Plex Scanner and BMT Agent for SageTV

[Daner919]

This is great news, I would love to try this out. I am not positive how to install this in Ubuntu however... it is basically split into two directories unlike windows etc...
/var/lib/plexmediaserver
/usr/lib/plexmediaserver
anyone have any idea? since i am a linux-nubie.

[Yalbik]

Originally Posted by PiX64

I can't remember exactly why I do that but I'm pretty sure it has to do with segmented files and the fact that sage can at times split a recording into multiple files... I think.

Ill have to look at it to be sure

Not a huge deal...I've found the SageEx stuff to be extremely fast anyway (but I only have around 1000 recordings in my library). I'm pretty new to the Sage API, so I could be entirely wrong....

[PiX64]

Originally Posted by Daner919

This is great news, I would love to try this out. I am not positive how to install this in Ubuntu however... it is basically split into two directories unlike windows etc...
/var/lib/plexmediaserver
/usr/lib/plexmediaserver
anyone have any idea? since i am a linux-nubie.

Yeah so when installing on linux variant, you would need to put your scanners and agents in the following location:

http://wiki.plexapp.com/index.php/Pl...d_Tricks#Linux

and then the wiki written by Darci.

https://code.google.com/p/sagetv-for...allingAndUsing

[PiX64]

Google code site:

http://code.google.com/p/sagetv-for-plexmediacenter/

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The Newest code release 5 has been placed on the google code site under downloads.

it contains:
- Updates to the scanner which allow all defined file types to be correctly scanned and added to the media stack.
file types include: (if ext.lower() in ['.mpg', '.avi', '.mkv', '.mp4', '.ts', '.m4v']: )

1) shutdown plex completely
2) unzip new download into correct location
3) restart plex
4) perform a DEEP scan

done and done!

let us know if you have questions.

[nyplayer]

I installed the new code and I get nothing at all downloaded. Says scan complete in a few seconds and the library is empty.

[PiX64]

Well that's not right. Did u stop plex, put new scanner in place then restart plex and perform a deep scan? Are u running the most recent version?

Did u change the scanner file to use your sage server address port and username and password as opposed to mine?

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by PiX64

Well that's not right. Did u stop plex, put new scanner in place then restart plex and perform a deep scan? Are u running the most recent version?

Did u change the scanner file to use your sage server address port and username and password as opposed to mine?

Yeah my bad I accidently remove the http.

Just keeping you on your toes

[PiX64]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Yeah my bad I accidently remove the http.

Just keeping you on your toes

nice! lemme know how it works out and if your files not previously being brought in are now being brought in. i suspect with this code fix, they should all come through.

[nyplayer]

found one problem these shows get combined in 1 title.

Law & Order
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

[PiX64]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

found one problem these shows get combined in 1 title.

Law & Order
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

That problem had to have been there before. The code i changed would not have caused that.. no way no how :-)

curious though, how does it look in the TVDB or in BMT?

[nyplayer]

Same problem same recordings not getting BMT data..... maybe it is the way you handle the Sage file names... I rename all my files to Plex standards... including spaces... maybe this is messing with your scans.

[PiX64]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Same problem same recordings not getting BMT data..... maybe it is the way you handle the Sage file names... I rename all my files to Plex standards... including spaces... maybe this is messing with your scans.

If u rename the files, sage must still recognize the new filename and save the file as a recording so that sagex API is called, it knows what the file is. If I rename and can't acces the file via http://server ip : port /sagex/API?c=plex:GetMediaFileForName&1=filename picked up by scanner, the scanner won't add the file to plex...

[nyplayer]

Well I guess it must be a BMT problem with certain titles. I would be curious to see if others are having problems with not getting metadata for certain titles. The scanner works great by itself as long as I use built in Plex agents.

Some titles with np metadata.
Flashpoint
The Client List
Lost in Space
All Law and orders get combined.
The Green Hornet
The Good Wife

[marsh9man]

I am trying to install this for the first time.
I have unzipped the plugins and scanner folder to the plex media server folder and made the necessary edits.
But, when I try add sections through plex, the sagescanner is not an option in the dop down menu in advanced settings.
The plugin does not show up either when I click on plugins under plex.

Any ideas what I may have done wrong?

[darcilicious]

Did you stop the Plex server, add the files, etc, and then restart the server?

I have unzipped the plugins and scanner folder to the plex media server folder

Can you post all the gorey details of your Plex server setup?
OS?
Paths that you placed the scanner files in?

The plugin does not show up either when I click on plugins under plex.

These aren't plugins these are scanners/metadata agents...

[marsh9man]

Yes, shut down and restarted plex.

I am on windows 7.

The file structure that I unzipped to is...

C:/Program Files/Plex/Plexmediaserver/...

Prior to this I have just had Plex sharing a networked drive to a Roku...all of which is working fine.

[Daner919]

Thanks for the help, it seems to be working. Art doesn't show up for TV shows, but that may be a filename thing...
Playing back on the plex server yielded poor results. (a dual core machine)
I will be ordering up a Roku 3 now, even if it doesn't end up working, I can still use it for Amazon etc...
(I have to transcode from mpeg2 from my HDHR tuners, and I am on Linux so it may not work for me but it's worth a try)
Nice work folks!

[darcilicious]

It doesn't seem like you're following the instructions here:

https://code.google.com/p/sagetv-for...x_Media_Server

because

C:/Program Files/Plex/Plexmediaserver/...

is not correct.

You must follow the instructions precisely in order for this to work...

[Comitizer]

So will this update the watched status of a SageTV item?

Does this only work for recordings that have been done by Sage or can I add imported shows too?

Looks pretty cool so far.

Thanks!

[PiX64]

Originally Posted by Comitizer

So will this update the watched status of a SageTV item?

Sage Watched Status should be synced on initial scan of the library, and should be updated with subsequent scans. Waht will NOT happen is sync plex watched status back to SageTV from Plex. That is not possible with the scanner and Agent combo. It would require a plugin or a channel inside of plex which I am not currently planning on building.

There are other solutions I am aware of which consist of using SJQ to monitor plex and sync watched status back and forth. I have not personally done this as I do not use SJQ, but I have heard it can be done.

Originally Posted by Comitizer

Does this only work for recordings that have been done by Sage or can I add imported shows too?

This will work for All Content that you have stored in sage and sagex/bmt know about. imported recordings, archived recordings, sage recorded movies, etc.

Plex does a really good job with tvshows that you may have saved or imported with proper names, as well as with movies. The way i run this is I have 2 sections for Sage -- SageTV Recordings, and SageTV Movies. That is it. I let plex bring in the other content on its own via the built in scanners and agents.