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Support / Re: "Tagline" is populated by user review when imdb plugin is used...
« on: November 23, 2009, 11:18:19 pm »It was a problem with new imdb design. It has been resolved in the latest version of the plugin.Thanks!
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Support / "Tagline" is populated by user review when imdb plugin is used...
« on: November 23, 2009, 09:43:32 am »
"Tagline" is populated by user review when imdb plugin is used...
Has anyone else seen this behavior? I downloaded the plugin a week ago, approx, and I don't have the version at hand...
Has anyone else seen this behavior? I downloaded the plugin a week ago, approx, and I don't have the version at hand...
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Support / Re: Cannot connect to database
« on: November 23, 2009, 09:41:50 am »
PvdImport has been downloaded by a lot of users and occasionally this problem arises. It's hard for me to see a pattern other than "PVD may not be properly connected even if Network=1 and the path looks ok". The problem *may* be more frequent with Vista and Win7 than XP, but that may be just related to Win7 coming out of release.
Maybe it's related to Admin rights?
Anyways, I think it would have been nice with a clear indication in PVD on how it has connected, server or embedded, so we could ask "is PVD connected to the server? Look at the icon in the lower left corner, does it look like an x or a y?"
Maybe it's related to Admin rights?
Anyways, I think it would have been nice with a clear indication in PVD on how it has connected, server or embedded, so we could ask "is PVD connected to the server? Look at the icon in the lower left corner, does it look like an x or a y?"
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Support / Re: Cannot connect to database
« on: November 21, 2009, 02:51:57 pm »
Didn't raldo have a problem similar to this a while back? I thought it might have something to do with me using the newer x64 version of Firebird, but I get the same results with the older x32 version.
Quite a few users have had this problem when using PVD and PvdImport simultaneously.
The last item in the newest PvdImport release thread FAQ shows how the .ini file should look. However, I'm not sure if the Network key in this file *really* tells the whole truth!
It's definitely related to how PVD connects to the database. If it's via embedded while your server (and PvdImport) is running, there will be this kind of exception.
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Feature Suggestions / Re: import (non silent) improvement
« on: November 18, 2009, 04:59:36 pm »The file scanner uses <year> to get the year from file names and effectively uses this data when adding movies. New Movie Master will be improved to get year as well.
I did a non silent import for on the file
Star Trek (2009) DVDRip XviD-MAXSPEED www.torentz.3xforum.ro.avi
-- And the "Select movie" dialog pops up with at least 30 selections, many of which aren't from 2009. Does this mean that the regex doesn't work or is something else going on?
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Feature Suggestions / Re: import (non silent) improvement
« on: November 16, 2009, 07:47:47 pm »It could do so, but how many videos do you have with year tag set? I do not think it's worth implementing at this point.
I'm not sure what you mean by this question, Most of my movies have the year tag set, but that's after import and churning through the dialogs.
I just checked my library and most/many movies come with the year in the filename. The year is, as far as I can see, usually delimited by spaces, [],(), dots. Usually four characters starting with 19, 20.
What is the <year> expression used for in the regexp list?
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Feature Suggestions / Re: import (non silent) improvement
« on: November 16, 2009, 05:23:54 pm »The idea is good, but it is pretty much work involving changes in the whole plugin system, so its unlikely that such functionality will be available soonThat's unfortunate, since many first time users find this behavior tedious. I recommended PVD to a colleague a few days ago and this was one of his comments.
But: My colleague said that XMBC extracts the year of the movie from the filename and uses that year to look up the movies. Only years with the format (yyyy) are accepted.
Would that/Is that possible with PVD?
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Support / Re: Scan folders doesn't remember previously used path
« on: October 28, 2009, 10:28:15 pm »I was thinking of using the Rename, Move & Copy tool ("rename" mode). Is that what you had problems with, or is that what you're recommending? It has a search & replace function.Yes, that's the tool I've had problems with. One issue with "Rename..." is that it only moves files in the DB, so "dangling" files are left behind!
This is what I've done. Backup your database first. Copy all files from drive to drive. Disconnect USB drive. Then rightClick\library tools\findAndReplace . In the dialog that pops up, select filename only, and then replace the original drive letters with the new driveletter+topmost folder structure And if you know how, use IsMissing() expression to see if any files were left out.
This is safer and faster than "Rename.." + there is no risk in moving files around by error and leaving files behind.
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Support / Re: Scan folders doesn't remember previously used path
« on: October 28, 2009, 06:25:26 pm »Just curious—are you unable to even select the network path in the dialog when it's run manually? I suppose the problem is the dialog itself is not being equipped to handle network drives.Yes I am able to select the folders.
4. Use MC to move all data to new locations on the HDD (generally, to consolidate multiple locations into fewer; the USB drive will no longer be used for media). Scan the new locations to update the paths in PVD. Then run PvdImport mass update to ensure all the pathnames match.I've had some bad experiences using MC to move a lot of data.
Do you see any problems with this approach? Is there an easier way? It's tempting to think there must be if the two computers were networked (something I'm not planning on doing because the old computer is to be retired). But that doesn't seem to offer any easier means of migrating files while keeping them in sync with the MC library and PVD database.
What I've done is simply using search and replace on the path field in MC. That's what I did when I moved all my music +videos to the server. First, copy the files to the new location. Then, remove the usb disk before you start the rename, otherwise MC will attempt to move the files.
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Support / Re: Scan folders doesn't remember previously used path
« on: October 27, 2009, 11:52:48 pm »In the meantime, you could subst a drive letter for "\\Server\Videos."
For me this is not an option! This changes all the filenames in PVD (name change). For PvdImport to work, I'll have to change all the filenames in JRiver MC too.
So I guess I'll have to restart PVD for now unless another solution appears...
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Support / Re: Scan folders doesn't remember previously used path
« on: October 27, 2009, 07:48:50 pm »I suspect you're not using "|" as a delimiter.
I am using | as a delimiter, here's the path: \\Server\Videos\Spillefilm|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm.dummy
It was generated by PVD, btw, using the browse dialog..
I just noticed something: If I select a folder which is on my c: drive, PVD remembers the name. So maybe it's related to the above folders being on a network server?
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Support / Re: Scan folders doesn't remember previously used path
« on: October 27, 2009, 01:02:43 pm »Yes. When you run Scan folders... it should present a "Select Directory or Files" dialog with your paths pre-selected. Unless you want to change the selected paths, you should be able just to confirm "OK" for it to run. So what exactly is happening? Does the dialog appear? Are the paths pre-selected?Yes, the dialog appears, but the paths in the abovementioned edit box aren't preselected. Thus currently I need to re select the paths every time I want to scan.
The liquid nitrogen cooling system hasn't arrived, so I should be able to schedule another test on the museum piece. But I thought you were about done. Have you made more changes?Well, no more changes after 10/11. I was thinking of releasing pretty soon, but I don't trust my own testing
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Support / Re: Scan folders doesn't remember previously used path
« on: October 27, 2009, 08:22:47 am »What happens when you run the file scanner after the program has started? Does it use the folders set in Preferences then?
When you say "set in preferences", do you mean the paths listed directly under "Search for new movies and changed paths on program start"?
If that is what you mean, then my answer is "No"!
BTW: Will you have an opportunity to test the new version of PvdImport or are you still waiting for your new supercomputer?
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Support / Re: Scan folders doesn't remember previously used path
« on: October 26, 2009, 07:32:48 pm »Yes. The next item in Preferences—the paths are set in the File Scanner section (at the top).I've never gotten this to work! The path is set in the File scanner section (below "Search for new movies and changed paths on program start")
PVD scans the files upon startup but the path isn't used in the "Scan folders... ctrl_f" dialog.
I'm using 9.9.14
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Development / Re: Firebird events -- moddate changed?
« on: October 05, 2009, 07:00:56 pm »Good idea. I'll see if I can add this functionality quickly into the next release.
Do you know if it's possible to pass parameters through events, for example movie IDs (in our case)?
Also, would you know where to look in the Firebird api for the event subscription methods?
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Development / Re: Firebird events -- moddate changed?
« on: September 25, 2009, 10:08:55 am »Good idea. I'll see if I can add this functionality quickly into the next release.
Great!
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Development / Firebird events -- moddate changed?
« on: September 20, 2009, 12:51:52 pm »
Hi Nostra,
do you have any experience using firebird events?
The reason why I'm asking is that an event upon moddate or date added changed would mean that I could use an event handler in PvdImport instead of polling the database regularly.
Check this out, for example...
do you have any experience using firebird events?
The reason why I'm asking is that an event upon moddate or date added changed would mean that I could use an event handler in PvdImport instead of polling the database regularly.
Check this out, for example...
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Support / Re: time resolution, dateadded and moddate..
« on: September 17, 2009, 04:51:55 pm »
moddate doesn't get updated when new images are imported. Is this by design?
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Development / Re: PvdImport image selection
« on: September 17, 2009, 07:20:04 am »MOVIES."defposter" = IMAGES."imgid"Thanks, Nostra, It's now on my list of todos in PvdImport...