Personal Video Database

Dear Ivek,

I admit I have big wishes, but with most positive motives for PVD, not to be selfish. I apologize if I sounded ungrateful. I hope after 14 years I am not recognized as such, but will do anything to assure anyone I am not.

Most honestly, any update I consider a miracle, nothing less!

Meaning - you are a Miracle-man, and I mean it, and I know who ever still use PVD think the same. Whenever you stop, you already gave us a dozens of times more than what was real, and expected and as for me, I will never forget what you did for us.

Best regards

Thank you a ton Ivek.

Just a minor update: script now imports SxEx, instead of Air Date. Other fields work at first try.

Thank you Ivek. Obviously, something is wrong with my PVD config. The only thing I get now comparing to outdated series script is the Series year. No seasons/episodes, no plot no Synopsis...

It looks like even this doesn't work anymore:

if Pos('TV Series',ItemValue)>0 then yearsValue1:=yearsValue1+'TV Series ';
if yearsValue1 <> '' then LogMessage('      Get result yearsValue1:'+yearsValue1);
So instead of, for example TV Series (2018-2023), now I'm getting just 2018-2023

Thank you, Ivek.

Is there any field that now outdated IMDb series and episodes scripts import that IMDB_[EN][HTTPS]_TEST_2b.psf does not, when updating existing record only, not when importing series for the first time?


Or, to rephrase it: which fields don't work anymore in outdated IMDb series and episodes scripts?

I admit - I am terrified how wrong it will go with AI at the beginning and it already started. So, I guess we need to think how to minimize the damage starting today, to protect ourselves and our families the way people hide themselves in the basement under tornado strike.


But, I thought maybe something positive can come out of all of this. AI will be very soon able to reverse engineer PVD. Do you agree?

Thank you Ivek, but that didn't help, unfortunately. It was already checked. Re-did everything but no luck. A great mystery...

Custom field, here:
//Get ~Metascore~   
    EndPos:=Pos('</span></span><span class="label"><span class="metacritic-score-label">Metascore</span></span></span></a></li></ul>',HTML);
    if EndPos>0 then begin   
      curPos:=PrevPos('">',HTML,EndPos)+Length('">');
        EndPos:=PosFrom('</span></span><span class="label"><span class="metacritic-score-label">Metascore</span></span></span></a></li></ul>',HTML,curPos)+2;   
        //ItemValue:=RemoveTags(Copy(HTML,curPos,endPos-curPos),false);
      ItemValue:=Copy(HTML,curPos,endPos-curPos);
      LogMessage('      Get result Metascore 0:'+ItemValue+'||');   
        ItemValue:=StringReplace(ItemValue,'0</',',0',True,False,True);
        ItemValue:=StringReplace(ItemValue,'1</',',1',True,False,True);
        ItemValue:=StringReplace(ItemValue,'2</',',2',True,False,True);
        ItemValue:=StringReplace(ItemValue,'3</',',3',True,False,True);
        ItemValue:=StringReplace(ItemValue,'4</',',4',True,False,True);
        ItemValue:=StringReplace(ItemValue,'5</',',5',True,False,True);
        ItemValue:=StringReplace(ItemValue,'6</',',6',True,False,True);
        ItemValue:=StringReplace(ItemValue,'7</',',7',True,False,True);
        ItemValue:=StringReplace(ItemValue,'8</',',8',True,False,True);
        ItemValue:=StringReplace(ItemValue,'9</',',9',True,False,True);
        //curPos:=Pos('var ue_t0=ue_t0',ItemValue);                               //WEB_SPECIFIC.
        //If 0<curPos then ItemValue:=Copy(ItemValue,0,curPos-1);   
        if ItemValue <> '' then AddCustomFieldValueByName('Metascore',FloatToStr((StrToFloat(ItemValue) * 1)));
        if ItemValue <> '' then LogMessage('      Get result Metascore (CF~Metascore~):'+ItemValue+'||');     
    End;
   //(*     
      LogMessage(#13+'');
Thank you in advance.

Hello Ivek. In a new _2b script. metascore import field doesn't work. But, more importantly, when updating older PVD movie entries where I had metascore imported from the times it worked, now when I update with _2b script, the field is overwritten with empty/zero value. How to prevent this please?

Here's my small contribution.


I used CG's Dark People skin and Dave C's gallery skin and combined them. I also rearranged some fields. Hopefully someone will find it useful.

God bless you and your families.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, dear friends!