Personal Video Database

Am I right that this script still doesn't import Full Cast & Crew, although that is what I set in the script itself

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.

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.

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

What script imports References, Version of, Remake of, etc... and doest it work for you?

It worked for me until this June, but now cannot import it...

Hello Ivek.

I hope I find you well. I wanted to ask you if you could tell  what IMDB scripts I should use in order to get the largest possible set of data from IMDb for one movie, and which set of scripts for series?

Thank you in advance.

Yes, I admit I'm confused. For example, there are at least 8 scripts fro IMDb and I am not sure at all which does what.

Wouldn't be great to make table comparison tables for all the scripts for each source that has multiple scripts?

Meaning, row titles would be all PVD fields (regular and hidden custom ones), and the name of the columns would be (IMDb, for example) script names (awards, episodes, 0000, 0000-a, Cast_awards, etc to name a few).

In the cells there would be "+" or "" (blank cell), or "Px" (works with Proxomitron) depending of script capabilities.

I have tons of current and legacy scripts and this could help us all to neatly clean PVD and its interface.

Thanks in advance


There are too many versions and types of PVD and its scripts and I am definitely lost, so I will try to revive this topic. Please help us Ivek to summarize all the things at one place, to make some kind of "How To" manual, with no replies, or at least "manuals" to be in in the first message of a topic.

Let's start with series for example.


I Apply IMDB Movie (episodelist) script v 0.1.1.6 + Proxomitron to get at most 10 seasons episode list. If there are more than 10 seasons, the only solution is to apply workaround as follows:

1. Edit Series URL field and substitute series link with season link, for example http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442437/episodes?season=1.
2. Set PVD -> Preferences -> Internet connection -> Use proxy server to 127.0.0.1 at port 80, meaning through Proxo.
3. Set overwrite options for the selected plugin - IMDb Movi Script (episodelist): Click ALL then manually uncheck all fields, except field Episodes which has to remain checked with check mark.
4. Import data - episode list for season 1 will be imported.
5. Edit Series URL field, delete season URL and bring back series IMDb URL, for example http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442437/
6. Uncheck proxy in Internet connection

You will find the latest version of this script HERE

II Select Series entry and apply IMDB_ [EN] [HTTPS] V 1.4.1.3 script, without Proxo, in order to get whole series data.

III Now you can select all episodes in a season and with a single click to import data for all episodes by applying IMDB_ [EN] [HTTPS] V 1.4.1.3 script script, without Proxo. You can find latest version of this script on THIS topic, as well as the latest version of PVD.

That's all. You don't need any other script in order to get the largest possible set of data for Series and episodes.


N O W    Ivek,
1. Is this correct if one uses PVD MOD and wants to import series?
2. If not, what I need to add/change in this message so it could be absolutely correct? What other scripts would give us more data and/or more accurate data?
3. What are the differeneces between these and the ones you'd arguably propose?

After we set this message, we can do the same for the PVD MOD + Movies, than the same for older versions of PVD, if you agree.

My proposal is whenever some script is updated, to edit links and text in this message.

Best regards

Hello dear Ivek and Easy.

This (probably, hahaha) would be my final humble request to include "IMDb.com" and "IMDbID" hidden custom fields into IMDb script for future releases, so I could get this into my custom skin:

//Get ~mfURL~ or ~IMDb Url~
endPos := Pos('/ "><meta property="og:url"', HTML);
if endPos > 0 then begin
   curPos := PrevPos('"canonical" href="', HTML, endPos);
   AddFieldValue(mfURL, Copy(HTML, curPos + 18, endPos - curPos - 18));   
end else
AddFieldValue(mfURL, MovieURL);
AddCustomFieldValueByName('IMDb.com', '<link url="' + MovieURL + '">IMDb.com</link>');
   TmpStr := StringReplace(MovieURL, 'http://www.imdb.com/title/', '', false, false, false );
   TmpStr := StringReplace(TmpStr, '?ref_=fn_tt_tt_', '', true, false, true);
   TmpStr := StringReplace(TmpStr, '/', '', true, false, true);
AddCustomFieldValueByName('IMDbID:', TmpStr);

end;

To get those, so far I use some ancient Ivek's script from 2013, which you can find enclosed but it works only with Proxomitron, and after IMDb url is provided by IMDB_[EN][HTTPS].psf

While waiting for rottentomatoes renewed script too,

Thank you in advance!

P.S. At the screenshot you can check how it looks in my custom skin

Hello and thank you for you your tremendous contribution to keeping PVD alive, guys!

I wanted to ask you why there is no possibility anymore to use .batch files? Is it possible anyhow? Will you include this option in next version of a MOD, or at least tell us how we can make it ourselves? I know it's only some original .dll is to be copied to Plugins folder (and maybe some other file) but not sure which one, and trying one by one .dll would last too long.

Thank you in advance!

Very often Rottentomatoes.com [HTTPS] script has issue with downpage.htm. The message is something like "cannot open downpage.htm. The process cannot acces downpage.htm because it is useed by another process."

The page is downloaded from the rottentomatoes.com, but cannot be imported to PVD.

Any idea would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Now when I reconstruct it, it looks like IMDb Awards and References don't work starting this April. Am I right, or I have messed my configuration?

Thank you in advance.