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| -Fixed | Resizing poster selection window |
| -Fixed | Paths to video files in File scanner |
| -Fixed | Creating Screenshots in separate folders |
| -Fixed | Episodes were sometimes connected to a wrong movie record |
| -Fixed | Some other small fixes and improvements |
I'd like to do something similar, could you please point me in the right direction to the Firebird database and access to it?
Is there a plan to be able to share a database between 2 applications?
Possibility of unbundling the database from the viewer application (ala Model-View-Controller idea)?
The "scan folders for new movies/changed paths" allows you to add files in a directory as new movies. It would be neat if on the "scan results" page that shows up if you had say a drop down list of all items, so you could add the files as episodes to an item. Next to each file you could also have the option to specify episode number, and season number. Perhaps also some way to change the season number for all files on that page to the same value; so if all files were episodes of season 3, rather than tagging each as season 3 individually, there would be a "set all epsidoes to season: ?" option. The episode numbers for each file would be filled out autmatically according to their alpabetical position (i.e. aaa.avi would have episode number 1, and zzz.avi would have the higest number).
QuoteI think I'll make some kind of skins engine working with xml files where you can define positions, sizes, colors etc. for different UI controls.
Is this going to be user-friendly enough for those of us who go brain-dead in face of anything vaguely resembling code? I suppose I'm thinking of my experience with other "skinnable" software. It rarely makes any difference to me because I don't believe I have the ability or patience to create my own skin. Note I'm speaking from complete ignorance. Perhaps a skin specified as an xml file is the sort of thing I can figure out by following an example or template.
My remaining votes went to the following three items, and I would like to express more directly what I'm hoping for. Now that I've created a database I'm very pleased with, my interest is shifting to making the best possible use of the information. For me, the ability to use the program in a home theatre environment (i.e., viewing at 3 metres, using a remote control) would offer the greatest improvement to it's utility. The addition of a typical Media Centre-like "theatre view" is far too much to ask, and is probably not exactly what I'm looking for anyway. I'm hoping the interface customization features will be implemented in a way that will allow me to create my own PVD "theatre view" that includes as much information as possible—enlarged to readable size. The result would not only allow me to select a movie for viewing (as media centre software would—based on attributes, covers, etc.), I would be able to see most of the movie information, read a review, etc.
I think I'll make some kind of skins engine working with xml files where you can define positions, sizes, colors etc. for different UI controls.A fundamental feature that sets PVD apart from others is the handling of people in a proper relational database. I think it would be wise to highlight this by offering a third panel or pop-up that shows the (complete people view) information for any person selected in movie view.
Well, okay, it's not a new feature, but... On behalf on new users, I would like to vote for any improvements that will make import/export routines easier to use. The obvious thing that comes to mind is the ability to read headers of input files and present a field mapping dialog populated with the fields found. Many potential new users are going to have existing data they are very attached to. Even though the existing routines are effective, some are not going to even try PVD unless they see a clear and easy path for converting/importing their existing data.
I would also be great with a optional external database like mysql, so when you already have a sql database, you can just use that.
That would also make it useable from multiple computers on a network.
I am also sure that there are tools available to convert firebird databases to mysql.
Title: The Elephant Men
Original title: The Elephant Men
Country: USA
Year: 1980
Duration: 118 min
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Freddie Jones, Michael Elphick, Hannah Gordon и др.
Writer: Sir Frederick Treves, Ashley Montagu, Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch
Director: David Lynch
Description: John Hurt stars as John Merrick, the hideously deformed 19th century Londoner known as "The Elephant Man". Treated as a sideshow freak, Merrick is assumed to be retarded as well as misshapen because of his inability to speak coherently. In fact, he is highly intelligent and sensitive, a fact made public when one Dr. Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) rescues Merrick from a carnival and brings him to a hospital for analysis. Alas, even after being recognized as a man of advanced intellect, Merrick is still treated like a freak; no matter his station in life, he will forever be a prisoner of his own malformed body. Unable to secure rights for the famous stage play The Elephant Man, producer Mel Brooks based his film on the memoirs of Frederick Treves and a much later account of Merrick's life by Ashley Montagu. The film is lensed in black and white by British master cinematographer Freddie Francis. Though nominated for eight Academy Awards, the film was ultimately shut out in every category.
Quality: DVDRip
Size: 694.50 Mb
Language: English
Subtitles: Russian
| -Feature | Refresh view function |
| -Feature | Adult DVD Empire import script |
| -Feature | configuration can be associated with a database |
| -Improved | Adding movies from file scanner can be canceled |
| -Improved | Skip button in movie selection list (import) |
| -Improved | Poster preview is proportional to window size (import) |
| -Improved | Script Engine |
| -Changed | Multivalue fields are set in the right order |
| -Fixed | Some UI fixes |
| -Fixed | A number of plugins and scripts |
| -Fixed | Changing image folders |
| -Fixed | Some other small fixes and improvements |
Then to ensure sequels to movies are treated as separate movies I should ensure my titles do not inadvertently follow this format, for example I should use
"Shrek (2001).avi", "Shrek II (2004)" instead of
"Shrek 1 (2001).avi", "Shrek 2 (2004)"
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Movies with a sample file / trailer eg "Shrek - sample.avi", "Shrek.avi" are assumed to be two separate movies.
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Such files are not supported yet. I'll add this to my TODO list.
A similar issue occurs with movies I have two copies of (high and low resolution versions).
Or separate episodes of a TV serial which PVD has not recognised.
One way to facilitate suitable file associations would be to this would be to have an extra option in "Optimise Database..." which looks for separate entries with identical imdb link and asks how they should be linked (ie main movie, blue-ray/dvd versions, trailer, episode in series, or delete duplicate file)
do any of the output formats write a file to the same directory as each movie file
and will PVD then use this data when subsequently rescanning the file server from a new computer / user account.
1) Movie over more than one disc. It seams to identify "Shrek cd1.avi" "Shrek cd2.avi" etc as multiple discs for the same movie.
2) Later movies in a series I usually put in the same directory (eg "Shrek 1.avi", "Shrek 2.avi", "Shrek 3.avi"). It seams to assume it is all one movie over multiple files so combines them. I'm not sure how I should name them to prevent this.
Also is there an efficient way of splitting up the enteries after they have been scanned (and falsely grouped)?
3) Movies with a sample file / trailer eg "Shrek - sample.avi", "Shrek.avi" are assumed to be two separate movies. Does Personal Video Database have a convenient way of handling these trailer files? How should I name the files so they are appropriately recognised.
Has writing cataloguing data back to the movie files been considered, in a similar manner to ID3 tags are used for mp3 files. If .avi files do not support ID3 style tags them perhaps a separate file could be added to the directory containing the movie file, similar to how subtitles are handled with .srt files
The reason I ask is then the movie file would retain the cataloguing information enabling subsequent scanning to be much more accurate. Useful if you have your movie collection on a file server accessed by multiple computers and multiple user accounts, like I do Smiley
| -Feature | Files selection when detecting DVD duration |
| -Improved | Script Debugging |
| -Improved | Multiple recipients are now possible in Add Award dialog |
| -Improved | 3 types of playlist available to play multiple video files |
| -Improved | Wish setting can be made for multiple movies with context popup |
| -Fixed | Some person/movie management problems in DB engine |
| -Fixed | Script Engine with scripts for person information |
| -Fixed | Some other little bugs |
I've read that you use Firebird for storing the movies and people data. Is it possible to read (not write!!) the data directly throught ODBC for instance?
In addition, I would like to have the possibiliy of developing more kind of plugins (i.e. not related to import/export). For instance "visualization" plugins, "reminders" plugin, "statistics" plugin,etc.