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Talk / AI and PVD
« on: February 07, 2024, 10:56:00 pm »
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?

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Support / Metascore
« on: January 04, 2024, 03:36:56 pm »
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?

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Support / Skins
« on: December 23, 2023, 04:02:38 pm »
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.




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Other Topics / At the end of 2023...
« on: December 20, 2023, 03:04:57 am »
... PVD is revived once again due to Ivek's magical takes on AllMovie and IMDb scripts?   :)


I am following other catalogues and I can tell you that neither is updated as PVD. In general they all dies...

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Other Topics / Issues using forum
« on: November 27, 2023, 10:23:14 pm »
Hello. This could be the place to report issues regarding using forum.


We all know that beside Ivek, probably no one else can post to any other forum than to "Talk" and "Other".


The other issue I'm experiencing at the moment is that the links to the scripts aren't visible. to me at least.



For example, there's no link in this post, or anywhere else for new AllMovie:

http://www.videodb.info/forum_en/index.php/topic,4109.msg21882.html#msg21882

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Other Topics / How many
« on: September 10, 2023, 02:11:53 am »
I wonder how many users still using PVD.


Do you think more than few dozens?

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Other Topics / MediaInfo
« on: June 28, 2023, 10:58:21 pm »
Just a note that it looks like if you want file info to be read properly, new mediainfo.dll has to be downloaded and put into the root folder of PVD.
Download full MediaInfo here
https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo
and extract/copy mediainfo.dll to a location above

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Other Topics / PVD Alternatives
« on: May 15, 2023, 11:24:22 pm »

It looks like movie cataloguers are vanishing slowly, like everything goes online. You set everything on IMDb and goodbye privacy...
I'm looking for alternatives as a backup, and this is what I found:
1. Movienizer looks the best, but you have to pay for it, it hasn't updated since 2020, and most important - it doesn't support UTF8, and whole PVD, logically and naturally is in UTF8.
2. Ant Movie Catalogue can import from PVD exports (csv, or txt), and can have as many as wished custom fields, but it is ugly, and again, it doesn't support UTF8!?
3. At the end - emdb. It supports PVD import, it supports UTF8, but - no custom fields, only few of them, and it's not as nice as others...
4. Still checking coolllector, but it doesn't look good so far... Will be back with news
Bah... No cataloguer as PVD ever...

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Other Topics / IMDb episodes HTTPS script
« on: May 10, 2023, 09:05:32 pm »
Hello Ivek.


1. How we can get episodes IMDB urls with this script?
2. Also, I noticed that there is no  more piece of code for custom fields TV Series, Series/Episodes like it was in (episodes)(a) script?


Is there a way we can get these two?

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Other Topics / IMDb test 1b sctipt
« on: May 10, 2023, 09:01:39 pm »
We can write only here, so I will use this subforum.


First thank you so much for your contribution. i have sent you an email, Ivek, but it probably finished in spam. To repeat: I wish you good health, both to you and to your mom!


I just wanted to let you know that your 1b script works great, only metascore isn't imported for me anymore.


Example for instance:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10640346/

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Support / IMDb [EN][HTTPS](series) issues and support
« on: December 08, 2021, 09:16:11 pm »
In all IMDB_ [EN] [HTTPS], IMDB_ [EN] (HTTPS] (series) and IMDB_ [EN] [HTTPS] (episodes) scripts, Runtime information is now incorrectly downloaded. The reason is a change in the source code of the primary Imdb web pages. I have fixed this bug and all Imdb scripts may be added to the forum tonight or tomorrow.

I have a custom field Run time for runtime. In IMDB_ [EN] [HTTPS] I added
Quote
AddCustomFieldValueByName('Run time',ItemValue);

I did analog in IMDB_ [EN] (HTTPS] (series) by adding

Quote
1104      AddCustomFieldValueByName('Run time',ItemValue1);

but for some reason it doesn't work.

Since the only way to record actual media length in PVD is to record it to Duration field, I'd prefer IMDb length to be recorded to a custom field Run time

Any help on this, please?

EDIT:

If I put
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1111     AddCustomFieldValueByName('Run time',ItemValue00);

I get length 1 hour for https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8694364/, but not 60 minutes???

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Support / IMDB_[EN][HTTPS].psf
« on: September 24, 2021, 10:46:01 am »
Hello Ivek.

Thank you so much for tremendous efforts to keep PVD live, especially with the recent IMDb and AllMovie script updates, which needed a lot of work and rewritings.

I have a question - do you, or anyone else know why "Title" isn't equal anymore with "Localized Title" when importing data? It should be the same since IMDb reads my IP and if there is localized title, it imports it in "Title" as such, making it equal with "Localized Title", right?

Or, am I missing something? I know this because of my skin. I had original "Title" field and until the end of July it always imported in that field localized title if there was one, but not anymore.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts or ideas on this.

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Support / IMDB_[EN][HTTPS] new site layout script
« on: July 05, 2021, 09:12:43 pm »
Why is it deleted. I was lucky to download new IMDB test script and to test it. It looks like it works. Thankyou so much Ivek, that was blazingly fast. Those aka and connections links looked like they worked.

Can you please let me know where should I implement that custom Title field pice of code from previous script:


       
Code: [Select]
titleValue:=TextBetWeenFirst(ItemList,'<h1 class="">','<');       //Strings which opens/closes the data. WEB_SPECIFIC
        If titleValue = '0' then titleValue:='';
        If titleValue = '' then titleValue:=TextBetWeenFirst(ItemList,'<h1 class="long">','<');       //Strings which opens/closes the data. WEB_SPECIFIC
        AddFieldValueXML('title',titleValue);
AddCustomFieldValueByName('Title',titleValue);
AddCustomFieldValueByName('Localized title',titleValue);
        LogMessage('      Get result title:'+titleValue+'||');

Thank you in advance

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Support / IMDB_[EN][HTTPS]_(Connections).psf issues and support
« on: January 19, 2021, 04:02:56 am »
This script, 1.4.1. 16 still gives me:

<link url="http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-untamed-v667067 http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_untamed_2017/reviews http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5265960/movieconnections">Connections</link>    Showing one item   •   References

in a "Connections" custom field, instead only

<link url="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5265960/movieconnections">Connections</link>    Showing one item   •   References

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Support / IMDB_[EN][HTTPS]_(Cast&Crew) Support
« on: January 18, 2021, 02:09:45 pm »
Am I right that this script still doesn't import Full Cast & Crew, although that is what I set in the script itself

Code: [Select]
GET_FULL_CREDIT  = True ;  //Download Cast or Credit provider page for retreive the info. Otherwise only the info of the principal movie page.
  PEOPLE_LIMIT  = 1000;    //Limit of number of actors (cast) or of credits (crew) retrieved.
  //GET_CREW_CREDIT  = False ;  //Download Cast and Credit provider page for retreive the some credits (crew) info. Otherwise set to False to only the Directors, Writers, Composers, Producers, Cinematography and Thanks info of the Cast and Credit provider page. 
  GET_CREW_CREDIT  = True ;  //Download Cast and Credit provider page for retreive the some credits (crew) info. Otherwise set to False to only the Directors, Writers, Composers, Producers, Cinematography and Thanks info of the Cast and Credit provider page.
  GET_FULL_CREW_CREDIT  = True ;  //Download Cast and Credit provider page for retreive the more  some credits (crew) info. Otherwise set to False to only the Directors, Writers, Composers, Producers and Cinematography + (GET_CREW_CREDIT = True) info of the Cast and Credit provider page.




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Support / Share your batch files
« on: January 17, 2021, 02:56:39 pm »
Here's my batch files, someone might find them useful.

Also, please share your batch files we could use.

Best regards

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Feature Suggestions / Suggestions not yet suggested - Just for the record
« on: January 17, 2021, 02:26:00 pm »
I know we will probably never see another version of PVD, but just for the record and as a reminder I will write here what I'm missing in PVD that isn't already mentioned:

- Selecting multiple non-contiguous records (CTRL+left click).
- Filtering only episodes, without series/seasons tree(s) (for mass editing/updating, for example). This could be overrided by achieving previous idea.
- In a window with search results to provide an option to enter URL manually and to import data from that URL upon clicking OK. (not rarely, displayed search results don't contain the proper hit, while there is an entry online).
- Dynamically and silently updating database (for example, to choose and set scripts or batch files and to schedule when to automatically update database applying those scripts/batch files, while silently means to skip automatically to the next record if URL field of a given record doesn't contain domain to which the scripts/batch files are related to).
- Integrating browser into PVD, so it would have an internal browser, like Offline Explorer has (for example, to check search results, or to open links for which there are no data in PVD) and then to offer to import data from that page.
- Paste option for front and disc covers, just as poster section has it.
- To offer to import episode photos from IMDb to screenshots as well as to posters section.
- Possibility to import/place persons thumbnails near their names in a movie tab, like on IMDb, for example.

Except the last one, I'm not aware any video cataloger has these options. Please be free to discuss my suggestions.

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Support / IMDb [EN][HTTPS](episodes) issues and support
« on: January 14, 2021, 11:25:12 am »
Hello Ivek.

I have an issue with this script. For some episodes, random ones as I can say, it is impossible to import data at first, although there are data on IMDb. Specifically I noticed that "Date aired" and photos ("posters", screenshots from episodes) are most difficult to import. Sometimes I need to (press) "import" 20 times before I get all data.

Do you have any idea why is that.

I can send you any link, but I don't think it's episode related, but with the script (or response on query)...

For example, for this episode I'm trying for the third time to import data at the moment, but still no luck:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3116354/


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Support / You need to update ffmpeg
« on: November 04, 2020, 09:41:04 pm »
In order creating screenshots to work properly with the development of new codecs and high resolutions, ffmpeg.exe needs to be updated manually. You can find it in:

\PersonalVideoDB\ffmpeg\

folder.

Download latest ffmpeg.exe from the official Windows builds site:

https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-release-full.7z

and overwrite existing one.

Please note that there you cannot find 32-bit version of ffmpeg.exe. If you need it, you have to compile it yourself from:

https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/releases

or download it from somewhere else, for example from VideoHelp:

https://www.videohelp.com/software/ffmpeg


It's a-must to update it if you want to avoid problems with screenshots.

Best regards

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Support / Skin help needed
« on: November 01, 2020, 03:04:51 pm »
So, I'm using my own skin, and want to include in it all possible data. I have included also custom fields IMDB_Series-year and Seasons-Episodes.

This is the code I used:
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<row>
                      <column space="0" halign="center" valign="top">IMDB Series Year &amp; Number of Episodes/Seasons:
  <label>
                          <font>
                            <italic/>
                            <bold/>
                          </font>
                          <caption>***</caption>
                        </label>
<spacer width="2"/><label>
                          <font>
                            <italic/>
                            <bold/>
                          </font>
                            <color>$003399</color>
                          </label><custom halign="left" width="172" field="IMDB_Series-year" />
<spacer width="2"/><label>
                          <font>
                            <italic/>
                            <bold/>
                          </font>
                            <color>$003399</color>
                          </label>
  <label>
                          <font>
                            <italic/>
                            <bold/>
                          </font>
                          <caption>***</caption>
                        </label>
<spacer width="2"/><label>
                          <font>
                            <italic/>
                            <bold/>
                          </font>
                            <color>$003399</color>
                          </label>
  <label>
                          <font>
                            <italic/>
                            <bold/>
                          </font>
                          <caption>Number of Episodes/Seasons:</caption>
                        </label>
<spacer width="0"/><label>
                          <font>
                            <italic/>
                            <bold/>
                          </font>
                            <color>$003399</color>
                          </label><label>
                          <font>
                            <italic/>
                            <bold/>
                          </font>
                            <color>$003399</color>
                          </label><custom halign="left" field="Seasons-Episodes" /></column>
                    </row>

But no matter what I do, I get it left aligned as in the screenshot below:




Can someone help me how to get this centered on the page as I faked it in the screenshot below:



Thank you in advance

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