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Support / Scan directories / add movies / problems

« on: April 13, 2010, 08:05:06 am »

Hi!

maybe I do something wrong, but I cannot see what:
I make a directory scan and hope PVD will add all movies. For the most movies I get 2 entries, for some 3, seldom I get just 1. Ok, so I will delete the additional entries. None of the entries has a movie content description (neither zelluloid, nor OFDB works), so I have to add the content manually from the internet. Sometimes the poster comes (but only if available on amazon, not if available on zelluloid).
To get the content sometimes "automatically" I have to make an import from OFDB (nothing comes) then zelluloid (nothing comes) then again OFDB and when I'm lucky, I get the content.

what the hell is going on? this is not what I expected to do to add all my movies... And it cannot be the way others add their thousands of movies

PDV Ver. 0.9.9.18 (Portable)
OFDB 0.4.1.0
Zelluloid 0.1.0.5

thanks for the help!
Obelix

Development / mobilePVD - PocketPC client for movie managment PVD

« on: March 01, 2010, 09:29:24 pm »

Hi all!

This is the PocketPC Version (Viewer) of PVD the very best program to organize your movies.
You can download the PC version from http://www.videodb.info/forum_en/.
My thoughts were: what is the best movie managing and cataloging software worth while in the movie store and searching for a title... or sitting in front of the TV and trying to remember what cool movie I could watch...
That, and enjoying to write software for my mobile phone, were the reasons for mobilePVD.

The software is published at PVD's home and at xda-developers place.

How it works
First of all, you have to get PVD and enter your movies. After that, make a XML export. This writes a file containing the movie information and a directory containing the pictures. Take both and copy them onto your device. I recommend to copy them onto the SD card in a sub directory PVD.
Download mobilePVD and install it on your device. When starting, you will have to select the XML file by clicking Menu->Open DB. Your can select other languages and other skins (if someone makes them

).
You need to have .NET Compact Framework 3.5 installed to run mobilePVD.

When going to a sublist in mobilePVD (i.e. viewing the movie details or selecting directories) and you want to get back, just slide with your finger over the list from left to right...

How to translate
In the program directory on the device is a sub directory called "Languages". Within you find the language files. I deployed English and German so far. To make own translations just copy a file to your desktop, open it with any text editor and translate. Please publish your translation on either forum, so I can build the next version with more supported languages.

How to skin
also in the program directory you will find a sub directory "Skin" with all the images I use. The images in "Manila WVGA" are for a resolution of 800x480. If you like you can take those bitmaps and change them to fit other resolutions and other colors. Don't forget to adapt the settings in the skin.ini file.
And please share your work with us and publish your skins on either forum. I will put them in the download section.

Have fun!
Obelix

If you like my work, you can buy me a glass of wine

Version 2.1 of mobilePVD

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Support / Some errors adding movies

« on: February 22, 2010, 11:14:40 am »

Hi!

I have some trouble adding new movies to my PVD.
The standard plugin for movie description is OFDB [DE] (for Germany). The details for this plugin is ofdb.com (that page doesn't seem to exist). Fetching movie details result in english descriptions instead of german.
Switching to Zelluloid [DE] results in missing movie description. The title, year, etc. is collected. No description, no comment.

Any suggestions?

Best regards,
Obelix