Personal Video Database

They say it's never too late - thank you Dino!

Thank you for your reply Easy!

This is what I get whent trying to open script  (I am not at all familiar with AHK and scripting in general, but trying to use common sense). Any idea?

Also, could this link be of some help? Sorry if I am too ignorant and you already checked options like this.

Best regards

Thanks for the explanation

IMDB Movie (episodelist) (a) script adds a URL series address in the URL normal box.

Doesn't regular IMDB_ [EN] [HTTPS] V 1.4.1.3 script already do this?

Anyway, the second and the last difference as I understand is that (a) script adds total number of episodes in a custom memo field.

Is it the problem this piece of code to include in regular IMDB Movie (episodelist) script v 0.1.1.6, so we'd have only one script for episodes then, or we have to have both episodes script?

Thank you for your great work, Ivek

Please, can some who is familiar with all the scripts make a comparison table and post it here. One source - one table, menaning one table for all working IMDb scripts, second table for FilmAffinity scripts, etc.

Something like THIS, only columns and rows here would be script names (episodelist, cast, main, etc...) and PVD fields (cast, director, studio, custom fields etc...)

I think that would be the biggest achivement to help users to choose proper scripts for their needs to work with.

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

Hey, great!

This was solution for an issue I referred to HERE.

Unfortunately, it is partial. For some reason, seasons 1 & 2 will not be imported with these two scripts over Proxo, no matter what. Importing starts from season 3 each time, with either of these scripts. May I kindly ask you to try to reproduce the problem by importing Modern Family series into your database?

Thank you in advance.

EDIT: I found a workaround, but it would be nice to set the script to do that automatically.

Workaround, for those interested in:
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
7. Now you can select all episodes in a season and with a single click to import data for all episodes with IMDB[EN](HTTPS) script, without Proxo.

You are right. When in Cyrillic titles, there are no original records.

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 DenS.

I'm not sure it is feasible the way you would like to. Maybe you should try to use "Media Location" field in combination with "File Path" field instead? That's the way how I designate location to any video. What helps me here is Rename Master and the template I made for it in order to mass rename folders to get desired IDs. Mas import and Mass editor in PVD might help in addition. Please check the screenshot attached. Hopefully you'll get at least an idea how to achieve your goal.

Best regards

The "IMDbID" custom field is already in the IMDB_ [EN] [HTTPS] script.

Oh, now I see that I defined my custom field as "IMDbID:" - with colon  ":" instead only "IMDbID".

Thank you immensely for both custom fields, nevertheless!

Best regards