(2014-11-14, 12:56)rob_webset Wrote: Hi All,
I'm sure I'm not the only one, but I have found fetching all the themes manually using the fetcher a bit of a pain!
I was wondering if there was a way of making this easier for the users. We can't create a database that contains copies of all the themes, that is because you them have to worry about all sorts of copyright law - something I don't want to worry about. We also have 4 different sites already that we scrape:
www.televisiontunes.com
www.goear.com
www.soundcloud.com
www.grooveshark.com
So I was wondering, is there a way we could make a "Master List" that is just a simple table that maps "TV Show/Movie" to target source of a preferred theme. Then when we have this list, we can allow an option to "Download Themes from Master List" and for every TV Show/Movie that does not already have a theme.
What are peoples thoughts? - I'm sure I can update the TvTunes code to read a file, but I don't have the time to go through creating the lists - are there any volunteers? (If we had some people start with just their own collections, then I think that would be a start).
If this is something people are interested in, then I'll start thinking of the best format.
Please post your thoughts on this.
Thanks
Rob
Hola Rob, a master list is a very good idea! If I used such list (and contribute to it) I think I would like it always to contain an up-to-date link to the highest source of audio quality for each theme available amongst TvTunes' supported on-line sources. Anything different, such as inferior audio qualities or alternative themes (overtures, specific tracks, closing theme, etc.) could be addressed manually I guess? Also, I think that the people that are happy to contribute to this really need to be committed in following a standardized criteria. They don't need to commit to do their whole library, but whatever they do, do it well for all of us. For instance, I can run manual searches (which by the way I love because I can find anything I want with TvTunes super-charged search engine!) for 10 or 20 movies a week, for the movies appearing in the master list as in need of a theme assignment or better quality. I will make sure these 20 movies get the best 'main theme' I could find from each online source (televisiontunes, goear, soundcloud and grooveshark) and feedback them the way TvTunes wants me to. Why for each one? Because I realised a few months ago one or 2 sources went down for a while until you resurrected them. If we have the mapping for the theme on each source, there will always be an alternative to the one that went down ;-), in most cases.
The other that comes to my mind is an option for contributing with TvTunes master list that can be switched off/on by us. If it is on and I fetch a theme that was not in the master list and TvTunes thinks it meets the criteria, I can tell TvTunes to include it in the master list if I also think it represents well as main theme. For themes already in the master list: if after the manual search I see that the theme I found is better than the existent one showing in TvTunes's master list, there should be a way I can replace the old by the new one, for that particular online source.
I think this is just a quick thought on what you are proposing and perhaps gathering more ideas, something great can continue being built.
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I thank you thank you {bis} for making TvTunes so powerful and enjoyable to use, always adding something new with a great interaction with us on the forum. I also want to thank all those here supporting and making TvTunes better, including skinners.
chao pesca'o,
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