<div style="margin-left: 40px;">for example stargate.atlantis.s02e13.critical.mass.ws.dvdrip.xvid-saints.avi<br>
is not picked up as a TV show.<br></div><div id=":1j2" class="ArwC7c ckChnd"><br>I have a mask which searches the MySQL to look for TV shows % s__e__% so there is a space before the s. Otherwise it picked up "episode" in the mask.<br>
<br>I will add the option of %.s__e__%<br></div><br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">Have you ever considered using <a href="http://thetvdb.com/" target="_blank">thetvdb.com</a> (which has a well defined<br>
api) and/or <a href="http://themoviedb.org/" target="_blank">themoviedb.org</a> (ditto).<br></div>
<br>I didn't write the scrapping scripts. Just packaged them.<br>I haven't had any rouble with the IMDB scraper though. If you know of any other scrapers let me know. I can get them to run in series picking up the movies missed.<br>
<br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">secondly it'd be handy to be able to pick just a handful of files for<br>
it to work on instead of letting it loose on 1200 video files at a<br>
time!<br></div><br>I was planning on this just being a <i>bulk</i> updater but I could break it down into subfolder. Otherwise a list with tickboxes? Sounds a little messy with 1200 videos though.<br><br>Thanks for the feedback. I will make the cahnges to the mask now.<br>
<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/1/9 Nick Rout <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
secondly it'd be handy to be able to pick just a handful of files for<br>
it to work on instead of letting it loose on 1200 video files at a<br>
time!<br>
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On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Nick Rout <<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Initial reaction - it needs to better identify what is a TV show.<br>
><br>
> for example stargate.atlantis.s02e13.critical.mass.ws.dvdrip.xvid-saints.avi<br>
> is not picked up as a TV show.<br>
><br>
> Have you ever considered using <a href="http://thetvdb.com" target="_blank">thetvdb.com</a> (which has a well defined<br>
> api) and/or <a href="http://themoviedb.org" target="_blank">themoviedb.org</a> (ditto).<br>
><br>
> Imdb apparently doesn't like scraping which is why myth is moving to<br>
> tmdb. See recent discussion in mythtv-user mailing list.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Hayden Lovett <<a href="mailto:hayden.lovett@gmail.com">hayden.lovett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> I need some testers with MythVideo collections to try out a new program I<br>
>> have just released called MythKiwi Bulk Meta Grabber.<br>
>><br>
>> It uses Ryan Pisanis IMDB.com grabber for the movies and Steve Adeffs<br>
>> TVRage.coms grabber for the TV shows.<br>
>> It will automatically detect if the video has SxxExx format (The Simpsons<br>
>> S10E04.avi) and use the appropriate script to grab the plot, duration,<br>
>> rating... and generates a poster for the TV shows using MPlayer.<br>
>> There is a set and forget option which makes best fit for each video so you<br>
>> don't need to sit in front of your computer hitting enter after each video.<br>
>> Dam useful for large collections.<br>
>><br>
>> Let me know how it goes.<br>
>><br>
>> Download here or in the Downloads section at <a href="http://mythkiwi.com" target="_blank">mythkiwi.com</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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