STV Import: MovieTimes Movie Listings Import v0.57 Beta - Page 5

aperry · #81 05-15-2006, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mike1961

Go in and edit your locations.xml file and make these two lines read like this (get rid of the N/A):

<Active></Active>
<Inactive></Inactive>

And try downloading theaters again.

Any others having similar problems might want to check those lines as well.

Note: DO NOT use the XML shorthand notation of <Active/> or <Inactive/> as those will not work with mtsa.

mike1961 · #82 05-15-2006, 01:08 PM

Still not working. I have copied the movietimes folder to my local workstation and changed the config xml and it still is not working. Here are what my files look like:

I have include the entire files to config.xml, locations.xml, log.txt (please note the Search Aborted at the bottom of the log.txt file). I've also included my MovieData.xsd file AFTER the download finishes.

Thanks again for your help; I would have given up long ago if not for your continued support.

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c:\MovieTimes\config.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ConfigurationSettings>
	<LocationFile>c:\MovieTimes\locations.xml</LocationFile>
	<!-- Enter the file location where you want to store the location information. -->
	<LogFile>c:\MovieTimes\Media\log.txt</LogFile>
	<!-- Enter the file location where you want to store the log file. -->
	<TempFolder>c:\MovieTimes\Media\Temp\</TempFolder>
	<!-- Enter the folder location where you want to store temporary files. -->
	<NumberOfDays>7</NumberOfDays>
	<!-- Enter how many days into the future you would like movie listings for. Note that some countries do not support this setting. -->
	<DownloadExtraDetails>True</DownloadExtraDetails>
	<!-- Choose whether or not you would like to download extra movie information from IMDB.com. -->
	<!-- Values: True False -->
	<PosterFolder>c:\MovieTimes\Media\Temp</PosterFolder>
	<!-- Enter the folder location where you want to store movie posters. -->
	<PosterQuality>High</PosterQuality>
	<!-- Choose whether or not to download higher quality (but larger in size) movie posters, lower quality posters, or none at all. -->
	<!-- Values: High Low None -->
	<TrailerFolder>c:\MovieTimes\Media\Trailers\</TrailerFolder>
	<!-- Enter the folder location where you want to store movie trailers. -->
	<TrailerQuality>None</TrailerQuality>
	<!-- Choose whether or not to download higher quality (but larger in size) movie trailers, lower quality trailers, streaming (links only), or none at all. -->
	<!-- Values: High StreamHigh Low StreamLow None -->
	<RemoveOldMedia>True</RemoveOldMedia>
	<!-- Choose whether or not you want to automatically delete old (non-referenced) posters and trailers. -->
	<!-- Values: True False -->
	<XmlDataFile>c:\MovieTimes\Media\moviedata.xml</XmlDataFile>
	<XmlSchemaDataFile>c:\MovieTimes\Media\moviedata.xsd</XmlSchemaDataFile>
	<!-- Enter the file locations where you want to store the XML movie data and the associated XML Schema file. -->
</ConfigurationSettings>
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c:\MovieTimes\locations.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LocationList>
<!-- **************************************************************************************************************** -->
<!--  Country: Select the country to retrieve movie listings for. -->
<!--  Values: Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom, United States -->
<!-- **************************************************************************************************************** -->
<!--  Locations: Select the postal code and/or city name to retrieve movie listings for. -->
<!--  Note: Separate each value with a "|" character. -->
<!-- **************************************************************************************************************** -->
<!--  Active, Inactive: Select one or more theaters to retrieve movie listings for. -->
<!--  Note: Separate each value with a "|" character. -->
<!-- **************************************************************************************************************** -->
	<LocationDetails>
		<Country>United States</Country>
		<Locations>91301|91320|91377|91360|91361|91362|93010|93012|93063|93064|93065</Locations>
		<Active></Active>
		<Inactive></Inactive>		
	</LocationDetails>
</LocationList>
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c:\MovieTimes\media\log.txt
MovieTimesVBNET - Stand Alone (4.0 Beta 7)

May 15, 2006 @ 12:00:21 PM

[SETTINGS] c:\MovieTimes\locations.xml
[SETTINGS] c:\MovieTimes\Media\log.txt
[SETTINGS] c:\MovieTimes\Media\Temp\
[SETTINGS] 7
[SETTINGS] True
[SETTINGS] c:\MovieTimes\Media\Temp\
[SETTINGS] High
[SETTINGS] c:\MovieTimes\Media\Trailers\
[SETTINGS] None
[SETTINGS] True
[SETTINGS] c:\MovieTimes\Media\moviedata.xml
[SETTINGS] c:\MovieTimes\Media\moviedata.xsd

[SETTINGS] c:\MovieTimes\locations.xml:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LocationList>
<!-- **************************************************************************************************************** -->
<!--  Country: Select the country to retrieve movie listings for. -->
<!--  Values: Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom, United States -->
<!-- **************************************************************************************************************** -->
<!--  Locations: Select the postal code and/or city name to retrieve movie listings for. -->
<!--  Note: Separate each value with a "|" character. -->
<!-- **************************************************************************************************************** -->
<!--  Active, Inactive: Select one or more theaters to retrieve movie listings for. -->
<!--  Note: Separate each value with a "|" character. -->
<!-- **************************************************************************************************************** -->
	<LocationDetails>
		<Country>United States</Country>
		<Locations>91301|91320|91377|91360|91361|91362|93010|93012|93063|93064|93065</Locations>
		<Active></Active>
		<Inactive></Inactive>		
	</LocationDetails>
</LocationList>

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c:\MovieTimes\media\moviedata.xsd
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<xs:schema id="MediaLibrary" xmlns="" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
  <xs:element name="MediaLibrary" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
        <xs:element name="Media" msdata:CaseSensitive="False">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="MediaID" msdata:AutoIncrement="true" type="xs:int" />
              <xs:element name="Name" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
              <xs:element name="Alias" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
              <xs:element name="Rating" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
              <xs:element name="Runtime" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
              <xs:element name="image" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
              <xs:element name="CriticsGrade" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
              <xs:element name="YahooUserGrade" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
              <xs:element name="ReleaseDate" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
              <xs:element name="Distributor" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
              <xs:element name="Actors" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
              <xs:element name="Director" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
              <xs:element name="Genre" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
              <xs:element name="PlotSummary" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
              <xs:element name="ImdbUserReview" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
            </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
        <xs:element name="Locations" msdata:CaseSensitive="False">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="LocationID" msdata:AutoIncrement="true" type="xs:int" />
              <xs:element name="Name" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
              <xs:element name="Date" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
              <xs:element name="MediaName" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
              <xs:element name="Times" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
            </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
      </xs:choice>
    </xs:complexType>
    <xs:unique name="Constraint1" msdata:PrimaryKey="true">
      <xs:selector xpath=".//Media" />
      <xs:field xpath="MediaID" />
    </xs:unique>
    <xs:unique name="Locations_Constraint1" msdata:ConstraintName="Constraint1" msdata:PrimaryKey="true">
      <xs:selector xpath=".//Locations" />
      <xs:field xpath="LocationID" />
    </xs:unique>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>

aperry · #83 05-15-2006, 09:45 PM

After looking back, I realize I may not have been clear. After making the changes I referenced getting rid of the "N/A", which you have done, go into the MovieTimes config screen and do the "(Re)Load Theaters". That should load up the theaters for your selected ZIP codes (as I mention in the instructions PDF, when you select that, it may take a minute or so to load, and will display a list of all theaters when it is done).

Then, in that list go in and choose the theaters you want as your active theaters (highlighted in red). You can also choose the priority of the theaters.

Once you have gotten that all done, exit to the SageTV main menu.

Take a look at your locations.xml file at this point, and you should see something like this:

<LocationDetails>
<Country>United States</Country>
<Locations>Zip1|Zip2|Zip3</Locations>
<Active>Active Theater 1|Active Theater 2|Active Theater 3|...</Active>
<Inactive>Inactive Theater 1|Inactive Theater 2|Inactive Theater 3|...</Inactive>
</LocationDetails>

Now, you can run the mtsa.exe program, and it should load up some movie data for you.

mike1961 · #84 05-15-2006, 10:27 PM

Well - I'll try. I was hoping I could do the Load Theatres outside of Sage because now I guess I'm going to have install all my customizations on the server because it won't work on the client because the client is mapped to \\server1\sharedz so that there is a folder called Z:\MovieTimes. But, the client continues to try and map the config file to Z:\SharedZ\Movietimes which does not exist and the client will not accept a UNC. I'll install on the server and let you know how it goes.

Edited: I tried moving the MovieTimes folder to my local C Drive again and configure so that I could reload the theatres but the Configure does not see the movietimes folder.

Edited: Okay, I see the problem, the C drive it's referencing is C on the server but it does not say that. This also does not support mapped drives or a UNC. The fact that this does not mapped drives or a UNC is making this extremely difficult for me to set up with SageClient because I do not have the entire drive shared or mapped to the root. I'm going to have to share and then unshared the root to try and get the theatre locations. Also, I cannot just tell the client to look on say Z:\Movietimes which is how it is mapped. Rather, it continues to try and map it to Z:\sharedz\Movietimes which does not exist. Do you see the problem?

Edited: I'm starting to think the only way to do this is to run it on the file server and it's almost impossible to run it on a SageClient but I think it will be easy to view the movies on Sage Client once I have my locations file set up which is a one time thing.
Still trying...

Thanks for the continued support.
Mike

aperry · #85 05-15-2006, 11:09 PM

You can technically do the load theaters outside of Sage, but that is somewhat more error-prone, because you'll need to make sure that you set up the pipe-delimited list of theaters correctly. Any issue in the list, and you'll likely not be able to load movie data information.

You can run it with "mtsa.exe /updatetheatersonly". That will load all your theaters. Everything will go into the <Inactive> list, and you would need to go in and pull the desired movies into the <Active> list.

Regarding your networking issue, I'm not sure why you are having problems... I set up my machine to run with a UNC path for everything, and it all worked fine. Have you configured the share to allow full access for everyone?

Given Sage's file and directory browsers, I would recommend that folks stay away from UNC paths, as I don't think they work in those browsers too well.

If you do set up UNC, then you'll need to manually configure (while Sage is completely exited) the following SageTV variables in your Sage.properties or SageClient.properties (wherever it exists at this point) are set to this (the other "aperry" items, if they exist, can be ignored):

aperry/MtsaConfigFile=\\\\server1\\SharedZ\\MovieTimes\\config.xml
aperry/MtsaExecutable=\\\\server1\\SharedZ\\MovieTimes\\mtsa.exe

aperry · #86 05-15-2006, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mike1961

Edited: Okay, I see the problem, the C drive it's referencing is C on the server but it does not say that. This also does not support mapped drives or a UNC. The fact that this does not mapped drives or a UNC is making this extremely difficult for me to set up with SageClient because I do not have the entire drive shared or mapped to the root. I'm going to have to share and then unshared the root to try and get the theatre locations. Also, I cannot just tell the client to look on say Z:\Movietimes which is how it is mapped. Rather, it continues to try and map it to Z:\sharedz\Movietimes which does not exist. Do you see the problem?

This makes no sense at all, maybe it is a client thing... Anyhow, if you have the drive Z: on your client mapped to a share called "sharedz" on your server, then if you go to Z:\MovieTimes, then that goes to \\server1\sharedz\MovieTimes. The fact that it is doing something different than that just doesn't make any sense.

What happens if you go to a command prompt and type "dir Z:\MovieTimes"?

mike1961 · #87 05-15-2006, 11:27 PM

Okay I got the Theatre download. The answer is all initial configuration and all downloads must be done on the file server. But, I'm pretty sure that SageClients will be able to see the movietimes after the downloads. I'll keep you posted...still working on it.

Thanks for the continued support.

Mike

aperry · #88 05-15-2006, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by mike1961

The answer is all initial configuration and all downloads must be done on the file server.

I'm not sure I'd go that far. I still believe that the proper configuration of UNC paths everywhere would enable you to configure and do everything on the client. Note that you'd probably have to manually put the UNC paths into your config.xml file (and potentially the two Sage variables I mentioned above).

You would definitely want to set up the scheduled task for MTSA on the server though, for sure.

Glad you've got things starting to head in the right direction.

mike1961 · #89 05-16-2006, 12:04 AM

Well, I have successfully download the theatres and movie data (I checked the MovieData.xml file and it's all there. But, when I go into Sage on either my server or my workstations and list theatres or movies there is nothing. In Configure, I have highlighted the theatres in red so I know they are there and it is reading the locations file but it's just not showing in the List Movies or Theatres. I'm getting closer but what should I try next?

I have already tried restarting Sage and Sage Server. In my locations file I have an & and the theater is as follows:

Edwards Valencia Grand Palace Stadium& Imax

Do I need to change it and if so how? Also, are there any special characters I need to look for in the locations file with the latest version?

EDITED: Believe me - it's just not worth the challenge and really won't work (I've been at it a long time and I'm a developer myself). Everything is just a total mess. It thinks the C drive is the C drive on the server. I have my Z drive on the client mapped to the server's Z:\SharedZ and it continues to try and map it as Z:\SharedZ which does not exist on my client at all. I tried UNC's in the path and none of it works. But, I do believe once I get this stuff downloaded that the client will be able to view the data via UNC's but it's going to take a lot to try and get the client to download theatres (maybe the old DOS SUBSTR command...whatever it takes, it's clear that this plugin was not designed to do the downloads on the client and is not worth the effor if one can get it configured on the server).

Thanks,
Mike

aperry · #90 05-16-2006, 08:15 AM

Mike - I understand your frustration, and believe me, your frustration has also frustrated be. I have stated on a couple of previous occasions that this was not originally designed with a server/client setup. I don't have that setup, and frankly, I don't have the $30 to invest in getting a client license so I can test it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike1961

Believe me - it's just not worth the challenge and really won't work (I've been at it a long time and I'm a developer myself). Everything is just a total mess.

Wow, I must admit that I take offense at that comment. I know that you are frustrated, but to slam my stuff like that, especially with the amount of time I have spent in trying to help you, is uncalled for. I ask you to keep in mind that this is a beta. It is not a finished product. I have it working on my system, and I know others have been successful as well (though I don't know if anyone's got a server/client setup going or not), so it is far from a "total mess".Edit: Mike and I got this cleared up, he was not "dissing" the import, rather just the "mess" he has had to go through so far to try and get things working for his configuration.

Now that I've got that off my chest, I'm still willing to help if you are still willing to keep trying some things.

Regarding the ampersand thing, as I understand it, you should be able to leave that alone now. The MTSA author fixed that problem in his last release. If it is still not downloading listings, etc. for that theater, then let me know and I'll pass it on to him to get it fixed.

Regarding the drive mapping, based on your last post, I think I see what the problem is that you are having. On your server, your MovieTimes stuff appears to be in Z:\SharedZ\MovieTimes. Your client has its Z: drive mapped to a different location, actually inside of the SharedZ folder.

Z:\ <-- Server points here for its Z: drive
Z:\SharedZ\ <-- Client points here for its Z: drive

So, my suggestion would be this. This would have everything using the same drive mappings on all the machines, both server and client. Note that I am suggesting mapping a Q: drive in the instructions below, but you could use another drive letter.

First on your server, right-click on your SharedZ folder share and make sure that "Everyone" has full access to it (necessary so you can configure from the clients).

On both your server and your client, go into Windows Explorer and select the menu Tools -> Map Network Drive. From there, pick a letter you have not used before, like Q:. For the "Folder", type in "\\server1\SharedZ" (without the quotes obviously).

Once you have those drives mapped in each place, on your server, go into the config.xml file in the SharedZ folder you just mapped to a drive, then into the MovieTimes folder in there. Change everything in your config.xml file to map to "Q:\MovieTimes\".

Exit completely out of SageTV on the server and clients, and go into your SageTV folders. Look inside of your sage.properties file and the sageclient.properties file, and change set these variables as follows wherever they appear:

aperry/MtsaConfigFile=Q\:\\MovieTimes\\config.xml
aperry/MtsaExecutable=Q\:\\MovieTimes\\mtsa.exe

Because of the server/client thing, I'm not sure where the changes would get saved if you updated these through the GUI. That's why I'm suggesting actually going in and changing the sage.properties file itself. My plan is to put all of this into the "server" file (sage.properties) at some point in the future, but right now, it may get scattered around.

You'll also want to go into your scheduled task on your server and change it to do everything out of the Q:\MovieTimes folder, and run it again from inside the scheduled task interface like mentioned in the instructions.

jlabrue · #91 05-16-2006, 08:42 AM

Well, I haven't got it working all the way yet but it is getting very close for me and looks awesome!

I am not trying anything with a client as that is low priority for ME. I have everything working except the presentation in Sage. The config and location files work, downloading of data works, it just shows nothing in the Sage GUI.

aperry, is there any data I can send you to help diagnosing the problem? I do have ampersands in theater listings but those are not an issue in the finding and downloading of content as before.

Keep up the good work!

aperry · #92 05-16-2006, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by jlabrue

aperry, is there any data I can send you to help diagnosing the problem? I do have ampersands in theater listings but those are not an issue in the finding and downloading of content as before.

ZIP up and attach to a reply your config.xml, locations.xml, moviedata.xml, and sage.properties, and sageclient.properties (if you are running the SageTV service) files. Also, tell me where your "base" MovieTimes folder is, like C:\MovieTimes.

I'll load it up on my system and see if I can replicate and/or figure out the problems you're having.

Stuntman · #93 05-16-2006, 10:24 AM

Works as advertised for me.. first try.. works well on MVP clients as well..

Keep up the good work!

PS....What I'd like to see is have this plugin have access to the imdb plugin.. now that would be a marriage set in heaven!

jlabrue · #94 05-16-2006, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by aperry

ZIP up and attach to a reply your config.xml, locations.xml, moviedata.xml, and sage.properties, and sageclient.properties (if you are running the SageTV service) files. Also, tell me where your "base" MovieTimes folder is, like C:\MovieTimes.

I'll load it up on my system and see if I can replicate and/or figure out the problems you're having.

I have attached it to this reply. I have several imports installed. I wil try a default STV with only this import and see if I get any further changes. Thought I tried that before but now I'm not so sure...

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Originally Posted by Stuntman

Works as advertised for me.. first try.. works well on MVP clients as well..

Keep up the good work!

PS....What I'd like to see is have this plugin have access to the imdb plugin.. now that would be a marriage set in heaven!

That's great! I was curious how it would work with the MVP. I agree, IMDB connection would be sweet! Let's get this working and aperry can add more features later.

Stuntman · #95 05-16-2006, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jlabrue

Well, I haven't got it working all the way yet but it is getting very close for me and looks awesome!

I am not trying anything with a client as that is low priority for ME. I have everything working except the presentation in Sage. The config and location files work, downloading of data works, it just shows nothing in the Sage GUI.

aperry, is there any data I can send you to help diagnosing the problem? I do have ampersands in theater listings but those are not an issue in the finding and downloading of content as before.

Keep up the good work!

How are you trying to add it to the GUI? I used Nielm's dynamic Menu's.. and simply added it as an internal menu item.. didn't try doing it through studio at all...

mike1961 · #96 05-16-2006, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by aperry

Wow, I must admit that I take offense at that comment. I know that you are frustrated, but to slam my stuff like that, especially with

Aperry - I think you misunderstood what I'm trying to say because I'm not slamming your product at all and I also realize it's beta. However, honestly I'm optimistic and rather impressed with the product which is why I'm determined to get it to work. So please let me clarify because this was not in ANY way intended to be an insult.

When I said "believe me it won't work...." I was referring to ONLY THE SETUP/DOWNLOAD PART on the client. I believe using the product with SageClient will work but just not the downloads and that is OKAY because I can all that from the server anyway. I was rebutting this part:

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Originally Posted by mike1961
The answer is all initial configuration and all downloads must be done on the file server.

Your resonse.....
I'm not sure I'd go that far. I still believe that the proper configuration of UNC paths everywhere would enable you to configure and do everything on the client. Note that you'd probably have to manually put the UNC paths into your config.xml file (and potentially the two Sage variables I mentioned above).
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That is what I was disagreeing with. But, that is okay for me because I'm just saying the initial setup and download should be done on the file server. After that, I think it will work great with the Sage Clients. I'm just saying that I don't believe the beta version can be setup to do theatre downloads with a SageClient but those must also be done on the server and that is OKAY.

I think you have a great customization here which is why I'm so determined to get it working.

Mike

mike1961 · #97 05-16-2006, 12:49 PM

Once again - I hope you understand that my comment was not intended to slam your product in any way. I think you have a great product here and I was just saying that for now, one should do the downloading and initial setup on the server and get that working first...Then, try and view the movietimes on the SageClient.

Once I do get this working, I'm going to post a few screen shots so you have a better idea as to what is happening with the Sage Clients. But, just so you know, I think it's a great product and I'm really looking forward to getting it to work.

Thanks,
Mike

mike1961 · #98 05-16-2006, 12:56 PM

I got the theatres downloaded and the movietimes downloaded. As per one of my previous replies - the data is now downloading on the file server. I've highlighted the theatres in red in configure on the file server. But, I can't seem to List Theatres or MovieTimes. It just comes up empty. Right now I'm still trying to figure out how to display the theatres and movietimes. They are still not displaying. I know I'm really close now.

Any ideas?

(p.s. - actually for me, I think more than an IMDB add on what would really be cool if possible would be a plug in for a telephone directory white and yellow pages add on - anyone want to do a customization like that)?

Thanks,
Mike

aperry · #99 05-16-2006, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by mike1961

Aperry - I think you misunderstood what I'm trying to say because I'm not slamming your product at all and I also realize it's beta. However, honestly I'm optimistic and rather impressed with the product which is why I'm determined to get it to work. So please let me clarify because this was not in ANY way intended to be an insult.

I'm glad to hear that... And I too am hoping that we can get you up and running soon.

Now, regarding initial setup. My point was (though I'll stay away from the UNC thing for now) that you could conceivably set up just about everything, to include downloading the list of theaters for your system from the client machine.

All of the actual data should ideally reside on the server. The actual scheduled task of running MTSA should also be done on the server.

Please give a try to the suggestion I had above, where I referenced setting up a Q: drive on all the computers. Let me know if that helps. If not, then attach your files like jlabrue did, and I'll look at them to see if I see a problem.

jlabrue · #**100** 05-16-2006, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Stuntman

How are you trying to add it to the GUI? I used Nielm's dynamic Menu's.. and simply added it as an internal menu item.. didn't try doing it through studio at all...

Yes, that is how I added it initially to the menu. I also tried using studio through a modified default STV and I just now tried with the stock STV and only this import and I get the same results with them all. I can configure and change the settings and run MTSA to download and it all works 100% of the time including trailer downloads. But when I go to my menu item in SageTV via Dynamic Menus or the Studio edit and select the List Theaters or List Movies items it always comes back with No Theaters were found or No Movies were found. Not sure what other things to try just yet. I'll let aperry take a look and see what he thinks also since I uploaded my files.

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