My folder structure is virtually identical to yours with minor differences, but it works fine for me.

\Videos
             \ Movies 
                    -folder.jpg
                                                  \Wayne's World
                                                        -mymovies.xml
                                                        -folder.jpg  
                                                   \Wayne's World 2
                                                        -mymovies.xml
                                                        -folder.jpg

              \ Sports
                    -folder.jpg
                                                  \Wayne's World
                                                        -mymovies.xml
                                                        -folder.jpg  
                                                   \Wayne's World 2
                                                        -mymovies.xml
                                                        -folder.jpg

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Can't figure out where I'm going wrong then.  I don't suppose it would matter if it were a network share or not.  I'm not mapping any drives...

Maybe I'll try it on another one of my HTPCs just to make sure it's not specific to that system.

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I tried the --refresh still not getting my show information. I am I suppose to see sometype of confirmation after typing in the command in dos prompt?

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fixed it had to add support to for the dvr-ms file in the script.

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Okay it is getting the metadate for the shows but I am not getting any pictures on friends or season 1?

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5TB in storage and counting

Hello,

I am having a slight issue with this Scraper script but don't think it is the scripts that is wrong but perhaps the TheTVDB?

I am experimenting with Dexter for Season 1 stored at:

C:\tv shows\Dexter\Season 1\

In this season 1 folder I then have the .Avi files labelled  01.Avi, 02.Avi, 03.Avi etc...

When I run the script it seems to pick up every episode apart from episodes 4, 5, 6 and 7. I just can not get it to pick up those middle episodes.

From the C:\Ruby folder in a CMD window I did:

C:\ruby>ruby c:\tvdb_scraper.rb "C:\tv shows\Dexter\Season 1" --refresh

This was the result:

C:\tv shows\Dexter\Season 1/12.avi
found: 12 - Born Free - Dexter

C:\tv shows\Dexter\Season 1/11.avi
found: 11 - Truth Be Told - Dexter

C:\tv shows\Dexter\Season 1/10.avi
found: 10 - Seeing Red - Dexter

C:\tv shows\Dexter\Season 1/09.avi
found: 9 - Father Knows Best - Dexter

C:\tv shows\Dexter\Season 1/08.avi
found: 8 - Shrink Wrap - Dexter

C:\tv shows\Dexter\Season 1/03.avi
found: 3 - The Popping Cherry - Dexter

C:\tv shows\Dexter\Season 1/02.avi
found: 2 - Crocodile - Dexter

C:\tv shows\Dexter\Season 1/01.avi
found: 1 - Dexter - Dexter

What, if anything, I am doing wrong? Is it just TheTVDB being awkward? In the Season 1 folder I do have 04.avi, 05.avi, 06.avi and 07.avi along with the other episodes. When manually browsing TheTVDB site the details are there for those episodes.

The script should show output for every found video-file and reports an error if it can't find the episode on thetvdb. This means that in your case, the script doesn't recognize the files locally.

Try renaming them (like "1x04 - dexter.avi"), and check the file permissions.

salami:

The script should show output for every found video-file and reports an error if it can't find the episode on thetvdb. This means that in your case, the script doesn't recognize the files locally.

Try renaming them (like "1x04 - dexter.avi"), and check the file permissions.

Hmmm I tried that thanks but still no joy. Even tried variations on them like 4.avi, S1E4.avi, S01E04.avi, S01 E04.avi etc no change? Does all of them apart from 4, 5, 6 and 7

I am logged in as an administrator and the folder and files have no Read only Attributes or anything visibly untoward with them.

I have now tried it with Season 2 and with this season it is missing out episodes 4, 5 and 6 but has done 7.

Go figure! as it is I don't think it is the end of the world as I can see from the built XML files in the hidden sub metadata folder how to add the missing entries and screenshots so will just manually complete the missed out ones. Very odd though?

Ce la vie.

 

There are definately some bugs or something with the ruby script, because when I used it the first time it worked flawlessly. A couple days ago I ran the script again and I lost the images for each episode, but the metadata was all there.

Oh and Salami, I love your app! It's small and does the job, I really didn't want to install MyMovies and didn't have to :).

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OK Prat of the week award goes to me!

This was really vexing me and I should have done this at the start. I right clicked on one of the avi files that was working and went to the properties of it to compare against one that wasn't working.

Working file 01.avi showed it to be an AVI file.

Not working file 04.avi guess what?..... It was only a dam shortcut to the 04.avi file that was currently on a different disk. As soon as the actual file 04.avi was in place no problem.

I guess it is worth noting here that tvdb_scraper.rb will not count shortcuts as a valid file even if it points to a valid file :)

Easy when you know how. No matter how illogical there is always a logical reason out there.

I need to get out more :)

OxfordRob:

I guess it is worth noting here that tvdb_scraper.rb will not count shortcuts as a valid file even if it points to a valid file :)

Yup, that is the normal behaviour since shortcuts are regular files that only get interpreted by a few apps (like explorer etc.). If you really want to create links that every app follows, you could use junctions (aka symlinks) - But the virutal folder feature of the browser plugin should eliminate the need for that even in non-RAID-ed environments :)

First all I love this app it has replaced my movies 100% on my machine. The picture view is still a little buggy but I understand a couple of questions.

a. On my one extender with 1080p is shows up perfect no problem. The other that is hooked up component and 720p i get a box around the app?

b. Is there anyway to get pictures for the vf references? For instance when I launch the app I have to vf one titled movies and the other tv shows but it just shows a blank folder there and advise

again great app and now that it is open source I really see it going places.

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5TB in storage and counting

PLUCKYHD:

a. On my one extender with 1080p is shows up perfect no problem. The other that is hooked up component and 720p i get a box around the app?

You have probably set your TV properties to something that compensates for overscan. Unfortunately you can't set that manually and have to try different display settings to get one without that :)

PLUCKYHD:

b. Is there anyway to get pictures for the vf references? For instance when I launch the app I have to vf one titled movies and the other tv shows but it just shows a blank folder there and advise

sure, just add a "image: " line to the .vf file:

image: G:\Videos\Movies\folder.jpg
folder: G:\Videos\Movies
folder: K:\DVDs

salami:

PLUCKYHD:

a. On my one extender with 1080p is shows up perfect no problem. The other that is hooked up component and 720p i get a box around the app?

You have probably set your TV properties to something that compensates for overscan. Unfortunately you can't set that manually and have to try different display settings to get one without that :)

Not understanding this fully as the extender itself views fine only this app gives me the box around it?

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Panasonic 50" Plasma fed by xbox 360
Panasonic 42" plama fed by xbox 360
5TB in storage and counting

What you are describing is a known issue with extenders and apps that have a non-transparent background. We will be investigating this issue - it's on my list of things to do.

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