Video Archive Plug-in - New .NET 2.0 Version

[Jeff]

You can disable the use of ffmeg to create directory and file posters by adding the entry

<AutoCreatePosters>False</AutoCreatePosters>

under the <VideoArchivePlugin> section of your config.xml file.

Jeff

[cameluk]

My MDB file was around 2mb, upgraded the DB3 version and it jumped to 6mb, and now its grown to 12mb, will keep an eye for the next few days.

Love the way it grabs an image from the file and creates a thumbnail, especially for TV programs that don't have information on the net

[Jeff]

You could try vacuuming the database using something like SQLiteSpy. I just tried that and it cut my database in half.

Jeff

[agerdin]

Jeff, an issues related to the IMDB lookup i that it downloads a litte bit too much information to put in the "description". Might be related to IMDBs rearrangement on the site.

\\Agerdin


Exampel:

Code:

Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest military leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world. more
Plot Keywords:Historical
/
Battle Scene
/
Character Name In Title
/
Battle
/
Epic more
Awards:2 wins & 9 nominations more
User Comments:My take on this more

Jeff, log is attached, it also seem to fail to download rating and tagline.

\\Agerdin

Jeff, have you had the chance to look at this problem I have?

Logs are attached in this post

http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...post183553

TIA

\\Agerdin

[Jeff]

Yes, it is fixed in the next version, which I hope to post some time later this week.

Jeff

[agerdin]

Much appreciated, looking forward to the next release.

Thx,

\\Agerdin

[Jeff]

New test version posted. From the release notes:

• The plug-in will now attempt to fetch episode number and season number information from recorded shows from tvdb.zsori.com. Added @SeasonNumber and @EpisodeNumber to the list of tags that can be included in the detailed description for the selected item.
  
• Added Sort by Episode option for video files. Recordings without episode information are listed alphabetically from A to Z at the start of the list.
  
• The plug-in will now attempt to extract a jpeg image from recordings using FFMPEG to use as the poster image for TV recordings or DVDs if one is not found via the Internet lookup. The images should appear within a few minutes of navigating into a directory that currently does not have images.
  
• Convert to SQLite for the database. This both improves performance and allows you to browse the database using free SQLite tools (rather than having to buy Microsoft Access). The conversion is run automatically at the end of the installation process. Depending upon the size of your archive database this one-time process may take a while. If the conversion does not run automatically, you can manually run it using the ConvertVADatabase.exe utility.
  
• Made the “remember last user login” setting persistent across restarts of GBPVR. This is tracked per client ID, so since each MVP has a unique client ID it will be unique per MVP. On PCs the client ID is a function of the render type selected (e.g., VMR9) so I think for PC clients it will be the last one that sets the default to be used after restarts.
  
• Added rating, cast, director, user rating and votes to the list of information that is retrieved from the Internet for DVDs and available to skins. User rating and votes are only fetched if the movie is found on IMDB.com; they are not fetched from amazon.com,
  
• Enhanced the Internet lookup for DVDs to ignore ending text such as Disk1, Disc2, D3 so that the lookup works better for multi-volume DVDs.
  
• Updated the archive utility to support archiving of all defined video types, not just mpg files
  
• Fixed various bugs that prevented the plug-in from starting properly for first-time users
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause deleted files to still appear in the list
  
• Fixed a bug that would in some cases cause folders to disappear from the UI when deleting files
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the plug-in from automatically responding to files being added or removed from non-Windows NAS drives
  
• Fixed a few bugs related the plug-in running on a client where it was looking at its local gbpvr database rather than the database on the server.
  

[UncleJohnsBand]

New test version posted. From the release notes:

• The plug-in will now attempt to fetch episode number and season number information from recorded shows from tvdb.zsori.com. Added @SeasonNumber and @EpisodeNumber to the list of tags that can be included in the detailed description for the selected item.
  
• Added Sort by Episode option for video files. Recordings without episode information are listed alphabetically from A to Z at the start of the list.
  
• The plug-in will now attempt to extract a jpeg image from recordings using FFMPEG to use as the poster image for TV recordings or DVDs if one is not found via the Internet lookup. The images should appear within a few minutes of navigating into a directory that currently does not have images.
  
• Convert to SQLite for the database. This both improves performance and allows you to browse the database using free SQLite tools (rather than having to buy Microsoft Access). The conversion is run automatically at the end of the installation process. Depending upon the size of your archive database this one-time process may take a while. If the conversion does not run automatically, you can manually run it using the ConvertVADatabase.exe utility.
  
• Made the “remember last user login” setting persistent across restarts of GBPVR. This is tracked per client ID, so since each MVP has a unique client ID it will be unique per MVP. On PCs the client ID is a function of the render type selected (e.g., VMR9) so I think for PC clients it will be the last one that sets the default to be used after restarts.
  
• Added rating, cast, director, user rating and votes to the list of information that is retrieved from the Internet for DVDs and available to skins. User rating and votes are only fetched if the movie is found on IMDB.com; they are not fetched from amazon.com,
  
• Enhanced the Internet lookup for DVDs to ignore ending text such as Disk1, Disc2, D3 so that the lookup works better for multi-volume DVDs.
  
• Updated the archive utility to support archiving of all defined video types, not just mpg files
  
• Fixed various bugs that prevented the plug-in from starting properly for first-time users
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause deleted files to still appear in the list
  
• Fixed a bug that would in some cases cause folders to disappear from the UI when deleting files
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented the plug-in from automatically responding to files being added or removed from non-Windows NAS drives
  
• Fixed a few bugs related the plug-in running on a client where it was looking at its local gbpvr database rather than the database on the server.

Jeff...so far so good.....however.....I did not see anything in the config that addresses the first two bullets.....are they in this release? If so, how do you set the info to show?

[Jeff]

If you installed an earlier version of the test version you may need to manual edit the database to change the field type of the SeasonNumber and EpisodeNumber columns in the ArchiveTable from STRING to TEXT. I used SQLite Expert Personal to do this at home. Once I figure out how to do this programmaticlly I'll make the change on install.

The information should be fetched in the background when you view lists. To keep the CPU load low it fetches at a very slow rate. There is also a utility called GetTVInfo that you can run to fetch information for all shows in your database. This only needs to be done once. You can also manually fetth information by viewing a video file form the list (select the file to get to the window that shows the play, delete, and archive options) and then press the menu button.

To see the sort order, press the red button. The 5th option is sort by episode.

Jeff

[Jeff]

I just uploaded a new test version. It fixes some bugs and adds some new options to the Video Info Dialog skin.xml skin file. See the blue skin for an example and details.

Jeff