a new class file to strip HTML out of the Overview as it is imported as meta-data. I also cleaned up unused imports and variables and parameterized all the Vectors.

[file moved to http://dvdpro2sage.googlecode.com]

[sam99]

Thanks guys, yes, I had not upgraded my client. I have left my sage setup alone for almost a year, ever since I received my HD100 in the first batch. Why fix what isn't really broken? So I had looked for a sagemc client and had not found one, having forgotten that I simply load the same sagemc onto my client that i loaded on the server. That and replacing the .class file did in fact fix my problem with the client, so all is good here again. Only reason I had gone through all this was to get my new HD200 running. Gotta love the sagetv/sagemc/HD100x2/mvpx2 combination when I have not had to reload or do any real tinkering over the last 12 months! I do keep looking at these UI screenshots with a good bit of jealousy and keep telling myself to set aside some time to really get into customization. But with the WAF so high, I am a little hesitant to mess.

Anyway, thanks for setting me straight. I had noticed the html tags on some of the movies as well, i will have to try the new provided .class file.

[KJake]

DVDProfiler 3.5.1 is out now.

Changes to the XML file are minimal:
* Empty Genre tags are no longer output
* MediaPublisher is now a full node called MediaCompanies with 0-n MediaCompany children.

I've tested the current .class from my post on the 28th and everything seems fine with this new version of DVDProfiler.