Hey guys,

I've noticed that DVD series don't seem to be auto downloading the metadata, so I grabbed 1.4 and changed my Series.folder.xml to the following (Scrubs, for example):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Metadata>
  <Title>Scrubs</Title>
  <ID>76156</ID>
  <NeedsMetadata>true</NeedsMetadata>
  <NeedsUserSelection>false</NeedsUserSelection>
  <Status />
  <SubTitle />
  <Description />
  <ImageType>NotSpecified</ImageType>
  <SortOrder>NotSpecified</SortOrder>
  <SpannedFolders />
  <GetMostRecentVideo>false</GetMostRecentVideo>
  <CleanUp>false</CleanUp>
</Metadata>

Yet it still won't grab the data for this series. Do you suppose it's a bug due to the fact it's a DVD? The folder structure for these series are like so:

\\whs\My TV\Scrubs\Season 1\Disc 1
\\whs\My TV\Scrubs\Season 1\Disc 2

Etc..

Thanks as usual!

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Travis Bell
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Er...is "Series.folder.xml" the actual file name you're using? If so, that's not correct; you want

\\whs\My TV\Scrubs\.metadata\Scrubs.series.xml

travisbell:

Hey guys,

I've noticed that DVD series don't seem to be auto downloading the metadata, so I grabbed 1.4 and changed my Series.folder.xml to the following (Scrubs, for example):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Metadata>
  <Title>Scrubs</Title>
  <ID>76156</ID>
  <NeedsMetadata>true</NeedsMetadata>
  <NeedsUserSelection>false</NeedsUserSelection>
  <Status />
  <SubTitle />
  <Description />
  <ImageType>NotSpecified</ImageType>
  <SortOrder>NotSpecified</SortOrder>
  <SpannedFolders />
  <GetMostRecentVideo>false</GetMostRecentVideo>
  <CleanUp>false</CleanUp>
</Metadata>

Yet it still won't grab the data for this series. Do you suppose it's a bug due to the fact it's a DVD? The folder structure for these series are like so:

\\whs\My TV\Scrubs\Season 1\Disc 1
\\whs\My TV\Scrubs\Season 1\Disc 2

Etc..

Thanks as usual!

Er...is "Series.folder.xml" the actual file name you're using? If so, that's not correct; you want

\\whs\My TV\Scrubs\.metadata\Scrubs.series.xml

travisbell:

Hey guys,

I've noticed that DVD series don't seem to be auto downloading the metadata, so I grabbed 1.4 and changed my Series.folder.xml to the following (Scrubs, for example):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Metadata>
  <Title>Scrubs</Title>
  <ID>76156</ID>
  <NeedsMetadata>true</NeedsMetadata>
  <NeedsUserSelection>false</NeedsUserSelection>
  <Status />
  <SubTitle />
  <Description />
  <ImageType>NotSpecified</ImageType>
  <SortOrder>NotSpecified</SortOrder>
  <SpannedFolders />
  <GetMostRecentVideo>false</GetMostRecentVideo>
  <CleanUp>false</CleanUp>
</Metadata>

Yet it still won't grab the data for this series. Do you suppose it's a bug due to the fact it's a DVD? The folder structure for these series are like so:

\\whs\My TV\Scrubs\Season 1\Disc 1
\\whs\My TV\Scrubs\Season 1\Disc 2

Etc..

Thanks as usual!

I just used that as an example, it's using the default created which is Scrubs.series.xml. Sorry for the confusion.

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Travis Bell
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Edit - I'll look more at this. So basically we want the series folder \my tv\Scrubs --which is just a regular folder  -- to be listed as a series but have the DVDs show up when you go to Browse. Did I get that right ? Man, I ttotally blew that one...for some reason I thought it was the disc 1, disc 2 that you were trying to list as a series....pardon me....not enuf sleep :-P...don't ya just hate when work cutz into hobby time?

 

Edit - I have a "Lord of the Rings" folder and in it i have movie DVD ripped to video_ts. I then went into \.metadata and saved your xml file as "Lord Of the Rings.series.xml". I ran the app and it showed up as scrubs..didn't have any cover art but I showed the series UI. Browse episodes lists all the individual LOTR movie DVDs. So far so good. The only thing is the Watch Series function, rightly in a matter of speaking, crapped out... :-).

Sweet! I was hopeing it was something quick and easy that you might be able to take advantage of, since it would mean grabbing one item instead of the other =).

Yea, I think the "Posters" came into existance when theTVDB updated their interface, or somewhere around that time. True -- they're arn't very many -- but until some program starts to use them they're isn't a push for people to start uploading them.

If you'd like me to test out something with a new version regarding the posters being downloaded, i'd be happy to.

P.S. Any chance of slipping in a "Play Random" feature like was mentioned a couple posts above before a "find UI"? Not sure how you have it play files, so not sure how hard that would be to add.

JackLuminous:

so, i checked out thetvdb and not all series have posters. With that in mind, if there is a poster defined I will use that as the series cover; however, there isn't a poster defined I'll keep the current behaviour of using the season 1 cover. Again, you can always change the image after the fact....

The only reason I implemented this so quickly (poster shizzle described above is coded and working so far) is that it was the easiest to implement. I am currently looking at the default imagetype/sort junk for series and seasons. Next up is the find UI

I know you're not really short of ideas for Video Library but...
I was sat waiting for the metadata to download etc last night and I thought wouldn't it be good if there was a standalone version of the backend which could be run nightly or whatever to trawl round and make sure all the metadata was present and up to date? Don't imagine it'd be that much work as you could reuse most of the stuff you've done already?
Maybe it's not an issue for anyone else, but even though my stuff is only a GigE hop away on a NAS, it takes a good few minutes to show a series for the first time, quite often resulting in MCE saying it has stopped responding blah blah.
Just an idea, love the app even without it

Jimbob_UK:

I know you're not really short of ideas for Video Library but...
I was sat waiting for the metadata to download etc last night and I thought wouldn't it be good if there was a standalone version of the backend which could be run nightly or whatever to trawl round and make sure all the metadata was present and up to date? Don't imagine it'd be that much work as you could reuse most of the stuff you've done already?
Maybe it's not an issue for anyone else, but even though my stuff is only a GigE hop away on a NAS, it takes a good few minutes to show a series for the first time, quite often resulting in MCE saying it has stopped responding blah blah.
Just an idea, love the app even without it

 

...i was thinking of that a few months ago but tabled it because I forgot alot of stuff about multi-threading --which I need to read back up on.

JackLuminous:

...i was thinking of that a few months ago but tabled it because I forgot alot of stuff about multi-threading --which I need to read back up on.

I'm pretty sure you can attach tasks to the normal MCE background task, the same one that records TV shows and downloads guide info. No idea how this works but I seem to remember there being a different project type in the SDK for background tasks... or something like that.

Totally unrelated, but how about adding a function to reset all metadata and maybe one to reset metadata for specific shows, and heck, might as well do it for seasons? Could use the I (info) button on the remote to open a menu with stuff like this on the remote.

Also unrelated but I upgraded to the newest TortoiseSVN the other day and they changed the icons and sounds and stuff. Looks really suave now. About to try installing the newest AnkhSVN as well. Didn't like the old version but this new 2.0 one is apparently a native source control provider in VS instead of just a plugin.

JackLuminous:

Edit - I have a "Lord of the Rings" folder and in it i have movie DVD ripped to video_ts. I then went into \.metadata and saved your xml file as "Lord Of the Rings.series.xml". I ran the app and it showed up as scrubs..didn't have any cover art but I showed the series UI. Browse episodes lists all the individual LOTR movie DVDs. So far so good. The only thing is the Watch Series function, rightly in a matter of speaking, crapped out... :-).

heh, I am slightly confused...

I have about 4 shows on DVD mixed within the rest of my videos... all 4 of them do not show any meta data whatsoever. All of them are like so (inside each disc folders is the VIDEO_TS folder):

\\whs\Videos\TV Shows\Scrubs\Season 3\Disc 1
\\whs\Videos\TV Shows\Scrubs\Season 3\Disc 2

\\whs\Videos\TV Shows\The Riches\Season 1\Disc 1
\\whs\Videos\TV Shows\The Riches\Season 1\Disc 2

\\whs\Videos\TV Shows\Rescue Me\Season 2\Disc 1
\\whs\Videos\TV Shows\Rescue Me\Season 2\Disc 2

Etc... etc...

I do get the "DVD controls" (ie. play, resume/restart) when browsing into each folder though, and do use videolibrary+ to watch them. Beyond that basic functionality nothing extra is added.

Is that the same for you or do you get something more?

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Travis Bell
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Hi,
I have tried this program out and think it is a great program. Is it possible to use this program on a media center extender such as the Xbox 360?

Keep up the good work.

I have had incredible success with this plug-in.  The only problem I have is when a TV has 10 seasons or more, the order for the seasons is 1, 10, 2, 3, ext...  Is there anyway to work around this?  Thanks in advance.

Server User,

Not sure if this applies to this application, but I don't have this issue due to a requirement of a previous plugin I was using.  I had to set my Season folders on any Seasons with more than 9 season to a double digit number (ie. Season 01, Season 09, Season 10).  That sorts them all correctly.  It's a PITA, but I did it ages ago, and haven't really had to change anything recently...

Schlep :D

Hi Jack, just wondering if you've got the quick jump (say pressing 's' takes you to Scrubs) working yet (or if it's even on the cards?) :)

Thanks Schlep, worked like a charm!