Video Archive Plug-in - New .NET 2.0 Version

[Pioneer4x4]

Would you mind zipping up the log files in the jeff subdirectory and posting them so I can take a look?

Thanks

Jeff

Here you go!

[Jeff]

I have posted an updated test version at http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Plugin/VideoArchive. I am not quite ready to declare this ready for mainstream use, which is why it is labeled a test version. That said, I've been using it at home for many weeks now and it seems to work fine.

This version moves the video archive database to sqlite, so please backup up your commongbpvrutilities.dll and archive.dll plug-in before installing this test version. I have not tested it yet with other plugins that use the commongbpvrutilities.dll library other than weather, music player, and show search. The API interface it provides is unchanged so it should work with others; please let me know if you find any problems.

From the change log, here is what this release includes

• Converted 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.
  
• 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. Note that if you are missing images for many of your DVD recordings, the first time you enter a directory your machine will become VERY unresponsive while these images are being created. If only one or two are needed it is not bad.
  
• 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

[agerdin]

jeff, everything looks good so far (after converting and some intial tests). Any plans to update DVD Info Editor.exe?

\\Agerdin

[Jeff]

No plans one way or the other right now. What did you have in mind?

Jeff

[gexi]

Great Jeff! This fixed some of the bugs I've been seeing with Video Archive.

[agerdin]

No plans one way or the other right now. What did you have in mind?

Jeff

I can not even start the application. It looks for the mdb database.

\\Agerdin

[Jeff]

Oops. It is hard coded to check for the db name to make sure the file exists. If you have the old mdb file around (like I did on my test machine) it will start and will edit the new db - it only needs the old file there to pass this check. Attached is a version that fixes this.

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
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Battle Scene
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Character Name In Title
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Battle
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Epic more
Awards:2 wins & 9 nominations more
User Comments:My take on this more

[Jeff]

Could you post the full Internet fetch log (or at least the whole sequence related to this file) so that I can try to recreate the problem?

Thanks

Jeff

[agerdin]

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

\\Agerdin