Personal Video Database

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.

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/

Hello there and happy holidays.

At the moment I'm doing allmovie.com mass update of my database. The script is working only through proxo, as we know.

So, when I start mass update proxo asks to allow connection to the site:



but, every 10 minutes or so the same dialogue box pop-ups with the same question. This is very annoying and also nullifies the idea of automated mass update.

Is there a way to skip/void SSL certificate verification errors in proxo, because all the time it's one and only site: allmovie.com?

It looks I couldn't find an human readable answer to my question on proxo forums.

Thanks in advance for any idea

No. What is needed is to thoroughly read Personal Video Database 1.0.2.7 MOD topic.
Briefly, this MOD supports https with it's main script IMDB_ [EN] [HTTPS].psf and no other IMDb script is developed by Easy, which was his (and ours) goal - not to use Proxo while be able to download data via https. If you want additional set of data not provided by this script, Ivek provided some scripts that work only with Proxomitron, and some without it.

You can find all needed info on that topic.

Best regards

IMDb is changing layout again. Smells like new troubles for us...

Unfortunately, only two weeks after my initial post, and a week after my previous post, my mom, out of nowhere got COVID and lost her battle. May the God rest her soul...

Good you resolved it, and good tip for others that might have similar issue. Numerous times in numerous apps I have had the same problems: localhost is not recognized, but 127.0.0.1...

It looks different field types react different against same attribute. For example, 'Title' (simple edit) and 'human' (link memo) fields don't respond same on halign="center", or autosize="true", etc...

Here, Title (It's custom Title from AMG script) is "short text" field with additional Year field:

<row>
     <column space="0" halign="left" autosize="true" wordwrap="true">List number<spacer width="8"/><num width="92">Ordinal number
         <font>
              <size>24</size>
              <color>$FDD017</color>
            </font></num></column>
        <column space="0" halign="center" wordwrap="true" width="100%">Custom (English) Movie Title with year
         <custom field="Title" autosize="true">Custom Title
            <font>
               <size>24</size>
               <color>$FDD017</color>
            </font>
         </custom>
         <label autosize="true">Left Bracket label
            <font>
               <size>24</size>
               <color>$FDD017</color>
            </font>
            <caption> (</caption>
         </label>
            <year autosize="true">Year
            <font>
               <size>24</size>
               <color>$FDD017</color>
            </font>
            </year>
         <label autosize="true">Right Bracket label
            <font>
               <size>24</size>
               <color>$FDD017</color>
            </font>
            <caption>)</caption></label>
         </column>
      </row>

and the result is:



Now, exactly the same formatting, but Title is "memo" field (It's custom Title1 from AMG script which contains year by design) again with additional Year field:

<row>
            <column space="0" halign="left" autosize="true" wordwrap="true">List number
               <spacer width="8"/>
               <num width="92">Ordinal number
                  <font>
                     <size>24</size>
                     <color>$FDD017</color>
                  </font>
               </num>
            </column>
            <column space="0" halign="center" wordwrap="true" width="100%">Custom (English) Movie Title with year
               <custom field="Title1" autosize="true" collapsedlines="3">Custom Title
                  <font>
                     <size>24</size>
                     <color>$FDD017</color>
                  </font>
               </custom>
               <label autosize="true">Left Bracket label
                  <font>
                     <size>24</size>
                     <color>$FDD017</color>
                  </font>
                     <caption> (</caption>
               </label>
               <year autosize="true">Year
                  <font>
                     <size>24</size>
                     <color>$FDD017</color>
                  </font>
               </year>
               <label autosize="true">Right Bracket label
                  <font>
                     <size>24</size>
                     <color>$FDD017</color>
                  </font>
                     <caption>)</caption>
               </label>
         <spacer width="10"/>
            </column>
         </row>

but the result is surprisingly (and frustrating) different:

Thanks Ivek. Of course I consult that link but no troubleshooting there. Here's the skin, lines 68-112. Skin is not finished, I just started to make it, basically, nothing after line 112 is finished

Thanks for clarification!

Still, I need help. When <title> is equal to <origtitle>, origtitle becomes invisible in the skin. Is there a way to force origtitle to be visible in the skin anyway?

I have created custom field 'Origtitle' and put AddCustomFieldValueByName('Origtitle',ItemValue); in the IMDB_[EN][HTTPS].psf, but if forcing visibilty of origtitle is not possible, may I kindly ask yo to include 'Origtitle' as official custom field in the skin?

It's not a problem for me to manully paste the code line above on every script update, but the problem will be that, when the script update happens, I will for sure forget "why now Original Title is not imported?" and that I have to paste that line, hahahaha.

Thanks in advance.

P.S. I have resolved centering. I put everything in one column, and put spacer with appropriate width in front of the first item in the column:

<column space="10" halign="center" wordwrap="true">Custom Original Title label and Custom Original Title
               <spacer width="80"/>
                  <label autosize="true">Original Title<font>
                            <italic/>
                            <bold/>
                          </font><caption>Original Title:</caption></label>
               <custom field="Origtitle" autosize="true">Custom Original Title
                 <font>
                     <size>11</size>
                     <color>$FF9900</color>
                  </font>
                  </custom>
                  <label autosize="true">Localized title label<font>
                            <italic/>
                            <bold/>
                          </font><caption>Localized Title:</caption></label>
                  <title autosize="true">Localized title
                  <font>
                     <size>11</size>
                     <color>$FF9900</color>
                  </font>
                  </title>
                  </column>

Thanks for inspiring!