STV IMPORTS: Nielm STV Modules (Apr 20 update)

[vuego]

Originally Posted by nielm

I have fixed the bug in IMDB search that prevented results from being found/shown...
It looks like the IMDB is changing its search engine, so I don't know how long this fix will last...

Maybe IMDB got their new search engine. When I search for a title I get only the "Other Results" and not "Popular Results" i.e http://www.imdb.com/find?q=Butterfly%20Effect
It'll show everything but the title I'm searching for.

Also it would be cool to see the year and type (V,VG etc) in Sage.

[nielm]

I have re-fixed the bug in IMDB search that prevented all the search results from being found/shown... It also shows the year and type (V/VG) in the results.

For those of you using Cayar's or MCEXCON's STVs, just download the zipfile, unpack it into your Sage directory, and restart Sage.

[vuego]

I don't have access to the file...?

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /~nielm/nielm_modules/imdb_search_import.zip on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[nielm]

just checking that my work gets used

Fixed now!

[vuego]

ahhh thats a classic

I love this feature and use it all the time.

However I still don't see the year and type in search results. I just unzipped the file into the main Sage directory overwriting all files. I also tried to import the module into a new STV. I know something got updated bcuz "popular results" is now being showed.

Is it possible to choose what categories to show? I'd like to change Quotes for Goofs and add Movie Connections.

[nielm]

Damn. Looks like I uploaded an interrim verision No idea how that happened.. Will fix it tonight...

Re other categories... Each page needs to be downloaded, the HTML parsed and then presented to Sage to display... so if you want to write the Java, I will include it, but I have no plans at them moment!

[vuego]

Thanks Nielm
I'll just learn Java first then I'll help coding

I found another strange behaviour. When searching from Video Details of an imported video file it does include the directory in the search.
I.e i have a file called Badmovies\Killer klowns from outer space.avi so the search will be "Badmovies Killer klowns from outer space" which will of course return 0 results.

[nielm]

there is a bit of a problem in the imported movies bit, as it is not always obvious what is the actual movie title...

DVDs show up with a filename of:
/path/to/dvd/VIDEO_TS
Mpgs/avis show up as:
/path/to/file/filename.ext

So in DVDs, the path is important, and in others, it is the filename... unless you do something like:
/path/to/folder/Star Wars/Episode 1.avi
/path/to/folder/Star Wars/Episode 2.avi
/path/to/folder/Star Wars/Episode 3.avi
(lame example, but you get the idea)

I guess I could do a quick hack by stripping off /VIDEO_TS and then everything before the last /

It used to work with the 'old' IMDB search which ignored words if it could not find a match to get partial matches..

[nielm]

Uploaded new version the IMDB search again:

Jan 07 2004: updated IMDB search
-- include year/type in search results (java only update)
-- improved trimming of directories from imported video files (stv updated - requires re-importing the STV)

For those of you using Cayar's or MCEXCON's STVs, just download the zipfile, unpack it into your Sage directory, and restart Sage. You will not get the benefits of the updated search in the video library until your STV author performs the required update

[vuego]

Cool it works great

Now I found only one minor bug. Do an exact search and end up at the movie screen w/out going thru the search results screen. Then back up using left arrow you'll come to the search results screen with one empty button. If you choose it there's an error.
However not a big problem

I have another idea for an extra feature. Wouldn't it be cool to have a button for adding an title or actor as a favorite in SageTV right from the title/actor details screen?
Is it possible?

[jason531]

Originally Posted by nielm

there is a bit of a problem in the imported movies bit, as it is not always obvious what is the actual movie title...

DVDs show up with a filename of:
/path/to/dvd/VIDEO_TS
Mpgs/avis show up as:
/path/to/file/filename.ext

So in DVDs, the path is important, and in others, it is the filename... unless you do something like:
/path/to/folder/Star Wars/Episode 1.avi
/path/to/folder/Star Wars/Episode 2.avi
/path/to/folder/Star Wars/Episode 3.avi
(lame example, but you get the idea)

I guess I could do a quick hack by stripping off /VIDEO_TS and then everything before the last /

It used to work with the 'old' IMDB search which ignored words if it could not find a match to get partial matches..

Hi Nielm,

Thank you very much for all of your hard work! I use your IMDB search with Cayars STV. Rather than trying to figure out the movie title from the path/filename, how difficult would it be to get the title from the info.my file (when available)?

Thanks again for all of your contributions to the Sage community.

Jason H

[mostlyfodder]

Originally Posted by nielm

just checking that my work gets used

by the way--- i'm still (happily) using the custom menu module .stv...

[nielm]

Originally Posted by jason531

I use your IMDB search with Cayars STV. Rather than trying to figure out the movie title from the path/filename, how difficult would it be to get the title from the info.my file

It's possible -- but it would have to be done in Cayars' STV -- you may want to post in his thread...

[jason531]

Thanks. I wasn't sure how whose code was doing the parsing. I'll post something to Cayars' thread.

[sundansx]

Neilm,
I am using your Customized menus plugins with the MalDude2 STV on Sage 2.2.7. If I add a menu the references a internal menu, it successfully goes to the menu. If I press the left key to go up a menu, instead of going back to the custom menu that launched it, it instead goes to the internal parent menu. If I press the left key again, it goes to the custom parent menu.
An example from the home menu using my custom menu file:
Select MediaLibrary &DVD
->Arives at the Media Library screen (Custom menu)
Select Imported Video Files
->Arives at the VideoLibrary screen (internal menu)
Press Left
->Arrives at the Media Library & DVD screen (Internal menu)
Press Left
->Arrive at the Media Library screen (Custom)
Press Left
->Arrive back home

Any idea what could be causing this? Do you think it is the MalDude2 stv?

The same problem occurs when I use Maldude2 with your provided menu xml file. This is not something new, as it has been that way since I added your STV module last year. I did update everything to the newest (stvs/support files)
thanks.
-ck

[RedCoat999]

Great work of course from Nielm. I have imported this into SageMC16x9. When using the search screen, the search for... text on the right is missing off the screen. Is this a result of too small resolution, or SageMC16x9 theme or something else?
Thanks

[nielm]

Originally Posted by sundansx

Neilm,
I am using your Customized menus plugins with the MalDude2 STV on Sage 2.2.7. If I add a menu the references a internal menu, it successfully goes to the menu. If I press the left key to go up a menu, instead of going back to the custom menu that launched it, it instead goes to the internal parent menu. If I press the left key again, it goes to the custom parent menu. -ck

This is normal and a limitation of using importable STVs (IIRC Cayars STV had integrated the menu system and the left arrow did not have this problem)

[nielm]

Apr 20 2005: updated IMDB search -- fix bug where when search returns a single result, going back from the result crashes the UI

[Wheemer]

I'm using the dynamic menu import... Is it just me, or does everyones disk space indicator have font issues? I notice the "Video Disk SP..." being short, not resizing, and the actual spave free not being centered in the graphic. Other than that I love this thing...

[hmca]

Is it possible with the Record Padding Module to have it not pad the start time if Sage is already awake and recording something? I set my padding at 2 minutes to come out of S3 and if I am recording from 9:00PM to 10:00PM it starts at 8:58 with the power up. This is what I want. However for the 10:00PM to 11:00PM it cuts off the first recording 2 minutes early and I get the 2 minutes in the next recording.
It would be nice to disable the padding when the machine is already recording and therefore dosn't need the 2 minute padding for power up.