STV Import: Movie Info Screen V.1.0

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by babgvant

I use the BMT pluggin, it does everything (metadata, thumbnails, fanart) automatically.

Timely post - I've been playing around with it this morning. For some reason the metadata is more complete in the .properties file than mediaScraper, even with the same source. I haven't tried the plug-in yet.

[chrishallowell]

I'm using preconfiguration screen #9.
When I select a DVD folder (A Few Good Men) I get:
Duration: Unknown (DVD)

But when I look at the my file I see this: TVDuration = 138 minutes
Is there any way to get this to display for the movie duration?

Also, is there anyway to add the released info?

A Few Good Men.my file:
Title=A Few Good Men (1992)
overview=Neo military lawyer Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder; they contend they were acting under orders.
actors=Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, James Marshall, J.T. Walsh, Christopher Guest, J.A. Preston, Matt Craven, Wolfgang Bodison, Xander Berkeley, John M. Jackson, Noah Wyle, (Director)Rob Reiner, (Writer)Aaron Sorkin,
TVRated=Rated R for language.
TVDuration=138 min
released=11 December 1992 (USA)

[OferL]

Originally Posted by Kirby

I completely reinstalled my server and sage setup, and cover art and this import dont seem to be working for me, at least not the way it used to.

New server is based on Windows 7, latest Sage (6.5.9), Sage MC 6.3.8a, Sage MC b12, nBlue theme, and this import. Thats all I have added into the system.

Now I am going on a limb here and assuming that I imported this into the b12 STV and not the default MC as I am at work and cant verify it, but im pretty sure I did it right.

When I go into the movies listing (Genre list) I get a screen like the first attachment. This fanart image will change depending on which specific movie is viewed last (it retains that fanart image as a background). And if I go into a specific movie, I get a screen like the second attachment.

Any ideas? Some sort of JAR file out of whack? Oh I'm running either patch 11 or 12 of Java (the lastest at time of install a week and half ago). Did I miss something else obvious? I did select the AMIS screen option.


*edit* nevermind about the second part, didnt realize so much had changed since i previously used this import. found the menu options and got it like i want. Still not sure why the last fanart background displayed (from last movie) becomes the default background in the main video library though??

I have the exact same problem as the second image, how did you fix it?

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by chrishallowell

I'm using preconfiguration screen #9.
When I select a DVD folder (A Few Good Men) I get:
Duration: Unknown (DVD)

But when I look at the my file I see this: TVDuration = 138 minutes
Is there any way to get this to display for the movie duration?

Also, is there anyway to add the released info?

A Few Good Men.my file:
Title=A Few Good Men (1992)
overview=Neo military lawyer Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder; they contend they were acting under orders.
actors=Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, James Marshall, J.T. Walsh, Christopher Guest, J.A. Preston, Matt Craven, Wolfgang Bodison, Xander Berkeley, John M. Jackson, Noah Wyle, (Director)Rob Reiner, (Writer)Aaron Sorkin,
TVRated=Rated R for language.
TVDuration=138 min
released=11 December 1992 (USA)

Good call, I didn't notice that .my file supported those extra items even though they where right in front of me. I'll get those added to the next release.

Originally Posted by OferL

I have the exact same problem as the second image, how did you fix it?

Are you talking about "Still not sure why the last fanart background displayed (from last movie) becomes the default background in the main video library though??"

I'm pretty sure this is a known issue and just requires a restart of that client to fix it.

[Kirby]

Originally Posted by OferL

I have the exact same problem as the second image, how did you fix it?

I havent. I have restarted my HD200 extender many times, and it still happens.

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by Kirby

I havent. I have restarted my HD200 extender many times, and it still happens.

Have you tried disabling my import and using the default Sagemc Info Screen? Does it still do it? I think you'll find its a SageMC problem and is related to the disabling of context sensative fanart, but I can't be sure.

[Kirby]

Originally Posted by jaminben

Have you tried disabling my import and using the default Sagemc Info Screen? Does it still do it? I think you'll find its a SageMC problem and is related to the disabling of context sensative fanart, but I can't be sure.

Not yet. I was gone all weekend and have been trying to solve a larger Sage issue, my HD Homerun not working at all on my new Win7 server. When I get time I'll do some testing and analyze the log files. If I see something I'll pass it on to either you or Mike.

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by Kirby

Not yet. I was gone all weekend and have been trying to solve a larger Sage issue, my HD Homerun not working at all on my new Win7 server. When I get time I'll do some testing and analyze the log files. If I see something I'll pass it on to either you or Mike.

Cool, I have just tried again myself without my import and it simply works again after a client restart (PC not HD200).

Thx.

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by jaminben

Good call, I didn't notice that .my file supported those extra items even though they where right in front of me. I'll get those added to the next release.

Hmm, I've added the extra info into the import and it all works fine, that is except for DVD movies. So I think you'll be out of luck using .my files for DVD's (doesn't work in the default SageMC view either).

[Arioch5]

I installed the latest version and it looks great. However, the feature I wanted the most (play in external player) still isn't working for me.

If I launch the .cmd file by clicking on it I can fire off ZoomPlayer or WMP with out any problem. However, clicking play in Sage just flashes the UI and returns me to the home screen again.

I've read through this thread and from others' experiences this has happened before but they had their .cmd file in the wrong spot. I'm simply editing the .cmd file that was already created in the SageMC folder.

What else can I try? Are there any known bugs with playing in an external player? Anyone have any tips on what else could be causing this?

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by Arioch5

Anyone have any tips on what else could be causing this?

I don't know if this is even working as I never tried it but the code is hopefully all present and correct. It would be handy if someone else who has tried could post their results. Sorry I can't be more help

[chrishallowell]

Hmm, I've added the extra info into the import and it all works fine, that is except for DVD movies. So I think you'll be out of luck using .my files for DVD's (doesn't work in the default SageMC view either).

Ok, well, thanks for trying.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by jaminben

Hmm, I've added the extra info into the import and it all works fine, that is except for DVD movies. So I think you'll be out of luck using .my files for DVD's (doesn't work in the default SageMC view either).

So, the correct path is to use .properties files?

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

So, the correct path is to use .properties files?

Not sure, I don't use .properties files for my movie info. I usually use DVD profiler or IMDB data.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by jaminben

Not sure, I don't use .properties files for my movie info. I usually use DVD profiler or IMDB data.

I see - you are using whatever metadata Sage has imported into wiz.bin. I thought maybe you were parsing the sidecar metadata files (i.e., .properties or .my) and displaying that data. Thanks for the clarification!

[Brent]

Originally Posted by babgvant

I use the BMT pluggin, it does everything (metadata, thumbnails, fanart) automatically.

BMT plugin?

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by Brent

BMT plugin?

Batch Metadata Tool (stuckless' Batch Metadata Importer)

Originally Posted by stuckless

Many thanks to babgvant for adding a new feature and fixing a bug.

babgvant got tired of me not showing interest in providing a central/alternate location for downloaded backdrops, so he went ahead and added it himself

You can set the central/alternate location for backdrops using the following property

/sageMetadata/alternateBackdropLocation

This property accepts a standard File location. The default behaviour, if this property is not set, is to simply write the back drop in the same directory as the video file (as it did previously)

He also provided a regex for the characters that get removed in the title. If you find that it's not sufficient you can change it using the following property.

/sageMetadata/safeTitleReplaceRegex=:|/|\\|\*|\?|<|>|\|

He also went ahead a fixed a bug that he reported related to how the plugin handled video_ts folders.

So you can thank babgvant for this release

Can also run as a plugin.

Gerry

[babgvant]

Originally Posted by gplasky

Batch Metadata Tool (stuckless' Batch Metadata Importer)

Can also run as a plugin.

Gerry

The plugin is what makes BMT unique*, when Sage adds media to your library it calls the pluggin as part of the import process so metadata gets resolved immediately, instead of having to schedule an async external process and hope that the properties file gets written before Sage finds it.

As long as you put a little effort into naming the files, i.e. change whatever the disc name defaults to into something useful** (e.g. SAK_CLN -> Attack of the Clones), it works perfectly.

* even w/o the plugin it's still a cool app
** I was doing this even before discovering BMT, makes cleanup much easier (never going to remember what E1781 was)

[Brent]

Ah - I had forgotten about that add-on even though I used it when it first came out.

You know, there's so much going on between SageTV updates, user-developed tools and plugins and keeping up with other news that I can barely keep up with it all. I just love that about SageTV.

When you first said BMT I was thinking of a BLT sandwich - I guess I must be hungry

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by babgvant

As long as you put a little effort into naming the files, i.e. change whatever the disc name defaults to into something useful** (e.g. SAK_CLN -> Attack of the Clones), it works perfectly.

I have had it fail on a couple of my movies so far. It thought "American Pie" was "American Pie presents Band Camp", and it thought "Friday" was "Friday the 13th". Interestingly, the imdb link in American Pie.properties was correct, but everything else (metadata, poster, background) was wrong. I didn't check for Friday.

I'm not complaining - it's running at 96%+ accuracy. Just pointing out that you can't assume that every title will be correct.

EDIT: As an aside, I renamed the directories "American Pie" and "Friday", respectively.