New Release Media Companion gen2 3.148

guybrush123 · New User Posts: 8 Join date: 2009-10-30

Not sure if this is a bug or I haven't figured out the settings: if I scrape a movie that is composed of two files (e.g., CD1 and CD2), then the Runtime for the movie becomes the duration of the first file. I recall in the forums that someone requested that the run-time reflect the actual version of the file a person has, as opposed to having it be scraped from IMDB, and I guess you implemented this feature. However, as you can see, it is just picking up the runtime of the first file. Would it be possible to have it add the the runtime of every file that make up a single movie? I have various movies in 2, 3 or even 4 files.

Also, feature request, is it possible to introduce a button to re-order movies by runtime, espcially now that the runtime is just an integer as a opposed to a text field?

Thanks and keep up the great work.

billyad2000 · Admin Posts: 889 Join date: 2008-09-20

guybrush123 wrote:

Not sure if this is a bug or I haven't figured out the settings: if I scrape a movie that is composed of two files (e.g., CD1 and CD2), then the Runtime for the movie becomes the duration of the first file. I recall in the forums that someone requested that the run-time reflect the actual version of the file a person has, as opposed to having it be scraped from IMDB, and I guess you implemented this feature. However, as you can see, it is just picking up the runtime of the first file. Would it be possible to have it add the the runtime of every file that make up a single movie? I have various movies in 2, 3 or even 4 files.

Also, feature request, is it possible to introduce a button to re-order movies by runtime, espcially now that the runtime is just an integer as a opposed to a text field?

Thanks and keep up the great work.

This is not a bug since the program is doing exactly what it is written to do, I would call it a request for a feature enhancement.

The problem is that MC actually only keeps track of the nfo, and in some situations this causes difficulties.
Movietitle.nfo
movietitle.avi is easy

Movietitle cd1.nfo
Movietitle cd1.avi is also straight forward, cd1 is supported by mc and it can look for Movietitle cd2.avi, Movietitle cd3.avi etc

movietitle.nfo
movietitle cd1.avi - not so easy, at the moment MC cannot find this media file.

movie.nfo
Movietitle cd1.avi - not so easy, at the moment MC cannot find this media file.

I do have some ideas to remove this limitation, but this will come in the future.

As for the sortorder for runtime, I have considered it for myself, on occasion I may only have time for a short movie and it would be nice to see immediately what movies are available. The biggest issue is real estate on the GUI, it is becoming a bit crowded.

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guybrush123 · New User Posts: 8 Join date: 2009-10-30

billyad2000 wrote:

This is not a bug since the program is doing exactly what it is written to do, I would call it a request for a feature enhancement.

The problem is that MC actually only keeps track of the nfo, and in some situations this causes difficulties.
Movietitle.nfo
movietitle.avi is easy

Movietitle cd1.nfo
Movietitle cd1.avi is also straight forward, cd1 is supported by mc and it can look for Movietitle cd2.avi, Movietitle cd3.avi etc

movietitle.nfo
movietitle cd1.avi - not so easy, at the moment MC cannot find this media file.

movie.nfo
Movietitle cd1.avi - not so easy, at the moment MC cannot find this media file.

Thanks for the reply, but I am not sure that MC is behaving this way with me. Here is what is happening:

I have a folder called "MovieTitle" and within it 3 files named "MovieTitle_CD1.avi". "MovieTitle_CD2.avi", and "MovieTitle_CD3". There are no existing nfo files within the MovieTitle folder. If I use MC to search for new movies, the folder "MovieTitle" will be picked up, scraped, and a new nfo file is created with the name "MovieTitle_CD1.nfo" and placed in that same folder. The runtime in that nfo is the run time of the file titled "MovieTitle_CD1.avi".This happens with every multiple file movie. I never have a multiple file movie that produces multiple nfo files or an nfo file with the name "MovieTitle.nfo" or "Movie.nfo".

So, either I do not understand your example above about "Movietitle cd1.nfo
Movietitle cd1.avi is also straight forward, cd1 is supported by mc and it can look for Movietitle cd2.avi, Movietitle cd3.avi etc" since this is exactly what is not working for me, or I have something wrong with my setup.

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I hear your point on the GUI. I will take a screen grab of my setup (after the scrolling issue is fixed) and play around with the GUI to give you some suggestions...

billyad2000 · Admin Posts: 889 Join date: 2008-09-20

guybrush123 wrote:

Thanks for the reply, but I am not sure that MC is behaving this way with me. Here is what is happening:

I have a folder called "MovieTitle" and within it 3 files named "MovieTitle_CD1.avi". "MovieTitle_CD2.avi", and "MovieTitle_CD3". There are no existing nfo files within the MovieTitle folder. If I use MC to search for new movies, the folder "MovieTitle" will be picked up, scraped, and a new nfo file is created with the name "MovieTitle_CD1.nfo" and placed in that same folder. The runtime in that nfo is the run time of the file titled "MovieTitle_CD1.avi".This happens with every multiple file movie. I never have a multiple file movie that produces multiple nfo files or an nfo file with the name "MovieTitle.nfo" or "Movie.nfo".

So, either I do not understand your example above about "Movietitle cd1.nfo
Movietitle cd1.avi is also straight forward, cd1 is supported by mc and it can look for Movietitle cd2.avi, Movietitle cd3.avi etc" since this is exactly what is not working for me, or I have something wrong with my setup.

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I hear your point on the GUI. I will take a screen grab of my setup (after the scrolling issue is fixed) and play around with the GUI to give you some suggestions...

You misunderstand me, at the moment, MC in all cases only uses the first media part for the runtime.

It will be possible to ammend this so that the runtime of multi-part movies are added together, but only in some instances.

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guybrush123 · New User Posts: 8 Join date: 2009-10-30

billyad2000 wrote:

You misunderstand me, at the moment, MC in all cases only uses the first media part for the runtime.

It will be possible to ammend this so that the runtime of multi-part movies are added together, but only in some instances.

Oh, ok. Then, may I suggest that the program use the IMDB value for runtime for folders that contain mutliple media files, until MC is programmed to add the values of all files.

alpha_125 · New User Posts: 4 Join date: 2009-06-28

is this new "runtime" feature activable/deactivable?
For my own use, this new features is a disaster...cause: my file are all 10 seconds...all the same, only change is the title...i use "fake avi files" that have the same title of the real file stored in dvd...the imdb runtime is very important in this case.
Please make this feature switchable.

ok, no problem...using batch rescraper wizard for the runtime everything work
Please, if this "solution" is an unwanted bug...don't fix it lol!

billyad2000 · Admin Posts: 889 Join date: 2008-09-20

alpha_125 wrote:

is this new "runtime" feature activable/deactivable?
For my own use, this new features is a disaster...cause: my file are all 10 seconds...all the same, only change is the title...i use "fake avi files" that have the same title of the real file stored in dvd...the imdb runtime is very important in this case.
Please make this feature switchable.

ok, no problem...using batch rescraper wizard for the runtime everything work
Please, if this "solution" is an unwanted bug...don't fix it lol!

You are actually dead right, the batch scraper has not been updated to take into account the actual runtime of the file. I will have to fix that, but I will add an option to force the runtime to be fetched from IMDB when scraping.

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geant90 · New User Posts: 1 Join date: 2009-11-13

i've search the forums and with every version of media and i also tried this, and attempted to install net 3.5 but it comes with it and i enabled. when i scrape i have to go change the movie manually and it gives me a message box. Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you clock continue blah blah

it says The 'P' start tag on line 8 does not match the end tag of 'genre' Line 8 position 13

************** Exception Text **************
System.Xml.XmlException: The 'p' start tag on line 8 does not match the end tag of 'genre'. Line 8, position 13.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String[] args)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ThrowTagMismatch(NodeData startTag)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseEndElement()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean skipOverWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.LoadXml(String xml)
at Media_Companion.Form2.Button14_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

paybac · Media Companion Supporter Posts: 62 Join date: 2009-08-31

@ gent. imdb changed it's layout so billy had to update scraper. update to 3.154 as this includes the updated scraper

http://billyad2000.darkbb.com/announcements-f1/new-release-media-companion-gen2-3154-t747.htm

Cheers
Paybac