Which fanart tool do I want

[bialio]

I would like some automated tool to go out and download fanart backgrounds, posters, and banners for all of the Favorites I have defined - these are items that are in the Sage database, along with the normal meta data you get from the EPG. I don't really care about creating .properties or .my files for these - I'm just looking for the jpegs......

Seems like EPG's tool is more aimed at getting metadata for imported videos as opposed to recorded shows. I'm not clear what BMT really does.....

btl.

[stuckless]

bialio, what you are looking for is not yet built into the STV's plugins, but, the Phoenix APIs to do what you want, do exist. It's just a matter of time before someone does it.

phoenix_api_StartMetadataScan(Object provider, Object[] mediaFiles) : void
phoenix_api_IsMetadataScanRunning() : boolean
phoenix_api_GetMetadataScanComplete() : float

This would require that BMT is installed, since phoenix needs a metadata provider in order to perform it's lookups, etc.

Another approach would be to use the command line bmt, and use the --tv and --offline flags...

# java -jar MetadataTool.jar --offline --tv --fanartFolder=YOUR_FOLDER "/tmp/House.avi"

or if you want season specific artwork

# java -jar MetadataTool.jar --offline --tv --fanartFolder=YOUR_FOLDER "/tmp/House S01E02.avi"

When you are done, your fanart folder should contain the fanart, and then you can just delete the /tmp folder, or contents, since it will contain the offline .avi files and .properties files

[MeInMaui]

If I ever get all of these bugs fixed, I plan to add support for this into SageMC.

Aloha,
Mike

[jaminben]

I looked at it, but couldn't get it to work

phoenix_api_IsMetadataScanRunning()

Would always show false even when I could see the scan had just worked its magic.

I'll wait until Mike takes a look then copy his code like I always do Its easier when theirs an example