2016-08-01, 06:13
(2016-08-01, 05:47)Edworld Wrote: When you recommend small batches, 50 a day?
When I had to do my mates system, I set it up like this.
Made a new Temp Root folder. Cut all movies from main root folder into Temp root folder.
Made a Temp scrape folder.
Cut 20 movies from Temp Root to Temp Scrape folder.
MC was only pointing at the Temp Scrape folder.
Scraped movies.
Checked all present. Checked the General Filter for missing data, ie: plot, outline, rating, poster etc. (at this point, I only have the General filter enabled. Saves a bit of time)
(for my friend) Then Renamed Movies and Folders.
Finally, Cut all movies from Temp Scrape folder, and put them in the Main Root Movie Folder.
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Repeat and rinse.....
This gives enough time between batches for IMDb and Google to ignore the web hits MC is doing.
Or, You can choose TheMovieDb scraper, and do batches of 50 at a time.
Why I did the above at 20 at a time, was to check for missing data in batches. It also served to teach my friend how to use Media Companion (he's bit tech handi-capped, hope he's not online....)
Once all your movies are done, there shouldn't be a need to touch them again with MC, but if you are using MC to manage current movies and new movies, then I also suggest the following.
In MC you can create profiles. The Default can be pointing at your Main Root Movie Folder(s).
Create a new profile, just for scanning in new Movies. Go to Preferences -> Profiles and Commands tab. Enter a name for the new profile.
Once you have more than one profile, a new menu appears beside Home Movies. You can switch between profiles from here.
Switch to the new profile created, and change its Movie Folder to a Temp Scrape folder (whatever you want to call it).
Then Scrape, check and when happy, Cut and paste it to the Main Movie folder.
Hope this is of help.
