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leogets:
1.
I originally set this option to Not Seen as apposed to the Default Seen, when I did my original scan for movie info. Then, a while later, I went to update the database with another directory of approx. 30Gig of movies. After downloads were complete, all the movies were added as "Seen" rather than 'Not Seen' as I had set it too a while ago. Why must I prior to doing a scan always have to check and reconfigure this option prior to doing a new scan.
2.
The placement of pvdconf.ini and what it retains in it. I set my windows options to 'Not show hidden files' and to 'Hide system protected files' yet in order to be able to view the contents of pvdconf.ini I have to delselect the 'Not show hidden files' option and then reintialize it when finished, that is if I don't forget.
- Why does this pvdconf.ini file have to be placed in this strange place? (C:\Documents and Settings\*UserName*\Application Data\Personal Video Database" this is an Hidden Sytem File folder) under XP.
-Why can it not be placed in My Documents folder under the Personal Video Database folder that this program creates there? I'd prefer this much more.
- While viewing the pvdconf.ini file I see it has [FileScanner] options but there is not entry made for 'Information Card' where it would = Seen (1) or Not Seen (0). I would like it if this option could be added and to pvdconf.ini and that the pvdconf.ini be moved to the My Documents folder for PVD.
3.
I was using the PVD Condensed skin but later changed to PVD Classic Tabs skin, Because there are No Votes attached to the IMDB rating given, I tried to get to IMDB (to check on how many people had voted for this movie) through a people link provided in the Condensed skin but found out that link only took me into People mode, of which I could not find a way out of, or how to get back to Movies view mode, so I deleted the pvdconf.ini file and started the program over again.
- Even though if your in People Mode, there should be some simple way under "View" to get back to 'Movie Mode' as there is already a simple way under 'View' to 'Switch to People' Mode.
Because this program when retrieving the IMDB data does present the viewer with votes and nor does the PVD Condensed skin show URL or IMDB site link in the reason I changed to using the PVD Classic Tabs skin which fits pretty good for a resolution of 800 x 600 and I am quite happy in the end with its look.
4.
When will this program and plugins be capable of displaying 'Votes' by people to get the IMDB rating imposed on the movie in question?
Thanks to all. Most of prolems are of minimal concern, but should still be looked into.
buah:
Leogets,
Did you define custom field for IMDb votes, than referenced it to IMDb plugin?
--- Quote ---Why must I prior to doing a scan always have to check and reconfigure this option prior to doing a new scan.
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I also use "not seen" as default state, and I have never had such a problem. Maybe prior to scanning you deleted pdvconfig.ini, than regenerate it, than scanned directory? Try to recall it.
Cheers
P.S. There's an icon in the toolbar for fast switching between viewing modes, you can set it to be shown in there.
rick.ca:
--- Quote ---Why must I prior to doing a scan always have to check and reconfigure this option prior to doing a new scan.
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The last settings used are saved in the configuration file. Perhaps you're having this problem because you doing things like...
--- Quote ---...so I deleted the pvdconf.ini file and started the program over again.
--- End quote ---
--- Quote ---I would like it if this option could be added and to pvdconf.ini and that the pvdconf.ini be moved to the My Documents folder for PVD.
--- End quote ---
There's nothing strange about application data being saved in an application data directory and user data being saved in a user documents folder. The application data directory is hidden because Microsoft is afraid some people won't understand the difference (with some justification, it would seem). You can decide for yourself whether the application data directory should be hidden or not.
--- Quote ---I was using the PVD Condensed...
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This is an unsupported user-created skin only provided as an example of a special-purpose skin users are able to create.
--- Quote ---Even though if your in People Mode, there should be some simple way under "View" to get back to 'Movie Mode' as there is already a simple way under 'View' to 'Switch to People' Mode.
--- End quote ---
Switch to people/movies is always available on the View menu, as a shortcut key and can be placed on the toolbar.
--- Quote ---When will this program and plugins be capable of displaying 'Votes' by people to get the IMDB rating imposed on the movie in question?
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This has been available for quite some time. Please check your IMDb plugin configuration.
nostra:
--- Quote ---I originally set this option to Not Seen as apposed to the Default Seen, when I did my original scan for movie info. Then, a while later, I went to update the database with another directory of approx. 30Gig of movies. After downloads were complete, all the movies were added as "Seen" rather than 'Not Seen' as I had set it too a while ago. Why must I prior to doing a scan always have to check and reconfigure this option prior to doing a new scan.
--- End quote ---
The default seen setting is applied to all places in program where a default value for this field is needed. There is nothing strange in the behavior of this option as it is just consistent.
--- Quote ---The placement of pvdconf.ini and what it retains in it. I set my windows options to 'Not show hidden files' and to 'Hide system protected files' yet in order to be able to view the contents of pvdconf.ini I have to delselect the 'Not show hidden files' option and then reintialize it when finished, that is if I don't forget.
- Why does this pvdconf.ini file have to be placed in this strange place? (C:\Documents and Settings\*UserName*\Application Data\Personal Video Database" this is an Hidden Sytem File folder) under XP.
-Why can it not be placed in My Documents folder under the Personal Video Database folder that this program creates there? I'd prefer this much more.
I would like it if this option could be added and to pvdconf.ini and that the pvdconf.ini be moved to the My Documents folder for PVD.
--- End quote ---
This "strange" path is the best place to save application settings according to microsoft quidelines and as microsoft develops the operating system PVD runs in I need to develop according to their rules. You can optionally run PVD with -portable command line parameter (start the program with portable.bat or create a shortcut with this parameter included), so the settings are save in the application folder.
--- Quote ---- While viewing the pvdconf.ini file I see it has [FileScanner] options but there is not entry made for 'Information Card' where it would = Seen (1) or Not Seen (0).
--- End quote ---
Default seen state is save in:
--- Code: ---[MovieInfo]
DefSeenState=0
--- End code ---
I do not recommend changing anything in the configuration file unless you are 100% of what you are doing as you can make the program behave unexpectedly.
--- Quote ---When will this program and plugins be capable of displaying 'Votes' by people to get the IMDB rating imposed on the movie in question?
--- End quote ---
For IMDB votes you need to create a custom field of type "Number" in Preferences -> Movies -> Custom items
The go to Prefences -> Plugins and select the imdb plugin, press "Configure" button and select your custom field to be used for votes.
leogets:
It is possible I might have deleted pvdconf.ini once prior to doing another scan of new movies added causing the problem to default back to Seen.
The icon for 'Switch Mode' was already selected and should/was on the toolbar, but because it was last on the list it was pushed off screen using a resolution of 1360 x 768. So I moved it up behind the Export icon seperated by a seperator and also decided to add the icon for 'Switch View' then another seperator.
Or, Maybe it was located just behind the first Web Search icon on the toolbar and I just didn't notice it there.
Thank you.
For the Votes though, I'm still have a slight problem.
As Nostra tried to explain:
--- Quote ---For IMDB votes you need to create a custom field of type "Number" in Preferences -> Movies -> Custom items
Then go to Prefences -> Plugins and select the imdb plugin, press "Configure" button and select your custom field to be used for votes.
--- End quote ---
So I went to Preferences\Movies\Custom Items at the bottom I typed "Votes" (without quotes) and then selected from the drop down menu there, 'Number'; hit Add button. Moved down to 'plugins' and selected 'IMDB [EN]' then hit the 'configure' button.
IMDB Configuration window pops up. Under 'Custom Field for Votes' from the drop down menu I selected 'Votes'. (I also noticed 'Download full plot summary' was not selected so I selected it. Brief explaination of this would be nice to know.). I hit OK to close configuration window. Then hit OK to close Preferences. But still No Votes appear. I'm using PVD Classic Movie Information Skin on this monitor. Because nothing was displayed for votes I went back through the steps above, deleted Votes and started a new 'Votes' this time selecting 'Real number' from the drop down menu but still No Votes appear.
Am I doing anything wrong?
Do I have to rescan all the movies again to get the votes from the IMDB site?
Do I have to make some change to the Movie Information Skin to allow for Votes to appear?
Under Preferences\Movies\Visible Items, there is no check box for 'custom fields'. Should there be?
From the drop down menu selecting 'Number' or 'Real Number' and what is the difference between these two?
When movie info is downloaded, the 'Description' for the movies looks ok to me. For IMDB Configuration 'Download full plot' was not selected does this have anything to do with Movie Description because it sounds like it?
Thanks Again for all the help. Much appreciated.
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